| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | The ethics of stock images on your web site Thread poster: Samuel Murray
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| Maybe privacy? | Sep 22, 2012 |
I'm just guessing, but maybe these companies are worried about their employees' privacies?
| | | | Nicole Schnell 
United States
Local time: 09:23
English to German
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In memoriam | We need evidence! | Sep 22, 2012 |
Susan Welsh wrote:
(...) what we freelancers really look like when we work. You know, working in near-darkness, in our pajamas, the men who haven't shaved in a couple of days, the women who have their hair in curlers or haven't washed it for a week, everyone surrounded by coffee cups, maybe cigarette butts if anybody still produces those infernal things.
Tell us more about your home - pics welcome. 
Edited: fixed quotation marks
[Edited at 2012-09-22 04:15 GMT]
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 18:23
Spanish to English
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| A pinch of salt | Sep 22, 2012 |
Neil Coffey wrote:
Samuel Murray wrote:
And then the question becomes... if these lies are acceptable on agency web sites, what kinds of lies are acceptable on freelancer's web sites?
The problem is that the entire advertising industry is based around similar "lies". (I'll let you into a secret: the people you see pouring tons of blue dye into nappies on TV to "test" how absorbent they are aren't actually nappy researchers-- even though they are wearing white coats with official-looking badges pinned to them!)
So long as they aren't actually stating "The people in these photographs actually work as translators for our company", then what you are essentially complaining about is the standard practices of the advertising industry, not that specific web site.
I totally agree. Lies, damned lies, and advertising. Anyway, who's fooling who? The first thing that puts me off a website is when it looks too slick and "professional", with pics suggesting the company/agency is staffed by bright young things.
| | | | JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 18:23
Member (2009)
Swedish to English
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Susan Welsh wrote:
I've always thought that instead of agencies using these hokey pictures of well-dressed men in suits and women in high heels gathered around a conference table, they should show their clients what we freelancers really look like when we work. You know, working in near-darkness, in our pajamas, the men who haven't shaved in a couple of days, the women who have their hair in curlers or haven't washed it for a week, everyone surrounded by coffee cups, maybe cigarette butts if anybody still produces those infernal things.
Any volunteers? Maybe it could be a good logo picture for Proz.com!
Susan
That's a great idea - a bit off-putting for your clients, though, as they probably work in *real* offices. I'd love to know what everybody's typical working outfit/setting looks like. I know there was a thread some time back (perhaps not on ProZ, I can't remember) about what everyone's office looked like, but that was always their office all tidied up and without them in it.
For example, I am working with my keyboard surrounded by a set of Tony Hancock DVDs, an empty muesli bar wrapper and a mug with 1/2 inch of cold green tea in, lots of paperwork I haven't found the time to put away since I last looked at it three days ago and a snoring cat.
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Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 12:23
Russian to English
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| OT: Evidence @Nicole and Jane | Oct 10, 2012 |
This comes from "somewhere on the Russian Internet," via a colleague. The headline is "Envy," and the text reads:
"How I envy you, Mike! You're a freelancer, you work for yourself -- at home, yet! Fa-a-ntastic!"
Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I couldn't resist.
@Samuel: When I asked you how to post images here, I didn't realize I would be hijacking a thread that you yourself had started! Thanks for the information, though!
Susan
[Edited at 2012-10-10 12:37 GMT]
| | | | | Not a standard advertising lie | Oct 10, 2012 |
Since this thread came up anyway:
Neil Coffey wrote:
So long as they aren't actually stating "The people in these photographs actually work as translators for our company", then what you are essentially complaining about is the standard practices of the advertising industry, not that specific web site.
But this is exactly what happens on the website Samuel saw. To quote him:
I'm quite used to seeing stock photos of smiling well-dressed, well-groomed people in a variety of business settings on agency web sites, and then it's just eye candy -- the people in those images don't really work at the agency. But if an agency has an "about us" page, and on that page it has a section called "our team", followed by a number of head-and-shoulder images, then I think the implied message is that those people work for the agency.
[Edited at 2012-10-10 14:35 GMT]
| | | | Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 12:23
Spanish to English
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| Reverse image search | Oct 10, 2012 |
You can use this website to determine the origin of a photo. Enter the URL of the image in the "enter image address" box and presto!!
http://www.tineye.com/
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