Frommer's Seattle 2012 guidebook

Howard's last project was for the Frommer's, one of the world's largest publisher of travel guidebooks. A shot list of over 100 Seattle area locations was provided, and less than two months was given to finish the project. The project was completed ahead of schedule, and in the words of Frommer's Photo Editor, Alden Gewirtz:

"I have seen the first draft layout of the book, and it looks amazing. I can't believe you got so many clear, blue-sky days in Seattle.  The colors are great, and so were the approaches you took to just about every shoot. Thanks again for all your help so far, and hopefully we'll work together again."

Frommer's 2012 Seattle guidebook is scheduled to be published in January 1012.

2011 Seattle Engagement Calendar

Smith-Western Co., the country's premier supplier for the tourist and attraction industry, once again chose Howard Frisk's photograph of Safeco Field for inclusion in their Seattle engagement calendar, this time as their April photograph.

Seattle 2011 Official Visitors Guide for the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau

Howard Frisk of Seattle Photographs was chosen by the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau and Weaver Multimedia Group as the photographer for their 2011 edition of the Seattle Official Visitors Guide. The guide is published bi-annually with a print run of 350,000 copies. The guides are distributed free of charge at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and various hotels and tourist attractions throughout Seattle.

"I've just returned to the office today and I'm browsing quickly through the images you've submitted. They look very nice and I'm particularly pleased with the 'experiential' images of tours such as Tillicum Village, Museum of Flight, EMP and Future of Flight. I'm glad you were able to give us a wide selection of images and many interesting shots with people. (And good weather! I know that's a challenge there.)"

- Hernan Sosa, Senior Graphics Designer, Weaver Multimedia Group

Numerous photographs are also displayed on the Seattle CVB web site.

2010 Seattle Engagement Calendar

Smith-Western Co., the country's premier supplier for the tourist and attraction industry, chose Howard Frisk's photograph of Safeco Field as their May photograph and his photograph of downtown Seattle from Kerry Park as their April photograph.

Howard's downtown from Kerry Park shot was chosen for the cover photograph shown here.

2010 Washington Engagement Calendar

Howard's photograph of downtown Seattle from Kerry Park was also chosen as their June photograph for the Washington state 2010 engagement calendar.

Smith-Western Co. receives a large quantity of unsolicited photographs from area photographers, but in this case they approached Howard and requested to use his Safeco Field and downtown Seattle photographs.

Frommer's Seattle Day by Day guidebook

The most well respected name in travel guidebooks - Frommer's an imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. - has chosen Howard Frisk of Seattle Photographs to be the photographer for their new Seattle area guidebook, Seattle Day by Day. This is the 20th book in the very popular Day by Day series.  This series is different from many other Frommer's books in that they contain hundreds of evocative color photographs, detailed maps and tip for seeing Seattle in the smartest, most time-efficient way.

We received a list of over 200 "top priority" locations in the Seattle area that needed to be photographed in 5 weeks. We visited some of the most famous hotels, restaurants, night spots, museums and specialty retail shops in Seattle. Photographs were shot all digital and uploaded to Seattle Photograph's event photography web site, where the photo editor and other staff members at Frommer's could view all submissions. Reviewing and selecting photographs for the book was fast and efficient.

"GREAT method of delivery. I am extremely gratified!! Thanks!!!!" - Richard Fox, Photo Editor, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 

We met the deadline and the photo editor was very pleased with our results. The book is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Amazon.com and other bookstores.

HDR Photography

What is HDR? This is a process where three separate photographs - one correctly exposed, one over exposed, and one underexposed - are all combined into a single image, resulting in a surreal look that you must see to believe.

Take a look at our HDR explanation or see our new HDR Gallery for HDR photographs you can purchase.

Web site upgrade complete

We have finished upgrading the browsing and shopping cart function of our web site. You will notice these improvements:

• Faster loading galleries
• Faster search results
• Larger sized images are now viewable - up to 1600 pixels wide so even minute detail is visible
• Automatic photo resizing - this is really great: the photos displayed automatically resize to become larger as your screen resolution increases, or smaller as your screen resolution decreases so you get the best possible viewing experience.
• A movable cropping template is now available during the checkout process - this gives you precise control over how a photograph is cropped
• Customizable browsing look and feel - you have a choice of seven different viewing layouts so you can pick the one you like best
• New slide show function

Simplified pricing

We have vastly simplified our digital stock photo pricing structure:

Personal Use Rates

• $15 - Web Size - roughly 640 x 480 pixels

• $25 - 1 Mpix - about 800 x 1200 pixels

• $45 - 4 megapixels - 1600 x 2400 pixels

• $95 - Original - varies from 6 to 13 megapixels and from 2000 x 3000 to 2900 x 4300 pixels

Commercial Use Rates

• $25 - Web Size - roughly 640 x 480 pixels

• $45 - 1 Mpix - about 800 x 1200 pixels

• $75 - 4 megapixels - 1600 x 2400 pixels

• $145 - Original - varies from 6 to 13 megapixels and from 2000 x 3000 to 2900 x 4300 pixels

Many stock photo agencies base their price on a very complicated pricing structure, where they factor in such things as territory, print runs, amount of circulation, distribution area, industry, placement (front vs. back), incremental sizes, etc. None of this matters in our simplified pricing.

Prices reduced

We have reduced our stock photo prices as well as our fine art print prices across the board, so it is even easier for you to afford the quality photographs you want.

Instant downloads on digital stock photos

No more waiting for your digital orders to be processed. As soon as you finish the check put process you can download your photos.

More photographs uploaded

We now have over 3,000 high resolution photographs online, which is among the largest collection of relevant Seattle photographs anywhere. You can search at the big name stock photo agencies and get thousands upon thousands of search results, but may of these photographs have little if anything to do with Seattle. Photographer Howard Frisk always strives to make his photographs relevant.

More print choices

You can get your prints on paper with a glossy, matte or lustre finish, on canvas, or on canvas which is stretched and mounted on wood stretcher bars in sizes up to 24" x 36". Larger sizes are available on certain photographs.

Questions? Call us at 253-226-5717