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 will be about 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 should be available in December 2008 at Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Amazon.com and other bookstores.

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: there are now only 4 price levels:

• $15 - Personal Low-Res (1 Mpix) use: personal blogs, web sites, presentations

• $35 - Commercial Low-res (1 Mpix) use:  business blogs, web sites, presentations

• $75 - Commercial Hi-Res (4 Mpix) use:  newsletters, brochures, product packaging, software, 1/2 page magazines, post cards

• $145 - Commercial Original (varies from 6 to 13 Mpix)  use: annual reports, books, full page magazines, newspapers, POP displays, billboards. posters, calendars, any other application where you need maximum resolution and detail.

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 2,000 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 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