Photo Fromage!
Posted on May 5, 2011 5
Stock photos are everywhere in our business, and as much as we source the good stuff, it's amazing how that old tired reprocessed stuff keeps showing up. You know what we mean...
The Handshake
The Visible Workflow Charts
The Beautiful-ethnically-balanced-no-way-in-hell-they'd-have-this-job Call Centre People
But what we really love is when we stumble on the cheesy beauties that make you spin in your chair and cry out "hey guys, you have got to take a look at this!":
10 Examples of Photo Fromage
Composition Checklist:
- squishy pink ball? - check
- matching banana-hammock? - check
- proud white dude with no shame? - check
It's not the hit-you-in-the-face concept that's bothersome... it's the age of that laptop that's unsettling.
"We're amazingly beautiful, come from 33% of other parts of the world and floss religiously! We rock!"
WTF?
The only thing that might make this worse would be to put black-face make-up on him.
We have no idea what this photo could ever be used for...
Is she upset with the thumb ring? The ponytail?
Probably just pissed about the Chardonnay/Ritz crackers combo.
Oh yes... we not only believe that you're a totally cool, hip band, but can tell for sure that you know how to play those instruments.
Who are six people who will never get modelling gigs again?
OK, not a stock photo (awkwardfamilyphotos.com) - but it's giving me the willies. Did she kill the bird with that thing?