It’s that time of year again, you know when the sun is shining, the birds singing and you’re all dreaming about your summer vacation! What better way to celebrate the coming of summer than with 25% off our entire collection. Use the promo code “summer” at checkout from now until July 29th!

Happy New Year Everyone! We couldn’t think of a better way to ring in the new year, than offering 75% off our Made In Canada Collection. What images or images will you buy? Use the promo code “Canada” at checkout from now until February 28th!

Paradisal* is pleased to offer Moodboard Plus!

Somewhere between Premium Royalty Free and Rights Managed imagery is where you’ll find Moodboard’s Latest Collection and with only 2% of all submissions making the cut it’s easy to see why!

We think its moodboard’s best collection yet!

It’s that time of year again! The leaves are changing colours, the nights are getting colder and we’re offering 75% off our Made In Canada Collection. So what are you waiting for? Just remember the savings can’t last forever. Use the promo code “Canada” at checkout from now until October 15th!

Our images have appeared in advertising campaigns across the world. We provide royalty-free images to graphic designers, and we are constantly looking to expand our collection. We are currently looking to expand our collection of images of people. We have a role for you.

We want to bring new, distinctive faces to the stock photography game. We are especially eager to work people between the ages of 55 and 65, adults between the ages of 25 and 45, and families with small children. Anyone we hire and photograph will be fully compensated (by payment or images) for their time.

Please email us at info@paradisal.ca with a recent photograph, contact information and brief description about yourself. Selected applicants will be contacted to schedule times. To check us out online please visit www.paradisal.ca

Having to work with beautiful photos is a dream job and once in a while we get the chance to sit down and pull aside some of our favourite Royalty-Free Offerings. Here are some of mine… As Carrie Latet once said… “A photograph is memory in the raw”.

Getting rid of an extreme colour cast can be quite a daunting task, but with a couple of easy steps you can actually fix your photos in no time. The first step is ensuring your file is in RGB (Image>Mode>RGB Color). The way in which we’re going to adjust your image will only work RGB. Next, in your select Image>Adjustments>Match Color, turn on the Neutralize checkbox and then play with the Fade setting to control the strength of the color correction that you will be applying. Unfortunately like all good tips, this won’t work with every image, but it will allow you to save a fair amount of photos that were destined to be tossed.

A big congratulations goes out to Cody Leroi and Krystle Alder for their winning submissions. Krystle’s poster was the clear favourite among email votes, while Cody’s poster was chosen by our team of judges.

Thank you everyone for submitting posters and for making the second Paradisal :: Poster Contest a success! The winning posters will be available for purchase through the Paradisal website.

Proceed to submissions.

Both Cody and Krystle have won:

• Five (5) copies of your poster and one (1) of a second winning design.
• 25% of proceeds from online sales of the poster through the Paradisal* website.
• One (1) 8gb Apple iPod Nano
• A $300.00 gift certificate for purchases at www.paradisal.ca.

Time is ticking down! So far we have 27 poster designs in our pretty little hands, which we’ll be adding to the site shortly. You do still have until the 30th of March, but don’t get stuck without having sent your poster in! Check it out… http://process.paradisal.ca/poster-contest/

Remember we’re giving away…

• Five (5) copies of your poster and one (1) of a second winning design;
• 25% of proceeds from online sales of the poster through the Paradisal* website;
• One (1) 8gb Apple iPod Nano and;
• A $300.00 gift certificate for purchases at www.paradisal.ca.

Keep them coming!

As Canadians we’re usually exposed to some seriously cold winters and lucky enough for us, this last week has been nothing less than your typical week of -20º weather. Looking outside my window, made me sit back and wonder what it looks like down south, and i realized it likely looks like this…

Somewhere warm, somewhere beautiful.

We live and breath stock photography. There’s something about waking up and knowing that you’re going to be spending all day working with some truly amazing images. Here are three from my list of faves. Which one is your favorite? As Ansel Adams once said… A photograph is usually looked at – seldom looked into.

Happy New Year from all of us here at Paradisal*.

Let’s start 2010 off on the right foot with an iPod giveaway! Buy any 3 images (Medium to XXLarge in size) between now and February 28th, 2010 and you will be entered in a draw to win one of three (3) 8GB Apple iPod Nanos. Stay tuned and cross your fingers, the draw will be held on March 3rd, 2010, with the winners being announced the following day. Please click here for the rules & regulations.