Yuri Arcurs

What sells in microstock anno 2012?

Yuri Arcurs — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:09:25 +0000

About 4 years ago I wrote a post where I summarized what I believed was the holy grail of what sold well and what kind of content was in high demand for online stock agencies. I was mainly focused on stock photography (microstock), and today’s topic will be the same, albeit in an updated version: I know many

Yuri Arcurs Photography is looking for new staff members!

Yuri Arcurs — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:58:41 +0000

We are always on the lookout for new talent! We are not currently hiring more staff for our Danish branch, but we are looking for candidates for our South African branch who will be part of our newly formed PeopleImages.com team. Some of these job types can be done from home and do not need

The Weekend Test – A different kind of character assessment

Yuri Arcurs — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:16:22 +0000

Dedicated to my father. When I was young, my father would tell me this story: He said that if he really had to judge a person’s character, an aspiring colleague or somebody about to be hired, he would ask himself the following question: “Would I want to spend a weekend in this person’s company?” As you

Retouching more than 2,000 files in 24 hours!

Yuri Arcurs — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:33:29 +0000

If you read my blog post on the hectic launch of PeopleImages.com you will definitely find this video interesting. Just a few days before the scheduled launch date, I realized something terrible: I had promised the entire world a site with at least 70,000 images from my collection, but we only had around 68,000 files online.

www.peopleimages.com has launched – this is how it happened!

Yuri Arcurs — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:17:41 +0000

My thoughts on how I experienced being a photographer venturing into IT, equipped only with a high ambitions and a good idea. Not all good! www.peopleimages.com is out of beta as of today! Two years of project management, 5 developers, 2 designers, 1 front-end developer and we have finally arrived at a live www.peopleimages.com. In this