Friday Fun with Stock Photography

This week has been mostly studying for midterms, and not a whole of new, exciting reading to pick from. BUT, I did remember this gem from a few weeks back, and thought it might make for an interesting thought exercise.


What is it do you think that these two gentlemen are discussing? From the fashion, it is most certainly the early 90's... maybe the new Boyz 2 Men album? Perhaps Clinton's approval rating? Maybe about something 'rad' and/or 'tubular'. These are the riveting possibilities of a windowless office 16 years ago...

Friday Fun with Stock Photography

Ok, so the above guy is not a piece of stock photography, but a curious little bugger who got incredibly close to the work truck this week in North Dakota. I asked him his name, but, instead of waiting on a reply we bid a hasty retreat.

And come to think of it, the image for this week isn't technically a piece of stock photography either, but a very specific picture of Ethologist Konrad Lorenz hanging out with the geese he tricked into thinking he was their mama. So, no, while it doesn't exactly fit the bill of the post title, the shot was too fantastic not to share. Happy weekend, all.

A Day Late, A Dollar Short, etc etc

So, it took all of one week to get off the habit of new Friday posts, but, I have a good reason:

I was busy dominating a game of Settlers of Cattan last night, and was unable to post.

But here we are now, and for you today I offer an image with no explanation whatsoever! Happy weekend!

Friday Fun with Stock Photography

I love stock photography.

No, really. It cracks me up, thinking of how a company picked out an image for their advertisement, or billboard, or pamphlet that originally had nothing to do with whatever it is they are hocking. I also love the idea of these photographers just coming up with as many possible scenarios and mixtures of people doing different activities and displaying different emotions so that someday they can make it onto the back of a cereal box. (has anyone ever had the experience of pulling out your frosted flakes and finding yourself beaming back at you from across the table? That would be awesome!)

Of course, the best use of stock photography lies in textbooks, and I feel like I need an avenue to share the best of the best that I see on a weekly basis. So, from here on out I'm going to try and spend a moment every Friday sharing the picture that made me giggle the most. Most certainly, they will involve 80's haircuts. Oh look!


This is for the beginning of a chapter about listening to people. Obviously, right? The book that this is from was recently reprinted in 2008 - nice to see that they made an effort to keep it hip with the kids.