How an Impulse Purchase Changed My Career

Back in 2017, my commercial work was struggling to make any impact. I got the odd big job, but mostly out of convenience rather than style — that was, until I purchased this lens. [ Read More ]

The Most Anticipated Graphic Design Trends for 2022

Hold onto your cyber hats! Here are the trends expected to dominate graphic design in 2022. But, really, anything’s game. The design world doesn’t usually move quickly. Trends come and go, but their uptake is typically a slow burn. They build over many years, adding to or transforming the trends that went before them, rather… Continue reading The Most Anticipated Graphic Design Trends for 2022

7 Real-Talk Tips for Commissioning a Marketing Mural

How to collaborate with an artist without alienating them, their community, and your intended audience. Shutterstock has partnered with acclaimed contemporary street artist Bradley Theodore for an exclusive exhibition at Art Basel Miami Beach on December 1. In it, Theodore reimagines photographs of cultural and historical icons, including Andy Warhol, Audrey Hepburn, and Whitney Houston,… Continue reading 7 Real-Talk Tips for Commissioning a Marketing Mural

How We Show It: HIV

What does it look like to live with HIV? One writer shares his personal reflections and pushes back against outdated stereotypes. In honor of World AIDS Day, Shutterstock collaborated with ViiV Healthcare to create a free collection of images, captured in diverse locations around the globe, that show what it means to live with HIV… Continue reading How We Show It: HIV

How to Build Clickable Travel and Hospitality Ads, According to AI

The travel and hospitality industry has seen its fair share of volatility. Try these data-backed insights into trends projected to pay off. Given the last couple of years, it can feel as though nothing is guaranteed, least of all the ability to travel. With the pandemic continuing its surge, some destinations are completely off limits.… Continue reading How to Build Clickable Travel and Hospitality Ads, According to AI

Data-Backed Ways to Think Pink for Your Next Campaign

Pink is considered feminine, romantic, and nurturing. But how does the color affect image performance? AI has the answers. How does the color pink make you feel? Does it brighten your mood? Does it frustrate you? Throughout history and across cultures, pink has had all sorts of meanings applied to it. In the modern Western… Continue reading Data-Backed Ways to Think Pink for Your Next Campaign

We May Never Look at Scarves the Same Way Again

With the release of “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift transforms a once cozy accessory into a symbol of heartbreak. Marketers, take note. “I left my scarf there at your sister’s house, and you’ve still got it, in your drawer, even now.” That line comes in the first verse of “All Too Well,” a… Continue reading We May Never Look at Scarves the Same Way Again

3 Tips for the Struggling Photographer

It’s not easy and if it were, everyone would be doing it. You have to keep repeating that to yourself because it’s true and you are entitled to some grace, as you grow. These 3 tips help me continue and I’m sharing them with you! [ Read More ]