Recycling Pictures... Has anyone noticed this?
Jan 9, 2013, 10:41 pm
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Recycling Pictures... Has anyone noticed this?
Okay, so I thought I would make a post regarding the two pictures I will post below....
What caught my attention about the pictures is that they are both my home airport, PDX (categorized by the carpet, positioning of the moving walkway, and the beams on the ceilings). I think that's pretty neat! You'd think Delta would use something like ATL or JFK.
The second point is that the picture appears on BOTH Delta.com AND Citicards.com...
Which leads me to this conclusion...
Do large corporations have access to some pre-purchased picture bank?
What caught my attention about the pictures is that they are both my home airport, PDX (categorized by the carpet, positioning of the moving walkway, and the beams on the ceilings). I think that's pretty neat! You'd think Delta would use something like ATL or JFK.
The second point is that the picture appears on BOTH Delta.com AND Citicards.com...
Which leads me to this conclusion...
Do large corporations have access to some pre-purchased picture bank?
Jan 9, 2013, 10:49 pm
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You don't hafto be a large corporation. Just do a Yahoo or Google search for something like - - -
Buy Stock Photos
. . . . and you'll find company's websites that do this.
I was gonna post a few here, but not sure if it's the right thing to do.
Buy Stock Photos
. . . . and you'll find company's websites that do this.
I was gonna post a few here, but not sure if it's the right thing to do.
Jan 9, 2013, 10:59 pm
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Jan 9, 2013, 11:26 pm
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Jan 9, 2013, 11:32 pm
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AA uses a very similar photo on their Pre-Check info page...
http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/tsaprecheck.jsp
http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/tsaprecheck.jsp
Jan 10, 2013, 12:21 am
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AA uses a very similar photo on their Pre-Check info page...
http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/tsaprecheck.jsp
http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/tsaprecheck.jsp
Same picture, but a ever so slightly different shot...
Now starts the quest to find every picture with the friendly looking lady who is either traveling with a lot of luggage and prefers not to check them all or is simply not an elite flyer and thus has carry them all... Or just prefers not to check bags.
Hope she knows she's famous.
Jan 10, 2013, 5:05 am
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It's funny how everybody is so happy to be in an airport, all smiling and everything. In reality they should be all sorts of frustrated, ready to demand an upgrade and battle the next set of gate lice.
(The picture reminds me of a safety video that LX had a few years ago - it was in the form of a cartoon and when presenting water evacuations everybody was smiling and jumping in the water, like kids jumping in a swimming pool on a hot summer day. Ah yes... the joy of water evacuations in a freezing ocean!)
(The picture reminds me of a safety video that LX had a few years ago - it was in the form of a cartoon and when presenting water evacuations everybody was smiling and jumping in the water, like kids jumping in a swimming pool on a hot summer day. Ah yes... the joy of water evacuations in a freezing ocean!)
Jan 10, 2013, 7:55 am
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which would be OK, except the the owner of the house has announced his claim hadn't been paid and might not be.
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Jan 10, 2013, 8:05 am
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Reminds me of the the time the "Women for Cain" website popped up after the troubling err, allegations against Herman Cain surfaced. Turned out the women who were for Cain were also for an under-development au pair site, as well as South Africa's top brand of sugar. Viva globalization!
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-photo/249405/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-photo/249405/
Jan 10, 2013, 9:06 am
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You too can buy these photos. These ones are from Getty Images.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...mage/117149350
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...mage/117149350
Jan 10, 2013, 10:28 pm
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You too can buy these photos. These ones are from Getty Images.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...mage/117149350
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph...mage/117149350
I see a new background for my computer.