About Us
D. E. "Mac"
McGuffee
Stock
Photo Solutions is
a stock photography production company and maintains a growing rights managed photographic image
library as a commercial resource for discriminating photography buyers. Located
in central Mississippi we offer a wide selection of stock images for
licensing which include but not limited to: agriculture, architecture, advertising,
editorial, flowers, fine art, landscapes, lifestyles, Mississippi Icons, models, seascapes, travel and
wildlife. Whether we are photographing families, weddings, special
events, historic icons, producing fine art prints or creating commercial
images we pledge professional quality on time and within budget.
We do not market Royalty Free images.
Editorial
Philosophy: We make it
possible for millions around the globe to see events of the day from
distances that may be only a few miles from their home to remote
areas around the world. It is
through our images the people are able to see life's portraits of joy
and sorrow in the eyes and faces of the living and dying. Our
responsibility is to document without deceit. This would also include
responsibly investigating events so if the event was staged for media
purposes we would be able to so advise. When documenting responsibly
our images may create a wide range of emotions from joy to sorrow and even
horror. There are thankfully times when our images help improve our world
and the plight of our fellow man. Regrettably there will also be times when the opposite
is true. While we may make the decision not to take the shot...the bottom line is regardless of the subject matter as
press/editorial photographers we have a responsibility to the people to
provide unaltered documentary images.
What is Stock
Photography? Licensed
images purchased by photography buyers to include but not limited to use in advertising,
annual reports, books, brochures, decor, design, industry
magazines, newspapers, publications, presentations,
technology,
and websites.
What
is Rights Managed? Rights managed stock images are licensed for a
specific use and time. Fees are predicated on the specifics of that use.
The "managed" aspect refers to the tracking of uses and
history of sales of a particular image. For example, a magazine needing
a specific image to compliment a story or article would probably not
want to license an image that a competing magazine has licensed or recently
used.
Image
Size, Resolution and Quality:
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High resolution 35mm, medium format, film and
digital at 300 ppi to 200 MB file size and larger
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DVD for larger series shipped
overnight.
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High speed electronic image
transport anywhere around the globe.
Digital Workflow:
Depending upon the intended usage
digital images
are simultaneously captured in both Raw and Jpeg, unsharpened, RGB
or sRGB color space with normal
contrast. Images are downloaded to our workstation with the original
file and it's metadata intact which includes date and time shot, ISO,
aperture, shutter speed, lens focal length and captioned and categorized per
NAA/IPTC codes. The original images and it's metadata are archived in
several different forms as
proof of copyright (we retain copyright) as well as proof the images have not been altered or
changed for editorial purposes. When a client requests press ready CMYK
images the workflow begins with the original images sized to need,
brightness and contrast reviewed and if necessary adjusted in levels. If
the image is to be sharpened it is converted to LAB, unsharp mask
applied to the "L" channel only (less aliasing when sharpening
the image data), then converted back to RGB/sRGB or CMYK in accord with
client's needs.
Field and Special Assignments:
We specialize in
stock photography for the corporate, editorial and commercial market. Although
we prefer to shoot film, eighty-five percent (85%) of our stock and
editorial work is now shot digitally. By shooting digital we can shoot an
assignment, upload and transport images at high speed electronically
anywhere around the globe. We retain copyright on all our images.
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P. O. Box 2128,
Brandon, MS. 39043
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Phone: Central
Mississippi 601-955-9416
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Fax:
601-591-1808
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E-mail: StockPhotoMail@aol.com
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