Easy Research
It's rapidly becoming apparent to photo researchers that the easiest way to find a particular image is to use the Web, and not by sifting through actual images on the Web, but to search for a word or words describing the image. Very often the searched-for image is something specific, like an isolated cafe in Chicago, a museum for model railroad cars in Pittsburgh, or a mountain wildflower in Wyoming. Major search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, HotBot, Lycos, Infoseek, etc., constantly use their webcrawlers to capture such words (text) that identify images on the Web.Photographers are becoming more aware that researchers need web-posted photos to be accompanied by a variety of descriptors and references, including words referring to the mood or emotional state invoked by a photo. Some photographers with access to specific subject areas post descriptors of photos they can quickly obtain, making them available for assignment by photobuyers. For example, a micro-biologist who is also a freelance stock photographer might post several hundred descriptive words on his website, knowing that although he might not have those specific photos in his files, he has access to be able to take the photo(s) at a moment's notice.
Photo researchers increasingly are by-passing the time-consuming task of looking at images. Instead, they let a search engine do their work for them, by narrowing down sources of the needed images by checking text photo listing descriptions put on the Web by stock photographers. Once the researcher locates a source of a needed image, they contact the photographer and then start looking through a selection of targeted photos.
Searching through images dozens of times to find photos can be exhausting and boggle the eyes. In contrast, searching by keyword (the process highlights relevant words and descriptions), shortens search time and pinpoints exact sources of the photos needed.-RE
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