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Hiring a Photographer / Videographer
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Processes
University Marketing and Communications has a list of approved photography and videography vendors who have a blanket contract with the university. The use of these vendors significantly streamlines the paperwork and payment process and is highly recommended. More information about this process and a list of approved vendors for photography, videography, and UAV/Drones is available here.
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There are a handful of resources for on-campus photography and video production services.
- Video: Liberal Arts ITS
- Video: Bevo Video Productions
- Photo: Texas Student Media photographers
- Photo & Video: SOA's Technology Lab has several cameras and a camcorder available for the community to borrow. Equipment check-out details.
- Photo: Contact Kelsey Stine for SOA
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- student photographer availability.
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University Photo & Video Policies
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When engaging any vendor on a project involving drones, the vendor must submit a drone flight request at least two weeks in advance. Click here for details. If you have questions related to UAVs or UAV flight requests, email uavflight@austin.utexas.edu https://texasstudentmedia.com/our-services/
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Photo Resources
Image Relay
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Copyright Infringement & Royalty-Free Image Resources
With the prevalence of images available on the internet, social media, and other digital sources, copyright infringement of photographs and other images has become a widespread risk. The most important thing to remember is that copying images without permission can be costly and illegal. The safest thing is to use images with explicit permission from the copyright owner to do so. Below are some resources that offer copyright-free images:
- USA.GOV - Pictures provided by the U.S. government, free for use.
- Wikimedia Commons- A collection of 73,888,068 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
- Flickr Creative Commons - Galleries of photos shared by community members.
- Creative Commons - Over 500 million images, available for reuse.
- Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online - Public domain images from the Library of Congress
- World Images - Collection of primarily historical images organized into categories like Science, Religion, the Arts, and more. Many images come embedded with relevant information.
- StockSnap - High-resolution photos added weekly. Free to download and use in commercial or personal projects.
- Unsplash - Freely-usable images for download for commercial and non-commercial purposes. Attribution is appreciated but not required.
- Pexels - Photos and videos that are free to use and modify. Attribution is appreciated but not required.
- Pixabay - Free, high-quality images and videos.
- Burst - Free stock photos for websites and commercial use.
- Canva - Free and premium photos.
- The Noun Project - Database of icons that can be used for free with attribution
- The Gender Spectrum Collection: Stock Photos Beyond the Binary - A stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models. This collection aims to help the media better represent members of these communities as people not necessarily defined by their gender identities.
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Video Resources
Rules for Filming on Campus
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Music for videos is not provided by the university, but there are many affordable, royalty-free resources online. Check out PremiumBeat.com, Rumblefish, the Vimeo Music Store, and Creative Commons