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07/27/2003 08:44:44 PM · #1 |
Has anyone tried: //www.picturestock.com/presspass.shtml ? Any luck?
What about other press pass organizations? Any that you found are fraud-type or great-type?
Thanks
M
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07/27/2003 10:02:59 PM · #2 |
My boyfriend told me to get one of these...
I didn't believe him...
Though I would love to hear that they do work! |
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07/27/2003 11:36:05 PM · #3 |
This is the best one I've seen - wondering about them tho...At least Photostock will send a fax on your behalf if you pay them the $10 bucks admin fee. So you CAN get company letterhead, etc - they will actually talk to the people you're trying to get the pass from. (so they say)
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09/08/2003 10:40:50 AM · #4 |
Has anyone ever heard anything good or bad about Photostock? Mavrik, have you tried them yet?
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09/08/2003 10:52:35 AM · #5 |
I think the key is that a press pass doesn't actually get you into anywhere interesting. You have to obtain press credentials from the event usually - where they have pre-approved you to get in.
so some places only let in particular newspapers or photo-journalists that they already know. I don't know how much of a reputation PictureStock actually has in terms of getting you credentials (this is all mentioned on the linked page - but they obviously hype their reputation - I wonder what the rest of the world thinks of them ?)
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09/08/2003 10:56:51 AM · #6 |
some feedback
some more
quick google search doesn't turn up much favourable commentry, other than from their own materials. I have no direct experience of them, however. |
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09/08/2003 11:02:48 AM · #7 |
| Just my honest opinion... I would think you would have just as much luck making up your own fantasy news organization, and printing it on your home printer. If I showed up at an event with one of these things from PictureStock, I have a feeling that I'd be escorted to the door by a couple burly security dudes... |
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09/08/2003 05:07:39 PM · #8 |
No, Kevin, I didn't try them. After posting these questions - I found basically the same type info Gordon posted and decided against it. I had better luck with my press passes two times - getting into the track at Saratoga I just called and asked about it - they said if I was doing freelance stuff, I could get upclose and personal. And I did a shoot for a band and just asked them before the show if I could get closer to shoot and they said sure. :) So I haven't tried to get into anything major (Travers would have been harder) but....
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