Picfree - New Flex Site

Working with Darrin Stevens, Paula Stevens and Graham Barlow we helped develop a simple online stock photography website for business and students to use. All developed in FLEX – this is a new type of Flash site, updateable content on the fly, search facility and payment connection, a great start on the development of Flex Applications...watch this space for new apps!

The site offers free (800px) photos for anyone to use within any production/material – if you want a high resolution image you can purchase it for a one off fee, all images are the same cost – this then goes to the running costs of the servers and equipment.

Why was Picfree created?
"Simply, I have worked in the print industry for 21 years and know just how difficult the right image is to find and when you do find it, it costs money and all you want to do, is use it to make your presentation look good! Without any fear of the copyright police coming round and arresting you.

I use to take pictures and keep them in a folder just in case I needed a picture of a door or a flower that I could use in my presentations – please note that I don’t class myself as a photographer not even an amateur photographer, I just aim my camera and shoot and hopefully the pictures look OK!" says Darrin Stevens.

The site will be backed up by a forum and an upload system (in due course) – which will enable anybody to *submit their photos.

I think there are some fantastic photos on the site – certainly some will appear on some of our work/presentations and will be a valuable source of photographs and inspiration for us...I hope it makes it in to your helpful resources bookmark.

Check out the site at www.picfree.co.uk and hope you find that photo you need.

*subject to verification and copyright laws

18, Jun, 2009