No more recycling bins? I beg to differ

I was saddened to see that there is a glut of wind turbines in stock photography in the PhotoShelter Buyer Survey 2008. We recently visited Holland where wind turbines are 'de rigueur' and we both find them quite fascinating, and on top of that, I have a great opportunity living in Reading where there is an 'urban' wind turbine which towers over the M4 - I was hoping that it would be useful as an example of how wind turbines can be sited in commercial/retail areas without detracting from the area - it appears as though it is in the CostCo car park!


The Ecotricity wind turbine, Reading, Berkshire, UK.
The turbine was designed by Norman Foster
and towers over the M4 at J11

What does surprise me is that the buyer survey said "no more recycling bins" and yet, in the UK at least, I get searches every day for recycling bins. I don't know quite what the buyers are looking for and I'm not the one getting the zooms. I can reassure you that my recycling bin has given a property release and doesn't expect a cut of any sales.

PhotoShelter Buyer Survey 2008

Been reading this today, the PhotoShelter Buyer Survey 2008, in fact it has made its way back home with me to mull over. There are a few inconsistencies that I've noticed in it too, mainly around the availability/quality/diversity graph. So in an effort to get some gems out of it, I've taken the data (as best I can from the graphs they provide) and rehashed it, first a different take on the quality analysis...



This shows a slightly different order to the graph in the survey but matches up pretty well. I have ordered it according to the most "poor" rating + least "strong" rating.

If you add into this analysis the demand for each subject area you end up with a Gartner-style quadrant. This shows that although there is a lack of good quality images of, say, Seniors - there actually isn't a lot of demand for it. The hot tickets are business, diversity and healthcare, the areas to avoid are animals and celebs [for stock], so I'm off to find a group of oriental nurses to take pictures of!