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iStockphoto – once my best friend as a blogger – has been edging its prices up ever since being bought by that larger stock photo company (forget the name).

This really sucks. There is definitely a market for a stock photo site that charges $1 per shot given the growth of blogs. iStockphoto.com used to be just great for that. Now its up to $1.40 per credit, minimum of 10 credits, and most of the decent shots (i.e. shots better than a Google search) are 5+ credits! WTF…

Clearly there’s an opportunity here to re-create the original iStockphoto with inexpensive shots made for the rest of us.

Why can’t people figure out this democratic “crowd source” concept…jeezus…