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The Road Ahead

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Our lives are filled with Choices and the need to make decisions ranging from the minute and inconsequential to the dramatic and life changing directions



Fork In The Road, A Decision Awaits, A Choice Must Be Made About Future Directions.

Our lives are filled with Choices and the need to make decisions ranging from the minute and inconsequential to the dramatic and life changing directions for the future. This stock photo illustrates the constant need for decisions, and does so in a visually dramatic and compelling manner. The African American businessman, briefcase in hand, stands before a fork in the road and looks into the sunrise. This choice can represent a new beginning, new possibilities and a brighter future. Will he take the main road and stay his course, or will he choose the road less traveled? Is this a business decision, or a personal one? Will he make the right choice, or is it a case that whatever choice is made it will be by definition the right one? No se!


Roads and Highways as Symbolic Elements In Stock Photography illustrating Journeys, trips, the future, self-discovery and Life itself.

Roads, Highways, trails and even freeways offer rich metaphor and symbolism for stock imagery. A road represents life and the course we are on. Junctions, forks, intersections and off ramps illustrate choices and decisions to be made. Put a sunrise at the end of the road and you have a new beginning, fresh possibilities and starting over. With a sunset at the end we have the end, finality and completion. Roads represent our journeys, whether they be the course of our life, self-discovery, or new pathways for business. Roads and Highways can represent freedom (the freedom of the open road), escape, or getting away from it all. The roads can be smooth, straight and paved indicating smooth sailing so to speak. The highways can be bumpy and rough and even unpaved which indicates a more difficult journey ahead. Roads lead to the future, or look back to the past from where we have come. A road symbolizes the way forward, progress and even connection.


Creating Stock Photos that represent change, the future, and the need for decisions, and that are flexible and compelling.

In creating compelling stock photos that are flexible and versatile we need to be sure they can convey a clear and concise message, that they have visual impact, and that they are flexible in how they can be cropped and combined with other images or type. With this shot of a businessman standing at a junction and holding a briefcase at sunrise, we have an image with a stark graphic and colorful style that lends the necessary impact, and has plenty of room above and to the side for text, both body copy and headlines, and can be effectively and easily cropped both for verticals and horizontals. The lighting is dramatic and directional showing the texture in the road and adding contrast that attracts the eye. A number of different headlines can be used with the image to provide those clear and quick messages. The photo is a quick read even at thumbnail sizes making for an image that can be effective on the Internet or web.

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