How To Shoot A Million Dollar Selfie

March 11, 2014 Marco | Editor

Ellen DeGeneres was probably overplaying Bradley Cooper’s photography skills when she called that image the “best photo ever.” But the #Oscar post that broke the record for the largest number of retweets on Twitter might also have broken another record: for the world’s most valuable image.

With over 3 million retweets, the picture, with its galaxy of megastars, was a giant advertisement for Samsung. The company’s name didn’t appear in the tweet but according to online advertising firm Kontera, the picture led to the brand receiving about 900 online mentions a minute. Samsung is believed to have paid around …read more

Via: Photopreneur

Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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