01Apr2007
When Stock Photography Goes Bad
Virgin Money's online service login page is currently sporting what has to be the ugliest 'smiley person' stock photo that I've seen in a while:
Is that supposed to be a smile? Even the blending in with the background is extremely poorly done.
I like the fact that it's positioned above a security alert about protecting your information online — from the photo I'd guess that the recommendation is to write down your passwords on a notepad.
Posted on: April 1, 2007 | 12 Comments
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12 Comments Posted
For an Australian Government website I am involved in designing the original designers used a stock image of Americans (did not look like Australians) as the front page graphic. We had to change it seeing it is Australian etc
1. Posted by Jermayn Parker on April 01, 2007
lol, thanks for posting this
2. Posted by Zick on April 02, 2007
Oh my god, she looks so sour... lol :)
3. Posted by Sugar on April 02, 2007
Maybe the webdesigner got some sweet loving for using the picture of the crazy girl... :)
4. Posted by Lars on April 02, 2007
That is rather dire. That looks like a 6-year-old child cut and paste job in Paint, and that's not even discussing the content of the image itself...
shudder
Well spotted.
5. Posted by CK on April 03, 2007
That is quite incredibly shocking!
6. Posted by Nathaniel on April 03, 2007
Hey, we all make mistakes, but that image has been up there for far too long…
7. Posted by Christian Watson on April 05, 2007
Egads! ...and, oh no!
Looks like an ex-girlfriend of mine when she's trying to remember her passwords.
Thanks for supplying this chuckle into my day!
Ah, the over-dependence on the Magic Wand tool. I suppose you'd expect such a prominent site to have better standards than that. Quick! Someone whip-up a better one and send it with your resumé! HA!
8. Posted by Doug da Geek on April 06, 2007
Doug — nice one! If you ask me, she looks like someone playing Pictionary and having a hard time of it.
9. Posted by Christian Watson on April 06, 2007
Gasp! - The horror!! And in this day and age!! What is the web coming to... ;-)
10. Posted by Roneel on April 12, 2007
Wow, that is funny. I would have fired that designer in an instant ;)
11. Posted by Michael on April 15, 2007
It looks like she is grunting!
12. Posted by George Morris on April 18, 2007