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Archive for April 2009
Can Google Images
Help Photobuyers?
As the Internet continues to expand, it’s becoming clear that photo researchers for magazines, book publishers, graphic houses, corporations, etc. cannot afford the time to physically look through the exploding masses of images streaming aboard the Internet. Especially when they need to find a very specific image.
“The long tail search” (text search) has now been discovered by most photo researchers. They’ve found that Google search and the other search engines, MSN-Aol-Yahoo et al, can make life easy for them.
TEXT SEARCH NOT PICTURE SEARCH
It seems perhaps surprising to suggest that using text to find a picture works better than searching through images themselves. But professional photo research is moving that direction and leaving Google image concepts and traditional image search facilities behind.
For example, if you used an image-based search to find general shots of ”Capitol Hill Washington DC,” in a Google Images search you’d find 200 images, or more like 2,000. As we all know, we could shout out the window and a dozen photographers would come running down the street waving their great photos of “Capitol Hill Washington DC.”
But let’s say you’re searching for something very specific, like “Capitol Hill Washington DC Amtrak Schedule Board.” Approaching your search through usual image search channels, you’re at risk of suffering “tired eyeballs syndrome,” searching through hundreds of inappropriate images at Google Image search, Alamy, PhotoShelter, Corbis and others. Or you may get frustrated time and again, getting, “Your search yielded no results. Please try broadening your search criteria…”
How to save time zeroing in on a source of such an obscure image? You’ll find a text search can be the answer. Here at PhotoSource International we’ve worked both with photographers and photo researchers to create just such a resource.
Back in 1999 we began building a website called The PhotoSourceBANK, where photographers could enter keywords describing specific photos they have available (or could easily take). Each photographer can enter up to 3,000 keywords and phrases.
The PhotoSourceBANK now contains more than a million keyphrases (long tail search tags) and combinations of keywords and tags. We ask photographers to gear their keywords according to what they think a researcher might enter into a Google search.
Many photo Researchers who are up against a stonewall despite valiant efforts to find a highly specific picture, find the solution to their search is the PhotoSourceBANK. We advise them to include the word ‘photosource’ at the end of their search phrase. As our PhotoSourceBANK grows, more and more researchers are finding a “text” search to be more convenient and time-saving than an image search.
We’ve been offering this service for only ten years, but as the database grows from a million to a billion words, it promises a revolution in photo research, thanks to advances and improvements in Internet search.
Try it.
By typing a standard Google search for “Capitol Hill Washington DC Amtrak Schedule Board,” a space, and then the word ‘photosource,’ you’ll see that Google will provide a contact result where you can go to find a photographer who has your exact photo need and a deep selection of photos in that niche area.
You phone, fax or email the photographer, ask for a LightBox selection of pictures to review, select the one you need, negotiate a fee, and receive a high-resolution picture of your choice in a ma tter of hours.
The beauty of this system for photo researchers is that photographers who shoot in specific markets usually have a passion for that niche market, are up-to-date on the subject, and available for additional consulting on the subject matter. You can’t get that with across-the-board microstock or Flickr shooters.
Do photographers enjoy keywording their images? No they don’t. “I’m a photographer, not a library scientist!” subscribers shout at me. But once they get a taste of the amount of business a hefty number of keywords generates for them, there are no more complaints about the tedious task of entering more tags and keywords.
Plus the metadata can keep selling their images for them when they retire, let alone be an annuity for their heirs, plus make their image collection attractive to stock libraries, museums, historical societies or universities should they want to donate or sell their archives down the line.
It all evolves around good keyphrasing!
A search for a picture in Google Images is a nice place to visit, but no serious photo researcher wants to live there. It will never be a threat to specialized stock agencies or independent stock photographers who specialize. However, a text search at the standard everyday Google text bar can be a haven for photo researchers.
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Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to receive a free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
For more information about the PhotoSourceBANK: http://www.photosource.com/bank
Lora Shinn
lora[at]lorashinn[dot]com
205 334 3296
4-22 to 5-6-2009
Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan
FORM A MARKETING GROUP IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Stock photographers, because of their varied specialties and emphasis in photography, rarely compete with each other, but they do have one common tie: their need to constantly update their marketing skills. Get together with stock photographers in your area for regular meetings.
THE TRUE COST OF FREE - Do you get emails asking you to provide your
services for free? If you just do this one job gratis, it will invariably
lead to paid work. This is a bad idea.
http://rising.blackstar.com/the-true-cost-of-free.html
TAKEAWAY: Clients who would never ask you for your services at no cost are the ones who will always follow through with their promises.
Internet and online travel becomes
more important in tough economic times.
There has been no drop in travel website visits as fuel prices increase. People are instead researching their travel decisions more intensively online and are shifting to the online channel as they become more price sensitive.
http://www.tamartidings.com/travel-20-the-data-impacts-and-business-implications.html
SPACEY IDEA. -- World's 'largest' photo project planned . Photographers are urged to take part in what is billed as the world's largest photography project. Organizers say they want people from all over the globe to take a photo on 24 October 2009, 63 years to the day since scientists first captured a photo of earth from space. http://www.heapfo.com/oneclickonepic
AIMING HIGHER -- Picli wants to be the home of great photography on the web
Picli's creators think their site is more creative and open than their photo-sharing site rivals, and they want to attract high-quality photos that invite comments and around a constantly changing gallery of quality creative content, created and published by its users. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/apr/21/startups-photography
A PENNY EARNED LookStat Raises $500k For Microstock Photography Analytics - Lookstat is a tool for photographers that allows them to track their microstock earnings across online stock photography sites like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, and Dreamstime. The site can automatically identify when the same image is being sold at multiple sites, and can aggregate all sales for that image into one place. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/lookstat-raises-500k-for-microstock-photography-analytics/
SLIMMING DOWN Men's Journal Drops Frequency to 10 times a Year - Sharp ad page declines have forced many magazines to cut rate base or frequency to reduce expenses.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/mens-journal-drops-frequency-to-10x-a-year.html
LOOKING IN DEEP -- National Geo's Online Photo App Will Blow Your Mind - National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) has launched Infinite Photograph, a cutting-edge Web 2.0 photography mosaic application. An Infinite Photograph digital mosaic is composed of 200 to 500 photographs culled from National Geographic's user-generated My Shot photography database.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/national-geos-online-photo-app-will-blow-your-mind
AND, BOOKS? --Will books mirror the decline of papers? Robert Crum on Books: “As many, including myself, have complacently observed, books are crisis-proof. The second world war, we like to say, proved to be the making of Penguin. In none of the subsequent postwar downturns did publishing suffer. And now, plus ça change ... the latest bookselling figures from the US and UK suggest that, once again, books are riding out the storm. Phew!..”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/19/robert-mccrum-books
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IRON CLAD AGREEMENT - .… -“… shall exclusively own all known or later existing rights to the Submissions worldwide and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submissions for any purpose in all media now known or hereafter discovered without compensation to the provider of such Submissions, you acknowledge and agree [that] . . .." Who writes those kind of contracts? Most everyone loves Oprah, but most photographers may not love her request for photos for her "Breathing Space Gallery." http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/oprahs-photo-request-grabs-exclusive.html
THEY WANT YOUR COPYRIGHT. In Britain, photographers protest rights-grabbing contracts - A petition has been launched to protest a new rights-grabbing contract imposed on photographers by one of Germany's largest publishing houses. BJP asks its readers to help by signing the petition here.
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=853131
Event Photography Handbook
What is “event photography?” If you’ve ever photographed a family special reunion, an award ceremony, a corporate function, a political get-together, a community picnic, a military ceremony, a sport team group picture, you have experienced the life of an Event Photographer.
As a stock photographer, you have an excellent opportunity to photograph in locations that ordinarily are not open to most people. Depending on the occasion, you may be permitted to gain outtakes from your shoot to be included in your stock photo file. Many event photographers miss or ignore this opportunity.
Of course, outtake shooting takes some diplomacy on your part, some bartering skill, or sharing of the revenues of stock sales. It’s not a vital element to your business, but it is a way to expand your stock collection without the usual administration that it takes to get entry into the way others conduct everyday living. .
Like stock photography, at least in the beginning, you only need some basic equipment to start out. This book outlines the steps you will take to build a thriving business.
You'll learn how to find customers and initiate contact, select the best equipment for the job, and plan and execute the photographic capture of a wide variety of events—from anniversary photo shoots to business mixers, to ribbon cuttings and rodeos, to sporting and VIP events, The exposure is endless. You learn a typical marketing plan to increase visibility and draw more clients. And you’ll learn a lot about business etiquette when you are dealing with a variety of clients.
William B. Folsom is the resident photographer for Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and a photography instructor. He is the author of Art and Science of Butterfly Photography. He lives in McLean, Virginia. James P. Goodridge is a professional photographer. He lives in Vienna, Virginia. They work and market services together as the JPG Photo Events Team.
Amherst Media, 716-874-4450. ; Fax 716-874-4508 ; 175 Rano Street, Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14207
SPECS: 8.5 X 11, paperback, 150 color photographs, 128 pgs. ISBN13: 978-1-58428-241-9
http://www.deastore.com/book/event-photography-handbook-william
-folsom-james-goodridge-amherst-media-us/9781584282419.html
WISH LIST
Does this sound like your wish list?
1.) I have a day job, but I love photography and would like to sell my photos from my computer here at my kitchen table.
2.) I don’t want the hassle of sending out sample photos to prospective photobuyers and wait for their answer.
3.) I want to sell my photos @ $50, $100, $500, …---not for $1, $2, or $3.
4.) I don’t want to join a photo gallery site and wait for buyers. I want the buyers to come to me, not the other way around.
5.) I want an audio/visual learning course* that will jump-start my stock photo business right away.
It’s coming! All of the above. I’m putting the final touches on a 21-part audio/video course*, tailored for you, that wraps up all of the marketing principles that I’ve learned over the past three decades (here at PhotoSource International, we deal with photobuyers EVERY DAY –not occasionally), plus all of the latest techniques that have come through the Internet daily.
You know I’m on TOP of all of these new techniques and information because I publish and edit your weekly PhotoStockNOTES.
The price of this 21-part eCourse is going to be $79.95. But keep alert... we are going to hold a pre-publication event next month (May) before we publish the DvD in early June. You’ll save $20 if you enroll early. Watch for the announcement in a couple of weeks.
-Rohn
ON GUARD -- In Britian, photographers face wider anti-terror curbs - Cameras trigger terrorism fears. Civilians are being told to be on guard for people carrying cameras and zoom lenses as part of anti-terrorism seminars being rolled out nationwide. The Home Office insists that there is no alternative as Britain continues to be on a state of high alert for a possible terrorist
attack. http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_face_wider_anti_terror_curbs_news_281398.html?offset=&offset=1
OFF-LIMITS -- Photographers' rights: Thousands back PM petition (UK). An online petition campaigning for photographers' right to take pictures of UK police officers has had a huge surge in support since the G20 protests.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_rights_Thousands_back_PM_petition_news_281388.html
FOUND! Banker's historic color photos found 'in cupboard'. Some of the earliest surviving color photographs have turned up in a cupboard in Hampshire, England. The 700 'forgotten' autochromes, each found wrapped in newspaper, were captured by Lionel de Rothschild, a banker who experimented with the process between 1908-1912.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Bankers_historic_colour_photos_found_in_cupboard_update_news_281048.html
LOOKING BACKWARDS Smithsonian's New Focus on Photography - The Smithsonian is giving their photography collections a much needed publicity boost. The recently started "The Bigger Picture" blog focuses on the Smithsonian photography collections and is a great way to find out about photographs you might not know about.
http://photography.about.com/b/2009/04/25/smithsonians-new-focus-on-photography.htm
SHARPER IMAGES -- Photography And Microscopes: New Technique That Scrambles Light May Lead To Sharper Images, Wider Views An imaging method developed by Princeton researchers could lead to lenses that show all parts of the scene at once in the same high detail. The new method could help build more powerful microscopes and other optical devices.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120911.htm
LOOK ALIKE PEOPLE Face recognition comes to Flickr - The new feature was launched recently by Swedish start-up Polar Rose. It lets users import all their photos from a Flickr account to an account on Polar Rose, where the images are then automatically assembled into groups of faces that look alike. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10224607-2.html?tag=mncol;txt
MEETING THE DOWN ECONOMY HEAD ON. -- Is it slow for you right now? If so,locating other avenues for revenue (within the field of photography) may be your next best solution. There are plenty of avenues for revenue aside from the ones familiar to you. The key is to be thinking several steps ahead.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/your-piece-of-pie.html
THE RESULTS ARE IN -- PDN's 2009 Wedding Business Survey Results - Photographers say they're cutting expenses as they prepare for a drop in business this year. But they're not cutting prices. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ida99bf36787f149ab1004b3334e81c75
"Each PhotoSourceBOOK and each encounter with PhotoSourceBANK spurs and inspires me and my archivist to comb my vast Time-Life files for salable material. Rohn and company have been responsible for many a successful treasure hunt through territory I had too long overlooked. I recommend PhotoSource International not only to fellow old-timers - (hey, I've done more than 1000 covers and had 25,000 pictures printed - many in my 65 or so books) - but especially to newcomers in the new, fantastic digital environment."
- Art Shay, Photographer, Chicago
VOTING RIGHT. MPs and Lords in Jessops photography shootout. MPs and Lords entered a record number of pictures into this year's All-Party Parliamentary photo competition, a sign that photography remains a burning passion among politicians.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/MPs_and_Lords_in_Jessops_photography_shootout_news_281183.html
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Deadline Extended Through Thursday April 30.
The deadline for registration (and upload) for the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) 'Top 40' Juried Competition will be extended through Thursday April 30.
For complete information and registration visit website:
http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html
Direct link to registration page:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=180581
Contact:
Rex Bruce, Director, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, 107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90038
http://www.lacda.com
Danny Lions’ work is reviewed by the New York Times. Among a group of revolutionaries whose work rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s and transformed the nature of documentary photography — a group that includes friends and colleagues of Mr. Lyon’s like Mary Ellen Mark and Larry Clark.
At a time when picture magazines were still a holy grail for young photographers, Mr. Lyon, self-taught, began his career as the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. A week after hitchhiking south in 1962 at the age of 20 he was in jail with other protesters in Albany, Ga., next to the cell of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ref: Art: Stubbornly Practicing His Principles of Photography By RANDY KENNEDY
Danny Lyon, a pioneer of new journalism and the subject of a coffee-table retrospective, sticks to the down and dirty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/arts/design/26kenn.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Sunmitted by: Roy Iwaki
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A VETERAN LOOKS BACK. Interview with Rick Becker-Leckrone, CEO of BlendImages Stock Agency – “We started with no images and of course, no revenue. About 4 ½ years in we have about 80,000 images, over 70 photographers and sales just over 6M a year. It's been a great ride so far."
http://actionsportsdigitalphotography.com/blog/interview-with-rick-becker-leckrone-ceo-of-blendimages-stock-agency/
Digital Photography Workshop at
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 4
Nationally known photographer Wyman Meinzer will conduct a digital photography workshop at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 4.
Registration for the workshop and the private critiques is limited, and a fee will be charged for both. For registration information, visit http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/education/media/photoworkshop_form.pdf
Contact: Larry Hodge, (903) 670-2255, larry.hodge[at]tpwd.state.tx[dot]us
“Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be.”
- Edward Weston
1785 – John J. Audubon, born April 26th, in Haiti, of Creole parents. Came to America at age 19. Audubon started a grocery store in Louisville, KY. Later he set out to paint every species of American bird.
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ONLINE
by Bill Hopkins
SAVING ENERGY
It’s been reported that if all the computers in the U.S. were simply turned off each night, over $2.8 billion of electricity costs per year could be saved.
Put into perspective on a worldwide basis, enough power could be saved in one night to light up the Empire State Building for over 30 years! Of course, the $2.8 billion covers the cost of electricity only, and does not consider the cost of waiting for the computer to boot each morning.
One could easily argue, from a monetary standpoint, that the wasted manpower (er, humanpower?) could easily offset the power costs.
And there are other considerations, especially for large businesses. Like, if 1,000 computers were turned off each night, a company could save $28,000 a year.
SPAM BE GONE
And here’s another figure: $3 billion. That’s the estimated cost of electricity wasted by SPAM. Yep, when you add up the power costs of sending, processing, routing, receiving, and otherwise dealing with SPAM (not including loss productivity, filtering software, etc.).
On the bright side, McAfee says that the current levels of SPAM filtering have saved over 135 billion kWh of electricity, compared with no computer being protected. So, when you can, turn off your computer at the end of the day, and use that startup time to get settled in each morning.
Watch the Face(book)
By now all of us should know not to open suspicious e-mails or their attachments, even when the sender is known to us.
After all, the sender’s ID could be spoofed.
But are we equally vigilant when it comes to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace?
Can’t wait to click on the hyperlink to a celebrity video? Or that hottest and latest YouTube video?
Think again!
Keep protected by running current antivirus software and keeping it updated. Restrict Facebook applications that you (or your kids!) install, and be very wary of programs that want you to install a codec (for displaying videos, for example). They are generally fake codecs that attempt to install malware on your computer.
As social networking sites and applications gain in popularity, we can only expect attacks using these services to increase.
POLAROID SOLD! Again
Patriarch Partners, a private-equity firm, has received court approval to purchase Polaroid’s assets out of their second bankruptcy.
They get Polaroid’s intellectual property, name, and brand. Patriarch says they intend to make Polaroid a "leading brand in digital instant photography."
But wait!
There’s an objection from Polaroid’s creditors. Another spirited courtroom auction, and this time, a partnership between Hilco and Gordon Brothers won out. (They own such brand names as Sharper Image and Bombay furniture.) Total price: $88.1 million.
Bill Hopkins is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio* (www.photosourcefolio.com) and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments via e-mail to wh[at]photosourcefolio[dot]com. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel at www.photosource.com/board.
*Display 6 of your own images for photobuyers to view, on your page on the PhotoSource website.
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Click here for my interview with Brian Yarvin
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IMAGE RESOURCES
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HOW THEY DID IT. These Photos That Look Like They Hae Been Photoshopped But Aren't - These are not photoshopped in terms of that all the objects and their actions are real but might be editied for colors and adjustments..
http://www.bspcn.com/2009/04/18/21-photos-that-look-like-they%e2%80%99re-photoshopped-but-arent/
CAMERA IN A PAINT CAN -- Pinhole photography has long been regarded as a quirky alternative to taking pictures, and shutterbugs can use almost any empty containers to take images. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10218036-1.html
DEEPER & DEEPER -- National Geographic's Infinite Photograph will mesmerize you – I’s a fun new feature called the Infinite Photograph that takes over 300,000 photos collected from its archives and submitted by users, and turns them into a giant photo mosaic. It lets you zoom in infinitely, making your way deeper into each photo as it breaks down into smaller photos of various colors.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10221086-2.html?tag=mncol;title
PREVENT LOSS Your name, e-mail and address should appear with your digital submissions, sleeves, and prints. Also: If you move: Notify all photo editors who are currently considering your pictures for publication.
HOW MANY pictures should I submit to an editor? Submit a Light Box with as many as 6 images, but only if they are on-target, that is, within the special interest area of the photobuyer. Editors do not appreciate "shotgunning" (sending a variety of pictures and hoping one hits the target). You can submit as few as one or two images, if they are on-target.
Learn to make pictures
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THEM THAT HAS GITS -- Why Chris Usher's Loss Is a Defeat for All of Us - Too little fanfare and zero uproar, photographer Chris Usher has lost his appeal against Corbis, which managed to permanently misplace 12,640 of his images. After a seven-year battle, Usher will be compensated a lousy $7 per image. http://rising.blackstar.com/fall-of-the-case-of-usher-will-anyone-stand-up-for-photographers.html
TAKEAWAY: Nevertheless 12,640 is a lot of slides with legs. Even some of the infamous slide losses of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s never reached that proportion and the reported awards were much higher in last century dollars. John Zimmerman 1986 (80 slides); National Stock Network 1987 (16 ); Sharpshooters 1989 (68); Don Johnson 1991 (60); Ric Ergenbright 1992 (248); Steve Rattner 1993 (39) .
KEEPIN’ THE BOOKS -- vvpicNiche Toolbars - Bob Davies, creator of the picNiche.com keyword tool, has created two microstock FireFox toolbars. The contributor toolbar is designed to make life easier for microstockers. It automatically checks your earnings, provides an FTP upload tool within the browser, notifies you of sales and image approvals, and partially automates submit pages.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/picniche-toolbars.html
Mashup developer, Bob Davies, creator of the picNiche.com keyword tool, has created two microstock FireFox toolbars. One for microstock contributors and the other for microstock buyers. http://www.microstockdiaries.com/
ANOTHER ONE -- A new German Microstock Marketplace - Stock agency PantherMedia invites photographers to join its new microstock offering and image subscription.
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? -- Photo Contest Wades Into Murky Waters of Digital Manipulation - The Picture of The Year photo contest in Denmark recently disqualified a project from its reportage category because judges thought the photographer used too much digital manipulation. The story has sparked many lively conversations about photojournalism ethics. A proposed new contest rule came out of the debate: (proposed for a reportage photo contest like this one) . . . ”The Judges and exhibition committee reserve the right to see the original raw image files, raw tape, negatives and/or slides. In cases of doubt, the photographer can be pulled out of competition.”
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/photo-contest-wades-into-murky-waters-of-digital-mainpulation.html
TAKEAWAY: If it’s reportage, sure. No one likes manipulation of a digital image if it’s supposedly depicting an actual situation. Anything else, unleash the shackles on the photographer and let photographers be the artists they are.
NEW MAGAZINES
Some weird ones, and bizarre prices. . .
Future Claw
www.futureclaw.com
$14.99
Swallow Magazine
www.swallowmagazine.com
$25.00
The Last Magazine
www.thelast-magazine.com
$10.00
OUCH! -- National Trust Picture Yourself competition - The National Trust appears to
have commenced an aggressive campaign to utilise photographers' work without
payment. First, its 'Picture Yourself' competition features a full-on
copyright grab.
http://copyrightaction.com/forum/national-trust-picture-yourself-competition
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by Rohn Engh
This is a photography book for teens, -but wait.
When our family first moved to the country, I decided to plant a garden. At our local library in town, I looked up books in the vegetable gardening section. The thick, heavy tomes were over my head. I didn’t get it. The agricultural terms were too obscure for me. So, I went to the children’s section and took out a book that started with “So your Mommy and Daddy have moved to the country and you want to start a garden…”
If you are a newcomer to photography, this book may give you a fresh look at what it’s all about. Or if you are a serious amateur it might help you to look at photography from a different angle.
What’s included? How-to’s for 30 favorite photography subjects. Some pro tips from people like Arte Wolfe, David McLain, Vincent Laforet, Chris Buck, and others.
Of course, if you are a teen, you know that teens love to take pictures of their friends, their families, and their dogs, their nose and their toes. You can get serious with your photography with this book. It’s the first how-to photography book written by teens for teens.
The author is 18-year-old Charlie Styr, assisted by writer and photography editor Maria Wakem.
The book is illustrated with more than 150 photos taken by teen photographers around the world. You’ll learn about basic equipment, composition, and lighting, and explore 27 high-interest techniques, from portraits to action, macro, shooting at night, special effects. And, you can join the on-line contest.
About the authors: Award-winning teen photographer Charlie Styr started flickr.com’s Teenage Photographers group in 2006. Today the group has more than 5,000 members, with 84,000 images from teens around the world. Visit Styr’s blog at www.theapblog.com. He lives in England. Maria Wakem is the editorial director of custom media at Photo District News and the editor of PDNedu, a magazine for high school and college students as well as educators. Visit her on the web at www.mariawakem.com. She lives in New York City.
CLICK Charlie Styr and Maria Wakem ; ISBN: 978-0-8230-9237-6, Watson-Guptill / Amphoto, Book (Paperback), $18.95, 8 1/2 x 9, 144 pages, 150 color illustrations, April 2009
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0823092372
STRETCHING THE LAW In Britain, video shows police threatening G20 photographers with jail. Video evidence of the police using section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 on the press is on the internet.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Video-evidence-of-police-threatening-photographers-with-jail-has-emerged-11442
TERRORISM OR TOURISM. Police delete London tourist's photos 'to prevent terrorism'.
Austrian tourist who photographed bus and subway stations says 'nasty incident' has put him off returning to London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/16/police-delete-tourist-photos
STILL LEGAL -- The NYPD has issued an order reminding officers that photography and videotaping in public areas is legal.
http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/law_enforcement/97287/nypd-reportedly-issues-reminder-that-photos-are-ok/Default.aspx
THE TRUE COST -- What Your Tax Return Can Teach You About Your Photography Business -
http://rising.blackstar.com/what-your-tax-return-can-teach-you-about-your-photography-business.html
YOU’LL BE IN FASHION. Ever wanted to be a photographer in fashion? Well, you CAN combine photography with fashion thanks to Thanko's new 4GB USB Video Camera Necktie! Fashion Photography is Simple with the Thanko USB Camera Necktie.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/fashion_photography_simple_thanko_usb_camera_necktie_26407
MOVING PIX - Animoto Introduces White Label Feature for Commercial Photography Accounts. Animoto, the video creation platform that lets users quickly create videos from their own photos and music, has introduced a white label feature for photography commercial accounts, a frequently requested upgrade from professional users.
http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm?id=7522
A NEW I.D. SYSTEM -- A new online photo organization called Snapizzi enables photographers of any skill level to capture, manage and sell their photos online with a new tagging technology and website.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Snapizzi-introduces-barcode-and-tagging-11447
GET A GRANT -- Exposures: Project Funding - Susana Raab's "Consumed" series, which documents America's fast food has been supported by grants from The Puffin Foundation and the White House News Photographers' Association. She sees grants as a way of defraying costs for her personal photographic projects. .
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ie60616bd56e87859b19aebd2bbdbc384
“I’d like to renew my subscriptions. I’ve had good luck with PhotoDaily and PhotoLetter and would not want to miss out on any possibilities.”
Wendy White, photographer, HOT TOPIC IMAGES, Yelm, WA
RETAIN YOUR RIGHTS -- Doing the Right Thing - After Bob Krist asked USA Today whether or not they really needed all the rights, originally outlined in their contest rules, the legal guys came back with a modified version. Yes, by entering you still give them some rights to use your photos, but only in connection with promoting and writing about the contest, instead of the "all rights throughout the universe" boilerplate in the original contest rules.
http://www.bobkrist.com/blog/usa-today-doing-the-right-thing/
TAKEAWAY: Most everything in life is negotiable. Stick to your rights.
RIGHTS-GRABBING CONTESTS Pro-Imaging website devises a 'spoiler' image that you can send to rights-grabbing competitions. Don’t let them gobble up your rights. Read the rules. If it’s an unfavorable competition, send them this image.
http://copyrightaction.com/forum/pro-imaging-devise-spoiler-image
Robert Adams, U.S. Photographer, Wins $61,000 Hasselblad Award . Adams, who is based in Astoria, Oregon, received the 500,000 kronor ($61,000) prize at a ceremony in San Francisco yesterday. The foundation, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, described Adams as "one of the most important and influential photographers of the last 40 years."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ag8s9uVM4onA&refer=muse
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COMPARING PHOTO DATA -- Flickr fans quickly embraced the tool this week to run a variety of comparisons, including some photography-specific ones such as bokeh vs. HDR and Canon vs. Nikon. Flickr trends highlighted via Google-based app - The FlickrTrends
application takes advantage first of the API (application programming
interface) at Yahoo's photo-sharing site, Flickr, which can show how many
photos have been tagged with a particular word over a period of time.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10220937-39.html?tag=mncol;title
“Success doesn’t come to talented people because of their brilliance. It comes to them either from luck or experience. It’s better to go out and get some experience rather than wait for some luck. “ – H.T. White
April 9 – Edward Muybridge was born in Kingston-on-the-Thames, England (1830). He immigrated to California in the 1850s, where he took up photography and quickly became one of the first internationally known photographers. Between 1867 and 1872 he took more than 2000 photographs, many of them views of the Yosemite Valley.
It was Edward Muybridge who designed a new camera that could take a picture in one-thousandth of a second. To test his improvement, he set up twenty-four cameras along a race track with trip wires to pull the shutters. With those cameras, he managed to take a series of pictures of a horse galloping, proving for the first time that all four of a horse's hooves will sometimes be off the ground at the same time.
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Over the years, I’ve developed a barometer that tells me the state of the publishing industry – specifically books and magazines – when it comes to their need for images. (Newspapers are not among our target markets so I have not included them in this overview.
My barometer goes like this– I use these four guidelines:
1.) Photo Researchers and Editors. We talk with a couple dozen every day (checking in with them as to their photo needs). We have 3,600 researchers and photobuyers in our database and the 80-20 rule generally applies here. (750 generate the lion’s share of photo listings.)
2.) Major bookstores. If you like to burrow through the shelves, like I do, notice how
many new titles you see displayed. If they’re looking pretty familiar, not that
different from two or three months ago, that could indicate that the research
departments of major publishers have decided not to bring out many new
offerings this season.
3.) The total amount of photo need listings we get in for the PhotoDaily and PhotoLetter marketletters. The PhotoDaily lists the large publishing houses with higher budgets for photography. The PhotoLetter (weekly) lists the smaller houses, with lower budgets.
4.) Magazine shelves at spots like the airport, Wal-Mart, etc.
What do my guidelines reflect right now? The consensus is this.
Photo Researchers/Buyers
A number of researchers continue to work on projects that were assigned them last year at this time. So I haven’t included them in this equation.
Today, we sometimes hear, “I’m going to have something for you next month,” or even “next summer.” Some photobuyers have seen no drop in their workload. Others report a dramatic drop. So it’s a bit up and down. In general, however, no one expresses being snowed under by an overwhelming workload.
BookstoresThey reflect a holding pattern, with if not exactly a trickle, at least not a strong stream, of new titles packing the shelves.
Photo need listings - Down about one-third. We have stepped up our inquiries to photo researchers/buyers, yet our efforts result in fewer photo need requests than we’re usually able to compile.
Magazine shelves
This is an elusive one. Some magazines have outright dropped out of sight or gone to bi-monthly or quarterly. It’s evident many are getting thinner due to less advertising.
A bright spot: New magazines continue to come on the scene. You can check out new magazines at, http://www.mrmagazine.com/newtitles.html ;
From where I sit, while magazines and books are still churning out and we can count on publishers to keep producing material that needs images, it seems things are in a definite holding pattern. Like to all of us, to one degree or another, these bumpy times are dictating to just about every field of endeavor to hunker down and ride it out– hanging in there but with prudent cautions. Budgets are tighter.
But from past experience I’ll wager that it won’t be long before we see signs of renewed activity – the voracious need in our global cultures for information and entertainment and education and the images that go with all this, cannot slow down for long.
The current “recession” is the fourth one we have experienced here at Photosource International. We’ve learned that in tough times art buyers look to save money, but not at the expense of not getting the “right” pictures for their projects. The Internet is a plus for publishers in this most recent recession, allowing photobuyers to find the pictures they need through non-costly text searches, listing services such as our marketletters, and specialized stock photo agencies. Be encouraged – the world can’t get along, let alone the economy recover, without photography!
Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to learn how to sell photos and to receive his free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit his website, PhotoSource International or call 800 624-0266.
PHOTOGRAPHER AS SALESMAN -- Selling Event Photography; Lessons Learned In A Fast-Paced Business. One of the growth markets for photographers these days is consumer event photography, including youth sports. This is a specialized business; often, event photographers must be equipped to print and sell photos on-site, offer a variety of photo-package choices.
http://shutterbug.com/columns/business_trends/0309business/
PHOTOGRAPHER MAKEOVER - This 5-day workshop intensive is targeted toward
early adopters -those tired of the status quo. You'll hear how new media
marketing tools like blogs, videos, digital photos, social network sites, Google, and others will forever change the way you think about business. This impressive event will get you in touch. http://jackhollingsworth.com/makeover/
IT’S GETTIN DOWNRIGHT NASTY -- Google to publishers: We're not evil or illegal - A day after the editor of The Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators --particularly Google and its Google News product--as "parasites or tech tapeworms," and the chairman of the Associated Press announced an initiative to protect print media content from infringing use online, Google has fired back in a blog. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10213903-93.html?tag=mncol
MARKETING TIP (From Sell & ReSell Your Photos, Page 272.) Lost images? Still sending to a photobuyer who still uses slides? If you can prove a client has lost, destroyed, or damaged your image(s), you have the right to take that client to small claims court (in cases under $2500 in most cases). Seek help from the national organization… Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts The Paley Building 1 East 53rd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10022 212·319·ARTS (2787)
ZEROING in on your corner of the market? Here at PhotoSource International we supply a computerized list of market lists (photobuyers) in your special interest area. Fee is $25 for the list in your specialized market area. Ask for Report E710. www.photosource.com/resources.
HOW LONG should you wait before re-submitting your photos to an "ongoing needs" editor listed in the PHOTOLETTER or PHOTODAILY? About six months. Editors’ needs change within their specialization. Your pictures might not be of immediate interest on the first round, but could score on the second and third round.
Send top quality thumbnails only within the editor's specialization. A ragged poor-quality thumbnail will only reflect sloppy work on your part. Don't worry about an editorial photobuyer "stealing" your hi-res image. They won't. Advertising or commerical buyers 'might', -but not editorial photobuyers. They are permament staff members of a publishing house, and 'stealing' and image would be of no advantage to them. It would only cause embarassment or possible job loss.
BETTER SCANNING PRICES. FotoBridge Launches New Photo Scanning Packages.
Extending its flat-rate offerings for photography professionals and institutions-- FotoBridge makes digitizing large legacy photo collections safe, simple and now more affordable.
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/
fotobridge_launches_new_photo_scanning_packages/
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CLOSING SHOP. Triple hit of closures - The credit crunch continues to munch through the photographic industry, with Maxim UK, World Picture Network, and Spicer Hallfield closing last week alone. Maxim: http://tinyurl.com/cu2ssd WPN: http://tinyurl.com/dbkpcd
Spicer Hallfield: http://tinyurl.com/cyuj8r
GETTY LOSES THIS ONE. NFL and the Wayward Getty Images. Getty images has made what can only be a colossal blunder in losing the NFL's commercial licensing deal to the Associated Press. Sources close to both parties reveal that this is a done deal, minus official announcements. As an interesting side note, it is unclear how the AP would have noted in their annual meeting in San Diego recently that the deal is done, prior to the NFL actually announcing it.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/nfl-and-wayward-getty-images.html
GOING, BUT NOT GONE. Top bidders get second try at bankrupt Polaroid. The auction for Polaroid Corp. was partially reopened Monday following creditors' complaints that the bidding process was flawed. The top two contenders will submit improved bids, a U.S. Bankruptcy judge in St. Paul MN ordered on Monday.
http://www.startribune.com/business/42531717.html?elr=KArksUUUU
VIDEO IS EMERGING -- Corbis Launches New Motion Web Site - The expanded collection includes nearly 150,000 clips in HD as well as 80,000 RF clips, which can be licensed once and used across all types of media for the licensed use for as long as customers want.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/corbis-launches-new-motion-web-site
TAKEAWAY: Your next equipment investment will be a pro video camera.
he stock industry is moving that way.
ARE UNIONS NEXT? – …NFL and the Wayward Getty Images - Getty loses what amounts to the cash cow with a large portion of all their commercial sports sales, according to sources. Getty could find themselves in legal trouble if they preclude "their photographers" (that is, contractors) from doing other work for another media organization, forcing photographers to choose between leagues. http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/nfl-and-wayward-getty-images.html
WHAT RECESSION? New Magazine Launches. 81 new titles appeared for the first time on the nation’s newsstands in February (the best February yet) despite all the problems with the wholesalers and distribution channels. In one way or another those magazines found their way to the retailers and offered readers options to buy one out of 30 magazines published at least four times a year, one with a twice a year frequency, four annuals and 46 specials or book-a-zines.
http://mrmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/what-recession-new-magazine-launches-up-up-up/
COURT TALES OF ANNIE -- Follow-up: Part One of the Annie Leibovitz Lawsuit Dismissed.
A portion of one of the two lawsuits we examined in that story - Briese USA vs. Annie Leibovitz - has been dismissed, according to court documents. A second lawsuit against Leibovitz, filed last November by the Art Department agency, is still pending.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/followup-one-annie-leibovitz-lawsuit-dismissed.html
CHEAP TICKETS. Gerardo Arellano and his wife, Maribel Fernandez, both 32, were arrested after police officers found him with the camera balanced on his leg during a showing in South Barrington of the Hanna Montana film, the weekend's top money maker, officials said. A search of the couple's home turned up 44,000 CDs and DVDs containing pirated movies, as well as DVD duplicating equipment, Assistant State's Atty. Adam Klugman said at a bail hearing in the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court.Arellano was charged with trying to make an illegal copy of the film, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-hannah-pirate-14apr14,0,5224644.story
TAKEAWAY: The newest innovation in stock photography is stock footage. And, no doubt, footage infringement will be an activity of the future in our industry.
THE RIGHT TO COPY – Help! I Found an Infringement! Now What Do I Do? - You're sitting in your easy chair and surfing the web. You're not paying much attention, until you see it. It's your photo, but you did not post it there. You can't believe they used your photo without your permission. Now what do you do? The steps you take may limit your ultimate remedies so be sure to not act too quickly.
http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/articles/358
FIND OUT WHO USED IT. Trends in Stock Licensing: Visual Search. Toronto-based, Idée, recently launched a Firefox plugin for their TinEye visual search engine which allows potential image buyers to quickly review an index of all of the online usages of any image it needs to locate.
http://www.abouttheimage.com/4086/trends_in_stock_licensing_visual_search/author7
CLIPPING THE CLIP ART -- Lawsuits for Infringement of Clip Art - A software association (SIIA) continues its online piracy fight with 17 new copyright infringement cases. http://www.creativepro.com/article/first-ever-lawsuits-infringement-clip-art
The Photographer's Survival Guide, How to Build and Grow a Successful Business
Yes, it’s another how-to book on how to survive as a commercial photographer. A good plus about this book is that it receives the blessings of ASM P (American Society of Media Photographers.).
A CD comes along with the book that features templates that commercial photographers often need. .
By the way, except for model and property releases, editorial stock photographers rarely need such forms since you deal with a small community of buyers in the publishing industry. But it’s nice to have them in case you cross over to an occasional commercial assignment.
There are many tips (from a commercial photography point of view) on how to market yourself and your images among major commercial clients. How to price your work among them also in that arena.
It’s interesting to see included, bills from real-life photo shoots, before-and-after makeovers of marketing presentations and other correspondence.
Who are the authors? They are art buyers who have an impressive track record in commercial photography. Sosa.Stone worked as an art buyer in advertising and is now a consultant. She lives in Orlando, FL. Suzanne Sease comes from the world of advertising, where she was a senior art buyer, working with such clients as Capital One, Clairol, and AFLAC. She in now a consultant and lives in Richmond, VA.
The Photographer's Survival Guide, How to Build and Grow a Successful Business, Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease, ISBN: 978-0-8174-7677-9, Watson-Guptill / Amphoto, , $29.95, 7 1/2 x 9 ¼, 224 pages, 150 color illustrations, April 2009.
There’s Still Time !
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1.) Take this report* to your accountant –
2.) He/she will probably not be aware of tax deductions
that a stock photographer can take. (We’re talking
intellectual properties, here.)
3.) Buy a new computer with the tax savings. . .
Late filing? Want to make a correction on
already filed taxes? This report*will show you how.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02TAX.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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POWER PACK -- On the Lookout, With a Digital Security Camera A new, six-ounce security camera the size of a deck of cards employs fixed, inexpensive sensors that divvy up the surveillance job, and smart software that instantly puts their separate views together into one live streaming video (computational photography), to cover a 180-degree field of view. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12novel.html?_r=1&ref=business
ON THE GO PHONE -- Shutterfly for iPhone, a new free photo sharing iPhone application, lets customers view albums on-the-go, post photos to share sites and take advantage of Shutterfly's Award-Winning products and services. http://www.photographyblog.com/news/shutterfly_for_iphone/
MORE FIREPOWER, LESS POWER SUPPLY. the Netbook as Photo Accessory - Windows Version. As a photographer, if you’re on an extended trip, heading into the backcountry, or you just like to travel as light as possible, then carrying a computer is not always an option. Fortunately, over the last year or so a new class of tiny, ultra light laptop computers called net books - have appeared on the market at extremely reasonable prices. These machines turn out to be ideal photo accessories. http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/?p=551
FIND THAT IMAGE. -- Ginipic offers a new way to organize and search media on the web. With Ginipic you can search multiple sources with a single click and use search results in your project with a simple drag & drop. For copyright issues you are assured you see the appropriate owner details and copyright level for any given search result (if applicable).
http://www.dcviews.com/press/ginipic.htm
POWER PACK -- On the Lookout, With a Digital Security Camera A new, six-ounce security camera the size of a deck of cards employs fixed, inexpensive sensors that divvy up the surveillance job, and smart software that instantly puts their separate views together into one live streaming video (computational photography), to cover a 180-degree field of view. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12novel.html?_r=1&ref=business
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PCFast Storage Card is a revolutionary product with CF card sized form factor incorporating the key strength of high speed SATA interface. The transfer speed of 1st generation Pretec CFast Storage Card can reach up to 160MB/s, about 300% faster than the fastest CF card today.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Pretec-CFast-Storage-Card-11418
COLOR ME ORANGE. Google has just rolled out a color filtering system to its Image Search. It's a pretty simple feature that lets you get image results based on preferred color. This is in addition to the other filtering options that were previously enabled on Image Search.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-image-
search-gets-the-rainbow-color-treatment/9744/#more-9744
GUNSMOKE -- Photographers allegedly shot at by bodyguards at celebrity wedding. Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen's armed bodyguards opened fire on paparazzi at the couple's nuptials in Costa Rica, blasting out the windows of a photographer's SUV, and just missing the shaken lensmen, the fotogs said.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04062009/news/nationalnews/pow_pow_at_gisele_vows_163138.htm
“Your photo listing service the last six years has been great, especially during a downturn in the economy. It’s just what we photo researchers need. You’re a great service and I thank you!”
Ellin Yassky, Medic Editorial Services, Fairfield CT
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- Kenneth Chu, Photo Researcher, Alley Theatre, Houston TX
THE FINE PRINT. More Photo Contest Rules to Contest. Winning a photo contest is a thrill but you can't win if you don't play. Unfortunately, just by entering some photo contests means that you will lose some rights to your photos. Following are some examples of photo contests where you need to check just what rights you'll lose by playing. http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/more-photo-contest-rules-to-contest.html
TOP LEVEL CONTEST – The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 25th annual photography competition again. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country. Awards include a $500 purchase prize for The Philadelphia Museum of
Art, a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion
software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a $270 gift certificate from
Lensbabies for a Composer lens or other items on the Lensbaby.com
webstore, a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a
24"x50' roll of Museo Silver Rag ($240 value), camera bags from
Lowepro, and $250 in cash prizes. The prospectus may be downloaded from The Photo Review website: www.photoreview.org. For further information call 215/891-0214.
THIS LAND IS MY LAND – … USA TODAY and DiscoverAmerica.com Launch Online Travel Photo Contest - The "Picture America Contest" invites readers to submit their iconic images of America that capture the essence of the country and best represent it for international travelers. Details and rules can be found at http://pictureamerica.usatoday.com.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/USA-TODAY-DiscoverAmericacom-Launch-Online/story.aspx?guid=%7B90E662FA%2DFA11%2D41F9%2DA36E%2D900D40530D79%7D
TAKEAWAY: If your picture is good enough to win a contest, –it’s good enough for you to retain all rights and not enter a contest that shares your ownership on the image.
GET ON THE FIRST PAGE -- A Search Engine Optimisation Toolkit From PhotoShelter, who produces websites, photo sales and archiving tools for photographers. The have released the first free guide to getting photography websites listed on search engines and achieving top results with search engine optimization (SEO).
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photoshelter_search_engine_optimisation_toolkit/
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photoshelter_search_engine_optimisation_toolkit/
“I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself – that is the best combination.” – Dame Judi Dench
1959 - March 13 - Ultraviolet pictures of the sun were taken by a camera at an altitude of 123 miles, from an Aerobee-Hi research rocket, at White Sands, NM, under the direction of the U.S. Naval Research laboratory.
Barbara Ringer 1925-2009 - Barbara Ringer was appointed Register of Copyrights on November 19, 1973, the first woman to serve in that position. She was one of the principal architects of the copyright revision bill, which was enacted into law on October 19, 1976, as the Copyright Act of 1976
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2009/04/barbara-ringer.html
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Editorial Stock …
What’s the difference?
Now that microstock has become popular, photographers have asked me to explain the difference between “microstock photos” that they see on portals, published in magazines, books, advertisements,...
and “editorial stock photos” they also see in those same media.
Let me digress. Just as in all of the arts, --music, dance, painting-- explanations and definitions don’t come easy.
But to add some clarification (and hopefully not mystification!) I would like to suggest that one way to define editorial stock photography is to say that it’s not photojournalism. Granted, many news photos turn out to be perfect editorial photographs, in that they capture real-life experiences, and real-life moments. This is the primary aim of editorial stock photography.
The main difference between photojournalists and editorial stock photographers is that the latter are storytellers, the former are reporters.
Editorial stock photographers re-capture life’s moments through photo illustrations. Like the author who invents fiction to describe life, editorial stock photographers recapture a visual story, using local people as models, to present a real-life view of how they see the world. Their perspective is usually their trademark, since we all see the world in a different way.
I should also clarify the difference, while I’m at it, between “commercial editorial stock photography” and the photography I’ve just described. The commercial variety, yes, deals with people, but its end purpose for being is tied to selling: a product, service, or anything that requires public acceptance or endorsement.
Because of the strict confinements and usage of a typical commercial editorial photo, they are usually art-directed, not photographer-directed, and include models and props of the highest standards.
And now we come back to the microstock photos question. Actually, microstock has been around a long time. Twenty years ago we called the images “clip art” and they were used in newspaper ads, sometimes in magazines, and now and then in books.
In the past, great talent in music and photography was rarely rewarded. Only the few could rise to prominence. Times have changed, thanks to the Internet. Today, dozens of microstock portals feature thousands of brilliant photographers who in the past wouldn’t have been noticed beyond their geographical neighborhood.
What is a microstock photo? For this discussion, let’s eliminate the “object” pictures, those that feature a white background, and an item such as a cell phone or a shoe. These are normally called “catalog shots.” All the rest of microstock images, I like to call them, “Poster Pictures.”
It’s not difficult to imagine a microstock picture as a poster celebrating an event, a product, an emotion, or most other everyday-living themes.
We have become even more emphatically a visual society, and microstock photos have arrived just in time. A neighborhood fund drive committee can easily buy a microstock photo for their brochure. A self-publisher can include one on the cover of her short-run book. A software developer can illustrate his program. A jewelry shop owner can use one for a local newspaper ad. A major magazine can use one as filler. And a Boy Scout newsletter can include one in its layout – all at affordable cost.
Today, where would we be without microstock? Look at newsletters and brochures you migh t have in your files from a couple of decades ago. They aren’t as visually exciting as they are today. Microstock has come to the rescue.
The real test in finding the difference between an editorial stock photo...
and a microstock photo is to ask, “Will this picture endure?”
Microstock, because of the timely nature of their usage must necessarily be “current.” Yesterday’s monitor shot won’t sell next year. In the fast-paced world we live in, trends change, fashions shift, products evolve. Microstock photos capture these, but then their shelf life is very short. .
On the other hand, editorial stock photography capitalizes on this phenomenon from a different direction. If the photo is a believable depiction of life around us, the photo can endure, and sometimes gain in worth and value and become of historical significance – something you can pass on to your heirs.
Is it possible to be both a microstock photographer and an editorial stock photographer? Maybe. Wearing two hats is not easy in any business. But not impossible. Some people can speak two languages, or play two sports, or play two different musical instruments. Maybe you can engage in both types of stock photography. Good luck!
Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to receive a free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
Why Is My Computer So Slow?
By Nathan Segal
A common question I hear from users is: “My computer’s running slow.
How do I get it back to that gratifying velocity it had when I first bought it?”
It’s a good question, but it’s coming from the wrong direction. Before
looking at any speed issues, the first thing to do is to analyze what’s
Happening with the computer.
Many people think that if they only replaced some component, their
computer would speed up and all would be well. That could be true, but
it could also be a waste of money. You could have the best hardware in
the world and have a computer that runs so slowly as to be next to
worthless.
The number one determining factor (hardware issues and failures aside)
that will slow your computer down is you.
“What?” You’re saying.
Let me put this into perspective. A case in point was a computer I was
asked to look at recently. The user was understandably frustrated. He was thinking of chucking the laptop out a window because it was so slow. Granted, it was an old computer, but what really got my attention was what happened when the machine booted up (which took a long time).
When I went to clean up the computer, here’s what I found: 6 different
anti-spyware programs all in competition with each other, about 5
different registry editors and numerous browser toolbars.
I was amazed. I set to work fixing the problem.
Some of the programs challenged me (with threats of dire consequences to the integrity of his machine) as I tried to remove them. I did and soon I had his machine back up to its ol’ self.
LESSON: “If you have poor software installing habits, such as downloading tons of files from the Internet, or words, accepting every program your colleagues give to you, you're likely to overload your system. It won't be long before your computer will begin to start dragging tail again.
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"If you’re like me, after buying your new computer, you’ve watched it get slower and slower with each new program installed.
"Well, I found an eBook that may help bring back that memory of a new highspeed computer. Nathan Siegel’s eBook How To Speed Up Your Computer – In 30 Minutes Or Less is very useful as well as an insightful program that assists you in determining which programs are necessary to operate your computer at its’ optimal operating speed.
"I found this eBook to be very user friendly for PC users, with its follow-along Adobe Reader files and mp4 files to assist you in understanding which programs you need as well as those that are not necessary.
"I found in many instances, all I had to do, was turn off the program, and then, watch my computer get faster. Nice job Nathan. Your program assisted me in understanding which program I needed, and which one I could just turn off to maximize my computers speed.
"I would highly recommend this “user-friendly” e-Book to stock photographers as well as to anyone wishing to clean up their computer and watch them return to their “like new” speed again.
Joseph Stanski, Photographer, www.Photos4calendars.com
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" I used the tips in the ebook "How to Speed Up Your Computer in 30 Minutes or Less" by Nathan Segal on my small Fujitsu computer.
"The Fujitsu is over 5 years old, running WinXP. I have a lot of stuff on it and it has been taking forever just to boot up.
"With the help of Nathan's ebook and a small investment in time, it now boots up really quickly.
"All of the tips on cleaning up the files and programs on the hard drive were helpful, but the most valuable tips to me were on cleaning the physical computer. We don't often think of how dust buildup can damage our investment.
"Thank you Nathan for putting all of this information in a concise, easy to understand, ebook."
Pam Costa, photographer, Naples FL
YOU CAN DRAW -- AKVIS Software has announced the release of AKVIS Sketch v.8.6 for Windows and Macintosh. The software converts photos to pencil drawings and watercolor paintings. The program allows observing the conversion of a photo into a drawing/watercolor in real time, interrupting the process when the required result is achieved. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/AKVIS-Sketch-86-11388
CUSTOMER SERVICE PLUS -- Value Your Clients - and They Will Value You - Our customers are who keep us in business. They are the folks who are spending their dollars for our work, which allows us to do what we enjoy and make a living. If you are a full-time photographer, these folks are the reason we exist. Without them, where would we be?
http://rising.blackstar.com/value-your-clients-and-they-will-value-you.html
GET PUSHY -- Photographers: Push Your Art Directors - "In my experience, the art director, creative director, the photo editor--whoever are the people who hire you to create pictures--are exactly the same. If you continue to deliver the expected and nothing new, they get bored. And in the creative world, boredom equals death." http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2009/03/photographers-push-your-art-directors.html
HOSPITALITY BURGS Thirty Photo-Friendly Cities - Which of the 30 biggest burgs are best for photographers? The results will surprise you.
http://www.popphoto.com/Features/30-Photo-Friendly-Cities
DEADLINES are a necessary bind to photographers.
Here at PhotoSource International we request photo editors to send us their listings as far in advance as possible. However, photobuyers, because of the nature of the publishing world, often need pictures "now".
If you see an "immediate" deadline listed in the PHOTOLETTER or PHOTODAILY, and you can supply the specific picture(s), use a light box and send a selection to the photobuyer. He or she may be able to extend the deadline a few days to be able to consider your picture.
LISTINGS: Are they aimed to give you leads for self-assignment, -- to go out and TAKE the pictures needed? Yes, if the deadline allows and if you want to add that kind of picture to your stock files.
However, in this industry, photo editors share a common bond: a definite tendency to decide on the picture needed at the last moment.
Thus the short deadlines that are a hazard of the trade. Sometimes deadline leeways will allow our market letters to be a source of self-assignments for you.
But primarily our listing service is designed to provide you with market leads for pictures that you already harbor in your existing stock files.
PROMOTE YOURSELF. Your local city or town newspaper is always looking for interesting feature material about its citizens.
You are eligible.
Because you market your pictures to national magazines and book publishers, you are unique. Feature editors would like to write about you and publish a few examples of your photographs.
If you also conduct a photo marketing class, it's an excellent way to publicize the class.
The process: Phone your local newspaper and ask for the Features Editor. Describe what you do, then ask, "Would you like me to drop in for an interview and bring some of my pictures along?" (Personal interviews work better than phone interviews.)
Here’s a tip. If you’ve been featured previously in newspapers, and have clippings, leave them at home. Journalists like to do their own stories on you.
GETTING CUSTOMERS -- Wedding Lead Generators: Do They Work? Print ads and other conventional marketing methods require photographers to sit back and wait for clients to get in touch with them. For photographers who want to take a more active role in marketing themselves, lead generating Web sites can help put them in touch with potential clients.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i6f7d11e2e2aaf850558229e8a8655eaa?imw=Y
HE GETS NO RESPECT. -- A Great Publisher – Darwin says, “After reporting on the poor payment policies and all round unprofessional attitude of Firefly Books and Browntrout Publishers over here, I figured it was time for some good news about publishers.”
http://darwinwiggett.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/a-great-publisher/
WHO IS “PAINET”? …got information about this company? Several photographers are unhappy with them. Are they for real? Join the discussion at the Kracker Barrel.
Go to: http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,5042
VANISHING ASSIGNMENTS -- World Picture Network Closing Assignment Desk - In a letter to contributors, Brian J Miller, CEO, wrote "WpN is another victim of the severe economic downturn, along with most of our clients and many of you.
WpN will stop taking on new assignments in the next few weeks. We are
telling clients that they should contact you directly.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/03/world-picture-network-shuttering.html
DUTCH AGENCY AIMS AT POP BUYERS “Stock photos have so saturated the Internet and print media that mere stock photography is beginning to lose its impact,” says EyeLikeImages.com founder and owner Astrid Jacobs. “Consumers and creative directors are looking for ‘pop’ and that’s what our artful imagery delivers,” Jacobs adds.
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=91155
MORE PIX. -- Getty and Time Inc. Launch LIFE.com - The site, targeted at consumers, is launching March 31 with 7 million professional images presented in eye-catching galleries.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i8f701cf03395decae2b62affa4849e6c
OLD KID BACK ON THE STREET - "I'm re-introducing CanStockPhoto
into my report after three months of FotoSearch powered sales placing them
in my top six earning agencies. They were previously my case study for
deciding when to give up on a slow selling microstock agency."
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/microstock-earnings-report-march-2009.html
SIGN OF THE TIMES. Ritz Camera to Start Closing 300 Stores, Beginning April 4th. Less than two months after filing for bankruptcy, Ritz Camera, the country's largest chain of photo specialty stores, will start shuttering 300 stores, beginning April 4th. The move will leave 400 Ritz stores still out there but their fate remains in question.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/ritz-camera-to-start-closing-300-stores-beginning-april-4th.html
TAKEAWAY: When was the last time you were in a local camera store? Most photographers shop at mega electronics stores or on-line, like B&H. The era of the Ma ‘n’ Pa camera store is over.
NOW THEY CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED. How to Cover a Military Casualty Transfer. A new policy allowing media photographers to cover the ceremonial return of U.S. military personnel killed in action went into effect April 6. The Pentagon issued a media advisory April 3 providing details about the policy change, which was announced in February by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3ie2a94edbc5b0a7c12502a2718290d674
NO PICTURES PLEASE! Google StreetView car blocked by irate English villagers. Google's SteetView mapping service recently, complaining that the images invaded their privacy and increased the risk of burglary, according to a report in the Times of London.
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/404577_streetview03.html
THE GAVEL COMES DOWN -- Polaroid Sold at Court Auction to Patriarch Partners. Polaroid Corp., the bankrupt pioneer of instant photography, was sold in an auction for $59.1 million to private-equity firm Patriarch Partners LLC, an investor in the Arizona Iced Tea brand and mapmaker Rand McNally.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqaRHWtaHWME&refer=home
RISING COSTS -- Fees for Copyright Registration By Paper May Increase August 1 - The Office proposes a higher fee of $65 to recover the greater cost. This fee will apply as well to paper filings of applications for group registration for database updates, contributions to periodicals, and published photographs.
http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/fees-for-copyright-registration-by.html
If you’ve been waiting for the right time
to start receiving photo needs listings….
GET READY
The Spring SALE is April 22, 23, and 24th
Watch for notices coming your way
DISCOUNTS ON ALL MARKET LETTERS
A WALK IN THE PARK -- Photographer NOT Terrorist - Know Your Rights. Another story of photographer's wrongly being confronted by police when photographing landmarks from a public park. http://bostonist.com/2009/04/01/america_land_of_the_free.php
BACK THEN -- …LIFE.com Publishes Unseen Photos From Martin Luther King Assassination Scene. They've posted a gallery of 13 images from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, April 4, 1968, taken shortly after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. These are not the only pictures from that event, but they had not been published until this week, 41 years after the event.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/lifecom-publishes-unseen-photos-from-mlk-assassination-scene.html
There’s Still Time !
click here
http://www.photosource.com/TaxTipQandA.pdf
1.) Take this report* to your accountant –
2.) He/she will probably not be aware of tax deductions
that a stock photographer can take. (We’re talking
intellectual properties, here.)
3.) Buy a new computer with the tax savings. . .
Late filing? Want to make a correction on
already filed taxes? This report*will show you how.
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Recent advice by Julian block as it appeared recently in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02TAX.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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GOT YOURS YET? -- Canon has announced that it has produced over 10 million consumer D-SLRs worldwide since the launch of the EOS 300D in 2003.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Canon-has-sold-10-million-consumer-DSLRs-11396
NO VIBES World's Longest-Range Zoom For DSLR Lens - The Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO (Model B003) has a zoom ratio of 15X (28-419mm equivalent) while also featuring a highly effective vibration
compensation system for clearer images.
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Digital_Photography/Accessories/X5P6C6S4
WHAT ECONOMY? Microstock Sales Are Up - Microstock photographers are reporting record earnings across all top agencies. Microstock agencies themselves are reporting rising sales and breaking daily revenue records this month. The fundamental market indicators are all pointing up.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/microstock-is-up.html
TAKEAWAY: In a down economy, this would be natural. Photobuyers are looking for bargains. Another factor: Total industry sales are up, but what about the medium individual sales?
BUY THIS ONE Online Widget for Photographers and Artists Adds Features - The widget is the first-of-its-kind free web service that gives users the chance to create online revenue from the original photographs, illustrations and artwork they post to their blogs and Web sites. BuyThisImage! is simple to install and
changes the way photographers and artists make their work available for sale
to their audience.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/online-widget-photographers-and-artists-adds-features
TAKEAWAY: If you try this one, let us know the results. We'll pass on your review.
“Thank you for the work you do!”
- Lynn Eckert, Photographer, Milwaukee WI
“Best site to learn about Stock Photography that I have ever found! I have read your book several times, gone to one of your seminars, and have your VHS tapes. You’re a better writer than you are on your tapes, but we like you anyway!”
Chuck Pike, Photographer, Charlotte NC
HE’S GOT WORK -- In addition to his commercial assignments, speaking engagements and photo tours, Boomer Jerritt has been photographing for a wide variety of publications. Recently, his photos have graced the pages of three prominent magazines: the spring issue of British Columbia Magazine, the 2009 Vancouver Island Victoria and the Gulf Islands Vacation Guide and the 2009 Comox Valley Visitors’ Guide.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/entertainment/42635572.html
for photo: http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/entertainment/42635572.html
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND A decade of hurricanes and breathtaking imagery. Jim Reed has experienced 17 hurricanes and a countless number of other weather phenomena as a full-time storm chaser and severe weather photographer and has captured all types of meteorological phenomena.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Wild-weather-11349
Keywords, and plenty of them are the way to get on the first page of a Google search. But they must be relevant to the site or the page they’re found on. “Stuffing keywords, just for the sake of quantity, doesn’t work. Googles aldorithyms have fidured that one out. Or repeating the same keyword several doesn’t wothk either. In fact you get penialized for it.
Getting top ranking on Google or Yahoo is so elusive because the Net is a moving parade. Once you think you have it nailed down, the wind blows southward and the parade has moved down another street, and you’re still playing the old tunes on your bugle.
I’m convinced the only way in the future for a photographer to consistently gain top ranking on a search (short of investing in AdWords or other similar (costly) features is to specialize your photography. (Be a big fish in a small pond.)
Switch your business philosophy from owning thousands of photos of hundreds of subject matter and all you earn is page 32 of a Google search -- to -- photographing only a single subject (that you love to photograph) -say, blue-eyed Chihuahuas.
Google and the other search engines will have you on the front page every time. But it’s got to be a highly specialized subject, like green-eyed gold fish. (is there such a thing?)
Try it, a search for blue-eyed Chihuahuas – you’ll find a lot of company and from all over the globe.
I’m not sure about the goldfish. But you get the point.
–Rohn psi2[at]photosource[dot]com
“In photography, the smallest thing can become a big subject, an insignificant human detail can become a leitmotiv. We see and we make seen as a witness to the world around us; the event, in its natural activity, generates an organic rhythm of forms.”
- Henri Cartier Bresson
1895 - April 4 - Arthur Murray was born in New York City. He learned ballroom dancing from a girlfriend, eventually quitting his job in an architect's office to take lessons full time, then began to give lessons himself. For a while he sold dancing lessons by mail complete with photographs of himself dancing that a person could view through a toy photo device called a "kinetoscope," Later he devised the foot placement diagrams for which he became famous.
Helen Levitt Dies At 95 -- Best known for her witty, candid shots of everyday New York life, she was one of the most influential street photographers to date.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/helen_levitt.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102504602
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It’s time to . . .
Remodel That Website
--Rohn Engh
Your photography may be award-winning, A+ pictures, but if you are presenting them on a website that looks amateurish or clunky from the last century – you may be losing out on marketing potential.
If sales from your Website have been sluggish, your ancient-looking website may be the reason. Don’t mean to be harsh– but that’s the reality when you’re dealing in a world that is “visually-oriented.”.
Here’s good news.
A NOTE TO PRESENT WEBSITE OWNERS AND THOSE PLANNING TO BUILD ONE.
The Web has come a long way since you first established yourself on the Internet.
Website producers, who ‘back in the day’ were understandably charging enormous fees for their work, have been replaced by web software producers who have put the control of building a website into the owner’s hands.
“What? Me build a website?” Yes. And to entice you to try it out, you can build you own Internet-ready website in 30 minutes or less, depending on your typing speed. Actually, there’s little typing to do . . . it’s mostly copy and paste.
The best part is that it’s fre>e. To be sure, you’ll get the Plain Jane variety for starters – but for some photographers that’s just fine. If you choose to advance to the premium site, that will offer you more bells and whistles, and in some cases, the ability to sell your photos on line with a shopping cart.
This is a new era for photographers, who up to this point mostly had to depend on their sales from on-line photo portals, who in turn, took a percentage of sales. Now the toll road points to the photographer’s advantage. Only a small portion of any sale will go to the website hosting company.
The spotlight is swinging your way. You no longer have to wait in the wings until you have a website equal to the top-dogs. The Web has leveled the playing field when it comes to building a web site. Some of these free websites will even allow you to transfer an existing domain to your new fresh-looking domain.
If you are wondering if flash technology is search engine compatible – yes it is. Most of the Flash website producers say SEO works with their site and that you also have the ability to “switch over” simultaneously to HTML. And you are in control.
Here’s a sampling of available free website companies:
www.weebly.com
www.zymic.com
www.jimdo.com
www.blinkweb.com
Let us know when you’ve completed your “new look.” Website. We’ll have a contest in June.*
–Rohn
*Also let us know if you encounter any roadblocks and bumps in this new website arena. Flash. By the way, if you don’t know what flash is. Here’s a technical description from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=flash+adobe
&ns0=1&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Search&fulltext=Search
“Perception is everything. Marketers want to offer
na great-looking package, and customers want to receive one. “
Patrick Cone
New Zealand
April 6th to April 20th 2009
pat_cone[at]browning[dot]com
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Travelwriter Marketletter
Travelwriter Marketletter… for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086 Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriternl[dot]com
If you're a photographer, TWM will provide you with contact info about buyers.
If you’re in travel PR, TWM tells you which publications are likely targets.
If you’re a travel editor, TWM tells you about trips, and about your competitors.
If you’re a photo researcher TWM will direct you to travel photographers.
HORSE LOVERS -- Online Horse Photography Courses Are Off and Running -
http://www.learntotakehorsephotos.com has become very popular in the first
two sessions. The courses are taught by well-known horse photographers
Christina Handley and Laura Cotterman with prizes for top photos sponsored
by SmartPak Equine.
http://www.equestrianmag.com/news/online-horse-photography-courses-03-09.html
INGENUITY -- What to do ? - Lots of people have asked Paul Melcher “what to do in a down economy…” Featuring two photographers who also had a hard time selling their images: They used their inventiveness to doing something about it. They created a multi-million market for themselves and many others.
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/03/27/what-to-do/
PAY HERE -- Want to Stop Online Photo Piracy? Create a Better Customer Experience - Copyright owners tend to focus on the aspect they see of piracy, which is the lost revenue. They therefore think what drives users to steal is the desire to get something for free. But iTunes shows that people will pay for stuff online, if you make it easy for them.
http://rising.blackstar.com/want-to-stop-online-photo-piracy-create-a-better-user-experience.html
FADING -- The last KODAK-certified processing lab in the nation is Dwayne’s Photo in Parson’s (pop. 11,514) Kansas where about 100 employees process the 35mm color slide film introduced in 1935 by KODAK.
KEEPING CURRENT -- ASMP is providing photographers with a new free education resource. It has announced that the association has developed new education tools for the industry which are now available free of charge. All interested photographers have access to the ASMP daily blog as well as the popular Strictly Business 2 series covering topics such as copyright, pricing, negotiating,
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/asmp-provides-
photographers-free-education/story.aspx?guid={973F6028
-BD67-4B48-A269-8091CCE22BFB}&dist=msr_1
TAKEAWAY: ASMP has offered education programs for beginning photographers for many years.
MARKETING TIP: Can you objectively assume which photo will be chosen when you send a selection of on-target photos to a photobuyer? The answer is “no” -- because most photographers think like photographers –not photobuyers. How many times have you said, “I never thought they would choose THAT one!”
This tells you that you should ‘think like a photobuyer when you are shooting.’ Study the layouts of magazines, books, brochures, and websites. These will be a learning process for you. And it will serve as a blueprint that shows you “how photobuyers think.”
NEWSPAPER DROP -- UK newspaper revenue declining rapidly - James West, Alamy CEO, writes he has seen dramatic declines with some of Alamy’s newspaper customers this quarter, ranging from 30% to 70% down. CEO West shares some thoughts on how we can reverse this trend.
http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2009/03/18/4426.aspx
TAKEAWAY: Big fat newspapers were another symbol of the "THE DECADE OF EXCESS". "News" is not going to stop but the use of trees to produce it will.
Photographers agree - -
Post cards are still an effective way
to publicize your photography.
http://www.photosource.com/board
SEE: Publicizing my photography
IS IT WORTHWHILE ? -- APA vs. ASMP Smackdown Over Copyright Registry - Two leading photo trade industry groups disagree on it's usefulness. Advertising Photographers of America issued a scathing alert challenging C-Registry's marketing claims and asking questions about the site's purpose. The American Society of Media Photographers sent its members a statement calling the site "a valuable tool.".
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/03/apa-vs-asmp-smackdown-over-copyright-registry.html
TRACKING MISUSE SuperStock/RGB Ventures taps PicScout to track copyright infringements. "We chose PicScout because of their technology leadership in image tracking. PicScout will help us, as a stock agency, promote the value of copyright ownership for the artists we represent." said Lanny Ziering, CEO, SuperStock.
SELL MORE - Helping Microstock Photographers to Sell More - LookStat is the first microstock facility to address the opportunity of automatically combining data. It will instantly pull down your data from each agency that it supports and tell you how you and your images are performing. At the time of
writing it supports iStockphoto, Shutterstock and Dreamstime. Fotolia is
next on the list and coming soon.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/lookstat-helping-you-sell-more-microstock.html
PHOTOGRAPHY CAN CHANGE YOU. How Does Photography Change Our Lives? How Has Photography Changed Your Life? The Smithsonian Photography Initiative invites the public to participate in an unprecedented online dialogue about the impact of photography on history, culture and everyday lives. Visitors to "click! photography changes everything" at http://click.si.edu are encouraged to submit their photos and stories about the many ways photos shape experience, knowledge and memory.
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=29854
Vital Software for the Digital Photographer
StockView – it’s not just for stock. It’s about workflow, META data, HTML galleries, batch conversions, licensing and your bottom line.
Business and image management software for creative professionals. Free Macintosh OS X and Windows demos at http://www.HSLtd.us .
Phone toll free: 1 888 791-3770.
ELEMENTARY, WATSON? -- Laser-scanning crime scene photography software makes its courtroom debut in Robert White Jr. murder trial. The jury was shown a 3-D video of the trip from White's apartment to Morrell's apartment, where White killed the 21-yr-old in November 1978. Universal Technical Engineering (UTEK), uses high-definition laser technology to scan a crime or accident scene and generates a 3-D digital image that can be used as expert witness testimony for a jury.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-1/123769475998900.xml&coll=3
YES YOU CAN -- In Britain, --Google Sreet View furor: Is street photography legal? (UK) Though the watchdog's spokesman stressed that Google Street View is a 'legal application in this country', He said that the ICO would launch a formal investigation if Google was seen to breach an individual's right to privacy on a 'systematic' basis without 'safeguards' in place.
Taking a picture of someone in the street without their permission is legal in the UK.
Speaking about privacy, in general terms. earlier this year, photo rights lawyer Rupert Grey said: 'You have complete freedom providing you are not harassing people. That is the key point as far as taking photographs is concerned.' Posting a photo of a celebrity, such as Naomi Campbell, on an image-sharing website such as Facebook, would amount to 'publication' and give rise to a 'potential claim' for damages on grounds of invasion of privacy.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Google_ privacy_furore_Is_street_photography_legal_news_279171.html
Butterfly Photographer's Handbook
Are you a butterfly behavioralist ? Maybe you are but didn’t know it.
The author of this book says if you know or can anticipate the movements of a butterfly you have a much better chance of getting better butterfly pictures. In his book, William Folsom presents a field-guide quality look at the baits and habitats of North American butterflies. You'll learn just when to photograph butterflies.
You'll also learn how the pros how to approach butterflies to get those spectacular detailed images we see in nature magazines. Folsom, who lives in McLean, Virginia, USA, is a stock photographer and one of his specializations is butterfly photos. He shares his knowledge with you in this book.
Here are some the features you’ll find in this book.
• Understanding butterfly anatomy and behavior
• Where and when to find butterflies—whether you're in a park, on a drive through the country, or sitting in your own backyard
• Tips for approaching butterflies without startling them
• Selecting the right lenses and lens accessories for butterfly photography
• Lighting tips for natural-light and flash photography
Butterfly photography involves an understanding of the butterfly and its behavior, technical knowledge of photography, good camera equipment, patience, and lots of practice. Fortunately, author William Folsom has done a lot of the hard work for you.
Price:$34.95 8.5 X 11, paperback, 175 color images, 128 pgs. ISBN13: 978-1-58428-247-1
Amherst Media Phone: 1-800-622-3278 or (716) 874-4450 • Fax: (716) 874-4508 •
www.amherstmedia.com
How to Make the Marketable Photo
by Rohn Engh
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EARLY KNICKERBOCKER. -- An 1848 daguerreotype of New York to be sold.
Sotheby's are to sell a photograph believed to be one of the earliest images of New York. The piece goes on sale on Monday and is expected to reach $50,000 to $70,000.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/1848-daguerreotype-of-New-York-to-be-sold-11356
Your Stock Photography…
Is it A Hobby, Or a Business…?
Learn how you can pay for your equipment
when it becomes a deduction.
Click here . . .
http://www.photosource.com/TaxTipQandA.pdf
GET IT FREE The computer helper: Free tools for digital photographers - The Internet is overflowing with high-quality, free software designed to make working with digital photographs easier and more fun.
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_The_computer_helper_Free_tools_for_digital_photographers_36254.html
DIGITAL FRAME -- Say Goodbye to Slow-Moving Digital Picture Frames. ACD Systems International Inc. has developed a new, convenient way for consumers to work with their digital picture frames, as well as other portable image devices, with the release of ACDSee(tm) Picture Frame Manager, a user-friendly software program that provides a better overall experience for digital picture frame owners.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ACDSee-New-Picture-Frame-Manager-11358
MEDIUM FORMAT -- Phase One, a major provider of digital imaging capture and workflow management products, has just become a major shareholder in medium format digital camera maker Mamiya. Phase One's goal is to accelerate the development of digital medium format systems and leveraging the engineering and marketing expertise of both companies. http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=NewsDesk_Internal&article_num=032609-2
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY -- Photo Art Dealers Say Buyers Are Skittish - With a major photo art fair taking place this week in recession-battered New York, dealers are reluctant to make predictions about how collectors will behave.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i21fd82b8e716e671ac1bf3ed6c9ec37e
“I get so much information from this company! Rohn and his associates are the best in the business! Keep up the great work!
- Barb Flanick, Photographer, Pittsburgh PA
“Stay in motion Rohn, or they’ll nail a bronze plaque on you. All your products are invaluable services!”
Fred Lyons, Photographer, San Francisco, CA
OUTGO & IN COME -- Time Magazine's Top Photo Editor Exits for White House - Veteran photo editors from Time, U.S. News & World Report and Cox Newspapers are going to work for the Obama administration.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3iafdb4cafada99f43829e9f6086311190
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY. BPPA's 'Unseen' showcases the great unpublished photojournalism - Sponsored by Canon, the book highlights one of the key frustrations in photojournalism : that a great numbers of brilliant pictures never see the light of day through too tight deadlines, design limitations or editorial indifference. http://www.epuk.org/News/925/bppas-unseen
TAGGING YOUR PHOTOS -- The third international Photo Metadata Conference at CEPIC Congress 2009 - CEPIC is a European Economic Interest Group representing the interests of picture associations, agencies and libraries in Europe, in total 1.053 picture agencies and libraries in Europe, from the smallest to the largest, covering all aspects of photography. Dates June 3 to June 7 2009.
http://www.stockphotographer.info/news/industry-news/815-cepic-congress-2009-dresden
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas,
and throw the bad ones away.” -Linus Pauling.
1883 - April 12th - American Photographer Imogene Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon.
1895 - April 26th - Photographer Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Can Google Images
Help Photobuyers?
As the Internet continues to expand, it’s becoming clear that photo researchers for magazines, book publishers, graphic houses, corporations, etc. cannot afford the time to physically look through the exploding masses of images streaming aboard the Internet. Especially when they need to find a very specific image.
“The long tail search” (text search) has now been discovered by most photo researchers. They’ve found that Google search and the other search engines, MSN-Aol-Yahoo et al, can make life easy for them.
TEXT SEARCH NOT PICTURE SEARCH
It seems perhaps surprising to suggest that using text to find a picture works better than searching through images themselves. But professional photo research is moving that direction and leaving Google image concepts and traditional image search facilities behind.
For example, if you used an image-based search to find general shots of ”Capitol Hill Washington DC,” in a Google Images search you’d find 200 images, or more like 2,000. As we all know, we could shout out the window and a dozen photographers would come running down the street waving their great photos of “Capitol Hill Washington DC.”
But let’s say you’re searching for something very specific, like “Capitol Hill Washington DC Amtrak Schedule Board.” Approaching your search through usual image search channels, you’re at risk of suffering “tired eyeballs syndrome,” searching through hundreds of inappropriate images at Google Image search, Alamy, PhotoShelter, Corbis and others. Or you may get frustrated time and again, getting, “Your search yielded no results. Please try broadening your search criteria…”
How to save time zeroing in on a source of such an obscure image? You’ll find a text search can be the answer. Here at PhotoSource International we’ve worked both with photographers and photo researchers to create just such a resource.
Back in 1999 we began building a website called The PhotoSourceBANK, where photographers could enter keywords describing specific photos they have available (or could easily take). Each photographer can enter up to 3,000 keywords and phrases.
The PhotoSourceBANK now contains more than a million keyphrases (long tail search tags) and combinations of keywords and tags. We ask photographers to gear their keywords according to what they think a researcher might enter into a Google search.
Many photo Researchers who are up against a stonewall despite valiant efforts to find a highly specific picture, find the solution to their search is the PhotoSourceBANK. We advise them to include the word ‘photosource’ at the end of their search phrase. As our PhotoSourceBANK grows, more and more researchers are finding a “text” search to be more convenient and time-saving than an image search.
We’ve been offering this service for only ten years, but as the database grows from a million to a billion words, it promises a revolution in photo research, thanks to advances and improvements in Internet search.
Try it.
By typing a standard Google search for “Capitol Hill Washington DC Amtrak Schedule Board,” a space, and then the word ‘photosource,’ you’ll see that Google will provide a contact result where you can go to find a photographer who has your exact photo need and a deep selection of photos in that niche area.
You phone, fax or email the photographer, ask for a LightBox selection of pictures to review, select the one you need, negotiate a fee, and receive a high-resolution picture of your choice in a ma tter of hours.
The beauty of this system for photo researchers is that photographers who shoot in specific markets usually have a passion for that niche market, are up-to-date on the subject, and available for additional consulting on the subject matter. You can’t get that with across-the-board microstock or Flickr shooters.
Do photographers enjoy keywording their images? No they don’t. “I’m a photographer, not a library scientist!” subscribers shout at me. But once they get a taste of the amount of business a hefty number of keywords generates for them, there are no more complaints about the tedious task of entering more tags and keywords.
Plus the metadata can keep selling their images for them when they retire, let alone be an annuity for their heirs, plus make their image collection attractive to stock libraries, museums, historical societies or universities should they want to donate or sell their archives down the line.
It all evolves around good keyphrasing!
A search for a picture in Google Images is a nice place to visit, but no serious photo researcher wants to live there. It will never be a threat to specialized stock agencies or independent stock photographers who specialize. However, a text search at the standard everyday Google text bar can be a haven for photo researchers.
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Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to receive a free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
For more information about the PhotoSourceBANK: http://www.photosource.com/bank
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FORM A MARKETING GROUP IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Stock photographers, because of their varied specialties and emphasis in photography, rarely compete with each other, but they do have one common tie: their need to constantly update their marketing skills. Get together with stock photographers in your area for regular meetings.
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE TRUE COST OF FREE - Do you get emails asking you to provide your
services for free? If you just do this one job gratis, it will invariably
lead to paid work. This is a bad idea.
http://rising.blackstar.com/the-true-cost-of-free.html
TAKEAWAY: Clients who would never ask you for your services at no cost are the ones who will always follow through with their promises.
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Internet and online travel becomes
more important in tough economic times.
There has been no drop in travel website visits as fuel prices increase. People are instead researching their travel decisions more intensively online and are shifting to the online channel as they become more price sensitive.
http://www.tamartidings.com/travel-20-the-data-impacts-and-business-implications.html
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SPACEY IDEA. -- World's 'largest' photo project planned . Photographers are urged to take part in what is billed as the world's largest photography project. Organizers say they want people from all over the globe to take a photo on 24 October 2009, 63 years to the day since scientists first captured a photo of earth from space. http://www.heapfo.com/oneclickonepic
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
AIMING HIGHER -- Picli wants to be the home of great photography on the web
Picli's creators think their site is more creative and open than their photo-sharing site rivals, and they want to attract high-quality photos that invite comments and around a constantly changing gallery of quality creative content, created and published by its users. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/apr/21/startups-photography
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A PENNY EARNED LookStat Raises $500k For Microstock Photography Analytics - Lookstat is a tool for photographers that allows them to track their microstock earnings across online stock photography sites like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, and Dreamstime. The site can automatically identify when the same image is being sold at multiple sites, and can aggregate all sales for that image into one place. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/23/lookstat-raises-500k-for-microstock-photography-analytics/
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SLIMMING DOWN Men's Journal Drops Frequency to 10 times a Year - Sharp ad page declines have forced many magazines to cut rate base or frequency to reduce expenses.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/mens-journal-drops-frequency-to-10x-a-year.html
LOOKING IN DEEP -- National Geo's Online Photo App Will Blow Your Mind - National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) has launched Infinite Photograph, a cutting-edge Web 2.0 photography mosaic application. An Infinite Photograph digital mosaic is composed of 200 to 500 photographs culled from National Geographic's user-generated My Shot photography database.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/national-geos-online-photo-app-will-blow-your-mind
AND, BOOKS? --Will books mirror the decline of papers? Robert Crum on Books: “As many, including myself, have complacently observed, books are crisis-proof. The second world war, we like to say, proved to be the making of Penguin. In none of the subsequent postwar downturns did publishing suffer. And now, plus ça change ... the latest bookselling figures from the US and UK suggest that, once again, books are riding out the storm. Phew!..”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/19/robert-mccrum-books
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29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
You feel fine when your photo database is in order…not cluttered. How ‘bout your work area, or your home? FEEL GOOD!. How To Declutter Your Home Immediately
Click Here!
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
IRON CLAD AGREEMENT - .… -“… shall exclusively own all known or later existing rights to the Submissions worldwide and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submissions for any purpose in all media now known or hereafter discovered without compensation to the provider of such Submissions, you acknowledge and agree [that] . . .." Who writes those kind of contracts? Most everyone loves Oprah, but most photographers may not love her request for photos for her "Breathing Space Gallery." http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/oprahs-photo-request-grabs-exclusive.html
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THEY WANT YOUR COPYRIGHT. In Britain, photographers protest rights-grabbing contracts - A petition has been launched to protest a new rights-grabbing contract imposed on photographers by one of Germany's largest publishing houses. BJP asks its readers to help by signing the petition here.
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=853131
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Event Photography Handbook
What is “event photography?” If you’ve ever photographed a family special reunion, an award ceremony, a corporate function, a political get-together, a community picnic, a military ceremony, a sport team group picture, you have experienced the life of an Event Photographer.
As a stock photographer, you have an excellent opportunity to photograph in locations that ordinarily are not open to most people. Depending on the occasion, you may be permitted to gain outtakes from your shoot to be included in your stock photo file. Many event photographers miss or ignore this opportunity.
Of course, outtake shooting takes some diplomacy on your part, some bartering skill, or sharing of the revenues of stock sales. It’s not a vital element to your business, but it is a way to expand your stock collection without the usual administration that it takes to get entry into the way others conduct everyday living. .
Event photography offers stock photographers an additional stream of revenue. It also allows you to expand your business contacts at your own speed.
Like stock photography, at least in the beginning, you only need some basic equipment to start out. This book outlines the steps you will take to build a thriving business.
You'll learn how to find customers and initiate contact, select the best equipment for the job, and plan and execute the photographic capture of a wide variety of events—from anniversary photo shoots to business mixers, to ribbon cuttings and rodeos, to sporting and VIP events, The exposure is endless. You learn a typical marketing plan to increase visibility and draw more clients. And you’ll learn a lot about business etiquette when you are dealing with a variety of clients.
William B. Folsom is the resident photographer for Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and a photography instructor. He is the author of Art and Science of Butterfly Photography. He lives in McLean, Virginia. James P. Goodridge is a professional photographer. He lives in Vienna, Virginia. They work and market services together as the JPG Photo Events Team.
Amherst Media, 716-874-4450. ; Fax 716-874-4508 ; 175 Rano Street, Suite 200
Buffalo, NY 14207
SPECS: 8.5 X 11, paperback, 150 color photographs, 128 pgs. ISBN13: 978-1-58428-241-9
http://www.deastore.com/book/event-photography-handbook-william
-folsom-james-goodridge-amherst-media-us/9781584282419.html
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WISH LIST
Does this sound like your wish list?
1.) I have a day job, but I love photography and would like to sell my photos from my computer here at my kitchen table.
2.) I don’t want the hassle of sending out sample photos to prospective photobuyers and wait for their answer.
3.) I want to sell my photos @ $50, $100, $500, …---not for $1, $2, or $3.
4.) I don’t want to join a photo gallery site and wait for buyers. I want the buyers to come to me, not the other way around.
5.) I want an audio/visual learning course* that will jump-start my stock photo business right away.
It’s coming! All of the above. I’m putting the final touches on a 21-part audio/video course*, tailored for you, that wraps up all of the marketing principles that I’ve learned over the past three decades (here at PhotoSource International, we deal with photobuyers EVERY DAY –not occasionally), plus all of the latest techniques that have come through the Internet daily.
You know I’m on TOP of all of these new techniques and information because I publish and edit your weekly PhotoStockNOTES.
The price of this 21-part eCourse is going to be $79.95. But keep alert... we are going to hold a pre-publication event next month (May) before we publish the DvD in early June. You’ll save $20 if you enroll early. Watch for the announcement in a couple of weeks.
-Rohn
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ON GUARD -- In Britian, photographers face wider anti-terror curbs - Cameras trigger terrorism fears. Civilians are being told to be on guard for people carrying cameras and zoom lenses as part of anti-terrorism seminars being rolled out nationwide. The Home Office insists that there is no alternative as Britain continues to be on a state of high alert for a possible terrorist
attack. http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_face_wider_anti_terror_curbs_news_281398.html?offset=&offset=1
OFF-LIMITS -- Photographers' rights: Thousands back PM petition (UK). An online petition campaigning for photographers' right to take pictures of UK police officers has had a huge surge in support since the G20 protests.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_rights_Thousands_back_PM_petition_news_281388.html
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FOUND! Banker's historic color photos found 'in cupboard'. Some of the earliest surviving color photographs have turned up in a cupboard in Hampshire, England. The 700 'forgotten' autochromes, each found wrapped in newspaper, were captured by Lionel de Rothschild, a banker who experimented with the process between 1908-1912.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Bankers_historic_colour_photos_found_in_cupboard_update_news_281048.html
LOOKING BACKWARDS Smithsonian's New Focus on Photography - The Smithsonian is giving their photography collections a much needed publicity boost. The recently started "The Bigger Picture" blog focuses on the Smithsonian photography collections and is a great way to find out about photographs you might not know about.
http://photography.about.com/b/2009/04/25/smithsonians-new-focus-on-photography.htm
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SHARPER IMAGES -- Photography And Microscopes: New Technique That Scrambles Light May Lead To Sharper Images, Wider Views An imaging method developed by Princeton researchers could lead to lenses that show all parts of the scene at once in the same high detail. The new method could help build more powerful microscopes and other optical devices.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421120911.htm
LOOK ALIKE PEOPLE Face recognition comes to Flickr - The new feature was launched recently by Swedish start-up Polar Rose. It lets users import all their photos from a Flickr account to an account on Polar Rose, where the images are then automatically assembled into groups of faces that look alike. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10224607-2.html?tag=mncol;txt
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MEETING THE DOWN ECONOMY HEAD ON. -- Is it slow for you right now? If so,locating other avenues for revenue (within the field of photography) may be your next best solution. There are plenty of avenues for revenue aside from the ones familiar to you. The key is to be thinking several steps ahead.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/your-piece-of-pie.html
THE RESULTS ARE IN -- PDN's 2009 Wedding Business Survey Results - Photographers say they're cutting expenses as they prepare for a drop in business this year. But they're not cutting prices. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ida99bf36787f149ab1004b3334e81c75
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"Each PhotoSourceBOOK and each encounter with PhotoSourceBANK spurs and inspires me and my archivist to comb my vast Time-Life files for salable material. Rohn and company have been responsible for many a successful treasure hunt through territory I had too long overlooked. I recommend PhotoSource International not only to fellow old-timers - (hey, I've done more than 1000 covers and had 25,000 pictures printed - many in my 65 or so books) - but especially to newcomers in the new, fantastic digital environment."
- Art Shay, Photographer, Chicago
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VOTING RIGHT. MPs and Lords in Jessops photography shootout. MPs and Lords entered a record number of pictures into this year's All-Party Parliamentary photo competition, a sign that photography remains a burning passion among politicians.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/MPs_and_Lords_in_Jessops_photography_shootout_news_281183.html
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Deadline Extended Through Thursday April 30.
The deadline for registration (and upload) for the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA) 'Top 40' Juried Competition will be extended through Thursday April 30.
For complete information and registration visit website:
http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html
Direct link to registration page:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=180581
Contact:
Rex Bruce, Director, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, 107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90038
http://www.lacda.com
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Danny Lions’ work is reviewed by the New York Times. Among a group of revolutionaries whose work rose to prominence in the late 1960s and ’70s and transformed the nature of documentary photography — a group that includes friends and colleagues of Mr. Lyon’s like Mary Ellen Mark and Larry Clark.
His work could be called advocacy journalism.
At a time when picture magazines were still a holy grail for young photographers, Mr. Lyon, self-taught, began his career as the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. A week after hitchhiking south in 1962 at the age of 20 he was in jail with other protesters in Albany, Ga., next to the cell of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ref: Art: Stubbornly Practicing His Principles of Photography By RANDY KENNEDY
Danny Lyon, a pioneer of new journalism and the subject of a coffee-table retrospective, sticks to the down and dirty.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/arts/design/26kenn.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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http://actionsportsdigitalphotography.com/blog/interview-with-rick-becker-leckrone-ceo-of-blendimages-stock-agency/
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Digital Photography Workshop at
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 4
Nationally known photographer Wyman Meinzer will conduct a digital photography workshop at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center July 4.
Instruction will emphasize photography basics including composition and lighting. In addition to classroom instruction on Saturday, Meinzer will give personal critiques of student work on Sunday, July 5.
Registration for the workshop and the private critiques is limited, and a fee will be charged for both. For registration information, visit http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/education/media/photoworkshop_form.pdf
Contact: Larry Hodge, (903) 670-2255, larry.hodge[at]tpwd.state.tx[dot]us
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be.”
- Edward Weston
29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1785 – John J. Audubon, born April 26th, in Haiti, of Creole parents. Came to America at age 19. Audubon started a grocery store in Louisville, KY. Later he set out to paint every species of American bird.
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ONLINE
by Bill Hopkins
SAVING ENERGY
It’s been reported that if all the computers in the U.S. were simply turned off each night, over $2.8 billion of electricity costs per year could be saved.
Put into perspective on a worldwide basis, enough power could be saved in one night to light up the Empire State Building for over 30 years! Of course, the $2.8 billion covers the cost of electricity only, and does not consider the cost of waiting for the computer to boot each morning.
One could easily argue, from a monetary standpoint, that the wasted manpower (er, humanpower?) could easily offset the power costs.
And there are other considerations, especially for large businesses. Like, if 1,000 computers were turned off each night, a company could save $28,000 a year.
SPAM BE GONE
And here’s another figure: $3 billion. That’s the estimated cost of electricity wasted by SPAM. Yep, when you add up the power costs of sending, processing, routing, receiving, and otherwise dealing with SPAM (not including loss productivity, filtering software, etc.).
On the bright side, McAfee says that the current levels of SPAM filtering have saved over 135 billion kWh of electricity, compared with no computer being protected. So, when you can, turn off your computer at the end of the day, and use that startup time to get settled in each morning.
Watch the Face(book)
By now all of us should know not to open suspicious e-mails or their attachments, even when the sender is known to us.
After all, the sender’s ID could be spoofed.
But are we equally vigilant when it comes to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace?
Can’t wait to click on the hyperlink to a celebrity video? Or that hottest and latest YouTube video?
Think again!
Keep protected by running current antivirus software and keeping it updated. Restrict Facebook applications that you (or your kids!) install, and be very wary of programs that want you to install a codec (for displaying videos, for example). They are generally fake codecs that attempt to install malware on your computer.
As social networking sites and applications gain in popularity, we can only expect attacks using these services to increase.
POLAROID SOLD! Again
Patriarch Partners, a private-equity firm, has received court approval to purchase Polaroid’s assets out of their second bankruptcy.
They get Polaroid’s intellectual property, name, and brand. Patriarch says they intend to make Polaroid a "leading brand in digital instant photography."
But wait!
There’s an objection from Polaroid’s creditors. Another spirited courtroom auction, and this time, a partnership between Hilco and Gordon Brothers won out. (They own such brand names as Sharper Image and Bombay furniture.) Total price: $88.1 million.
Bill Hopkins is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio* (www.photosourcefolio.com) and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments via e-mail to wh[at]photosourcefolio[dot]com. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel at www.photosource.com/board.
*Display 6 of your own images for photobuyers to view, on your page on the PhotoSource website.
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Click here for my interview with Brian Yarvin
http://www.photosource.com/ecourse/bonus/interview1/
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HOW THEY DID IT. These Photos That Look Like They Hae Been Photoshopped But Aren't - These are not photoshopped in terms of that all the objects and their actions are real but might be editied for colors and adjustments..
http://www.bspcn.com/2009/04/18/21-photos-that-look-like-they%e2%80%99re-photoshopped-but-arent/
CAMERA IN A PAINT CAN -- Pinhole photography has long been regarded as a quirky alternative to taking pictures, and shutterbugs can use almost any empty containers to take images. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10218036-1.html
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DEEPER & DEEPER -- National Geographic's Infinite Photograph will mesmerize you – I’s a fun new feature called the Infinite Photograph that takes over 300,000 photos collected from its archives and submitted by users, and turns them into a giant photo mosaic. It lets you zoom in infinitely, making your way deeper into each photo as it breaks down into smaller photos of various colors.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10221086-2.html?tag=mncol;title
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PREVENT LOSS Your name, e-mail and address should appear with your digital submissions, sleeves, and prints. Also: If you move: Notify all photo editors who are currently considering your pictures for publication.
HOW MANY pictures should I submit to an editor? Submit a Light Box with as many as 6 images, but only if they are on-target, that is, within the special interest area of the photobuyer. Editors do not appreciate "shotgunning" (sending a variety of pictures and hoping one hits the target). You can submit as few as one or two images, if they are on-target.
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THEM THAT HAS GITS -- Why Chris Usher's Loss Is a Defeat for All of Us - Too little fanfare and zero uproar, photographer Chris Usher has lost his appeal against Corbis, which managed to permanently misplace 12,640 of his images. After a seven-year battle, Usher will be compensated a lousy $7 per image. http://rising.blackstar.com/fall-of-the-case-of-usher-will-anyone-stand-up-for-photographers.html
TAKEAWAY: Nevertheless 12,640 is a lot of slides with legs. Even some of the infamous slide losses of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s never reached that proportion and the reported awards were much higher in last century dollars. John Zimmerman 1986 (80 slides); National Stock Network 1987 (16 ); Sharpshooters 1989 (68); Don Johnson 1991 (60); Ric Ergenbright 1992 (248); Steve Rattner 1993 (39) .
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
KEEPIN’ THE BOOKS -- vvpicNiche Toolbars - Bob Davies, creator of the picNiche.com keyword tool, has created two microstock FireFox toolbars. The contributor toolbar is designed to make life easier for microstockers. It automatically checks your earnings, provides an FTP upload tool within the browser, notifies you of sales and image approvals, and partially automates submit pages.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/picniche-toolbars.html
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Mashup developer, Bob Davies, creator of the picNiche.com keyword tool, has created two microstock FireFox toolbars. One for microstock contributors and the other for microstock buyers. http://www.microstockdiaries.com/
ANOTHER ONE -- A new German Microstock Marketplace - Stock agency PantherMedia invites photographers to join its new microstock offering and image subscription.
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? -- Photo Contest Wades Into Murky Waters of Digital Manipulation - The Picture of The Year photo contest in Denmark recently disqualified a project from its reportage category because judges thought the photographer used too much digital manipulation. The story has sparked many lively conversations about photojournalism ethics. A proposed new contest rule came out of the debate: (proposed for a reportage photo contest like this one) . . . ”The Judges and exhibition committee reserve the right to see the original raw image files, raw tape, negatives and/or slides. In cases of doubt, the photographer can be pulled out of competition.”
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/photo-contest-wades-into-murky-waters-of-digital-mainpulation.html
TAKEAWAY: If it’s reportage, sure. No one likes manipulation of a digital image if it’s supposedly depicting an actual situation. Anything else, unleash the shackles on the photographer and let photographers be the artists they are.
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NEW MAGAZINES
Some weird ones, and bizarre prices. . .
Future Claw
www.futureclaw.com
$14.99
Swallow Magazine
www.swallowmagazine.com
$25.00
The Last Magazine
www.thelast-magazine.com
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
OUCH! -- National Trust Picture Yourself competition - The National Trust appears to
have commenced an aggressive campaign to utilise photographers' work without
payment. First, its 'Picture Yourself' competition features a full-on
copyright grab.
http://copyrightaction.com/forum/national-trust-picture-yourself-competition
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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by Rohn Engh
This is a photography book for teens, -but wait.
When our family first moved to the country, I decided to plant a garden. At our local library in town, I looked up books in the vegetable gardening section. The thick, heavy tomes were over my head. I didn’t get it. The agricultural terms were too obscure for me. So, I went to the children’s section and took out a book that started with “So your Mommy and Daddy have moved to the country and you want to start a garden…”
If you are a newcomer to photography, this book may give you a fresh look at what it’s all about. Or if you are a serious amateur it might help you to look at photography from a different angle.
What’s included? How-to’s for 30 favorite photography subjects. Some pro tips from people like Arte Wolfe, David McLain, Vincent Laforet, Chris Buck, and others.
Of course, if you are a teen, you know that teens love to take pictures of their friends, their families, and their dogs, their nose and their toes. You can get serious with your photography with this book. It’s the first how-to photography book written by teens for teens.
The author is 18-year-old Charlie Styr, assisted by writer and photography editor Maria Wakem.
The book is illustrated with more than 150 photos taken by teen photographers around the world. You’ll learn about basic equipment, composition, and lighting, and explore 27 high-interest techniques, from portraits to action, macro, shooting at night, special effects. And, you can join the on-line contest.
About the authors: Award-winning teen photographer Charlie Styr started flickr.com’s Teenage Photographers group in 2006. Today the group has more than 5,000 members, with 84,000 images from teens around the world. Visit Styr’s blog at www.theapblog.com. He lives in England. Maria Wakem is the editorial director of custom media at Photo District News and the editor of PDNedu, a magazine for high school and college students as well as educators. Visit her on the web at www.mariawakem.com. She lives in New York City.
CLICK Charlie Styr and Maria Wakem ; ISBN: 978-0-8230-9237-6, Watson-Guptill / Amphoto, Book (Paperback), $18.95, 8 1/2 x 9, 144 pages, 150 color illustrations, April 2009
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0823092372
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
STRETCHING THE LAW In Britain, video shows police threatening G20 photographers with jail. Video evidence of the police using section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 on the press is on the internet.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Video-evidence-of-police-threatening-photographers-with-jail-has-emerged-11442
TERRORISM OR TOURISM. Police delete London tourist's photos 'to prevent terrorism'.
Austrian tourist who photographed bus and subway stations says 'nasty incident' has put him off returning to London.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/16/police-delete-tourist-photos
STILL LEGAL -- The NYPD has issued an order reminding officers that photography and videotaping in public areas is legal.
http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/law_enforcement/97287/nypd-reportedly-issues-reminder-that-photos-are-ok/Default.aspx
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE TRUE COST -- What Your Tax Return Can Teach You About Your Photography Business -
http://rising.blackstar.com/what-your-tax-return-can-teach-you-about-your-photography-business.html
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOU’LL BE IN FASHION. Ever wanted to be a photographer in fashion? Well, you CAN combine photography with fashion thanks to Thanko's new 4GB USB Video Camera Necktie! Fashion Photography is Simple with the Thanko USB Camera Necktie.
http://inventorspot.com/articles/fashion_photography_simple_thanko_usb_camera_necktie_26407
MOVING PIX - Animoto Introduces White Label Feature for Commercial Photography Accounts. Animoto, the video creation platform that lets users quickly create videos from their own photos and music, has introduced a white label feature for photography commercial accounts, a frequently requested upgrade from professional users.
http://www.cameratown.com/news/news.cfm?id=7522
A NEW I.D. SYSTEM -- A new online photo organization called Snapizzi enables photographers of any skill level to capture, manage and sell their photos online with a new tagging technology and website.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Snapizzi-introduces-barcode-and-tagging-11447
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GET A GRANT -- Exposures: Project Funding - Susana Raab's "Consumed" series, which documents America's fast food has been supported by grants from The Puffin Foundation and the White House News Photographers' Association. She sees grants as a way of defraying costs for her personal photographic projects. .
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ie60616bd56e87859b19aebd2bbdbc384
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“I’d like to renew my subscriptions. I’ve had good luck with PhotoDaily and PhotoLetter and would not want to miss out on any possibilities.”
Wendy White, photographer, HOT TOPIC IMAGES, Yelm, WA
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
RETAIN YOUR RIGHTS -- Doing the Right Thing - After Bob Krist asked USA Today whether or not they really needed all the rights, originally outlined in their contest rules, the legal guys came back with a modified version. Yes, by entering you still give them some rights to use your photos, but only in connection with promoting and writing about the contest, instead of the "all rights throughout the universe" boilerplate in the original contest rules.
http://www.bobkrist.com/blog/usa-today-doing-the-right-thing/
TAKEAWAY: Most everything in life is negotiable. Stick to your rights.
RIGHTS-GRABBING CONTESTS Pro-Imaging website devises a 'spoiler' image that you can send to rights-grabbing competitions. Don’t let them gobble up your rights. Read the rules. If it’s an unfavorable competition, send them this image.
http://copyrightaction.com/forum/pro-imaging-devise-spoiler-image
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Robert Adams, U.S. Photographer, Wins $61,000 Hasselblad Award . Adams, who is based in Astoria, Oregon, received the 500,000 kronor ($61,000) prize at a ceremony in San Francisco yesterday. The foundation, based in Gothenburg, Sweden, described Adams as "one of the most important and influential photographers of the last 40 years."
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ag8s9uVM4onA&refer=muse
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Insider’s Guide to Panama
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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COMPARING PHOTO DATA -- Flickr fans quickly embraced the tool this week to run a variety of comparisons, including some photography-specific ones such as bokeh vs. HDR and Canon vs. Nikon. Flickr trends highlighted via Google-based app - The FlickrTrends
application takes advantage first of the API (application programming
interface) at Yahoo's photo-sharing site, Flickr, which can show how many
photos have been tagged with a particular word over a period of time.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10220937-39.html?tag=mncol;title
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“Success doesn’t come to talented people because of their brilliance. It comes to them either from luck or experience. It’s better to go out and get some experience rather than wait for some luck. “ – H.T. White
22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
April 9 – Edward Muybridge was born in Kingston-on-the-Thames, England (1830). He immigrated to California in the 1850s, where he took up photography and quickly became one of the first internationally known photographers. Between 1867 and 1872 he took more than 2000 photographs, many of them views of the Yosemite Valley.
It was Edward Muybridge who designed a new camera that could take a picture in one-thousandth of a second. To test his improvement, he set up twenty-four cameras along a race track with trip wires to pull the shutters. With those cameras, he managed to take a series of pictures of a horse galloping, proving for the first time that all four of a horse's hooves will sometimes be off the ground at the same time.
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Is Publishing In A Slow-Down?
Over the years, I’ve developed a barometer that tells me the state of the publishing industry – specifically books and magazines – when it comes to their need for images. (Newspapers are not among our target markets so I have not included them in this overview.
My barometer goes like this– I use these four guidelines:
1.) Photo Researchers and Editors. We talk with a couple dozen every day (checking in with them as to their photo needs). We have 3,600 researchers and photobuyers in our database and the 80-20 rule generally applies here. (750 generate the lion’s share of photo listings.)
2.) Major bookstores. If you like to burrow through the shelves, like I do, notice how
many new titles you see displayed. If they’re looking pretty familiar, not that
different from two or three months ago, that could indicate that the research
departments of major publishers have decided not to bring out many new
offerings this season.
3.) The total amount of photo need listings we get in for the PhotoDaily and PhotoLetter marketletters. The PhotoDaily lists the large publishing houses with higher budgets for photography. The PhotoLetter (weekly) lists the smaller houses, with lower budgets.
4.) Magazine shelves at spots like the airport, Wal-Mart, etc.
What do my guidelines reflect right now? The consensus is this.
Photo Researchers/Buyers
A number of researchers continue to work on projects that were assigned them last year at this time. So I haven’t included them in this equation.
Today, we sometimes hear, “I’m going to have something for you next month,” or even “next summer.” Some photobuyers have seen no drop in their workload. Others report a dramatic drop. So it’s a bit up and down. In general, however, no one expresses being snowed under by an overwhelming workload.
BookstoresThey reflect a holding pattern, with if not exactly a trickle, at least not a strong stream, of new titles packing the shelves.
Photo need listings - Down about one-third. We have stepped up our inquiries to photo researchers/buyers, yet our efforts result in fewer photo need requests than we’re usually able to compile.
Magazine shelves
This is an elusive one. Some magazines have outright dropped out of sight or gone to bi-monthly or quarterly. It’s evident many are getting thinner due to less advertising.
A bright spot: New magazines continue to come on the scene. You can check out new magazines at, http://www.mrmagazine.com/newtitles.html ;
What’s The Prognosis?
From where I sit, while magazines and books are still churning out and we can count on publishers to keep producing material that needs images, it seems things are in a definite holding pattern. Like to all of us, to one degree or another, these bumpy times are dictating to just about every field of endeavor to hunker down and ride it out– hanging in there but with prudent cautions. Budgets are tighter.
But from past experience I’ll wager that it won’t be long before we see signs of renewed activity – the voracious need in our global cultures for information and entertainment and education and the images that go with all this, cannot slow down for long.
The current “recession” is the fourth one we have experienced here at Photosource International. We’ve learned that in tough times art buyers look to save money, but not at the expense of not getting the “right” pictures for their projects. The Internet is a plus for publishers in this most recent recession, allowing photobuyers to find the pictures they need through non-costly text searches, listing services such as our marketletters, and specialized stock photo agencies. Be encouraged – the world can’t get along, let alone the economy recover, without photography!
Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to learn how to sell photos and to receive his free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit his website, PhotoSource International or call 800 624-0266.
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTOGRAPHER AS SALESMAN -- Selling Event Photography; Lessons Learned In A Fast-Paced Business. One of the growth markets for photographers these days is consumer event photography, including youth sports. This is a specialized business; often, event photographers must be equipped to print and sell photos on-site, offer a variety of photo-package choices.
http://shutterbug.com/columns/business_trends/0309business/
PHOTOGRAPHER MAKEOVER - This 5-day workshop intensive is targeted toward
early adopters -those tired of the status quo. You'll hear how new media
marketing tools like blogs, videos, digital photos, social network sites, Google, and others will forever change the way you think about business. This impressive event will get you in touch. http://jackhollingsworth.com/makeover/
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
IT’S GETTIN DOWNRIGHT NASTY -- Google to publishers: We're not evil or illegal - A day after the editor of The Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators --particularly Google and its Google News product--as "parasites or tech tapeworms," and the chairman of the Associated Press announced an initiative to protect print media content from infringing use online, Google has fired back in a blog. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10213903-93.html?tag=mncol
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MARKETING TIP (From Sell & ReSell Your Photos, Page 272.) Lost images? Still sending to a photobuyer who still uses slides? If you can prove a client has lost, destroyed, or damaged your image(s), you have the right to take that client to small claims court (in cases under $2500 in most cases). Seek help from the national organization… Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts The Paley Building 1 East 53rd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10022 212·319·ARTS (2787)
ZEROING in on your corner of the market? Here at PhotoSource International we supply a computerized list of market lists (photobuyers) in your special interest area. Fee is $25 for the list in your specialized market area. Ask for Report E710. www.photosource.com/resources.
HOW LONG should you wait before re-submitting your photos to an "ongoing needs" editor listed in the PHOTOLETTER or PHOTODAILY? About six months. Editors’ needs change within their specialization. Your pictures might not be of immediate interest on the first round, but could score on the second and third round.
Send top quality thumbnails only within the editor's specialization. A ragged poor-quality thumbnail will only reflect sloppy work on your part. Don't worry about an editorial photobuyer "stealing" your hi-res image. They won't. Advertising or commerical buyers 'might', -but not editorial photobuyers. They are permament staff members of a publishing house, and 'stealing' and image would be of no advantage to them. It would only cause embarassment or possible job loss.
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BETTER SCANNING PRICES. FotoBridge Launches New Photo Scanning Packages.
Extending its flat-rate offerings for photography professionals and institutions-- FotoBridge makes digitizing large legacy photo collections safe, simple and now more affordable.
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/
fotobridge_launches_new_photo_scanning_packages/
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The PAINET query continues.
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15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CLOSING SHOP. Triple hit of closures - The credit crunch continues to munch through the photographic industry, with Maxim UK, World Picture Network, and Spicer Hallfield closing last week alone. Maxim: http://tinyurl.com/cu2ssd WPN: http://tinyurl.com/dbkpcd
Spicer Hallfield: http://tinyurl.com/cyuj8r
GETTY LOSES THIS ONE. NFL and the Wayward Getty Images. Getty images has made what can only be a colossal blunder in losing the NFL's commercial licensing deal to the Associated Press. Sources close to both parties reveal that this is a done deal, minus official announcements. As an interesting side note, it is unclear how the AP would have noted in their annual meeting in San Diego recently that the deal is done, prior to the NFL actually announcing it.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/nfl-and-wayward-getty-images.html
GOING, BUT NOT GONE. Top bidders get second try at bankrupt Polaroid. The auction for Polaroid Corp. was partially reopened Monday following creditors' complaints that the bidding process was flawed. The top two contenders will submit improved bids, a U.S. Bankruptcy judge in St. Paul MN ordered on Monday.
http://www.startribune.com/business/42531717.html?elr=KArksUUUU
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VIDEO IS EMERGING -- Corbis Launches New Motion Web Site - The expanded collection includes nearly 150,000 clips in HD as well as 80,000 RF clips, which can be licensed once and used across all types of media for the licensed use for as long as customers want.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/corbis-launches-new-motion-web-site
TAKEAWAY: Your next equipment investment will be a pro video camera.
he stock industry is moving that way.
ARE UNIONS NEXT? – …NFL and the Wayward Getty Images - Getty loses what amounts to the cash cow with a large portion of all their commercial sports sales, according to sources. Getty could find themselves in legal trouble if they preclude "their photographers" (that is, contractors) from doing other work for another media organization, forcing photographers to choose between leagues. http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/nfl-and-wayward-getty-images.html
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT RECESSION? New Magazine Launches. 81 new titles appeared for the first time on the nation’s newsstands in February (the best February yet) despite all the problems with the wholesalers and distribution channels. In one way or another those magazines found their way to the retailers and offered readers options to buy one out of 30 magazines published at least four times a year, one with a twice a year frequency, four annuals and 46 specials or book-a-zines.
http://mrmagazine.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/what-recession-new-magazine-launches-up-up-up/
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COURT TALES OF ANNIE -- Follow-up: Part One of the Annie Leibovitz Lawsuit Dismissed.
A portion of one of the two lawsuits we examined in that story - Briese USA vs. Annie Leibovitz - has been dismissed, according to court documents. A second lawsuit against Leibovitz, filed last November by the Art Department agency, is still pending.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/followup-one-annie-leibovitz-lawsuit-dismissed.html
CHEAP TICKETS. Gerardo Arellano and his wife, Maribel Fernandez, both 32, were arrested after police officers found him with the camera balanced on his leg during a showing in South Barrington of the Hanna Montana film, the weekend's top money maker, officials said. A search of the couple's home turned up 44,000 CDs and DVDs containing pirated movies, as well as DVD duplicating equipment, Assistant State's Atty. Adam Klugman said at a bail hearing in the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court.Arellano was charged with trying to make an illegal copy of the film, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-hannah-pirate-14apr14,0,5224644.story
TAKEAWAY: The newest innovation in stock photography is stock footage. And, no doubt, footage infringement will be an activity of the future in our industry.
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE RIGHT TO COPY – Help! I Found an Infringement! Now What Do I Do? - You're sitting in your easy chair and surfing the web. You're not paying much attention, until you see it. It's your photo, but you did not post it there. You can't believe they used your photo without your permission. Now what do you do? The steps you take may limit your ultimate remedies so be sure to not act too quickly.
http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/articles/358
FIND OUT WHO USED IT. Trends in Stock Licensing: Visual Search. Toronto-based, Idée, recently launched a Firefox plugin for their TinEye visual search engine which allows potential image buyers to quickly review an index of all of the online usages of any image it needs to locate.
http://www.abouttheimage.com/4086/trends_in_stock_licensing_visual_search/author7
CLIPPING THE CLIP ART -- Lawsuits for Infringement of Clip Art - A software association (SIIA) continues its online piracy fight with 17 new copyright infringement cases. http://www.creativepro.com/article/first-ever-lawsuits-infringement-clip-art
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The Photographer's Survival Guide, How to Build and Grow a Successful Business
Yes, it’s another how-to book on how to survive as a commercial photographer. A good plus about this book is that it receives the blessings of ASM P (American Society of Media Photographers.).
A CD comes along with the book that features templates that commercial photographers often need. .
By the way, except for model and property releases, editorial stock photographers rarely need such forms since you deal with a small community of buyers in the publishing industry. But it’s nice to have them in case you cross over to an occasional commercial assignment.
There are many tips (from a commercial photography point of view) on how to market yourself and your images among major commercial clients. How to price your work among them also in that arena.
It’s interesting to see included, bills from real-life photo shoots, before-and-after makeovers of marketing presentations and other correspondence.
Who are the authors? They are art buyers who have an impressive track record in commercial photography. Sosa.Stone worked as an art buyer in advertising and is now a consultant. She lives in Orlando, FL. Suzanne Sease comes from the world of advertising, where she was a senior art buyer, working with such clients as Capital One, Clairol, and AFLAC. She in now a consultant and lives in Richmond, VA.
The Photographer's Survival Guide, How to Build and Grow a Successful Business, Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease, ISBN: 978-0-8174-7677-9, Watson-Guptill / Amphoto, , $29.95, 7 1/2 x 9 ¼, 224 pages, 150 color illustrations, April 2009.
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
There’s Still Time !
click here
http://www.photosource.com/TaxTipQandA.pdf
1.) Take this report* to your accountant –
2.) He/she will probably not be aware of tax deductions
that a stock photographer can take. (We’re talking
intellectual properties, here.)
3.) Buy a new computer with the tax savings. . .
Late filing? Want to make a correction on
already filed taxes? This report*will show you how.
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Recent advice by Julian block as it appeared recently in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02TAX.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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* Julian Block’s 2009 Tax Tip Guide for Stock Photographers
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
POWER PACK -- On the Lookout, With a Digital Security Camera A new, six-ounce security camera the size of a deck of cards employs fixed, inexpensive sensors that divvy up the surveillance job, and smart software that instantly puts their separate views together into one live streaming video (computational photography), to cover a 180-degree field of view. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12novel.html?_r=1&ref=business
ON THE GO PHONE -- Shutterfly for iPhone, a new free photo sharing iPhone application, lets customers view albums on-the-go, post photos to share sites and take advantage of Shutterfly's Award-Winning products and services. http://www.photographyblog.com/news/shutterfly_for_iphone/
MORE FIREPOWER, LESS POWER SUPPLY. the Netbook as Photo Accessory - Windows Version. As a photographer, if you’re on an extended trip, heading into the backcountry, or you just like to travel as light as possible, then carrying a computer is not always an option. Fortunately, over the last year or so a new class of tiny, ultra light laptop computers called net books - have appeared on the market at extremely reasonable prices. These machines turn out to be ideal photo accessories. http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/?p=551
FIND THAT IMAGE. -- Ginipic offers a new way to organize and search media on the web. With Ginipic you can search multiple sources with a single click and use search results in your project with a simple drag & drop. For copyright issues you are assured you see the appropriate owner details and copyright level for any given search result (if applicable).
http://www.dcviews.com/press/ginipic.htm
POWER PACK -- On the Lookout, With a Digital Security Camera A new, six-ounce security camera the size of a deck of cards employs fixed, inexpensive sensors that divvy up the surveillance job, and smart software that instantly puts their separate views together into one live streaming video (computational photography), to cover a 180-degree field of view. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12novel.html?_r=1&ref=business
MUSCLE POWER. -- Smallest SATA SSD - Revolution in storage world's smallest SATA SSD
PCFast Storage Card is a revolutionary product with CF card sized form factor incorporating the key strength of high speed SATA interface. The transfer speed of 1st generation Pretec CFast Storage Card can reach up to 160MB/s, about 300% faster than the fastest CF card today.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Pretec-CFast-Storage-Card-11418
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COLOR ME ORANGE. Google has just rolled out a color filtering system to its Image Search. It's a pretty simple feature that lets you get image results based on preferred color. This is in addition to the other filtering options that were previously enabled on Image Search.
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-image-
search-gets-the-rainbow-color-treatment/9744/#more-9744
GUNSMOKE -- Photographers allegedly shot at by bodyguards at celebrity wedding. Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen's armed bodyguards opened fire on paparazzi at the couple's nuptials in Costa Rica, blasting out the windows of a photographer's SUV, and just missing the shaken lensmen, the fotogs said.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04062009/news/nationalnews/pow_pow_at_gisele_vows_163138.htm
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“Your photo listing service the last six years has been great, especially during a downturn in the economy. It’s just what we photo researchers need. You’re a great service and I thank you!”
Ellin Yassky, Medic Editorial Services, Fairfield CT
“I am thoroughly impressed with your service. Thank you so much. It’s been great to have stumbled upon you and your service. Thank you!”
- Kenneth Chu, Photo Researcher, Alley Theatre, Houston TX
15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE FINE PRINT. More Photo Contest Rules to Contest. Winning a photo contest is a thrill but you can't win if you don't play. Unfortunately, just by entering some photo contests means that you will lose some rights to your photos. Following are some examples of photo contests where you need to check just what rights you'll lose by playing. http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/more-photo-contest-rules-to-contest.html
TOP LEVEL CONTEST – The Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal of photography, is sponsoring its 25th annual photography competition again. Because their work was seen in The Photo Review, past winners have been given one-person exhibitions, have had their work reproduced in other leading photography magazines, and have sold their work to collectors throughout the country. Awards include a $500 purchase prize for The Philadelphia Museum of
Art, a copy of SilverFast HDR Studio digital camera RAW conversion
software from LaserSoft Imaging ($499), a $270 gift certificate from
Lensbabies for a Composer lens or other items on the Lensbaby.com
webstore, a $250 gift certificate from Calumet Photographic, a
24"x50' roll of Museo Silver Rag ($240 value), camera bags from
Lowepro, and $250 in cash prizes. The prospectus may be downloaded from The Photo Review website: www.photoreview.org. For further information call 215/891-0214.
THIS LAND IS MY LAND – … USA TODAY and DiscoverAmerica.com Launch Online Travel Photo Contest - The "Picture America Contest" invites readers to submit their iconic images of America that capture the essence of the country and best represent it for international travelers. Details and rules can be found at http://pictureamerica.usatoday.com.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/USA-TODAY-DiscoverAmericacom-Launch-Online/story.aspx?guid=%7B90E662FA%2DFA11%2D41F9%2DA36E%2D900D40530D79%7D
TAKEAWAY: If your picture is good enough to win a contest, –it’s good enough for you to retain all rights and not enter a contest that shares your ownership on the image.
14 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GET ON THE FIRST PAGE -- A Search Engine Optimisation Toolkit From PhotoShelter, who produces websites, photo sales and archiving tools for photographers. The have released the first free guide to getting photography websites listed on search engines and achieving top results with search engine optimization (SEO).
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photoshelter_search_engine_optimisation_toolkit/
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photoshelter_search_engine_optimisation_toolkit/
14 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself – that is the best combination.” – Dame Judi Dench
14 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1959 - March 13 - Ultraviolet pictures of the sun were taken by a camera at an altitude of 123 miles, from an Aerobee-Hi research rocket, at White Sands, NM, under the direction of the U.S. Naval Research laboratory.
14 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Barbara Ringer 1925-2009 - Barbara Ringer was appointed Register of Copyrights on November 19, 1973, the first woman to serve in that position. She was one of the principal architects of the copyright revision bill, which was enacted into law on October 19, 1976, as the Copyright Act of 1976
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/2009/04/barbara-ringer.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Editorial Stock …
What’s the difference?
Now that microstock has become popular, photographers have asked me to explain the difference between “microstock photos” that they see on portals, published in magazines, books, advertisements,...
and “editorial stock photos” they also see in those same media.
Let me digress. Just as in all of the arts, --music, dance, painting-- explanations and definitions don’t come easy.
But to add some clarification (and hopefully not mystification!) I would like to suggest that one way to define editorial stock photography is to say that it’s not photojournalism. Granted, many news photos turn out to be perfect editorial photographs, in that they capture real-life experiences, and real-life moments. This is the primary aim of editorial stock photography.
The main difference between photojournalists and editorial stock photographers is that the latter are storytellers, the former are reporters.
Editorial stock photographers re-capture life’s moments through photo illustrations. Like the author who invents fiction to describe life, editorial stock photographers recapture a visual story, using local people as models, to present a real-life view of how they see the world. Their perspective is usually their trademark, since we all see the world in a different way.
I should also clarify the difference, while I’m at it, between “commercial editorial stock photography” and the photography I’ve just described. The commercial variety, yes, deals with people, but its end purpose for being is tied to selling: a product, service, or anything that requires public acceptance or endorsement.
Because of the strict confinements and usage of a typical commercial editorial photo, they are usually art-directed, not photographer-directed, and include models and props of the highest standards.
And now we come back to the microstock photos question. Actually, microstock has been around a long time. Twenty years ago we called the images “clip art” and they were used in newspaper ads, sometimes in magazines, and now and then in books.
In the past, great talent in music and photography was rarely rewarded. Only the few could rise to prominence. Times have changed, thanks to the Internet. Today, dozens of microstock portals feature thousands of brilliant photographers who in the past wouldn’t have been noticed beyond their geographical neighborhood.
POSTER PICTURES
What is a microstock photo? For this discussion, let’s eliminate the “object” pictures, those that feature a white background, and an item such as a cell phone or a shoe. These are normally called “catalog shots.” All the rest of microstock images, I like to call them, “Poster Pictures.”
It’s not difficult to imagine a microstock picture as a poster celebrating an event, a product, an emotion, or most other everyday-living themes.
We have become even more emphatically a visual society, and microstock photos have arrived just in time. A neighborhood fund drive committee can easily buy a microstock photo for their brochure. A self-publisher can include one on the cover of her short-run book. A software developer can illustrate his program. A jewelry shop owner can use one for a local newspaper ad. A major magazine can use one as filler. And a Boy Scout newsletter can include one in its layout – all at affordable cost.
Today, where would we be without microstock? Look at newsletters and brochures you migh t have in your files from a couple of decades ago. They aren’t as visually exciting as they are today. Microstock has come to the rescue.
The real test in finding the difference between an editorial stock photo...
and a microstock photo is to ask, “Will this picture endure?”
Microstock, because of the timely nature of their usage must necessarily be “current.” Yesterday’s monitor shot won’t sell next year. In the fast-paced world we live in, trends change, fashions shift, products evolve. Microstock photos capture these, but then their shelf life is very short. .
On the other hand, editorial stock photography capitalizes on this phenomenon from a different direction. If the photo is a believable depiction of life around us, the photo can endure, and sometimes gain in worth and value and become of historical significance – something you can pass on to your heirs.
Is it possible to be both a microstock photographer and an editorial stock photographer? Maybe. Wearing two hats is not easy in any business. But not impossible. Some people can speak two languages, or play two sports, or play two different musical instruments. Maybe you can engage in both types of stock photography. Good luck!
Rohn Engh is the best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com.” He has produced a new eBook, “How to Make the Marketable Photo.” For more information and to receive a free eReport: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Why Is My Computer So Slow?
By Nathan Segal
A common question I hear from users is: “My computer’s running slow.
How do I get it back to that gratifying velocity it had when I first bought it?”
It’s a good question, but it’s coming from the wrong direction. Before
looking at any speed issues, the first thing to do is to analyze what’s
Happening with the computer.
Many people think that if they only replaced some component, their
computer would speed up and all would be well. That could be true, but
it could also be a waste of money. You could have the best hardware in
the world and have a computer that runs so slowly as to be next to
worthless.
THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF A SLOW COMPUTER
The number one determining factor (hardware issues and failures aside)
that will slow your computer down is you.
“What?” You’re saying.
Let me put this into perspective. A case in point was a computer I was
asked to look at recently. The user was understandably frustrated. He was thinking of chucking the laptop out a window because it was so slow. Granted, it was an old computer, but what really got my attention was what happened when the machine booted up (which took a long time).
When I went to clean up the computer, here’s what I found: 6 different
anti-spyware programs all in competition with each other, about 5
different registry editors and numerous browser toolbars.
I was amazed. I set to work fixing the problem.
Some of the programs challenged me (with threats of dire consequences to the integrity of his machine) as I tried to remove them. I did and soon I had his machine back up to its ol’ self.
LESSON: “If you have poor software installing habits, such as downloading tons of files from the Internet, or words, accepting every program your colleagues give to you, you're likely to overload your system. It won't be long before your computer will begin to start dragging tail again.
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"If you’re like me, after buying your new computer, you’ve watched it get slower and slower with each new program installed.
"Well, I found an eBook that may help bring back that memory of a new highspeed computer. Nathan Siegel’s eBook How To Speed Up Your Computer – In 30 Minutes Or Less is very useful as well as an insightful program that assists you in determining which programs are necessary to operate your computer at its’ optimal operating speed.
"I found this eBook to be very user friendly for PC users, with its follow-along Adobe Reader files and mp4 files to assist you in understanding which programs you need as well as those that are not necessary.
"I found in many instances, all I had to do, was turn off the program, and then, watch my computer get faster. Nice job Nathan. Your program assisted me in understanding which program I needed, and which one I could just turn off to maximize my computers speed.
"I would highly recommend this “user-friendly” e-Book to stock photographers as well as to anyone wishing to clean up their computer and watch them return to their “like new” speed again.
Joseph Stanski, Photographer, www.Photos4calendars.com
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" I used the tips in the ebook "How to Speed Up Your Computer in 30 Minutes or Less" by Nathan Segal on my small Fujitsu computer.
"The Fujitsu is over 5 years old, running WinXP. I have a lot of stuff on it and it has been taking forever just to boot up.
"With the help of Nathan's ebook and a small investment in time, it now boots up really quickly.
"All of the tips on cleaning up the files and programs on the hard drive were helpful, but the most valuable tips to me were on cleaning the physical computer. We don't often think of how dust buildup can damage our investment.
"Thank you Nathan for putting all of this information in a concise, easy to understand, ebook."
Pam Costa, photographer, Naples FL
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08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOU CAN DRAW -- AKVIS Software has announced the release of AKVIS Sketch v.8.6 for Windows and Macintosh. The software converts photos to pencil drawings and watercolor paintings. The program allows observing the conversion of a photo into a drawing/watercolor in real time, interrupting the process when the required result is achieved. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/AKVIS-Sketch-86-11388
CUSTOMER SERVICE PLUS -- Value Your Clients - and They Will Value You - Our customers are who keep us in business. They are the folks who are spending their dollars for our work, which allows us to do what we enjoy and make a living. If you are a full-time photographer, these folks are the reason we exist. Without them, where would we be?
http://rising.blackstar.com/value-your-clients-and-they-will-value-you.html
GET PUSHY -- Photographers: Push Your Art Directors - "In my experience, the art director, creative director, the photo editor--whoever are the people who hire you to create pictures--are exactly the same. If you continue to deliver the expected and nothing new, they get bored. And in the creative world, boredom equals death." http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2009/03/photographers-push-your-art-directors.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HOSPITALITY BURGS Thirty Photo-Friendly Cities - Which of the 30 biggest burgs are best for photographers? The results will surprise you.
http://www.popphoto.com/Features/30-Photo-Friendly-Cities
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DEADLINES are a necessary bind to photographers.
Here at PhotoSource International we request photo editors to send us their listings as far in advance as possible. However, photobuyers, because of the nature of the publishing world, often need pictures "now".
If you see an "immediate" deadline listed in the PHOTOLETTER or PHOTODAILY, and you can supply the specific picture(s), use a light box and send a selection to the photobuyer. He or she may be able to extend the deadline a few days to be able to consider your picture.
LISTINGS: Are they aimed to give you leads for self-assignment, -- to go out and TAKE the pictures needed? Yes, if the deadline allows and if you want to add that kind of picture to your stock files.
However, in this industry, photo editors share a common bond: a definite tendency to decide on the picture needed at the last moment.
Thus the short deadlines that are a hazard of the trade. Sometimes deadline leeways will allow our market letters to be a source of self-assignments for you.
But primarily our listing service is designed to provide you with market leads for pictures that you already harbor in your existing stock files.
PROMOTE YOURSELF. Your local city or town newspaper is always looking for interesting feature material about its citizens.
You are eligible.
Because you market your pictures to national magazines and book publishers, you are unique. Feature editors would like to write about you and publish a few examples of your photographs.
If you also conduct a photo marketing class, it's an excellent way to publicize the class.
The process: Phone your local newspaper and ask for the Features Editor. Describe what you do, then ask, "Would you like me to drop in for an interview and bring some of my pictures along?" (Personal interviews work better than phone interviews.)
Here’s a tip. If you’ve been featured previously in newspapers, and have clippings, leave them at home. Journalists like to do their own stories on you.
GETTING CUSTOMERS -- Wedding Lead Generators: Do They Work? Print ads and other conventional marketing methods require photographers to sit back and wait for clients to get in touch with them. For photographers who want to take a more active role in marketing themselves, lead generating Web sites can help put them in touch with potential clients.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i6f7d11e2e2aaf850558229e8a8655eaa?imw=Y
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HE GETS NO RESPECT. -- A Great Publisher – Darwin says, “After reporting on the poor payment policies and all round unprofessional attitude of Firefly Books and Browntrout Publishers over here, I figured it was time for some good news about publishers.”
http://darwinwiggett.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/a-great-publisher/
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHO IS “PAINET”? …got information about this company? Several photographers are unhappy with them. Are they for real? Join the discussion at the Kracker Barrel.
Go to: http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,5042
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VANISHING ASSIGNMENTS -- World Picture Network Closing Assignment Desk - In a letter to contributors, Brian J Miller, CEO, wrote "WpN is another victim of the severe economic downturn, along with most of our clients and many of you.
WpN will stop taking on new assignments in the next few weeks. We are
telling clients that they should contact you directly.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/03/world-picture-network-shuttering.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DUTCH AGENCY AIMS AT POP BUYERS “Stock photos have so saturated the Internet and print media that mere stock photography is beginning to lose its impact,” says EyeLikeImages.com founder and owner Astrid Jacobs. “Consumers and creative directors are looking for ‘pop’ and that’s what our artful imagery delivers,” Jacobs adds.
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=91155
MORE PIX. -- Getty and Time Inc. Launch LIFE.com - The site, targeted at consumers, is launching March 31 with 7 million professional images presented in eye-catching galleries.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i8f701cf03395decae2b62affa4849e6c
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
OLD KID BACK ON THE STREET - "I'm re-introducing CanStockPhoto
into my report after three months of FotoSearch powered sales placing them
in my top six earning agencies. They were previously my case study for
deciding when to give up on a slow selling microstock agency."
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/microstock-earnings-report-march-2009.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SIGN OF THE TIMES. Ritz Camera to Start Closing 300 Stores, Beginning April 4th. Less than two months after filing for bankruptcy, Ritz Camera, the country's largest chain of photo specialty stores, will start shuttering 300 stores, beginning April 4th. The move will leave 400 Ritz stores still out there but their fate remains in question.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/ritz-camera-to-start-closing-300-stores-beginning-april-4th.html
TAKEAWAY: When was the last time you were in a local camera store? Most photographers shop at mega electronics stores or on-line, like B&H. The era of the Ma ‘n’ Pa camera store is over.
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NOW THEY CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED. How to Cover a Military Casualty Transfer. A new policy allowing media photographers to cover the ceremonial return of U.S. military personnel killed in action went into effect April 6. The Pentagon issued a media advisory April 3 providing details about the policy change, which was announced in February by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3ie2a94edbc5b0a7c12502a2718290d674
NO PICTURES PLEASE! Google StreetView car blocked by irate English villagers. Google's SteetView mapping service recently, complaining that the images invaded their privacy and increased the risk of burglary, according to a report in the Times of London.
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/404577_streetview03.html
THE GAVEL COMES DOWN -- Polaroid Sold at Court Auction to Patriarch Partners. Polaroid Corp., the bankrupt pioneer of instant photography, was sold in an auction for $59.1 million to private-equity firm Patriarch Partners LLC, an investor in the Arizona Iced Tea brand and mapmaker Rand McNally.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqaRHWtaHWME&refer=home
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
RISING COSTS -- Fees for Copyright Registration By Paper May Increase August 1 - The Office proposes a higher fee of $65 to recover the greater cost. This fee will apply as well to paper filings of applications for group registration for database updates, contributions to periodicals, and published photographs.
http://www.photoattorney.com/2009/04/fees-for-copyright-registration-by.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
If you’ve been waiting for the right time
to start receiving photo needs listings….
weekly: PHOTLETTER
daily: PHOTODAILY
daily: PHOTODAILY
GET READY
The Spring SALE is April 22, 23, and 24th
Watch for notices coming your way
DISCOUNTS ON ALL MARKET LETTERS
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A WALK IN THE PARK -- Photographer NOT Terrorist - Know Your Rights. Another story of photographer's wrongly being confronted by police when photographing landmarks from a public park. http://bostonist.com/2009/04/01/america_land_of_the_free.php
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BACK THEN -- …LIFE.com Publishes Unseen Photos From Martin Luther King Assassination Scene. They've posted a gallery of 13 images from the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, April 4, 1968, taken shortly after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. These are not the only pictures from that event, but they had not been published until this week, 41 years after the event.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/04/lifecom-publishes-unseen-photos-from-mlk-assassination-scene.html
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
There’s Still Time !
click here
http://www.photosource.com/TaxTipQandA.pdf
1.) Take this report* to your accountant –
2.) He/she will probably not be aware of tax deductions
that a stock photographer can take. (We’re talking
intellectual properties, here.)
3.) Buy a new computer with the tax savings. . .
Late filing? Want to make a correction on
already filed taxes? This report*will show you how.
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Recent advice by Julian block as it appeared recently in the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/business/retirementspecial/02TAX.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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* Julian Block’s 2009 Tax Tip Guide for Stock Photographers
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GOT YOURS YET? -- Canon has announced that it has produced over 10 million consumer D-SLRs worldwide since the launch of the EOS 300D in 2003.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Canon-has-sold-10-million-consumer-DSLRs-11396
NO VIBES World's Longest-Range Zoom For DSLR Lens - The Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO (Model B003) has a zoom ratio of 15X (28-419mm equivalent) while also featuring a highly effective vibration
compensation system for clearer images.
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Digital_Photography/Accessories/X5P6C6S4
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT ECONOMY? Microstock Sales Are Up - Microstock photographers are reporting record earnings across all top agencies. Microstock agencies themselves are reporting rising sales and breaking daily revenue records this month. The fundamental market indicators are all pointing up.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/microstock-is-up.html
TAKEAWAY: In a down economy, this would be natural. Photobuyers are looking for bargains. Another factor: Total industry sales are up, but what about the medium individual sales?
BUY THIS ONE Online Widget for Photographers and Artists Adds Features - The widget is the first-of-its-kind free web service that gives users the chance to create online revenue from the original photographs, illustrations and artwork they post to their blogs and Web sites. BuyThisImage! is simple to install and
changes the way photographers and artists make their work available for sale
to their audience.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/online-widget-photographers-and-artists-adds-features
TAKEAWAY: If you try this one, let us know the results. We'll pass on your review.
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“Thank you for the work you do!”
- Lynn Eckert, Photographer, Milwaukee WI
“Best site to learn about Stock Photography that I have ever found! I have read your book several times, gone to one of your seminars, and have your VHS tapes. You’re a better writer than you are on your tapes, but we like you anyway!”
Chuck Pike, Photographer, Charlotte NC
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HE’S GOT WORK -- In addition to his commercial assignments, speaking engagements and photo tours, Boomer Jerritt has been photographing for a wide variety of publications. Recently, his photos have graced the pages of three prominent magazines: the spring issue of British Columbia Magazine, the 2009 Vancouver Island Victoria and the Gulf Islands Vacation Guide and the 2009 Comox Valley Visitors’ Guide.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/entertainment/42635572.html
for photo: http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/comoxvalleyrecord/entertainment/42635572.html
BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND A decade of hurricanes and breathtaking imagery. Jim Reed has experienced 17 hurricanes and a countless number of other weather phenomena as a full-time storm chaser and severe weather photographer and has captured all types of meteorological phenomena.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Wild-weather-11349
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Keywords, and plenty of them are the way to get on the first page of a Google search. But they must be relevant to the site or the page they’re found on. “Stuffing keywords, just for the sake of quantity, doesn’t work. Googles aldorithyms have fidured that one out. Or repeating the same keyword several doesn’t wothk either. In fact you get penialized for it.
Getting top ranking on Google or Yahoo is so elusive because the Net is a moving parade. Once you think you have it nailed down, the wind blows southward and the parade has moved down another street, and you’re still playing the old tunes on your bugle.
I’m convinced the only way in the future for a photographer to consistently gain top ranking on a search (short of investing in AdWords or other similar (costly) features is to specialize your photography. (Be a big fish in a small pond.)
Switch your business philosophy from owning thousands of photos of hundreds of subject matter and all you earn is page 32 of a Google search -- to -- photographing only a single subject (that you love to photograph) -say, blue-eyed Chihuahuas.
Google and the other search engines will have you on the front page every time. But it’s got to be a highly specialized subject, like green-eyed gold fish. (is there such a thing?)
Try it, a search for blue-eyed Chihuahuas – you’ll find a lot of company and from all over the globe.
I’m not sure about the goldfish. But you get the point.
–Rohn psi2[at]photosource[dot]com
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“In photography, the smallest thing can become a big subject, an insignificant human detail can become a leitmotiv. We see and we make seen as a witness to the world around us; the event, in its natural activity, generates an organic rhythm of forms.”
- Henri Cartier Bresson
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1895 - April 4 - Arthur Murray was born in New York City. He learned ballroom dancing from a girlfriend, eventually quitting his job in an architect's office to take lessons full time, then began to give lessons himself. For a while he sold dancing lessons by mail complete with photographs of himself dancing that a person could view through a toy photo device called a "kinetoscope," Later he devised the foot placement diagrams for which he became famous.
08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Helen Levitt Dies At 95 -- Best known for her witty, candid shots of everyday New York life, she was one of the most influential street photographers to date.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/03/helen_levitt.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102504602
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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It’s time to . . .
Remodel That Website
--Rohn Engh
Your photography may be award-winning, A+ pictures, but if you are presenting them on a website that looks amateurish or clunky from the last century – you may be losing out on marketing potential.
If sales from your Website have been sluggish, your ancient-looking website may be the reason. Don’t mean to be harsh– but that’s the reality when you’re dealing in a world that is “visually-oriented.”.
Here’s good news.
FLASH! - FLASH! - FLASH!
A NOTE TO PRESENT WEBSITE OWNERS AND THOSE PLANNING TO BUILD ONE.
The Web has come a long way since you first established yourself on the Internet.
Website producers, who ‘back in the day’ were understandably charging enormous fees for their work, have been replaced by web software producers who have put the control of building a website into the owner’s hands.
“What? Me build a website?” Yes. And to entice you to try it out, you can build you own Internet-ready website in 30 minutes or less, depending on your typing speed. Actually, there’s little typing to do . . . it’s mostly copy and paste.
NO COST TO TRY
The best part is that it’s fre>e. To be sure, you’ll get the Plain Jane variety for starters – but for some photographers that’s just fine. If you choose to advance to the premium site, that will offer you more bells and whistles, and in some cases, the ability to sell your photos on line with a shopping cart.
A NEW ERA
This is a new era for photographers, who up to this point mostly had to depend on their sales from on-line photo portals, who in turn, took a percentage of sales. Now the toll road points to the photographer’s advantage. Only a small portion of any sale will go to the website hosting company.
The spotlight is swinging your way. You no longer have to wait in the wings until you have a website equal to the top-dogs. The Web has leveled the playing field when it comes to building a web site. Some of these free websites will even allow you to transfer an existing domain to your new fresh-looking domain.
If you are wondering if flash technology is search engine compatible – yes it is. Most of the Flash website producers say SEO works with their site and that you also have the ability to “switch over” simultaneously to HTML. And you are in control.
Here’s a sampling of available free website companies:
www.weebly.com
www.zymic.com
www.jimdo.com
www.blinkweb.com
Let us know when you’ve completed your “new look.” Website. We’ll have a contest in June.*
–Rohn
*Also let us know if you encounter any roadblocks and bumps in this new website arena. Flash. By the way, if you don’t know what flash is. Here’s a technical description from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=flash+adobe
&ns0=1&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Search&fulltext=Search
“Perception is everything. Marketers want to offer
na great-looking package, and customers want to receive one. “
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Patrick Cone
New Zealand
April 6th to April 20th 2009
pat_cone[at]browning[dot]com
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Travelwriter Marketletter… for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086 Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriternl[dot]com
If you're a photographer, TWM will provide you with contact info about buyers.
If you’re in travel PR, TWM tells you which publications are likely targets.
If you’re a travel editor, TWM tells you about trips, and about your competitors.
If you’re a photo researcher TWM will direct you to travel photographers.
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571/214-9086.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HORSE LOVERS -- Online Horse Photography Courses Are Off and Running -
http://www.learntotakehorsephotos.com has become very popular in the first
two sessions. The courses are taught by well-known horse photographers
Christina Handley and Laura Cotterman with prizes for top photos sponsored
by SmartPak Equine.
http://www.equestrianmag.com/news/online-horse-photography-courses-03-09.html
INGENUITY -- What to do ? - Lots of people have asked Paul Melcher “what to do in a down economy…” Featuring two photographers who also had a hard time selling their images: They used their inventiveness to doing something about it. They created a multi-million market for themselves and many others.
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2009/03/27/what-to-do/
PAY HERE -- Want to Stop Online Photo Piracy? Create a Better Customer Experience - Copyright owners tend to focus on the aspect they see of piracy, which is the lost revenue. They therefore think what drives users to steal is the desire to get something for free. But iTunes shows that people will pay for stuff online, if you make it easy for them.
http://rising.blackstar.com/want-to-stop-online-photo-piracy-create-a-better-user-experience.html
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FADING -- The last KODAK-certified processing lab in the nation is Dwayne’s Photo in Parson’s (pop. 11,514) Kansas where about 100 employees process the 35mm color slide film introduced in 1935 by KODAK.
KEEPING CURRENT -- ASMP is providing photographers with a new free education resource. It has announced that the association has developed new education tools for the industry which are now available free of charge. All interested photographers have access to the ASMP daily blog as well as the popular Strictly Business 2 series covering topics such as copyright, pricing, negotiating,
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/asmp-provides-
photographers-free-education/story.aspx?guid={973F6028
-BD67-4B48-A269-8091CCE22BFB}&dist=msr_1
TAKEAWAY: ASMP has offered education programs for beginning photographers for many years.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MARKETING TIP: Can you objectively assume which photo will be chosen when you send a selection of on-target photos to a photobuyer? The answer is “no” -- because most photographers think like photographers –not photobuyers. How many times have you said, “I never thought they would choose THAT one!”
This tells you that you should ‘think like a photobuyer when you are shooting.’ Study the layouts of magazines, books, brochures, and websites. These will be a learning process for you. And it will serve as a blueprint that shows you “how photobuyers think.”
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NEWSPAPER DROP -- UK newspaper revenue declining rapidly - James West, Alamy CEO, writes he has seen dramatic declines with some of Alamy’s newspaper customers this quarter, ranging from 30% to 70% down. CEO West shares some thoughts on how we can reverse this trend.
http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2009/03/18/4426.aspx
TAKEAWAY: Big fat newspapers were another symbol of the "THE DECADE OF EXCESS". "News" is not going to stop but the use of trees to produce it will.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Photographers agree - -
Post cards are still an effective way
to publicize your photography.
http://www.photosource.com/board
SEE: Publicizing my photography
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
IS IT WORTHWHILE ? -- APA vs. ASMP Smackdown Over Copyright Registry - Two leading photo trade industry groups disagree on it's usefulness. Advertising Photographers of America issued a scathing alert challenging C-Registry's marketing claims and asking questions about the site's purpose. The American Society of Media Photographers sent its members a statement calling the site "a valuable tool.".
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/03/apa-vs-asmp-smackdown-over-copyright-registry.html
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TRACKING MISUSE SuperStock/RGB Ventures taps PicScout to track copyright infringements. "We chose PicScout because of their technology leadership in image tracking. PicScout will help us, as a stock agency, promote the value of copyright ownership for the artists we represent." said Lanny Ziering, CEO, SuperStock.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SELL MORE - Helping Microstock Photographers to Sell More - LookStat is the first microstock facility to address the opportunity of automatically combining data. It will instantly pull down your data from each agency that it supports and tell you how you and your images are performing. At the time of
writing it supports iStockphoto, Shutterstock and Dreamstime. Fotolia is
next on the list and coming soon.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/lookstat-helping-you-sell-more-microstock.html
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTOGRAPHY CAN CHANGE YOU. How Does Photography Change Our Lives? How Has Photography Changed Your Life? The Smithsonian Photography Initiative invites the public to participate in an unprecedented online dialogue about the impact of photography on history, culture and everyday lives. Visitors to "click! photography changes everything" at http://click.si.edu are encouraged to submit their photos and stories about the many ways photos shape experience, knowledge and memory.
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=29854
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Vital Software for the Digital Photographer
StockView – it’s not just for stock. It’s about workflow, META data, HTML galleries, batch conversions, licensing and your bottom line.
Business and image management software for creative professionals. Free Macintosh OS X and Windows demos at http://www.HSLtd.us .
Phone toll free: 1 888 791-3770.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ELEMENTARY, WATSON? -- Laser-scanning crime scene photography software makes its courtroom debut in Robert White Jr. murder trial. The jury was shown a 3-D video of the trip from White's apartment to Morrell's apartment, where White killed the 21-yr-old in November 1978. Universal Technical Engineering (UTEK), uses high-definition laser technology to scan a crime or accident scene and generates a 3-D digital image that can be used as expert witness testimony for a jury.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf?/base/news-1/123769475998900.xml&coll=3
YES YOU CAN -- In Britain, --Google Sreet View furor: Is street photography legal? (UK) Though the watchdog's spokesman stressed that Google Street View is a 'legal application in this country', He said that the ICO would launch a formal investigation if Google was seen to breach an individual's right to privacy on a 'systematic' basis without 'safeguards' in place.
Taking a picture of someone in the street without their permission is legal in the UK.
Speaking about privacy, in general terms. earlier this year, photo rights lawyer Rupert Grey said: 'You have complete freedom providing you are not harassing people. That is the key point as far as taking photographs is concerned.' Posting a photo of a celebrity, such as Naomi Campbell, on an image-sharing website such as Facebook, would amount to 'publication' and give rise to a 'potential claim' for damages on grounds of invasion of privacy.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Google_ privacy_furore_Is_street_photography_legal_news_279171.html
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Butterfly Photographer's Handbook
Are you a butterfly behavioralist ? Maybe you are but didn’t know it.
The author of this book says if you know or can anticipate the movements of a butterfly you have a much better chance of getting better butterfly pictures. In his book, William Folsom presents a field-guide quality look at the baits and habitats of North American butterflies. You'll learn just when to photograph butterflies.
You'll also learn how the pros how to approach butterflies to get those spectacular detailed images we see in nature magazines. Folsom, who lives in McLean, Virginia, USA, is a stock photographer and one of his specializations is butterfly photos. He shares his knowledge with you in this book.
Here are some the features you’ll find in this book.
• Understanding butterfly anatomy and behavior
• Where and when to find butterflies—whether you're in a park, on a drive through the country, or sitting in your own backyard
• Tips for approaching butterflies without startling them
• Selecting the right lenses and lens accessories for butterfly photography
• Lighting tips for natural-light and flash photography
Butterfly photography involves an understanding of the butterfly and its behavior, technical knowledge of photography, good camera equipment, patience, and lots of practice. Fortunately, author William Folsom has done a lot of the hard work for you.
Price:$34.95 8.5 X 11, paperback, 175 color images, 128 pgs. ISBN13: 978-1-58428-247-1
Amherst Media Phone: 1-800-622-3278 or (716) 874-4450 • Fax: (716) 874-4508 •
www.amherstmedia.com
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
EARLY KNICKERBOCKER. -- An 1848 daguerreotype of New York to be sold.
Sotheby's are to sell a photograph believed to be one of the earliest images of New York. The piece goes on sale on Monday and is expected to reach $50,000 to $70,000.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/1848-daguerreotype-of-New-York-to-be-sold-11356
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Your Stock Photography…
Is it A Hobby, Or a Business…?
Learn how you can pay for your equipment
when it becomes a deduction.
Click here . . .
http://www.photosource.com/TaxTipQandA.pdf
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GET IT FREE The computer helper: Free tools for digital photographers - The Internet is overflowing with high-quality, free software designed to make working with digital photographs easier and more fun.
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_The_computer_helper_Free_tools_for_digital_photographers_36254.html
DIGITAL FRAME -- Say Goodbye to Slow-Moving Digital Picture Frames. ACD Systems International Inc. has developed a new, convenient way for consumers to work with their digital picture frames, as well as other portable image devices, with the release of ACDSee(tm) Picture Frame Manager, a user-friendly software program that provides a better overall experience for digital picture frame owners.
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/ACDSee-New-Picture-Frame-Manager-11358
MEDIUM FORMAT -- Phase One, a major provider of digital imaging capture and workflow management products, has just become a major shareholder in medium format digital camera maker Mamiya. Phase One's goal is to accelerate the development of digital medium format systems and leveraging the engineering and marketing expertise of both companies. http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=NewsDesk_Internal&article_num=032609-2
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY -- Photo Art Dealers Say Buyers Are Skittish - With a major photo art fair taking place this week in recession-battered New York, dealers are reluctant to make predictions about how collectors will behave.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3i21fd82b8e716e671ac1bf3ed6c9ec37e
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“I get so much information from this company! Rohn and his associates are the best in the business! Keep up the great work!
- Barb Flanick, Photographer, Pittsburgh PA
“Stay in motion Rohn, or they’ll nail a bronze plaque on you. All your products are invaluable services!”
Fred Lyons, Photographer, San Francisco, CA
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
OUTGO & IN COME -- Time Magazine's Top Photo Editor Exits for White House - Veteran photo editors from Time, U.S. News & World Report and Cox Newspapers are going to work for the Obama administration.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3iafdb4cafada99f43829e9f6086311190
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY. BPPA's 'Unseen' showcases the great unpublished photojournalism - Sponsored by Canon, the book highlights one of the key frustrations in photojournalism : that a great numbers of brilliant pictures never see the light of day through too tight deadlines, design limitations or editorial indifference. http://www.epuk.org/News/925/bppas-unseen
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TAGGING YOUR PHOTOS -- The third international Photo Metadata Conference at CEPIC Congress 2009 - CEPIC is a European Economic Interest Group representing the interests of picture associations, agencies and libraries in Europe, in total 1.053 picture agencies and libraries in Europe, from the smallest to the largest, covering all aspects of photography. Dates June 3 to June 7 2009.
http://www.stockphotographer.info/news/industry-news/815-cepic-congress-2009-dresden
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas,
and throw the bad ones away.” -Linus Pauling.
01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1883 - April 12th - American Photographer Imogene Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon.
1895 - April 26th - Photographer Dorothea Lange was born in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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