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Archive for August 2009
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August 26th 2009
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If you’ve traveled by air lately, you’ve probably felt like a sardine. It’s obvious that the airlines are trying to “pack ‘em in.” What with the price of fuel, we can understand their Spartan ways.
But the PLUS side is that many airlines have enticed potential customers with “specials.” By checking out your next destination for your photos on Google, or other search engines, you can find inexpensive “deals”.
Compare fees. Shop by phone or Internet. Some airlines will be opening a new route, or be offering a special discount, to your destination. Fly off-season when fares are low. Or, during peak season, when special fares are offered when competition is high. Be aware that "air discounters" sell unsold airline seats at half price. You'll see them on the Internet or advertising in the travel section of your Sunday newspaper.
And there’s other travel you’ll want to look into.
Check with AMTRAK and GREYHOUND for current "specials." Foreign bus services often offer discounts on extended travel, providing you make your arrangements before leaving the USA. Unconventional travelers might want to travel by freight train caboose. Check with your local rail lines.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/travel.html
We are pleased to announce the following Travelers Abroad. Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed.
Name: Nicole Riley
Phone: 310 562 7970
Email: lovingcare53[at]hotmail[dot]com
dates#1: Aug. 24th
destination#1: Stuttgart, Germany
dates#2: Aug. 28-30th
destination#2: Ulm, Germany - German Shepherd International Show...
dates#3: Aug. 31-Sept.7th
destination#3: Ludwigsburg, Mundelsheim, Beilsgtein, Heilbronn and more in
Germany
Comments: Feel free to call my above mentioned cell, should somebody be
interested in any particular subject from Southern Germany. Thanks!
From: Lee Snider
e-mail: nyprophoto[at]gmail[dot]com
22 September - 16 December 2009: CHINA
16 December - 13 January 2010: THAILAND
13 January - 7 April 2010: CHINA
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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.
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571/214-9086.
COMMERCIAL STOCK ADVICE. Here are 18 tips on conducting a photographer’s life that conforms to the way commercial stock photography is carried out today.
http://rising.blackstar.com/18-tips-for-being-a-photography-original.html
TAKEAWAY: A list like this reveals the unpleasantry of being a commercial stock photographer where you are tied to the whims of an art director(s), production managers, advertiser, public relations person, and the CEO’s sister-in-law. Few of these tips are applicable to editorial stock photography. The opposite is often true. –RE
FOCUS -- Who is your target market? - Many photographers don't even have a direction.
Before you can dive into any form of marketing and promotion it is important to know to whom you are aiming your message.
http://www.newmediaphotographer.com/2009/08/who-is-your-target-market/
CHILDREN -- Eight Tips for Getting Kid Photos That Look Real - Children are showing up more often in almost all categories of editorial photography, from cooking to
fashion to architecture and interiors. To find out how to get pictures that
convey a genuine sense of children and their world, we asked some successful
kids shooters to share their tips and strategies.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i41bbbd5e87896f55c0d6ff33e81cfdc3
If travel photography is your emphasis in editorial stock photography, a barrier might be the cost to get there, especially airfare to foreign countries.
You’ve heard of some of the clever ways of getting low-cost or no-cost airfare to the destination of your choice. Very often by just contacting the PR division of an airline (use Google to find your contact person’s name) will solve the $’s problem.
Airlines always encourage travel photographers and writers to publish up-to-date articles about destinations to where their planes fly.
I know because I’ve done it several times.
Once you get your foot in the door, it takes a simple phone call to repeat the process and let the PR director know where your next destination is and where to send the round trip ticket/(S). (Sometimes spouses are included in the project.) The airline usually has deal with local hotels –so …very often --room and meals at the hotel or a local restaurant are included in the package.
But there are many ways to get free air travel. Here’s a program to look into to learn how to break into TRAVEL Photography. You’ll learn the right season to take your trip and how to locate markets for your pictures (that’s easy, use your favorite search engine.)
This report will refine a lot of the answers that you will want to ask.
Rohn Engh
read more. . .
PICTURE PROTECTION -- How Photos Can Be Protected From Natural Disasters - In advance of National Preparedness Month, ScanMyPhotos.com president and CEO, Mitch Goldstone,said, while insurance may cover replacement of possessions that have monetary value, how are you protecting items of emotional value? Those shoeboxes of family photos tucked away are often overlooked until it is too late.
http://blog.scanmyphotos.com/2009/06/how-photos-can-be-protected-from.html
Here’s a good explanation for you. Check out the Kracker Barrel. (See below)
Basically what the Kracker Barrel says this week ...is to stop all that fear-talk about whether you are going to be sued or not when you take pictures of people in public, or of public surroundings such as buildings, statues, museums and so on.
A quick answer is this: Yes you could be sued if you are into commercial stock photography and you released the picture for an advertisement –or even a t-shirt-.
But if you deal only with publishers of books, newspapers, and magazines – these publishers almost never ask for a model or property release.
But here’s the good news. Plaintiffs don’t go after photographers. They go after deep pocket publishers.
I’ve been at this business for 35 years and I can remember only one instance that the plaintiff (the party that institutes a suit in a court) was successful in a court case against an individual photographer.
Go to
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291
FREE FOR ALL -- Twitter Photographer Asks Sky News to Pay Up - When there's a major
emergency these days, breaking news outlets routinely turn to Twitter for citizen journalism photos. This can be risky. Sky News seems to have blundered into a hornets' nest with a recent online story about a police shooting in London.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/twitter-photographer-asks-sky-news-to-pay-up.html
SPEAK UP. -- Social media is here to stay. The big question, “What’s next?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
GEO GETS WITH GOSSIP -- National Geo gets itself a Social Director. - National Geographic recently hired Robert Michael Murray, the developer of emerging technology platforms for Georgetown University and the 2000 Democratic National Convention, will be in charge of promoting sourcing National Geographic content into the new and emerging social media platforms.
http://stone-thrower.com/2009/08/17/national-geo-gets-itself-a-social-director/
GOOD DEAL? FOR WHOM? Microstock Is a Great Deal - for Buyers - Recently, I visited the forum of a modeling Web site where a photographer boasted about his microstock image
being used on the cover of Time Magazine. He was proud that Time had
purchased the image - for $30.
http://rising.blackstar.com/microstock-is-a-great-deal-for-buyers.html
ECONOMIC WOES -- A defunct New Jersey photography company that once refused to hand over thousands of wedding photos and videos has been ordered to pay fines and restitution after a judge found it failed to deliver wedding photos and videos. http://bit.ly/J3rcy
GOLD DIGGER PHOTOGRAPHY? -- Photographer Sues Apple Over iPhone App.
Photographer Louis Psihoyos has filed a copyright lawsuit against Apple, claiming one of his photographs was used without permission in an iPhone application. Its the second time Psihoyos has sued Apple over the same picture. http://bit.ly/l7sEj
TAKEAWAY Deep pockets are always a target for photographers who can team with a lawyer who will agree to make a case for possible infringement. You be the judge in this case.
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CANON ROAR -- Rumors have been flying lately about the imminent release of the Canon EOS-7D and/or a Canon 60D. Apparently Canon is holding a press conference on Sept 1st. http://bit.ly/4E2kt8
NEED A LENS? -- Renting Glass - It's Easier Than You Think - Laura Charon checked with her local photography store, who has a lens rental program. The thing is, they wanted a $2000 deposit. She posted about her quandary on her personal blog, and within hours was contacted by a representative from Pro Photo Rental.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/08/renting-glass-its-easier-than-you-think/
STARTING EARLY -- Young Photographers Alliance Benefit - The Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) was established in early 2009 as an educational foundation focused on
bringing disadvantaged students opportunities for advancement in photography.
http://stone-thrower.com/2009/08/20/young-photographers-alliance-benefit/
ROUGH TIMES. Markus Klinko and Indrani File for Bankruptcy. Beset by unpaid debts, New York-based celebrity photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i91e05ffd5e045bf13287db53da8897e0
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN -- How publishers can make web content pay - Some of the leading members of the Newspaper Consortium say they are fetching rates of up to $15 per thousand by selling advertising through a targeting system developed by Yahoo that, while valuable, falls short of delivering the level of detailed demographic and contextual information that could be provided by ViewPass. A system like ViewPass would help the industry sell more targeted advertising. It also would drive higher CPMs by delivering such prized, but previously unavailable, data as a specific customer’s authenticated Zip Code. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/
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"I really have enjoyed your newsletters for the last few years. Thank You for an entertaining & educational missive. You continually give me inspiration to keep up the effort to get my business better day by day."
- Kurt P. Dreas, Photographer, Rochester, NY
FAKED PHOTO? New Doubts Raised Over Famous War Photo. Robert Capa’s Falling Soldier picture from the Spanish Civil War remains one of the most famous images of combat ever. It is also one of the most debated, with a long string of critics claiming that the photo, of a soldier seemingly at the moment of death, was faked. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/arts/design/18capa.html?_r=1
The BETTER PHOTO Monthly Photo Contest
Monthly Theme: Creative Power
· Grand Prize is a Deluxe BetterPholio™ Web Site.
· First Place winners receive a Tamrac Sling Pack
http://www.betterphoto.com/contest.asp 1-888-927-9992
Whether you are a corporate type who has finally decided to pursue that
love of photography, an art instructor or professional artist who wants
to stretch your artistic endeavors - Art Workshops in Guatemala has something
to expand your creative horizons.
We offer workshops in the arts as part of a unique and well-planned travel experience. A look at our courses shows the variety of classes offered by instructors who are well established and successful
in their fields.
Classes are small, with a maximum of ten participants.
We prefer that each student have plenty of individual attention and a unique
and rewarding experience in Guatemala. http://www.artguat.org/ For upcoming
workshops
OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 3 2009
Director / Liza Fourre
GUATEMALA WORKSHOPS
4758 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419-5304
(612) 825-0747
Email: fourre[at]artguat[dot]org
- "A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the
deepest sense, about what is being photographed."
-Ansel Adams-
1966 - August - Photograph taken from the moon of the earth was made from Lunar Orbiter 1, which took off August 10th. On August 14th, it became the first United States probe to achieve lunar orbit and it photographed all 9 primary Apollo landing sites. A total of 207 frames (sets) of photographs were taken and relayed back to earth on August 23rd.
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August 20th 2009
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Independent photo marketing
Now that the Internet has breathed new life into your favorite subject: photography, not only can you easily locate a workshop, photo travel safari, or the best prices for your camera equipment, but you can join the flourishing industry of Internet stock photo sales.
In the last century, it was nearly impossible for independent photographers to sell their photos themselves. You had to be either a “name” photographer or associated with a major stock photo agency, which took a healthy commission on sales.
All this has changed. With the Internet you can make your own direct sales (and receive 100%). You can make valuable contacts for further sales and assignments, that will last as long as you care to remain in business.
Yes, we’re talking about business. But not about work. Work is something most people avoid at all costs, or something they grit their teeth about and put up with, to earn money and make ends meet.
But if your work is something you love to do, can you still make money at it? The answer is yes, and that’s what will happen when you begin using the principles I put forth in my eCourse, How To Market Your Photos. This course shows you simple business practices to follow that will put you in touch with photobuyers who are at this moment waiting to find out about you to buy your photography.
Nowadays it’s easy to reach publishing houses whose theme (gardening, childhood education, fly fishing, etc.) matches your photographic interest area or areas.
The Internet has made this possible. Never before in the history of Communications has it been so easily manageable to match a seller with a buyer. In Marco Polo’s day, it took months, and years, to make business connections. Today, it’s a matter of seconds, to find your publishing house contact(s) through a Google search.
Even if your collection of photos is small, you can still begin today to enter this field and increase your sales while you build your inventory.
Do you need computer experience to be a player on today’s Internet playing field? Yes, but all you need are some basic, simple skills, an email address, and a modest website with plenty of keywords to attract buyers.
The “How To Market Your Photos” eCourse gives you all the examples and know-how you need to get your photo business to take off. Whether you’d like to sell three photos a year or three or more a week, this course will help you position yourself to get started, or to take your sales to the next level.
Go here for more information: http://www.photosource.com/ecourse
Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com,” has helped scores of photographers launch their careers. He is the founder of “The Breeze” a system for photographers to use in order to attain the Page 1-2 of a Google search. For access to great information on making money from pictures you like to take, and to receivea free report: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
We are pleased to announce the following Travelers Abroad. Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed.
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Name: D. Holden Bailey
Phone: 513-425-0538
Email: dholdenb[at]aol[dot]com
dates#1: 8-27-09/9-06-09
destination#1: Maldives
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Name: Bryan Jackson
Phone: 0033467880812
Email: gourgas[at]aol[dot]com
dates#1: Permanent resident
destination#1: South of France
dates#2: 1st Sep to 16th Sep
destination#2: United Kingdomsouth east and north west.
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Name: Janie Mertz
Phone: 865-982-7368
Email: aladytraveler[at]charter[dot]net
dates#1: Oct. 3 -17, 2009
destination#1: MediterraneanCruise
Comments: Istanbul-Turkey,
Kusadasi-Turkey,Rhodes-Greece,Delos-Greece,Mykonos-Greece,Santorini-Greece,
Athens-Greece,Sorrento/Capri-Italy, Pompeii-Italy,Positano & Amalfi,Italy,
Taormina & Mt. Etna, Italy, Kotor-Montenegro,Dubrovnik-Croatia,
Venice-Italy, Paris-France
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Name: Renee Nicole
Phone: 8132580505
Email: reneenm21[at]gmail[dot]com
dates#1: aug. 27
destination#1: Israel
Comments: I would love to post the shots of not only the Madonna concert we attended but the beautiful country of Israel!
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Name: Jackie Weisberg
Phone: 718-789-6571
Email: jackieweisberg[at]gmail[dot]com
dates#1: August 5-August 16 2009
destination#1: Croatia
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Name: Duane Stevens
Phone: 408-874-6868
Email: dstevens[at]drsPIX[dot]com
dates#1: 12/7/2009
destination#1: Nassau, Bahamas
dates#2: 12/9/2009
destination#2: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
dates#3: 12/11/2009
destination#3: Grand Turk Island
REGULAR ROUTINE -- Ten Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo - Getting in the habit of asking some simple questions can help take your images to the next level.
Here's 10 questions to get in the habit of asking while framing your shots.
http://digital-photography-school.com/10-questions
THE BIG PICTURE -- RIT Heads to the Nation's Capital for its 25th Big Shot Photography Project, Sept. 26. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian will be the subject of Rochester Institute of Technology 25th Big Shot photograph on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Big Shot photography project relies on the participation of hundreds of volunteers to provide the primary light source for the image while photographers shoot an extended exposure. http://bit.ly/eyo6g
eMAIL v SNAIL MAIL -- No more Saturday mail? The U.S. Postal Service's plans to close hundreds of branches and possibly end Saturday mail delivery. Mail volume has declined by 20 billion pieces in the last three fiscal quarters and is expected to fall by another 15 billion pieces in fiscal 2010. http://www.scoop44.com/2009/08/06/postmaster-general-recomends-end-of-saturday-mail-delivery/
CO-OP BOOKS -- Have a Good Book Idea? Team With An Expert... or Three - If you have an idea for a book and if you are not an expert on a subject, seek one out. He or she may be an expert but not a great photographer. http://rickrawrulessammon.blogspot.com/2009/08/have-good-book-idea-team-with-expertor.html
YOUR DELIVERY METHOD. Read this article a decade from now and there will probably be a different method for you. E-mail attachments, FTP, CDs, DVDs are delivery methods. Like all delivery methods they will one day become obsolete. However, your images will easily be transferred to the newest on-line delivery methods. Your present delivery method, for now, is good ‘nuf, thank you.
OUR DIGITAL WORLD. Learn to take, scan, and manipulate digital pictures. Borrow the equipment if you can't buy it. But remember, the best word processing program can't produce a good story without a good author. Film is dead. KODAK told us so. (See PhotoStockNotes, May '95, Pg. 1). It's still taking awhile for film to fade completely out, like horse drawn carriages, it’s still around. If you’re a debater on the subject, shake hands with those folks you've been debating with. They won.
If you have a box load of transparencies you are about to dump, -don’t.
Here’s a place you can unload your (captioned) transparencies and this company will split the sales profits (after expenses) with you. (Recommended by PhotoSource International. ) PinkGuppy. http://www.pinkguppy.com ; info[at]pinkguppy[dot]com ; 757-853-4722, Norfolk, VA, USA.
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291
LIGHTS OUT. Digital Photo Services: PicMe, BubbleShare, Riya .. They have faded to black.
"Ultimately it's very difficult to be in the consumer photo space," says Raiz. “Names like Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket, and Google (with its Picasa application)—have sucked all the oxygen out of the photo management and photo sharing market.” We can't out-market them." http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/14/dark-day-for-digital-photo-services-picme-bubbleshare-riya-fade-to-black/
TAKEAWAY: The photo management and photo sharing business is a brutal business to try to compete in. Even if you offer free services, you have to have the traffic to keep your customers happy. Without traffic you are a ghost ship floating on the open seas. The goal for individual stock photographers is to learn how to get traffic to their own personal website by getting on the first/second page of a Google search. (No one looks at Page 3.) -RE
DIGITAL DILEMMA? Photography contest breaks own record. The Iowa State Fair is full of interesting statistics, but consider this one: This year's photography salon received 4,577 entries. That's almost 1,000 more than last year and 200 more than the previous record, set in 2007. http://bit.ly/yeNce
TAKEAWAY: Wouldn’t you love to be a photo judge in that one?
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT-FREE - When Sky News needed a picture to illustrate a shooting at Waterloo Station, they found what they needed on Twitter: a photo of the crime scene taken by Joe Neale and posted to Twitter using Twitpic.
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/19/what-happened-when-sky-news-took-images-from-twitter/ (Thanks to Frank Nowikowski )
TAKEAWAY: Newsworthy pictures taken by “the crowd” benefit the reading public with its timeliness. Old news is like 2-day old bread. It’s stale. We all benefit by timely news. It’s fresh. But if the news organization attempts to find the author of the pictures to no avail – what’s a news editor to do? Publish or trash it? This is an interesting dilemma the Copyright Office (with its interest in such “orphans”) -- will have to tackle. Watch for the debate. –RE
TINY PIX -- Getty Launches Little Image Offering. Stock photography giant Getty Images has launched a new web and mobile product, featuring smaller images at a lower price. As online images require only smaller file sizes and a more modest resolution, 170 and 280-pixel images will be offered for sale for $5 and $15 respectively. http://bit.ly/zdjTt
TAKEAWAY: Looks like the door is opening a little wider for microstock.
CHANGES -- Dreamstime adjusts Royalties and Pricing - In a move long expected and with respect to the highly competitive market long, long overdue, Dreamstime has revamped its royalty and pricing structure with some interesting details. http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/2009/08/dreamstime-adjusts-royalties-and-pricing.html
MAGAZINES NEEDING HELP -- As management consultants from McKinsey & Co. troll through the magazine company Condé Nast looking for cost savings, observers are asking if its two food magazines, Bon Appétit and Gourmet, can survive. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/08/10/food-magazine-fight-bon-appetit-vs-gourmet/?mod=rss_WSJBlog
TAKEAWAY: During an economic slowdown, food chains might survive, but can food magazines?
FAREWELL -- HALLMARK MAGAZINE has announced it will cease publication. It blames the slow economy for its demise. http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article%7c10001%7c10051%7c/HallmarkSite/Ideas/IDEAS_HOME Thanks to David Liebman
COMMERCIAL USE -- "How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Model Releases" - The advice I give other photographers is to carry model releases with you, get them signed when you can, and get a phone number and address from your subjects. And if you can't get them signed, make the subject unrecognizable. http://rising.blackstar.com/try-this-trick-to-avoid-model-releases.html
TAKEAWAY: If you’re an editorial stock photographer, be sure to check out the Kracker Barrel http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291 on why you don’t need model or property releases if you are an editorial stock photographer. –RE
BLUEPRINT FOR CATCHING ‘EM -- Success in pursuing damages for a photo used without permission - Christopher Boffoli's case was against a real estate agent who used one of His images in one of her commercial listings.
http://photo.net/business-photography-forum/00UD3R
HURRY UP AND WAIT -- The Copyright Office is about to publish an interim rule relating to fees for special handling of registration claims that have been pending for at least six months. Special Handling Fee to Be Suspended for Claims Pending over Six Months When Registration Is Needed for Litigation Purposes. http://bit.ly/7ovQO
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Note: We've published a lot of recent COPYRIGHT news in the last few months. To read about COPYRIGHT, check out the upper right hand column of PhotoStockNOTES and scroll down (alphabetically) to Copyright and ...click....
DON’T FORGET THE EGGS AND BUTTER. Need to remember the shopping list or an idea for your next photo shoot? Here’s a site you’ll want to look into. You phone the 800 number and they capture the info and send you an email reminder. A free part is available. http://jott.com/default.aspx
PORTABLE BILLBOARDS -- I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! - A new campaign for photographers' rights launched this weekend - with more than two hundred leading photographers showing their support for the photographerNotaTerrorist.org website by holding up a placard saying "I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist!" - will help all photographers to understand and uphold their legal right to take photographs.
http://photographernotaterrorist.org/press-releases/
YOU THE CAMERA -- Light-Sensitive Camera Clothing Invented. The future of photography might lie in fashion, with the invention of a cloth that can see. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a textile mesh constructed from light-sensitive fibres which can capture an image like a camera, but without a lens. http://bit.ly/ABDLm
NEW FACE -- MySynths puts Photosynth inside Facebook - Photos are one of the most used parts of Facebook, yet you'll never find shots that show perspective, or that let you zoom in to see fine details. That's where SpeakTech has stepped in, with a Facebook application called MySynths.
http://news.cnet.com/webware/digital-photography/
NO BARRIERS -- Ten Extreme Cameras For Taking Impossible Shots. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/10-extreme-cameras-for-taking-impossible-shots/
NEW KID -- iPhone to Become #1 Camera on Flickr
But while Canon has dominated, there’s another camera that’s been zipping up the Flickr charts. Actually, camera phone would be more precise. This doesn’t mean people prefer lower quality images over the higher resolution photos Instead, it’s a sign that the world is becoming a more mobile place. Being able to get your photos to all of your friends while on-the-go is part of that mobile revolution.
http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/iphone-flickr/
STATE PARKS. Nature photography. Sometimes, there’s something delightful about incongruity. Not the kind that’s jarring to the eye or ear; rather, the kind that trades in smart, creative juxtapositions. The kind that makes you think.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/116452.html
SMOOTH SELLING -- Five Tips for Selling Your Old Photography Gear on eBay. With very little investment, you can create product shots of your old gear that look like they were made in a studio.
http://bit.ly/SlGXD
WHERE THE MONEY IS. Are luxury photography books recession-proof? Six figure sums are routinely paid for limited-edition photography books – and publishers tell us they've mined art gold.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/17/photography-books-limited-edition?commentpage=1
HOW MUCH? Judge's Ruling Sheds Light On Possible Value of Leibovitz Archive - A New York State Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for a trial on claims against Getty Images by Art Capital Group, the company that loaned photographer Leibovitz $24 million last year. ACG is now suing Leibovitz.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/judges-ruling-sheds-light-on-possible-value-of-leibovitz-archive.html
"Many thanks! Your eCourse has been very useful and will be even more useful in the future!" -
Luis de la Torre, Photographer,
Oak Park, IL USA
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"The How To Market Your Photos" eCourse
produced by Rohn Engh, of my own state of Wisconsin, is an excellent way for stock photographers -both pros and amateurs-, to brush up on their marketing skills when it comes to learning what's going on in stock photography today. The audio-visual CD format is an excellent choice cause it is so much more engaging than a written format. I also valued the interview portions with other industry experts, as well as the use of photos to illustrate certain points. I think that people who purchase this course will feel their money has been well-spent! - Patti Blair, Photographer, Milwaukee WI USA
Scott Schuman has long been trailing the fashion-show caravan from Florence to Milan, Paris and New York City, photographing selected stylish folk and plenty of fashion world regulars for his blog, The Sartorialist.com, and becoming a sort of de facto cultural anthropologist along the way. Feeling For The Sartorialist: The Book. http://bit.ly/3kw5xI
To be a great champion, you must believe you
are the best. If you're not, pretend.
~ Muhammad Ali, World Champion Boxer
1890 – August 27 – The birthday of Emanuel Rabinovitch, better known as the Surrealist artist, MAN RAY. He grew up in New York City, and studied architecture, engineering, and art, intending to become a painter. He experimented with photography, mostly, he said, as a way to make money so he could paint.
1995 – August 24 – Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt died. His photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square became one of the best known images of America’s joy at Japan’s surrender in World War Two.
Let me begin with a story. Roger Lamb and his wife, Janet, wanted to find some artwork for their newly remodeled living room. They live in Kansas City, USA and they figured they’d conduct their search at the 77th annual Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, one of the top ten Fine Arts fairs in the country.
Their name being “lamb,” they looked for art that would fit that theme. The afternoon in the sun was both inspiring and tiring, but they saw nothing in the way of painting or photography that appealed to them.
When they got home, Janet said, “Let’s try the Internet.”
In the Google search bar, they typed
photo painting illustration lamb
Within ten minutes they found just the photo they needed: A horizontal portrait of a mother sheep and three lambs in the Colorado foothills with the Rocky Mountains in the background. They chose a large format, 3.5’ x 4.5’. It was delivered in a hard cardboard roll via FedEx. They took it to a local frame shop where they matched a frame with their living room décor and the colors of the photo.
As a stock photographer, you are going to be surprised by some of the requests you get for your photography. They will come not only from a photobuyer at a publishing house but from private buyers like Roger and Janet Lamb, who have discovered (just like many photobuyers have discovered) that the Internet offers an immediate and efficient channel to find choices for the exact picture they are looking for.
If your website and photos are keyworded correctly, or you are a subscriber to The BREEZE, * you are in a good position to find customers coming to your site – not only from the publishing field, but also local and far distant private customers who find you through the Internet.
*Rohn Engh, is publisher of the PhotoDaily, a marketletter that delivers photo request leads to independent stock photographers. He also offers two extra services to photographers, which promote their work. They are the PhotoSourceBANK, a website that lists up to 3,000 of your photo-description keywords on your own PhotoSourceBANK pages, and The BREEZE, a system that places you consistently on the first/second page of a Google search. . For more information: 1 800 624 0266 x21.
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A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END -- The Best Photos Have a Subject - and a Verb - A picture with a point of view is like a story. And stories need both subjects and verbs.
http://rising.blackstar.com/the-best-photos-have-a-subject-and-a-verb.html
HOW TO -- Win A Lange-Taylor Prize - Two winning submissions demonstrate the
collaborative approach to documentary subjects the judges are looking for.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i0cdf40bc01587c41fbd2260c629fae7d
PUBLISH A PHOTO BOOK -- Thanks to quick-print digital publishing, do-it-yourself publishers have been around the last decade. But most have a large minimum number of orders. Today, a crop of publishers let creative people inexpensively design and create a single book online for their personal use. The cost is minimal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203674704574332541537816128.html
TAKEAWAY: Your book could also serve as a catalog. Send it to your preferred customer photobuyers for their desktop reference.
ANTICIPATE. -- Ever notice that book stores seem to know the current trend in reading matter? Most of the time. It's because publishers, who plan their press runs far in advance, do heavy market research. They discover what the public will want in 6 to 12 months. You can use bookstores to inspire your next (specialized) self-assignment. You'll be ahead of the game. Ask at book stores if they have designed a new book section, or are planning to promote a new topic. Use this knowledge to weave into your picture-taking and marketing routine.
CONTENT-SPECIFIC pictures will always sell for higher fees (rights-managed). Most RF (royalty-free) pictures will sell for pennies. Informational magazines and books will require unique documentary pictures (rights-managed--RM). Since there are fewer of these specialized-content pictures, they'll sell for high fees. (Supply vs. Demand principle). The massive numbers of "exquisite cliché" (RF) photos continue to fall in price, because, well, there are so many of them. And the number keeps growing.
COPYRIGHT. You can expect we will see some new copyright laws coming. But few will be enforceable. Foreign copyright infringement is rampant. As the saying goes, "Build a bigger lock and someone will build a bigger hammer." Put your energy to making more pictures and worry less about someone infringing your copyright. Unless you are a large stock photo supply company with a boardroom full of attorneys sitting around an oak table, going after a big-money infringers, put your time to making/marketing your stock photos. .
SELLING THE WEDDING The 3 S's of Selling Your Wedding Photography Online - What's the purpose of your website? Here are some suggestions. http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/08/05/the-3-ss-of-selling-your-photography-online/
SWITCHING PLACES -- Photographers and Designers - What happens when professional image editors - designers who make a living out of their ability to communicate with pictures - pick up a camera? Do they have any advantages in the photography marketplace, and can their successes suggest skills that digital photographers should learn too?
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/photographers-and-designers
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HOW TO EARN 200,000 AIR MILES IN SIX MONTHS
By Cameron Brick
Sipping my complimentary pinot noir in the American Airlines' Admirals
Club, I was excited about my business-class flight to Costa Rica.
Besides the $60 I paid in taxes to book the flight for both myself and
my girlfriend, the flight was free. I "paid" for it with air miles...
air miles I collected without stepping foot on a plane. (More on that
in a minute.)
First, let me give credit where credit is due... I found this
mile-earning technique on Chris Guillebeau's website, The Art of
Nonconformity. <3×5@chrisguillebeau.com>.
I took Chris' idea. And with a little organization and patience, I
have now treated myself and two friends to two huge trips...
First, my girlfriend and I were excited about the beaches of Costa
Rica, so I found front-of-the-plane tickets from Portland, OR for
60,000 miles each on American Airlines. We had never flown first- or
business-class before, so we were quite pleased with our comfy seats
and complimentary champagne.
And then the following week, I took my brother to Alaska, also using
airline miles, on around 35,000 miles each.
In total, I "spent" 190,000 miles and about $75 in taxes for four
flights. And these were all miles I earned without ever stepping foot
on a plane.
How did I do it? I did it by carefully opening new credit cards.
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ANOTHER PORTAL EXPORT Zenfolio Goes International - Zenfolio photo hosting and fulfillment company is announcing expansion outside the US, making it the most complete service of its kind available globally. http://shutterbug.com/news/071509zenfolio/
NO HELP WANTED -- Downturn in Print Media Hurting Photojournalists. When photojournalists and their admirers gather in southern France at the end of August for Visa pour l’Image, the annual celebration of their craft, many practitioners may well be wondering how much longer they can scrape by. Newspapers and magazines are cutting back sharply on picture budgets or going out of business altogether, and television stations have cut back on news coverage in favor of less costly fare. Pictures and video shot by amateurs. on cellphones are posted to Web sites minutes after events occur. Photographers trying to make a living from shooting the news are calling it a crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/media/11photo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
SELLING TRAVEL TO ALAMY Traveling the World with Microstock - Lee Torrens caught up with Holger Mette by email and asked him about his lifestyle, photography and microstock:
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/traveling-the-world-with-microstock.html
POSTER PHOTO PERMISSION -- Getty: We'll Fight NORML's Copyright Infringement - A poster for NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) that used a photograph of Barack Obama by Lisa Jack without the photographer's permission. We reached out to Getty Images, which licenses Jack's photo, for a comment. Read the e-mail statement from the agency. http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/getty-well-fight-normls-copyright-infringement.html#more
Power Up with PR: A Publicity Guide for Artists (Paperback)
by Jackie Abramian of Haley Farm Art Gallery
In this book, artists and photographers will learn how to package a media kit, write a press release, pitch the media, build relations with art critics, place stories about their artwork, and, ultimately, how to increase their art sales. They will learn how to enhance their website for use as a valuable PR tool by building an Online Newsroom, creating e-newsletters, writing a blog, and more. Step-by-step directions will provide artists media strategies on how to promote their art sales for free, starting locally and ultimately reaching to national markets.
Increased media publicity has been proven to be the best "advertisement." Now artists can learn the secrets of PR practitioners and power up your art business with PR strategies. $14.95 plis $5.50 shipping. ISBN: 978-0940899-90-2 www.artmarketing.com
SOURCE: Sarah Meyers info[at]artmarketing[dot]com 530-470-0862
FREE PHOTO-EDITING Adobe Systems discontinues Photoshop Album Starter Edition, the lowest rung on its ladder of image-editing software products, urges users online - "As part of our commitment to providing customers with a free photo-editing solution, we have created Photoshop.com, a new online service that lets you upload, organize, edit, store (up to 2GB free), and share your photos," Provided is a list of steps for exporting photos from the software to the Web site.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10304713-39.html?tag=mncol;title
BUYING FRUGAL -- Tips for Buying Used Photographic Equipment - Michael Zhang over at PetaPixel has written two great posts which cover all major aspects that one needs to be aware of when purchasing second hand items.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/08/tips-for-buying-used-photographic-equipment/
GAMMA TURNS TO BANKRUPTCY – Photographers trying to make a living from shooting the news are calling it a crisis. In the latest sign of photojpourmalism distress, the company that owns the photo agency Gamma sought protection from creditors on July 28 after a loss of $4.2 million in the first half of the year as sales fell by nearly a third. Gamma was founded in 1966 by the photographers Raymond Depardon and Gilles Caron. With Sygma, Sipa and, earlier, Magnum, it was one of the independent agencies that helped make Paris a world capital for photojournalism, attracting some of the best photographers the field has produced. SOURCE: New York Times, David Jolly. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/media/11photo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
IMPROVE YOUR SELLING CHANCES Twitter Photography Resources List - Twitter's limitations mean that it might not be a great place to show off a photo gallery, but the site can still be a valuable resource for photographers, both amateur and professional. We've scoured Twitter and produced a categorized list of all the accounts that can help photographers improve their picture-taking, and produce and sell their images.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/twitter-photography-resources-list
"It is a daunting challenge for those wanting
to enter the business of marketing their photos.
Now there is a solution to "Where do I start?”
Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos” eCourse. Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end and you will have made a giant step."
Allen Russell, photographer, Life in the American
West, Livingston, Montana
iPHONE PIX -- The iPhone as a photographer's tool. Aa a long-time PC user who just last year switched to a Mac for his home computer, a keen and accomplished photographer, he has recently embraced an iPhone 3G as both a communications device
and as a photography tool.
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/mac-planet/2009/8/7/iphone-photographers-tool/?ref=rss&c_id=5
FLICKR SEARCH MADE EASY -- Seven alternative Flickr search engines - Don Reisinger: The site's search results page now allows users to see small previews of photos and get details on those pictures without being forced to visit the individual photo page. But if you're looking for something a little different, these Flickr alternatives are worth checking out.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10303576-2.html?tag=mncol;title
GET SEEN. – In this British city, you can show your portfolio of art photography. Birmingham is the location of an annual event called Rhubarb-Rhubarb. Photographers can show their work to a wide range of international reviewers who as editors, publishers, agents etc. deal with mages daily.
http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2009/08/04/exhibition-puts-the-world-in-focus-65233-24312203/
1840 - August 18 - A class photograph of the Yale College class of 1810 at their 30th reunion in New Haven, CT was taken by Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He made 35 daguerreotypes, each a half-inch square.
1908 - August 28 - Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup, France.
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Forget what you learned in Business School
Are You Ready
To Throw
In The Towel?
The digital world has descended on photographers. Some have built walls or shut their eyes; others have dug in and figured out how they could go-with-the-flow.
“How do I find the market out there that’s best?” That’s a question I often get.
First of all, it’s the wrong question.
It should be, “How do I find the market out there that’s best for me.”
At your local Business School they teach students to find out what customers need. They use surveys and “market research” and then produce an answer for you. It’s the magic formula.
To follow the Business School methodology you do this:
In the university reference library, you ask for the SRDS. ("Standard Rates and Data Service".) These are the thick reference books that feature all the mailing lists available to rent, and all the magazines that take advertising.
There are other similar reference books and services too, but the SRDS is the “recommended” reference book that tells you which markets to use to begin your search for answers.. SRDS also provides an online service at www.srds.com. They’ll send you an updated quarterly version.
Another tip the Business School provides: Google. You can test most potential online markets by looking into the Google Adwords system (a free research system of AdWords). This system will tell you how many hits certain words and phrases get in your prospective target market area. It will also suggest other phrases and words, based on what is actually getting the most hits. This is the “common denominator” approach.
Next, you use your imagination or a Google search to figure out what phrases or words a prospect in this market area might put into a search engine, in order to test your own target audience. This way you can test to see if the results justify your entering into this market.
If the words and phrases you come up with are not among the most used, Google will tell you, and help you find better prospects.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/towel.html
QUIT THE BELLY-ACHING. The rhetoric we hear and read on the Internet about stock photography these days is often dripping with glum and gloom. But if you look closely whom it is coming from, you’ll find the authors are often pundits that were once well known in our industry a decade or two ago.
It’s a natural reaction. Their frame of reference is a structure that is long past irrelevant. Their knowledge of the present and past is darkened by a blindfold that won’t allow them to see beyond the dark clouds of their immediate horizon.
There are no dark clouds for fresh newcomers to our stock photo industry. Nor are there dark clouds for old-tymers who understand that building walls and dikes against the engulfing tides of new approaches to selling stock won’t help.
It’s wasted energy.
The only defense against this continuing avalanche of new ways to sell editorial stock photography is to dig in an adapt to the change. People who love their work are willing to adapt to change.
Next time you read on your chat group one of those belly-achers about the sorry state of stock photography, smile. The basis of their frame of reference is slowly sliding into oblivion. Tell them to let it go and either adapt (without a lot of squealing) or get a job at Wal-Mart. Our industry is moving forward. –RE
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“It is a daunting challenge for photographers wanting
to enter the business of marketing their photos. Now there is a solution to "where do I start?;
Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos' eCourse.
Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end
and you will have made a giant step.”
Allen Russell, photographer,
Life in the American West, Livingston, Montana
You'll like this
http://www.photosource.com/video/augustsnow
THE EVOLVING MARKETPLACE -- This Month in Microstock - July 2009 - July saw more than it's fair share of action in the microstock and stock photography business. Big brands Google and Time Magazine also contributed to the landscape of the evolving marketplace.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/this-month-in-microstock-july-2009.html
NO LEGAL PROBLEMS. Vivozoom, a new stock-photo site by former Getty Images executives, looks to offer buyers peace of mind. The company guarantees that all of the images for sale on its site are legally safe to use. If a legitimate legal claim does appear, Vivozoom says it will provide legal defense and responsibility for damages up to $25,000.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168808/vivozoom_guarantees_stock_photos.html
POINT OF VIEW -- From the Diaries: “25 Microstockers I Watch and Why - I keep an eye on the portfolios and progress of lots of microstock photographers. The reasons vary from sales success to liking their style.”
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/25-microstockers-i-watch-and-why.html
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOSAND REBUTTALS -- The Obama poster-photo controversy continues. There’s nothing like a fresh filing to get one out of the doldrums. On Thursday, the other shoe in this case dropped when Mannie Garcia, the photographer who shot the Obama photograph at issue, filed a motion to intervene in the case as a defendant. Garcia’s proposed answer, counterclaims, and cross-claims assert that the photograph is copyrightable, that Garcia, not AP, is the copyright owner in the photograph, and that Fairey infringed his copyright.
http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/07/13/the-obama-hope-poster-case-mannie-garcia-weighs-in/
VISITORS: WE’RE WATCHING YOU -- In Tiburon, California, visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay. Officials want to photograph every car and use the license plate information to solve crimes in the town of 9,000. Critics see the plan as an intrusion into the rights of visitors, but proponents say it is a sensible precaution that absolutely will not cross privacy lines.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2-JPex8ixAheTy70zGhHrSTGVIQD99HNUBG0
THE GADGET GUY -- Waterproofing Your Camera for Deep Dives I recently took five waterproof cameras for a couple of dips in a swimming pool, snapping shots under and above water. But you don’t have to buy a waterproof camera to go under. Instead, you can get a watertight casing for many brands of point-and-shoot models.
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/waterproofing-your-camera-for-deep-dives/
THE FRUGAL FOTOGRAPHER. Getting Pro Equipment at half price - Photography is without a doubt, a very expensive hobby. The fact is that not everyone can afford all the expensive equip involved. But, many do end up with expensive equip without paying as much as one would expect. How? Answer - Refurbished or used equipment.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/07/getting-pro-equipment-at-half-price
WISHING WONT DO IT. From Tech Dirt: When the barrier to entry of stock photography is low, the supply of goods is large and the alternatives available to the buyer many, --the price is going to be low. Wishing it were otherwise, will not make it otherwise.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090730/0237125710.shtml
THE CHECK WASN’T IN THE MAIL -- Annie Leibovitz Sued Over Loan Payments - Leibovitz and her studio have been sued by Art Capital Group, a financial services company that loaned Leibovitz $24 million last year.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i6098aad6d9c8d3fbc6dd3db013ef33e2
BUT KEEP THAT DAY JOB -- Recession Proof Photography Niches - This might be a bad time to be a banker, an investor, a property developer, just about anything really, but a few branches of photography are still bringing in the cash. Stock photographers, and in particular microstock photographers though, are one group that do seem to be sitting pretty.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/recession-proof-photography-niches
NOT SO POPULAR: By entering, the POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY “Best of Reader Gallery” contest, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). For the identity of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope after August 16th 2009 to July BORG 2009 Contest Winner, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
http://www.popphoto.com/Contests-Events/Best-of-Reader-Gallery-Contest-Childhood/Rules-Best-of-Reader-Gallery-July-2009
Romano Cagnoni is one of the world's great photographers in
the reportage tradition, with a long succession of significant work that
includes Biafra, Vietnam (the first photographer admitted into North
Vietnam), Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan (the Russian invasion), Chechniya, Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
http://thefreemanview.com/featured_photographer/romano-cagnoni/
- "A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it ?"
-Ernst Haas-
1840 - August 18th - Class photograph of the Yale College class of 1810 at their 30th reunion, New Haven, Connecticut was taken by Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He made 35 daguerreotypes, each a half-inch square.
1908 - August 22nd - photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup, France.
1966 - August - Photograph taken from the moon of the earth was made from Lunar Orbiter 1, which took off August 10th. On August 14th, it became the first United States probe to achieve lunar orbit and it photographed all 9 primary Apollo landing sites. A total of 207 frames (sets) of photographs were taken and relayed back to earth on August 23rd.
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If you’ve traveled by air lately, you’ve probably felt like a sardine. It’s obvious that the airlines are trying to “pack ‘em in.” What with the price of fuel, we can understand their Spartan ways.
But the PLUS side is that many airlines have enticed potential customers with “specials.” By checking out your next destination for your photos on Google, or other search engines, you can find inexpensive “deals”.
Compare fees. Shop by phone or Internet. Some airlines will be opening a new route, or be offering a special discount, to your destination. Fly off-season when fares are low. Or, during peak season, when special fares are offered when competition is high. Be aware that "air discounters" sell unsold airline seats at half price. You'll see them on the Internet or advertising in the travel section of your Sunday newspaper.
And there’s other travel you’ll want to look into.
Check with AMTRAK and GREYHOUND for current "specials." Foreign bus services often offer discounts on extended travel, providing you make your arrangements before leaving the USA. Unconventional travelers might want to travel by freight train caboose. Check with your local rail lines.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/travel.html
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
We are pleased to announce the following Travelers Abroad. Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed.
Want to be included in this list? Please go to:
http://photosource.com/abroad/trvlmore.html
http://photosource.com/abroad/trvlmore.html
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Name: Nicole Riley
Phone: 310 562 7970
Email: lovingcare53[at]hotmail[dot]com
dates#1: Aug. 24th
destination#1: Stuttgart, Germany
dates#2: Aug. 28-30th
destination#2: Ulm, Germany - German Shepherd International Show...
dates#3: Aug. 31-Sept.7th
destination#3: Ludwigsburg, Mundelsheim, Beilsgtein, Heilbronn and more in
Germany
Comments: Feel free to call my above mentioned cell, should somebody be
interested in any particular subject from Southern Germany. Thanks!
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From: Lee Snider
e-mail: nyprophoto[at]gmail[dot]com
22 September - 16 December 2009: CHINA
16 December - 13 January 2010: THAILAND
13 January - 7 April 2010: CHINA
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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.
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571/214-9086.
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COMMERCIAL STOCK ADVICE. Here are 18 tips on conducting a photographer’s life that conforms to the way commercial stock photography is carried out today.
http://rising.blackstar.com/18-tips-for-being-a-photography-original.html
TAKEAWAY: A list like this reveals the unpleasantry of being a commercial stock photographer where you are tied to the whims of an art director(s), production managers, advertiser, public relations person, and the CEO’s sister-in-law. Few of these tips are applicable to editorial stock photography. The opposite is often true. –RE
FOCUS -- Who is your target market? - Many photographers don't even have a direction.
Before you can dive into any form of marketing and promotion it is important to know to whom you are aiming your message.
http://www.newmediaphotographer.com/2009/08/who-is-your-target-market/
CHILDREN -- Eight Tips for Getting Kid Photos That Look Real - Children are showing up more often in almost all categories of editorial photography, from cooking to
fashion to architecture and interiors. To find out how to get pictures that
convey a genuine sense of children and their world, we asked some successful
kids shooters to share their tips and strategies.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i41bbbd5e87896f55c0d6ff33e81cfdc3
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
If travel photography is your emphasis in editorial stock photography, a barrier might be the cost to get there, especially airfare to foreign countries.
You’ve heard of some of the clever ways of getting low-cost or no-cost airfare to the destination of your choice. Very often by just contacting the PR division of an airline (use Google to find your contact person’s name) will solve the $’s problem.
Airlines always encourage travel photographers and writers to publish up-to-date articles about destinations to where their planes fly.
Getting Low-cost or No-cost Airfare
I know because I’ve done it several times.
Once you get your foot in the door, it takes a simple phone call to repeat the process and let the PR director know where your next destination is and where to send the round trip ticket/(S). (Sometimes spouses are included in the project.) The airline usually has deal with local hotels –so …very often --room and meals at the hotel or a local restaurant are included in the package.
But there are many ways to get free air travel. Here’s a program to look into to learn how to break into TRAVEL Photography. You’ll learn the right season to take your trip and how to locate markets for your pictures (that’s easy, use your favorite search engine.)
This report will refine a lot of the answers that you will want to ask.
Rohn Engh
read more. . .
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PICTURE PROTECTION -- How Photos Can Be Protected From Natural Disasters - In advance of National Preparedness Month, ScanMyPhotos.com president and CEO, Mitch Goldstone,said, while insurance may cover replacement of possessions that have monetary value, how are you protecting items of emotional value? Those shoeboxes of family photos tucked away are often overlooked until it is too late.
http://blog.scanmyphotos.com/2009/06/how-photos-can-be-protected-from.html
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Not sure of when you need a model release or a property release when it comes to editorial stock photography?
Here’s a good explanation for you. Check out the Kracker Barrel. (See below)
Basically what the Kracker Barrel says this week ...is to stop all that fear-talk about whether you are going to be sued or not when you take pictures of people in public, or of public surroundings such as buildings, statues, museums and so on.
A quick answer is this: Yes you could be sued if you are into commercial stock photography and you released the picture for an advertisement –or even a t-shirt-.
But if you deal only with publishers of books, newspapers, and magazines – these publishers almost never ask for a model or property release.
But here’s the good news. Plaintiffs don’t go after photographers. They go after deep pocket publishers.
But enuf of this fearful topic – stick with editorial stock photography and you won’t get any letters from attorneys.
I’ve been at this business for 35 years and I can remember only one instance that the plaintiff (the party that institutes a suit in a court) was successful in a court case against an individual photographer.
Go to
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FREE FOR ALL -- Twitter Photographer Asks Sky News to Pay Up - When there's a major
emergency these days, breaking news outlets routinely turn to Twitter for citizen journalism photos. This can be risky. Sky News seems to have blundered into a hornets' nest with a recent online story about a police shooting in London.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/twitter-photographer-asks-sky-news-to-pay-up.html
SPEAK UP. -- Social media is here to stay. The big question, “What’s next?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
GEO GETS WITH GOSSIP -- National Geo gets itself a Social Director. - National Geographic recently hired Robert Michael Murray, the developer of emerging technology platforms for Georgetown University and the 2000 Democratic National Convention, will be in charge of promoting sourcing National Geographic content into the new and emerging social media platforms.
http://stone-thrower.com/2009/08/17/national-geo-gets-itself-a-social-director/
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GOOD DEAL? FOR WHOM? Microstock Is a Great Deal - for Buyers - Recently, I visited the forum of a modeling Web site where a photographer boasted about his microstock image
being used on the cover of Time Magazine. He was proud that Time had
purchased the image - for $30.
http://rising.blackstar.com/microstock-is-a-great-deal-for-buyers.html
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ECONOMIC WOES -- A defunct New Jersey photography company that once refused to hand over thousands of wedding photos and videos has been ordered to pay fines and restitution after a judge found it failed to deliver wedding photos and videos. http://bit.ly/J3rcy
GOLD DIGGER PHOTOGRAPHY? -- Photographer Sues Apple Over iPhone App.
Photographer Louis Psihoyos has filed a copyright lawsuit against Apple, claiming one of his photographs was used without permission in an iPhone application. Its the second time Psihoyos has sued Apple over the same picture. http://bit.ly/l7sEj
TAKEAWAY Deep pockets are always a target for photographers who can team with a lawyer who will agree to make a case for possible infringement. You be the judge in this case.
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CANON ROAR -- Rumors have been flying lately about the imminent release of the Canon EOS-7D and/or a Canon 60D. Apparently Canon is holding a press conference on Sept 1st. http://bit.ly/4E2kt8
NEED A LENS? -- Renting Glass - It's Easier Than You Think - Laura Charon checked with her local photography store, who has a lens rental program. The thing is, they wanted a $2000 deposit. She posted about her quandary on her personal blog, and within hours was contacted by a representative from Pro Photo Rental.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/08/renting-glass-its-easier-than-you-think/
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
STARTING EARLY -- Young Photographers Alliance Benefit - The Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) was established in early 2009 as an educational foundation focused on
bringing disadvantaged students opportunities for advancement in photography.
http://stone-thrower.com/2009/08/20/young-photographers-alliance-benefit/
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ROUGH TIMES. Markus Klinko and Indrani File for Bankruptcy. Beset by unpaid debts, New York-based celebrity photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i91e05ffd5e045bf13287db53da8897e0
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN -- How publishers can make web content pay - Some of the leading members of the Newspaper Consortium say they are fetching rates of up to $15 per thousand by selling advertising through a targeting system developed by Yahoo that, while valuable, falls short of delivering the level of detailed demographic and contextual information that could be provided by ViewPass. A system like ViewPass would help the industry sell more targeted advertising. It also would drive higher CPMs by delivering such prized, but previously unavailable, data as a specific customer’s authenticated Zip Code. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FAKED PHOTO? New Doubts Raised Over Famous War Photo. Robert Capa’s Falling Soldier picture from the Spanish Civil War remains one of the most famous images of combat ever. It is also one of the most debated, with a long string of critics claiming that the photo, of a soldier seemingly at the moment of death, was faked. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/arts/design/18capa.html?_r=1
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The BETTER PHOTO Monthly Photo Contest
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26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Art Workshops in Guatemala
Whether you are a corporate type who has finally decided to pursue that
love of photography, an art instructor or professional artist who wants
to stretch your artistic endeavors - Art Workshops in Guatemala has something
to expand your creative horizons.
We offer workshops in the arts as part of a unique and well-planned travel experience. A look at our courses shows the variety of classes offered by instructors who are well established and successful
in their fields.
Classes are small, with a maximum of ten participants.
We prefer that each student have plenty of individual attention and a unique
and rewarding experience in Guatemala. http://www.artguat.org/ For upcoming
workshops
OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 3 2009
Director / Liza Fourre
GUATEMALA WORKSHOPS
4758 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55419-5304
(612) 825-0747
Email: fourre[at]artguat[dot]org
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
- "A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the
deepest sense, about what is being photographed."
-Ansel Adams-
26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1966 - August - Photograph taken from the moon of the earth was made from Lunar Orbiter 1, which took off August 10th. On August 14th, it became the first United States probe to achieve lunar orbit and it photographed all 9 primary Apollo landing sites. A total of 207 frames (sets) of photographs were taken and relayed back to earth on August 23rd.
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Independent photo marketing
It’s For Everyone
Now that the Internet has breathed new life into your favorite subject: photography, not only can you easily locate a workshop, photo travel safari, or the best prices for your camera equipment, but you can join the flourishing industry of Internet stock photo sales.
In the last century, it was nearly impossible for independent photographers to sell their photos themselves. You had to be either a “name” photographer or associated with a major stock photo agency, which took a healthy commission on sales.
All this has changed. With the Internet you can make your own direct sales (and receive 100%). You can make valuable contacts for further sales and assignments, that will last as long as you care to remain in business.
Yes, we’re talking about business. But not about work. Work is something most people avoid at all costs, or something they grit their teeth about and put up with, to earn money and make ends meet.
But if your work is something you love to do, can you still make money at it? The answer is yes, and that’s what will happen when you begin using the principles I put forth in my eCourse, How To Market Your Photos. This course shows you simple business practices to follow that will put you in touch with photobuyers who are at this moment waiting to find out about you to buy your photography.
Nowadays it’s easy to reach publishing houses whose theme (gardening, childhood education, fly fishing, etc.) matches your photographic interest area or areas.
The Internet has made this possible. Never before in the history of Communications has it been so easily manageable to match a seller with a buyer. In Marco Polo’s day, it took months, and years, to make business connections. Today, it’s a matter of seconds, to find your publishing house contact(s) through a Google search.
Even if your collection of photos is small, you can still begin today to enter this field and increase your sales while you build your inventory.
Do you need computer experience to be a player on today’s Internet playing field? Yes, but all you need are some basic, simple skills, an email address, and a modest website with plenty of keywords to attract buyers.
The “How To Market Your Photos” eCourse gives you all the examples and know-how you need to get your photo business to take off. Whether you’d like to sell three photos a year or three or more a week, this course will help you position yourself to get started, or to take your sales to the next level.
Go here for more information: http://www.photosource.com/ecourse
Rohn Engh, veteran stock photographer and best-selling author of “Sell & ReSell Your Photos” and “sellphotos.com,” has helped scores of photographers launch their careers. He is the founder of “The Breeze” a system for photographers to use in order to attain the Page 1-2 of a Google search. For access to great information on making money from pictures you like to take, and to receivea free report: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
We are pleased to announce the following Travelers Abroad. Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed.
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Name: D. Holden Bailey
Phone: 513-425-0538
Email: dholdenb[at]aol[dot]com
dates#1: 8-27-09/9-06-09
destination#1: Maldives
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Name: Bryan Jackson
Phone: 0033467880812
Email: gourgas[at]aol[dot]com
dates#1: Permanent resident
destination#1: South of France
dates#2: 1st Sep to 16th Sep
destination#2: United Kingdomsouth east and north west.
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Name: Janie Mertz
Phone: 865-982-7368
Email: aladytraveler[at]charter[dot]net
dates#1: Oct. 3 -17, 2009
destination#1: MediterraneanCruise
Comments: Istanbul-Turkey,
Kusadasi-Turkey,Rhodes-Greece,Delos-Greece,Mykonos-Greece,Santorini-Greece,
Athens-Greece,Sorrento/Capri-Italy, Pompeii-Italy,Positano & Amalfi,Italy,
Taormina & Mt. Etna, Italy, Kotor-Montenegro,Dubrovnik-Croatia,
Venice-Italy, Paris-France
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Name: Renee Nicole
Phone: 8132580505
Email: reneenm21[at]gmail[dot]com
dates#1: aug. 27
destination#1: Israel
Comments: I would love to post the shots of not only the Madonna concert we attended but the beautiful country of Israel!
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Name: Jackie Weisberg
Phone: 718-789-6571
Email: jackieweisberg[at]gmail[dot]com
dates#1: August 5-August 16 2009
destination#1: Croatia
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Name: Duane Stevens
Phone: 408-874-6868
Email: dstevens[at]drsPIX[dot]com
dates#1: 12/7/2009
destination#1: Nassau, Bahamas
dates#2: 12/9/2009
destination#2: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
dates#3: 12/11/2009
destination#3: Grand Turk Island
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
REGULAR ROUTINE -- Ten Questions to Ask When Taking a Digital Photo - Getting in the habit of asking some simple questions can help take your images to the next level.
Here's 10 questions to get in the habit of asking while framing your shots.
http://digital-photography-school.com/10-questions
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE BIG PICTURE -- RIT Heads to the Nation's Capital for its 25th Big Shot Photography Project, Sept. 26. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian will be the subject of Rochester Institute of Technology 25th Big Shot photograph on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Big Shot photography project relies on the participation of hundreds of volunteers to provide the primary light source for the image while photographers shoot an extended exposure. http://bit.ly/eyo6g
eMAIL v SNAIL MAIL -- No more Saturday mail? The U.S. Postal Service's plans to close hundreds of branches and possibly end Saturday mail delivery. Mail volume has declined by 20 billion pieces in the last three fiscal quarters and is expected to fall by another 15 billion pieces in fiscal 2010. http://www.scoop44.com/2009/08/06/postmaster-general-recomends-end-of-saturday-mail-delivery/
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CO-OP BOOKS -- Have a Good Book Idea? Team With An Expert... or Three - If you have an idea for a book and if you are not an expert on a subject, seek one out. He or she may be an expert but not a great photographer. http://rickrawrulessammon.blogspot.com/2009/08/have-good-book-idea-team-with-expertor.html
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOUR DELIVERY METHOD. Read this article a decade from now and there will probably be a different method for you. E-mail attachments, FTP, CDs, DVDs are delivery methods. Like all delivery methods they will one day become obsolete. However, your images will easily be transferred to the newest on-line delivery methods. Your present delivery method, for now, is good ‘nuf, thank you.
OUR DIGITAL WORLD. Learn to take, scan, and manipulate digital pictures. Borrow the equipment if you can't buy it. But remember, the best word processing program can't produce a good story without a good author. Film is dead. KODAK told us so. (See PhotoStockNotes, May '95, Pg. 1). It's still taking awhile for film to fade completely out, like horse drawn carriages, it’s still around. If you’re a debater on the subject, shake hands with those folks you've been debating with. They won.
If you have a box load of transparencies you are about to dump, -don’t.
Here’s a place you can unload your (captioned) transparencies and this company will split the sales profits (after expenses) with you. (Recommended by PhotoSource International. ) PinkGuppy. http://www.pinkguppy.com ; info[at]pinkguppy[dot]com ; 757-853-4722, Norfolk, VA, USA.
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Do you need a model release or property release for the photo you just made?
Here’s a time-tested answer for your question.
Here’s a time-tested answer for your question.
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
LIGHTS OUT. Digital Photo Services: PicMe, BubbleShare, Riya .. They have faded to black.
"Ultimately it's very difficult to be in the consumer photo space," says Raiz. “Names like Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket, and Google (with its Picasa application)—have sucked all the oxygen out of the photo management and photo sharing market.” We can't out-market them." http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/08/14/dark-day-for-digital-photo-services-picme-bubbleshare-riya-fade-to-black/
TAKEAWAY: The photo management and photo sharing business is a brutal business to try to compete in. Even if you offer free services, you have to have the traffic to keep your customers happy. Without traffic you are a ghost ship floating on the open seas. The goal for individual stock photographers is to learn how to get traffic to their own personal website by getting on the first/second page of a Google search. (No one looks at Page 3.) -RE
DIGITAL DILEMMA? Photography contest breaks own record. The Iowa State Fair is full of interesting statistics, but consider this one: This year's photography salon received 4,577 entries. That's almost 1,000 more than last year and 200 more than the previous record, set in 2007. http://bit.ly/yeNce
TAKEAWAY: Wouldn’t you love to be a photo judge in that one?
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT-FREE - When Sky News needed a picture to illustrate a shooting at Waterloo Station, they found what they needed on Twitter: a photo of the crime scene taken by Joe Neale and posted to Twitter using Twitpic.
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/08/19/what-happened-when-sky-news-took-images-from-twitter/ (Thanks to Frank Nowikowski )
TAKEAWAY: Newsworthy pictures taken by “the crowd” benefit the reading public with its timeliness. Old news is like 2-day old bread. It’s stale. We all benefit by timely news. It’s fresh. But if the news organization attempts to find the author of the pictures to no avail – what’s a news editor to do? Publish or trash it? This is an interesting dilemma the Copyright Office (with its interest in such “orphans”) -- will have to tackle. Watch for the debate. –RE
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TINY PIX -- Getty Launches Little Image Offering. Stock photography giant Getty Images has launched a new web and mobile product, featuring smaller images at a lower price. As online images require only smaller file sizes and a more modest resolution, 170 and 280-pixel images will be offered for sale for $5 and $15 respectively. http://bit.ly/zdjTt
TAKEAWAY: Looks like the door is opening a little wider for microstock.
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CHANGES -- Dreamstime adjusts Royalties and Pricing - In a move long expected and with respect to the highly competitive market long, long overdue, Dreamstime has revamped its royalty and pricing structure with some interesting details. http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/2009/08/dreamstime-adjusts-royalties-and-pricing.html
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MAGAZINES NEEDING HELP -- As management consultants from McKinsey & Co. troll through the magazine company Condé Nast looking for cost savings, observers are asking if its two food magazines, Bon Appétit and Gourmet, can survive. http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/08/10/food-magazine-fight-bon-appetit-vs-gourmet/?mod=rss_WSJBlog
TAKEAWAY: During an economic slowdown, food chains might survive, but can food magazines?
FAREWELL -- HALLMARK MAGAZINE has announced it will cease publication. It blames the slow economy for its demise. http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/article%7c10001%7c10051%7c/HallmarkSite/Ideas/IDEAS_HOME Thanks to David Liebman
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COMMERCIAL USE -- "How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Model Releases" - The advice I give other photographers is to carry model releases with you, get them signed when you can, and get a phone number and address from your subjects. And if you can't get them signed, make the subject unrecognizable. http://rising.blackstar.com/try-this-trick-to-avoid-model-releases.html
TAKEAWAY: If you’re an editorial stock photographer, be sure to check out the Kracker Barrel http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10291 on why you don’t need model or property releases if you are an editorial stock photographer. –RE
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BLUEPRINT FOR CATCHING ‘EM -- Success in pursuing damages for a photo used without permission - Christopher Boffoli's case was against a real estate agent who used one of His images in one of her commercial listings.
http://photo.net/business-photography-forum/00UD3R
HURRY UP AND WAIT -- The Copyright Office is about to publish an interim rule relating to fees for special handling of registration claims that have been pending for at least six months. Special Handling Fee to Be Suspended for Claims Pending over Six Months When Registration Is Needed for Litigation Purposes. http://bit.ly/7ovQO
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19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DON’T FORGET THE EGGS AND BUTTER. Need to remember the shopping list or an idea for your next photo shoot? Here’s a site you’ll want to look into. You phone the 800 number and they capture the info and send you an email reminder. A free part is available. http://jott.com/default.aspx
19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PORTABLE BILLBOARDS -- I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! - A new campaign for photographers' rights launched this weekend - with more than two hundred leading photographers showing their support for the photographerNotaTerrorist.org website by holding up a placard saying "I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist!" - will help all photographers to understand and uphold their legal right to take photographs.
http://photographernotaterrorist.org/press-releases/
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOU THE CAMERA -- Light-Sensitive Camera Clothing Invented. The future of photography might lie in fashion, with the invention of a cloth that can see. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a textile mesh constructed from light-sensitive fibres which can capture an image like a camera, but without a lens. http://bit.ly/ABDLm
NEW FACE -- MySynths puts Photosynth inside Facebook - Photos are one of the most used parts of Facebook, yet you'll never find shots that show perspective, or that let you zoom in to see fine details. That's where SpeakTech has stepped in, with a Facebook application called MySynths.
http://news.cnet.com/webware/digital-photography/
NO BARRIERS -- Ten Extreme Cameras For Taking Impossible Shots. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/08/10-extreme-cameras-for-taking-impossible-shots/
NEW KID -- iPhone to Become #1 Camera on Flickr
But while Canon has dominated, there’s another camera that’s been zipping up the Flickr charts. Actually, camera phone would be more precise. This doesn’t mean people prefer lower quality images over the higher resolution photos Instead, it’s a sign that the world is becoming a more mobile place. Being able to get your photos to all of your friends while on-the-go is part of that mobile revolution.
http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/iphone-flickr/
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
STATE PARKS. Nature photography. Sometimes, there’s something delightful about incongruity. Not the kind that’s jarring to the eye or ear; rather, the kind that trades in smart, creative juxtapositions. The kind that makes you think.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/116452.html
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SMOOTH SELLING -- Five Tips for Selling Your Old Photography Gear on eBay. With very little investment, you can create product shots of your old gear that look like they were made in a studio.
http://bit.ly/SlGXD
WHERE THE MONEY IS. Are luxury photography books recession-proof? Six figure sums are routinely paid for limited-edition photography books – and publishers tell us they've mined art gold.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/17/photography-books-limited-edition?commentpage=1
HOW MUCH? Judge's Ruling Sheds Light On Possible Value of Leibovitz Archive - A New York State Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for a trial on claims against Getty Images by Art Capital Group, the company that loaned photographer Leibovitz $24 million last year. ACG is now suing Leibovitz.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/judges-ruling-sheds-light-on-possible-value-of-leibovitz-archive.html
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"Many thanks! Your eCourse has been very useful and will be even more useful in the future!" -
Luis de la Torre, Photographer,
Oak Park, IL USA
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"The How To Market Your Photos" eCourse
produced by Rohn Engh, of my own state of Wisconsin, is an excellent way for stock photographers -both pros and amateurs-, to brush up on their marketing skills when it comes to learning what's going on in stock photography today. The audio-visual CD format is an excellent choice cause it is so much more engaging than a written format. I also valued the interview portions with other industry experts, as well as the use of photos to illustrate certain points. I think that people who purchase this course will feel their money has been well-spent! - Patti Blair, Photographer, Milwaukee WI USA
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Scott Schuman has long been trailing the fashion-show caravan from Florence to Milan, Paris and New York City, photographing selected stylish folk and plenty of fashion world regulars for his blog, The Sartorialist.com, and becoming a sort of de facto cultural anthropologist along the way. Feeling For The Sartorialist: The Book. http://bit.ly/3kw5xI
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
To be a great champion, you must believe you
are the best. If you're not, pretend.
~ Muhammad Ali, World Champion Boxer
18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1890 – August 27 – The birthday of Emanuel Rabinovitch, better known as the Surrealist artist, MAN RAY. He grew up in New York City, and studied architecture, engineering, and art, intending to become a painter. He experimented with photography, mostly, he said, as a way to make money so he could paint.
1995 – August 24 – Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt died. His photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square became one of the best known images of America’s joy at Japan’s surrender in World War Two.
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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The New Way That
Photobuyers Choose
Photobuyers Choose
Let me begin with a story. Roger Lamb and his wife, Janet, wanted to find some artwork for their newly remodeled living room. They live in Kansas City, USA and they figured they’d conduct their search at the 77th annual Kansas City Plaza Art Fair, one of the top ten Fine Arts fairs in the country.
Their name being “lamb,” they looked for art that would fit that theme. The afternoon in the sun was both inspiring and tiring, but they saw nothing in the way of painting or photography that appealed to them.
When they got home, Janet said, “Let’s try the Internet.”
In the Google search bar, they typed
photo painting illustration lamb
Within ten minutes they found just the photo they needed: A horizontal portrait of a mother sheep and three lambs in the Colorado foothills with the Rocky Mountains in the background. They chose a large format, 3.5’ x 4.5’. It was delivered in a hard cardboard roll via FedEx. They took it to a local frame shop where they matched a frame with their living room décor and the colors of the photo.
THE NEW WAY
As a stock photographer, you are going to be surprised by some of the requests you get for your photography. They will come not only from a photobuyer at a publishing house but from private buyers like Roger and Janet Lamb, who have discovered (just like many photobuyers have discovered) that the Internet offers an immediate and efficient channel to find choices for the exact picture they are looking for.
If your website and photos are keyworded correctly, or you are a subscriber to The BREEZE, * you are in a good position to find customers coming to your site – not only from the publishing field, but also local and far distant private customers who find you through the Internet.
*Rohn Engh, is publisher of the PhotoDaily, a marketletter that delivers photo request leads to independent stock photographers. He also offers two extra services to photographers, which promote their work. They are the PhotoSourceBANK, a website that lists up to 3,000 of your photo-description keywords on your own PhotoSourceBANK pages, and The BREEZE, a system that places you consistently on the first/second page of a Google search. . For more information: 1 800 624 0266 x21.
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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are now at CRISMA IMAGING
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12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END -- The Best Photos Have a Subject - and a Verb - A picture with a point of view is like a story. And stories need both subjects and verbs.
http://rising.blackstar.com/the-best-photos-have-a-subject-and-a-verb.html
HOW TO -- Win A Lange-Taylor Prize - Two winning submissions demonstrate the
collaborative approach to documentary subjects the judges are looking for.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i0cdf40bc01587c41fbd2260c629fae7d
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PUBLISH A PHOTO BOOK -- Thanks to quick-print digital publishing, do-it-yourself publishers have been around the last decade. But most have a large minimum number of orders. Today, a crop of publishers let creative people inexpensively design and create a single book online for their personal use. The cost is minimal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203674704574332541537816128.html
TAKEAWAY: Your book could also serve as a catalog. Send it to your preferred customer photobuyers for their desktop reference.
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ANTICIPATE. -- Ever notice that book stores seem to know the current trend in reading matter? Most of the time. It's because publishers, who plan their press runs far in advance, do heavy market research. They discover what the public will want in 6 to 12 months. You can use bookstores to inspire your next (specialized) self-assignment. You'll be ahead of the game. Ask at book stores if they have designed a new book section, or are planning to promote a new topic. Use this knowledge to weave into your picture-taking and marketing routine.
CONTENT-SPECIFIC pictures will always sell for higher fees (rights-managed). Most RF (royalty-free) pictures will sell for pennies. Informational magazines and books will require unique documentary pictures (rights-managed--RM). Since there are fewer of these specialized-content pictures, they'll sell for high fees. (Supply vs. Demand principle). The massive numbers of "exquisite cliché" (RF) photos continue to fall in price, because, well, there are so many of them. And the number keeps growing.
COPYRIGHT. You can expect we will see some new copyright laws coming. But few will be enforceable. Foreign copyright infringement is rampant. As the saying goes, "Build a bigger lock and someone will build a bigger hammer." Put your energy to making more pictures and worry less about someone infringing your copyright. Unless you are a large stock photo supply company with a boardroom full of attorneys sitting around an oak table, going after a big-money infringers, put your time to making/marketing your stock photos. .
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SELLING THE WEDDING The 3 S's of Selling Your Wedding Photography Online - What's the purpose of your website? Here are some suggestions. http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/08/05/the-3-ss-of-selling-your-photography-online/
SWITCHING PLACES -- Photographers and Designers - What happens when professional image editors - designers who make a living out of their ability to communicate with pictures - pick up a camera? Do they have any advantages in the photography marketplace, and can their successes suggest skills that digital photographers should learn too?
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/photographers-and-designers
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HOW TO EARN 200,000 AIR MILES IN SIX MONTHS
By Cameron Brick
Sipping my complimentary pinot noir in the American Airlines' Admirals
Club, I was excited about my business-class flight to Costa Rica.
Besides the $60 I paid in taxes to book the flight for both myself and
my girlfriend, the flight was free. I "paid" for it with air miles...
air miles I collected without stepping foot on a plane. (More on that
in a minute.)
First, let me give credit where credit is due... I found this
mile-earning technique on Chris Guillebeau's website, The Art of
Nonconformity. <3×5@chrisguillebeau.com>.
I took Chris' idea. And with a little organization and patience, I
have now treated myself and two friends to two huge trips...
First, my girlfriend and I were excited about the beaches of Costa
Rica, so I found front-of-the-plane tickets from Portland, OR for
60,000 miles each on American Airlines. We had never flown first- or
business-class before, so we were quite pleased with our comfy seats
and complimentary champagne.
And then the following week, I took my brother to Alaska, also using
airline miles, on around 35,000 miles each.
In total, I "spent" 190,000 miles and about $75 in taxes for four
flights. And these were all miles I earned without ever stepping foot
on a plane.
How did I do it? I did it by carefully opening new credit cards.
Want to read more?
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The discussion this week is on…
How To Get People To Cooperate And be In Your Picture..
http://board.photosource.com/list.php?1
Note: People in your pictures is an important ingredient when it comes to success in producing a marketable photo.
Interested in learning how to convince people, even strangers, to be in your picture? You’ll find the big secret in Installment #20 on my eCourse. For a free preview of this technique, click here to learn how. --Rohn
To return to the Kracker Barrel:
http://board.photosource.com/list.php?1
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ANOTHER PORTAL EXPORT Zenfolio Goes International - Zenfolio photo hosting and fulfillment company is announcing expansion outside the US, making it the most complete service of its kind available globally. http://shutterbug.com/news/071509zenfolio/
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NO HELP WANTED -- Downturn in Print Media Hurting Photojournalists. When photojournalists and their admirers gather in southern France at the end of August for Visa pour l’Image, the annual celebration of their craft, many practitioners may well be wondering how much longer they can scrape by. Newspapers and magazines are cutting back sharply on picture budgets or going out of business altogether, and television stations have cut back on news coverage in favor of less costly fare. Pictures and video shot by amateurs. on cellphones are posted to Web sites minutes after events occur. Photographers trying to make a living from shooting the news are calling it a crisis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/media/11photo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SELLING TRAVEL TO ALAMY Traveling the World with Microstock - Lee Torrens caught up with Holger Mette by email and asked him about his lifestyle, photography and microstock:
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/traveling-the-world-with-microstock.html
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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POSTER PHOTO PERMISSION -- Getty: We'll Fight NORML's Copyright Infringement - A poster for NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) that used a photograph of Barack Obama by Lisa Jack without the photographer's permission. We reached out to Getty Images, which licenses Jack's photo, for a comment. Read the e-mail statement from the agency. http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/getty-well-fight-normls-copyright-infringement.html#more
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Power Up with PR: A Publicity Guide for Artists (Paperback)
by Jackie Abramian of Haley Farm Art Gallery
In this book, artists and photographers will learn how to package a media kit, write a press release, pitch the media, build relations with art critics, place stories about their artwork, and, ultimately, how to increase their art sales. They will learn how to enhance their website for use as a valuable PR tool by building an Online Newsroom, creating e-newsletters, writing a blog, and more. Step-by-step directions will provide artists media strategies on how to promote their art sales for free, starting locally and ultimately reaching to national markets.
Increased media publicity has been proven to be the best "advertisement." Now artists can learn the secrets of PR practitioners and power up your art business with PR strategies. $14.95 plis $5.50 shipping. ISBN: 978-0940899-90-2 www.artmarketing.com
SOURCE: Sarah Meyers info[at]artmarketing[dot]com 530-470-0862
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
New eCourse 'How
to Market Your Photos'
Author Rohn Engh finds new strategies for today's Internet climate with new 21-unit course on CD
Osceola, WI August 4, 2009 -- Photographers, pro and amateur alike, will remember the name, Rohn Engh, from his best-selling 1981 book, Sell & ReSell Your Photos (Writers Digest Books). He is a pioneer in what has come to be known as "stock photography."
The word-of-mouth excitement over his book catapulted it through five successful updated editions until the Internet came along and made his "from your home mailbox" system obsolete.
But it didn't make Rohn Engh outmoded. He continued full bore by using the Internet to produce an formational marketletter, the PhotoDAILY that tells subscribers exactly where they can sell their photos, whether as individuals from home or as a stock agency representing other photographers.
Now Engh has gone a step farther and produced a 21-unit eCourse on CD ("How To Market Your Photos") that pulls together new strategies that successful photographers are using to take advantage of the Internet as a tool to make more sales. The eCourse shows photographers how to avoid modern pitfalls that lurk to trap the unwary; such as invitations to photographers to place their photos with an on-line portal (photo gallery) that purports it will sell the photographer's pictures for them for a percentage.
It turns out, according to Engh, the photographer's cut is not much at all, the actual asking price per photo is abominably low, and the traffic to the site is light. The photographer ends up with a monthly charge for the service that is higher than any revenue coming in.
"My eCourse shows independent individual photographers how they can capitalize on their photographic strength areas
-whether it be the unique place they live, or the unique photo-passion they have -like certain flower species, model railroading, snow boarding, childhood
education - there are more than 3,500 subject areas that magazine and book publishers have a continuing demand for, - to use in their upcoming books, their update materials, and publishing projects," says Engh.
"Making the match to appropriate photobuyers is the key in today's internet culture. Search engines are a powerful
ally for today's stock photographer. Photobuyers have learned to circumvent the large stock agencies and use search engines to go directly to a photographer's
website who has the exact picture they need," Engh says. "The secret to getting this photobuyer traffic is in knowing how to position yourself."
Engh says his eCourse shows photographers exactly how to do this. His promotional materials are replete with accolades
such as, "Thank you for providing an inspirational eCourse. The section about vertical markets really helped me in setting goals to shoot for a niche market
instead of remaining a generalist." -Bob Pardue, Carolina Travel Photos, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA.
Engh has gleaned his photo-marketing Internet knowledge from tria
l and error, feedback from his popular newsletter,
PhotoStockNOTES, and from working photographers themselves. The eCourse includes interviews with photographers as well as photobuyers.
Engh lives on a 100-acre farm in the boondocks of northwest Wisconsin with his wife, Jeri. They have been there
since 1966.
Engh's e-Course, "How To Market your Photos," is priced at $89.95.
For information on the eCourse:
http://www.photosource.com/ecourse
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FREE PHOTO-EDITING Adobe Systems discontinues Photoshop Album Starter Edition, the lowest rung on its ladder of image-editing software products, urges users online - "As part of our commitment to providing customers with a free photo-editing solution, we have created Photoshop.com, a new online service that lets you upload, organize, edit, store (up to 2GB free), and share your photos," Provided is a list of steps for exporting photos from the software to the Web site.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10304713-39.html?tag=mncol;title
BUYING FRUGAL -- Tips for Buying Used Photographic Equipment - Michael Zhang over at PetaPixel has written two great posts which cover all major aspects that one needs to be aware of when purchasing second hand items.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/08/tips-for-buying-used-photographic-equipment/
12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GAMMA TURNS TO BANKRUPTCY – Photographers trying to make a living from shooting the news are calling it a crisis. In the latest sign of photojpourmalism distress, the company that owns the photo agency Gamma sought protection from creditors on July 28 after a loss of $4.2 million in the first half of the year as sales fell by nearly a third. Gamma was founded in 1966 by the photographers Raymond Depardon and Gilles Caron. With Sygma, Sipa and, earlier, Magnum, it was one of the independent agencies that helped make Paris a world capital for photojournalism, attracting some of the best photographers the field has produced. SOURCE: New York Times, David Jolly. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/media/11photo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
IMPROVE YOUR SELLING CHANCES Twitter Photography Resources List - Twitter's limitations mean that it might not be a great place to show off a photo gallery, but the site can still be a valuable resource for photographers, both amateur and professional. We've scoured Twitter and produced a categorized list of all the accounts that can help photographers improve their picture-taking, and produce and sell their images.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/twitter-photography-resources-list
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"It is a daunting challenge for those wanting
to enter the business of marketing their photos.
Now there is a solution to "Where do I start?”
Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos” eCourse. Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end and you will have made a giant step."
Allen Russell, photographer, Life in the American
West, Livingston, Montana
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
iPHONE PIX -- The iPhone as a photographer's tool. Aa a long-time PC user who just last year switched to a Mac for his home computer, a keen and accomplished photographer, he has recently embraced an iPhone 3G as both a communications device
and as a photography tool.
http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/mac-planet/2009/8/7/iphone-photographers-tool/?ref=rss&c_id=5
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FLICKR SEARCH MADE EASY -- Seven alternative Flickr search engines - Don Reisinger: The site's search results page now allows users to see small previews of photos and get details on those pictures without being forced to visit the individual photo page. But if you're looking for something a little different, these Flickr alternatives are worth checking out.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10303576-2.html?tag=mncol;title
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GET SEEN. – In this British city, you can show your portfolio of art photography. Birmingham is the location of an annual event called Rhubarb-Rhubarb. Photographers can show their work to a wide range of international reviewers who as editors, publishers, agents etc. deal with mages daily.
http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2009/08/04/exhibition-puts-the-world-in-focus-65233-24312203/
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
- "Photography helps people to see."
-Bernice Abbott-
11 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1840 - August 18 - A class photograph of the Yale College class of 1810 at their 30th reunion in New Haven, CT was taken by Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He made 35 daguerreotypes, each a half-inch square.
1908 - August 28 - Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup, France.
05 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Forget what you learned in Business School
Are You Ready
To Throw
In The Towel?
The digital world has descended on photographers. Some have built walls or shut their eyes; others have dug in and figured out how they could go-with-the-flow.
“How do I find the market out there that’s best?” That’s a question I often get.
First of all, it’s the wrong question.
It should be, “How do I find the market out there that’s best for me.”
At your local Business School they teach students to find out what customers need. They use surveys and “market research” and then produce an answer for you. It’s the magic formula.
To follow the Business School methodology you do this:
In the university reference library, you ask for the SRDS. ("Standard Rates and Data Service".) These are the thick reference books that feature all the mailing lists available to rent, and all the magazines that take advertising.
There are other similar reference books and services too, but the SRDS is the “recommended” reference book that tells you which markets to use to begin your search for answers.. SRDS also provides an online service at www.srds.com. They’ll send you an updated quarterly version.
Another tip the Business School provides: Google. You can test most potential online markets by looking into the Google Adwords system (a free research system of AdWords). This system will tell you how many hits certain words and phrases get in your prospective target market area. It will also suggest other phrases and words, based on what is actually getting the most hits. This is the “common denominator” approach.
Next, you use your imagination or a Google search to figure out what phrases or words a prospect in this market area might put into a search engine, in order to test your own target audience. This way you can test to see if the results justify your entering into this market.
If the words and phrases you come up with are not among the most used, Google will tell you, and help you find better prospects.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/towel.html
05 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
QUIT THE BELLY-ACHING. The rhetoric we hear and read on the Internet about stock photography these days is often dripping with glum and gloom. But if you look closely whom it is coming from, you’ll find the authors are often pundits that were once well known in our industry a decade or two ago.
It’s a natural reaction. Their frame of reference is a structure that is long past irrelevant. Their knowledge of the present and past is darkened by a blindfold that won’t allow them to see beyond the dark clouds of their immediate horizon.
There are no dark clouds for fresh newcomers to our stock photo industry. Nor are there dark clouds for old-tymers who understand that building walls and dikes against the engulfing tides of new approaches to selling stock won’t help.
It’s wasted energy.
The only defense against this continuing avalanche of new ways to sell editorial stock photography is to dig in an adapt to the change. People who love their work are willing to adapt to change.
Next time you read on your chat group one of those belly-achers about the sorry state of stock photography, smile. The basis of their frame of reference is slowly sliding into oblivion. Tell them to let it go and either adapt (without a lot of squealing) or get a job at Wal-Mart. Our industry is moving forward. –RE
05 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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“It is a daunting challenge for photographers wanting
to enter the business of marketing their photos. Now there is a solution to "where do I start?;
Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos' eCourse.
Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end
and you will have made a giant step.”
Allen Russell, photographer,
Life in the American West, Livingston, Montana
05 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
You'll like this
http://www.photosource.com/video/augustsnow
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE EVOLVING MARKETPLACE -- This Month in Microstock - July 2009 - July saw more than it's fair share of action in the microstock and stock photography business. Big brands Google and Time Magazine also contributed to the landscape of the evolving marketplace.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/this-month-in-microstock-july-2009.html
NO LEGAL PROBLEMS. Vivozoom, a new stock-photo site by former Getty Images executives, looks to offer buyers peace of mind. The company guarantees that all of the images for sale on its site are legally safe to use. If a legitimate legal claim does appear, Vivozoom says it will provide legal defense and responsibility for damages up to $25,000.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/168808/vivozoom_guarantees_stock_photos.html
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
POINT OF VIEW -- From the Diaries: “25 Microstockers I Watch and Why - I keep an eye on the portfolios and progress of lots of microstock photographers. The reasons vary from sales success to liking their style.”
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/25-microstockers-i-watch-and-why.html
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX Webcam
The QuickCam Communicate STX Webcam from Logitech is a compact webcam with integrated
microphone that is designed to work with popular Internet chat applications
such as Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM and Logitech Video
Call. The camera can record video at a fluid 30 frames per second at VGA (640
x 480) quality. It can even take 1.3MP still images via software interpolation.
Price: $ 34.95 + Shipping
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Pentax K2000
SLR Digital Camera Kit with 18-55mm Lens & AF-200FG Flash
The Pentax K2000 SLR Digital Camera Kit with the 18-55mm Zoom Lens and AF-200FG
P-TTL Shoe Mount Flash brings legendary Pentax image quality to the next generation
of digital photographers in a compact, easy to use package. Perfect for photo
enthusiasts or first time DSLR owners, the K2000 incorporates the latest imaging
technology to capture stunning 10.2 megapixel photos at up to 3.5 frames per
second. A built-in Help Button provides users with a clear explanation of all
controls and settings and even offers insight into the fundamentals of photography.
Advanced Shake Reduction and high ISO capability compensate for unwanted camera
shake to always yield the best image quality possible.
Price: $269.99
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Sanyo VPC-FH1
Dual Camera Xacti Full 1080p HD Camcorder (Black)
The Dual Camera Xacti Full 1080p HD VPC-FH1 is designed for consumers, yet features
professional tendencies. Able to record natively in 1080p, (usually a film rate
reserved for pro recording) this camcorder captures true high definition video
at 60 frames per second. Your footage stores to external SD/SDHC flash memory
cards providing ease of use to go along with that high quality video. In addition,
the 1/ 2.5" CMOS sensor captures 5.3Mp video and 8Mp stills, while the
16x Advanced zoom provides wide-angle zooming with no loss in image quality.
Price: $ 431.99
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Canon DC410
DVD Camcorder
Are you looking for an affordable and uncomplicated way to record family functions
and maybe the occasional vacation? With Canon's entry-level DC410 DVD Camcorder
you can capture events, like your child's birthday, and immediately watch the
footage on your TV. Just pop the DVD into your player and enjoy every moment
right then and there with your friends and family. And, because the DC410 also
captures still images, there's no need to have multiple devices strapped around
your neck. DVD-R/-RW disks will
hold up to 60 minutes of video and DVD-R DL
disks up to 108 minutes; still images can be stored to SDHC cards.
Price: $ 264.95
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Sony DPF-D80
8" Digital Photo Frame (Black)
The Sony DPF-D80 8" Digital Photo Frame is an easy-to-use frame that accepts
most memory cards. This ultra slim frame displays your images as either individual
shots or as a continuously running slide show. Its thin design gives it a touch
of elegance that will grace any wall or desk it is placed upon.
Price: $ 129.99
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HP / Hewlett-Packard
Touchsmart tx2-1270us Tablet Notebook Computer
The Touchsmart tx2-1270us Notebook Computer from Hewlett-Packard is a tablet-style
notebook computer with a 12.1" multi-touch display. The computer, which
weighs less than 5 pounds, is a great option for businesspeople who demand both
portability and performance. The multi-touch display supports a wide range of
gestures, including flick, press & drag, pinch, and rotate. The slew of
gestures allows you to use the computer in tablet mode with versatility and
ease.
Price: $ 889.95 - $ 50.00 Mail-In Rebate
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04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOSAND REBUTTALS -- The Obama poster-photo controversy continues. There’s nothing like a fresh filing to get one out of the doldrums. On Thursday, the other shoe in this case dropped when Mannie Garcia, the photographer who shot the Obama photograph at issue, filed a motion to intervene in the case as a defendant. Garcia’s proposed answer, counterclaims, and cross-claims assert that the photograph is copyrightable, that Garcia, not AP, is the copyright owner in the photograph, and that Fairey infringed his copyright.
http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2009/07/13/the-obama-hope-poster-case-mannie-garcia-weighs-in/
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VISITORS: WE’RE WATCHING YOU -- In Tiburon, California, visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay. Officials want to photograph every car and use the license plate information to solve crimes in the town of 9,000. Critics see the plan as an intrusion into the rights of visitors, but proponents say it is a sensible precaution that absolutely will not cross privacy lines.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2-JPex8ixAheTy70zGhHrSTGVIQD99HNUBG0
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE GADGET GUY -- Waterproofing Your Camera for Deep Dives I recently took five waterproof cameras for a couple of dips in a swimming pool, snapping shots under and above water. But you don’t have to buy a waterproof camera to go under. Instead, you can get a watertight casing for many brands of point-and-shoot models.
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/waterproofing-your-camera-for-deep-dives/
THE FRUGAL FOTOGRAPHER. Getting Pro Equipment at half price - Photography is without a doubt, a very expensive hobby. The fact is that not everyone can afford all the expensive equip involved. But, many do end up with expensive equip without paying as much as one would expect. How? Answer - Refurbished or used equipment.
http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2009/07/getting-pro-equipment-at-half-price
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WISHING WONT DO IT. From Tech Dirt: When the barrier to entry of stock photography is low, the supply of goods is large and the alternatives available to the buyer many, --the price is going to be low. Wishing it were otherwise, will not make it otherwise.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090730/0237125710.shtml
THE CHECK WASN’T IN THE MAIL -- Annie Leibovitz Sued Over Loan Payments - Leibovitz and her studio have been sued by Art Capital Group, a financial services company that loaned Leibovitz $24 million last year.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i6098aad6d9c8d3fbc6dd3db013ef33e2
BUT KEEP THAT DAY JOB -- Recession Proof Photography Niches - This might be a bad time to be a banker, an investor, a property developer, just about anything really, but a few branches of photography are still bringing in the cash. Stock photographers, and in particular microstock photographers though, are one group that do seem to be sitting pretty.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/recession-proof-photography-niches
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NOT SO POPULAR: By entering, the POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY “Best of Reader Gallery” contest, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). For the identity of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope after August 16th 2009 to July BORG 2009 Contest Winner, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
http://www.popphoto.com/Contests-Events/Best-of-Reader-Gallery-Contest-Childhood/Rules-Best-of-Reader-Gallery-July-2009
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Romano Cagnoni is one of the world's great photographers in
the reportage tradition, with a long succession of significant work that
includes Biafra, Vietnam (the first photographer admitted into North
Vietnam), Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan (the Russian invasion), Chechniya, Yugoslavia and Kosovo.
http://thefreemanview.com/featured_photographer/romano-cagnoni/
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
- "A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it ?"
-Ernst Haas-
04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1840 - August 18th - Class photograph of the Yale College class of 1810 at their 30th reunion, New Haven, Connecticut was taken by Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He made 35 daguerreotypes, each a half-inch square.
1908 - August 22nd - photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup, France.
1966 - August - Photograph taken from the moon of the earth was made from Lunar Orbiter 1, which took off August 10th. On August 14th, it became the first United States probe to achieve lunar orbit and it photographed all 9 primary Apollo landing sites. A total of 207 frames (sets) of photographs were taken and relayed back to earth on August 23rd.
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