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Archive for October 2009
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Because you specialize…
You Can
Compete
The arrival of search engines has brought searching for a specific image much easier for photo researchers. New Internet searching features have been able to break down the former restrictions in the stock photography business and open it to any photographer with on-target quality images.
Before the turn of the century, photographers, like most other professionals, were “generalists” when it came to marketing their wares. That is, they put their ads in a trade magazine or the Yellow Pages, and based on their talent, marketing know-how, and luck, they conducted their business.
This made for extreme competition. Longtime pros were able to cling to their top position because they built a following based on their competence and expertise. Newcomers to stock photography found it difficult to surmount this unless they brought superb talent or an exceptional fresh approach to the marketplace.
With the turn of the century, the field of stock photography fragmented into targeted areas. The photographer who could photograph most anything for a client, the “generalist,” was no longer the top dog in the industry. Like in most other professions, photographers evolved to specializing; the trend was to develop an expertise in specific subject areas, such as aerial, sports, fashion, documentary, etc., and to go after a “niche.”
With the arrival of the Internet, all of this has changed, especially in the field of stock photography. The changeover comes to light especially when you look at the market from the buyer’s approach.
In our field of stock photography, a buyer turns to an image or images to get a point across, whether it’s for an advertisement, brochure, or textbook. Since our thrust here at PhotoSource International is from an editorial standpoint, I’ll address editorial stock photography.
At the same time, the publishing industry has become more and more specialized. Type any topic plus the word ‘publishing’ in a Google search, and you’ll find that a magazine, book publisher, website, stock agency or other entity, exists for the sole purpose of supplying that interest area with information.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/compete.html
Net Metering
No, I’m not talking about power company net metering programs for those of you (us) who have installed grid-tied solar electrical panels or other forms of local electricity generation (wind turbines, co-gen, etc.), but rather the possibility (some even say the eventuality) of Internet service companies charging by the gigabyte for Internet usage. In some areas, trials are being conducted where new users are presented a tiered service plan. The more bytes you want, the more it’s going to cost. After all, somebody has to pay for all the infrastructure. And, yes, this appears to be the result of a few spoiling it for the rest of us. You know who you are, the heavy downloaders taking advantage of movies and music available on the web. We went from really expensive (back in the day of 300 and 1200 bit dial-up modems) to cheap flat-rate plans, then inexpensive broadband, and now we’re coming around the bend toward metered Internet. By the way, the average Internet user consumes around 15 gigabytes a month.
Google Voice
Google Voice is a free web-based telephony system which allows one to set up a phone number which can ring any number of other numbers when called. It also offers many other neat features, including text messaging.
The question for the FCC: Is Google Voice an Internet company or a common-carrier service?
This is important because Google Voice blocks calls to certain numbers (those with high termination fees, like chat lines, for which Google Voice would have to pay much higher fees if it connected the call).
Under FCC rules for common carriers such as AT&T and your local phone company, all calls must be connected. But the rules are different for the Internet. Google has stated that it does block calls to certain numbers, and that to use its service, one must also have a "regular" phone service, and since it is a web-based application, is not subject to common-carrier rules. The FCC has opened an inquiry into whether Google Voice is restricting calls, and has asked for more information.
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OUT IN PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHING -- Seven Tips for Taking Photos in Public Places - No one should expect privacy if they are out and about in a public place. That means that everyone is fair game to be photographed on a public street and in open areas like a
public park. But defining "public" can sometimes be tricky. SOURCE: PETER PHUN, Black Star Rising.
http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-tips-for-taking-photos-in-public-places.html
TAKEAWAY: If you’re an editorial stock photographer, test this one out. Here’s a way to get good co-operation from people in public. On your shirt or sweater, wear one of those black plastic badges, -the kind a deliveryman or a nurse will wear. It should have your name on it and your website or agency. They cost under $5. In addition to the camera you’re using, always wear another camera around your neck, not in your camera bag. Reason? If you look like a hobbyist, you won’t be taken seriously. People actually love to be photographed if there’s something in it for them. As Andy Warhol told us, “It’s their twelve minutes of fame.” (They know your picture will appear in print.). Test this out. Leave your extra camera and badge at home and try to photograph in public. You’ll feel naked.. -RE
MAKE, NOT TAKE -- Six Pro Photographers Share Their Most Guarded Digital Secrets - Great photos are made, not taken. Creating the perfect image requires a skill set that
includes a deep understanding of one's gear, the light, and the ability to
think about what story you want the photo to tell and how to communicate
that story through a captured moment in time.
http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/pro_photographers_share_their_photo_app_tips
GREEN -- Environmental photography award. Drama of change along China's Yangtze River
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8322248.stm
POLLUTION IN CHINA -- Photographer Lu Guang captured the grim reality of polluted life in an amazing photo collection simply titled "Pollution in China". http://bit.ly/3kdoPT
PHOTO GIFT SHOPPING -- Photo retailers are preparing for photo gift giving through in-house photo kiosks to create personalized wrapping paper, calendars, holiday cards and other specialty items. http://bit.ly/NnBI7
RARE ARTIFACTS: LIBRARY BOOKS. -- School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'? "...I'd come in here during a free period, there'd be no one in here," says junior Caitlin Forest.
So the venerable boarding school west of Boston last summer undertook getting rid of most of the library's books. In their place: a fully digital collection. After reading about the plan last month in the Boston Globe, bloggers and commenters worldwide have called headmaster Jim Tracy a snob, a spendthrift and a book burner and even compared him to Adolf Hitler. SOURCE: GREG TOPPO, USA TODAY. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-10-26-kindle-school-library_N.htm
PHOTO: Josh T. Reynolds
SELL OVERSEAS? -- Pitching Your Photos to Foreign Markets - Now that any photographer anywhere can offer their photos to any buyer, competition has multiplied. While the US publishing industry continues its decline, the media in the developing world is growing at a cracking rate. According to a report published by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the newspaper and magazine industry in the sub-continent is now worth $3.2 billion a year.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/pitching-your-photos-to-foreign-markets
TAKEAWAY: Be sure to read the 30 September 09 issue of PhotoStockNOTES:
http://photosource.com/psn-article/worldmarket.html
BEYOND GUESSING -- Free Online Stock Photography Income Calculator
A German stock photographer, Robert Kneschke offers in his Blog a free Income Calculator. Stock photographers can use it to calculate their projected earnings with stock agencies for this and the next year. "I calculated these data for years on my own and it helped me to base my business decisions on numbers and facts, not solely on emotions. I wanted to share this possibility" says Robert Kneschke. After entering some information like downloads and earnings so far this year and the size of the photographer's portfolio, the calculator shows the projected income until the end of this year and the next year. http://www.openpr.com/news/102814/Free-Online-Stock-Photography-Income-Calculator.html
GAINING UNITY -- SAA (the Stock Artists Alliance) will merge with AVA, the world's largest affiliation of professional photographers - an umbrella organization representing five photographic associations and some 45,000 professional photographers worldwide.
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/Stock-Artists-Alliance-Joins-Worlds-Largest-Affiliation-of-Professional-Photographers
CHEAPER BY THE CROWD-SOURCING -- The PR announcement said that Getty Images is “restructuring” its Creative business responsibility for wholly-owned photos. Recently, reports emerged that Getty Images was shutting down its wholly-owned shoot operations after photographer Greg Ceo wrote that the Seattle creative shooting team will be let go as of 31 December. Contacted by BJP, Alison Crombie, senior director of public relations at Getty, says that “Getty Images is not undergoing “layoffs”. We are in the process of evolving our Creative business, which has been affected by the many changes in the traditional stock photography business over the last few years.” She added that the Creative Team would now focus on finding and sourcing emerging original photography, “as well as evolving the way in which we work with our contributors.”’ SOURCE: British Journal of Photography. DAILY NEWS. http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=printer_friendly&print=870279
TAKEAWAY: Once upon a time, Getty Images decided it would staff in-house pros to take photos for Getty, so that Getty could enjoy full ownership of the images plus the profits, but the bean counters at Getty Images then found that the cost to develop, produce and take these images was much more than its budget would allow, so Getty has returned to the former system of letting the freelancers go out and take the pictures and let the freelancers foot the bill for the expenses of picture-taking. Crowd sourcing is now popular at Getty Images.
Shutterstock has announced that all images and footage licensed from now on is covered by a guarantee that covers all the usual issues (copyright infringement, legal, administrative red tape, etc.) for up to $10,000 per subscriber.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/next-to-guarantee-photos-is-shutterstock.html
DON’T GIVE UP ON MAGAZINES. You’ll be seeing more and more touchscreen tablet computers coming on the scene. Guess what consumers will be reading? Magazines. When the next generation of them hits the market, one of its highly anticipated uses will be as a full-color reader for books, newspapers, and magazines. Of those three, the main beneficiary may very well be old-style magazines. The black-and-white Kindle doesn't do magazines justice, and they never really quite translated to the Web. The magic of a magazine is all in the layout and the interplay of lush prose with stunning photography or standout illustrations. Prepare to see more and more of your images appear electronically rather than in paper print. SOURCE: Erick Schonfeld, Washington POST. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101801276.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT -- New Digital Forensics Magazine plans to be a Valuable Resource for Police Forces Around the World. A new magazine which brings together the latest news and findings from the digital forensics world is planning to become a valuable resource to police forces and digital crime fighting agencies the world over. Tony Campbell, one of the publishers of the magazine, and IT Security expert stated, "We're hoping that police forces around the world will become avid readers of the magazine. It will be full of content that they can learn from, keep up to-date with emerging digital forensics trends and discover new technology that will help them in their roles. And hopefully in future editions, they can contribute to the magazine from a law enforcement perspective." http://www.pr.com/press-release/187755
CANADIAN HISTORY -- Teachers get new history magazine. Canada's History Society released the first edition of Teaching Canada's History during the Manitoba Social Studies Teacher's conference.
"We recognize that classrooms are often the first place young Canadians are introduced to history, so providing educators with the resources and inspiration they need to make that first contact something that resonates with kids is one of the most important investments we can make," History Society president Deborah Morrison said. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Teachers-get-new-history-magazine-65790332.html
PRICING TEST -- Newsday to charge a high price for its online content - Newsday.com is planning to charge $5 a week, or $260 a year, which is a steep price compared, for example, to the Wall Street Journal, which costs $149 a year for an online-only subscription. http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/newsday_to_charge_a_high_price_for_its_o.php
TAKEAWAY: Pricing in any business is always risky. But one thing we know, “you can always come down in price, but it’s hard to go up.”
Having a surge protector...
An important tool when working with a
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It doesn't take much for an electrical surge to damage
your electronics.
Here are some things to look for:
A response time of 10 nanoseconds or less
The ability to absorb 800 joules, minimum
A failure light so you know if the suppressor is defective
Make sure the suppressor can block electricity from phone lines.
Make sure that you can feed cable outlets through the suppressor
Ensure that it has enough outlets in different sizes for all your components
Make sure that the warranty is honored in case of damage to the suppressor or your hardware
Make sure it has a UL stamp (Underwriters Laboratory) and complies with the UL 1449 specifications. Protection comes in 3 numbers, 330, 440 and 550. The lower number offers the best protection.
Finally, don't count on your suppressor to stop lightning. Unplug all appliances during a storm. Even the best surge protectors might not work under these conditions. You don't want to find out the hard way.
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This is scary . . .
We never exceed our strict
quota for number of subscribers
to our marketletters, the
PhotoDaily
and the
PhotoLetter
We limit the number of subscribers
for two big reasons:
1.)We don’t want our subscriber
members to face an overload of competition.
2.) We don’t want to overload
the photobuyers who list with us,
– with avalanches of responses to
their photo requests.
In other words, our marketletters
work best for you –and– our photo
editors - if we limit the amount of
subscriber photographers.
We currently have some subscriber
openings available, in time for
our Halloween Sale. But we can’t
exceed our quota. To make sure
you get on the list – you’ll need
to respond quickly.
And why is this so scary?
The deadline is midnight
October 31st 2009, but if we fill
up, we’ll have to close the
sale before the deadline.
CAUTION
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as we meet our quota. And that
means we may have to close the
sale before the deadline of midnight
on Sat. October 31st 2009.
Be sure to take advantage of that
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But you’ll have to do it before our
quota fills up.
Join us here or go to
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THE FIRST ERA OF PHOTOGRAPHY. -- It's not an institution best known for its photographic collection, yet the British Library next week unveils an important archive of historic images which traces the development of the medium from its beginnings in 1839 to the early 1900s. http://bit.ly/23MRPG
THE CASE OF THE INAPPROPRIATE ALARM CLOCK -- A seven part examination of Depression-era photography and photo-fakery. SOURCE: Errol Morris. NYTIMES. http://bit.ly/1e8oMq
SEEING DOUBLE -- Brian May salutes a lost pioneer of early photography. -- Early stereo photography is a forgotten treasure house, and T. R. Williams was its master. SOURCE: The TIMES ONLINE. http://bit.ly/2l9ph0
WE WERE BRILLIANT, THEN. Did you have a Geocities site? Well, those of us that did were the only kid on the block. We were nerds, and the rest of the world giggled. But this month, Geocities died. But a grandchild lives on.
http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/26/geocities-dead-geocities-like
MEDIUM FORMAT DIGITAL Mamiya debuts DM22 digital camera for under $10K. Mamiya has taken an important step to make medium-format digital photography more affordable to professional photographers who are feeling pinched by budgetary constraints. http://bit.ly/3Gqm2T
BETTER THAN CRAYONS -- Xerox Scientists Create Language to Describe 50,000 Colors to Computers and Printers. Xerox scientists unveiled Natural Language Color, a technology that translates detailed human descriptions of color, such as "brilliant yellow," into algorithms that tell a computer how to edit a specific hue. http://bit.ly/49JU9M
HIGH SHOOTER -- New angles with kite photography Scott Dunn captured this impressive aerial shot of the Statue of Liberty with his feet planted firmly on the ground. He did it by attaching his Canon PowerShot A570IS to a kite and floating it up 400 feet into the air. SOURCE: MAC WORLD. http://bit.ly/ZyLdD
WINDOWS 7 -- Tech addicts can now get their hands on the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7. But is there anything special that photographers should look out for? Nick Odantzis: "“You can download Windows Live Photo Gallery and edit images, or create a panorama. If you use a laptop and like to download your photos to it Windows 7 will also give you more outdoor time because it uses very little battery juice thanks to a power saving features. For the more technical photographers, Windows 7 is also colour-managed and supports wide-gamut monitors so photographs will look how they should on screen.” http://bit.ly/3Qf5BE
PHOTOSHOP -- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Is Now Available. Adobe has posted a Lightroom 3 beta release that targets image quality and performance improvements. The public beta does not require a Lightroom license but it does have some system requirements. http://bit.ly/4EL8NL
FLAVOR FOR PHOTOS -- Atari Launches Its Social Networking Application With Creative Photo Editor: Atari Photo Sauce(tm). Available Through Facebook® Platform, "Photo Sauce" Adds Flavor to Photos with Colorful Stickers and Speech Bubbles for Instant Sharing with Friends. http://bit.ly/1WC8AG
PAINLESS SHOOTING -- Action Shooting Has Never Been Safer - The New Sniper-Strap "Steel" Comes With Insurance. SNIPER-STRAP(tm) "STEEL" is a new option of the SNIPER-STRAP(tm) "ONE". The photographer-designed SNIPER-STRAP(tm) system represents a major innovation in safety and comfort by allowing you to shoot faster and free of pain in the most demanding situations. http://bit.ly/2tn595
IT FITS -- Canon details Windows 7 compatibility. Canon USA Inc. has published a lengthy document stating the compatibility of its products with Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system. http://bit.ly/20FSIM
THE NEW CULT -- Breakout Year For Twitter At PhotoPlus. At the 2008 PhotoPlus Expo, most people hadn't heard of Twitter. A year later, it has a cult following of photographers who use it for networking, self-promotion and self-expression. http://bit.ly/32SToY
GAINING IMPORTANCE -- Stats confirm social media drives traffic to news websites - Statistics revealed by Huffington Post CEO, Eric Hippeau, show that Facebook referrals
to the aggregation website were up 48% since its launch, and has accounted
for 3.5 million visits. The Huffington Post had topped the Washington Post
with the number of unique visitors to its website last week.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/10/stats_confirm_facebook_boosts_traffic_to.php
POST YOUR VIDEOS -- Vimeo Makes a Splash with Desktop Uploader. One of the biggest success stories to emerge out of the Digital SLR/HD video boom is video-sharing site Vimeo. Once just a shadow to online giant YouTube, Vimeo has ridden the wave of popularity of HD-DSLRs by providing an easy way for photographers to post their high-def videos. http://bit.ly/44TP9B
FROM FOOTAGE TO PHOTOS: Howard Katz tries to keep his students ahead of industry trends and, seeing the blurring line between industries, he tells film students to take courses on photography. Photo by Tyrone Walker, SOURCE: Charleston Post Courier .
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/26/creative-class/
"I appreciate the timely turnaround on the photo request! I'm blown away, really.
Thanks!"
- Christopher Sienko, Photobuyer, Publications International, Lincolnwood, IL
read more. . .
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=photography+advertising
Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop [Photography]
Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn't even a
gleam in some nerd's eye, but a new book shows that the painter was,
nevertheless, a Photoshop god.
http://gizmodo.com/5389780/norman-rockwell-the-original-king-of-the-photoshop
THE RIGHT WAY -- Boosting Your Income With Strategic Estimating. Advertising photographer Jeff Sedlik's seminar, Strategic Estimating, was about how NOT to be a starving artist. And it boiled down to this: protect your copyright, negotiate strategically, communicate clearly, and get all of your agreements in writing. http://bit.ly/1QJTk5
SAY CHEESE -- White House Photographer Talks About Covering Obama Kids. White House photographer Pete Souza and his staff are taking plenty of pictures of the Obama daughters. You're just not going to see them for a decade or so. Photo: Pete Souza; SOURCE: Daryl Lang, PHOTO DISTRIC NEWS. http://bit.ly/EFOVO
Personal moments of breast cancer survivors will be on display in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. SOURCE: MIAMI HERALD, For more info: www.hairbecausewecare.com EILEEN SOLER / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD Information: 954-357-7443. BY SHANNON PEASE
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/communities/hollywood-hallandale/story/1285349.html
On success:
"If you've got no responsibility and don't have to generate a certain amount of cash each month, and can live on a shoestring, and are ambitious enough, then you might have a chance.
"You can be dedicated but that is no guarantee that you'll make it. I rely on a hunch, little luck, and some cunning." -
Elliott Erwitt , Photographer
1930 - The first successful aerial photographs were published.
1931 - October 7 - An infrared photograph (of a large group of people) taken in the dark with a short exposure was made in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY.
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by employing metadata. . . . ,
You’ll Sell
Your Photos
Is it possible to sell those images in your photo files that are outside of your main photo specialization areas?
Yes, thanks to the Internet, search engines have now made this possible. Example: You may be known as a healthcare photographer, but you have an outstanding picture of a particular waterfall in Montana – in the wintertime. It may be just the image a particular photobuyer needs this week. How can you let potential buyers know about such images in your stock photography files?
Here’s how you can make contact:
List all of your images on a text-based website, either your own or a database that provides you with your own web pages, like the PhotoSourceBANK. (See http://www.photosource.com/products/psb.php) Label your photos with highly specific descriptive keywords (describing each of your photos). Photobuyers seeking content-specific pictures enter keywords for their search, describing what they need. Example: housewife, in shorts, washing house windows
If you have a match or near-match, it will pop up on their monitor. They will find the photo’s source: you.
Anticipate how a photobuyer might search for a highly specific image. If you were a photobuyer that needed a photo of a pileated woodpecker in wintertime, you wouldn’t list “bird,” or “woodpecker, “ but “pileated woodpecker in winter.”
Search engines are a boon to stock photographers. Photo editors use Google to find photographers who have a hard-to-find or out-of-the ordinary photo need. More and more photo editors are learning they needn’t waste great amounts of time when they are looking to find highly specific images. . . In your metadata, by giving keyword descriptions for each of your photos based on what search words you think a photo researcher would use to find the photo, you can make more sales.
On your own website, or your personal web pages in a photo-search database, make your own “text” pages, listing 3 and 4-word descriptions of your photos. The “web crawlers” that capture information from the web, search personal databases as well as the massive, major ones.
If you get in the habit of entering brief descriptions of each of the marketable photos in your database (not only the main photos you feature at your site), you will have sales come your way.
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. Increasing numbers of photographers are putting text-based lists on the Web of the photographs they have available, either on their own web sites or on high-traffic photo databases like the PhotoSourceBANK (see www.photosource.com/products/psb.php). Photobuyers use such databases to find photos and to save research time. To receive the free report: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
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ON BEING PATIENT-- -- How I Gained Access to a Chinese Coal Mine After the Government Said No. For over two years now, I have been trying to photograph a coal mine in China to show the conditions of the miners. The coal mining industry in China has been called the world's most dangerous; it is reported to claim the lives of over 5,000 workers each year. SOURCE: Michael Coyne. BlackStar Rising http://bit.ly/3dyDPu
1 FOR THE MONEY, 2 FOR THE SHOW, 3 TO GET READY, 4 TO GET READY, 5 TO GET READY……..Designing Your Marketing Pieces - The single biggest mistake I see among fellow photographers is the urge to delay marketing until they have "just the right image" for a promotion. Sadly, the perfect image doesn't exist,
and even if it did, it would constitute a moving target. At some point you must set a schedule and work with what you have in hand. SOURCE: prophotoresource.com
http://prophotoresource.com/index.php/Designing-Your-Marketing-Pieces.html?Itemid=0
ERASER -- How Chrome users can scrub Yahoo logo off Flickr - Those of you who hate the recent arrival of Yahoo's logo on Flickr now have an easy way to erase it--and get a number of useful features--as long as you're using an edgy version of Chrome.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10375399-264.html?tag=mncol;title
WHEN TO AND WHEN NOT TO -- Embedded War Photojournalists Get New (Unclear) Rule. The Associated Press' controversial publication a few weeks ago of a Marine dying on an Afghanistan battlefield has prompted changes to the military policy governing the photographing of wounded or killed troops. The problem is, it's unclear exactly what the military has decided. SOURCE: NPR, Frank James
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/embedded_war_photographers_get.html
TAKEAWAY: This is a tough one. Especially for children. They see a cartoon figure being flattened by a beer truck; and movies where men and women (fictional) are dying (tomato juice makes good fake blood). And then see a news shot of an American soldier dying. Do they make the mental leap between which is real and which is not? Psychologists guess at the answer. As adults we know it’s going to affect different children in different ways. However, the source of the effect is something new to consider for photojournalists and their professional organizations to debate.
ARE WE STEALING THEIR BOOKS? -- A Copyright Complaint From China. Chinese writers are planning group action against Google for digitizing their books without paying them. SOURCE: Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, FORBES. http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/21/chinese-writer-google-markets-copyrights.html
DO YOU HAVE A BRAND? A couple of decades ago, it was common for American families to identify with the manufacturers of their cars. Everyone, it seemed, had an uncle who was proud to consider himself a Ford man, or a Chevy guy, or one of those oddball Mopar aficionados. The automakers played up their rivalries on the racetrack, too, which helped secure loyalty. And a cottage industry of insulting rear-window stickers was born.
Whatever will become of all that? SOURCE: Daniel McDermon, NYTIMES.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/whats-your-brand/
TAKEAWAY: This article reminds us that “branding” is important, in fact, essential, for stock photographers. Photobuyers get to know you by your subject matter. When they need photos in your specialized area, they’ll come to you. To change your “brand” (specialization) is a kiss of death. Choose your specialization wisely, and stick with it. -RE
TIME TO LOOK AT PODCASTING -- Apple turns to Twitter to promote iTunes music, podcasts, more Though it has long been a company that shied away from social media, Apple has recently decided to further embrace Twitter to promote new content on iTunes. As first noted by TechCrunch, Apple recently registered a number of Twitter accounts to advertise movies, music, TV and podcasts on iTunes. Earlier this year, rumors surfaced that Apple might be interested in acquiring Twitter in an all-cash deal. The Web site has gained a considerable amount of buzz and users this year as celebrities have made the site their home for personal updates. However, the rumor never materialized. SOURCE: Katie Marsal
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/20/apple_
turns_to_twitter_to_promote_itunes_music_podcasts_more.html
GET READY -- In the New Media World, Photographers Who Embrace Change Will Succeed. The digital revolution, while opening up exciting new channels of communication, is also rendering some of our pre-existing business models obsolete and forcing the redefinition of others. http://bit.ly/3puWoZ
WHY YOU SHOULD STICK WITH EDITORIAL STOCK -- How Art Producers Find The Right Photographer For The Project - Liz Miller-Gershfeld, VP and Senior Art Producer at Energy BBDO tells the important steps that go into finding the right photographer for any project:
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/10/16/how-art-producers-find-the-right-photographer-for-the-project
MOVE OVER STILL CAMERAS -- Radical cameras. Two new innovations in personal cameras: the Samsung DualView with screens on both the front and back of the camera, and Nikon's S100PJ, the first camera with a built-in projector. SOURCE: David Pogue. NY TIMES. http://bit.ly/Ru2Ns
VIDEO -- In the New Media World, Photographers Who Embrace Change Will Succeed - It was predicted at the recent Online News Association conference in San Francisco that by 2012, 95 percent of all online content will be video. Even if that figure proves optimistic, that is certainly the direction we are heading. And that presents opportunities for photographers.
http://rising.blackstar.com/visual-creativity.html#more-7067
TAKEAWAY: It’s time now to study the art and techniques of video production.
EARN WHILE YOU TRAVEL 11 Ways To Earn Cash While On Vacation.Want to earn a little cash while on your two-week vacation? Called a paycation, there are a number of ways to make holidays work for you, but it depends on how much time you want to sacrifice and what you intend to gain. Here are some options, in no particular order, that may suit your skills and preferences. (For more on saving during the holidays, check out Avoid Overspending This Holiday Season and Holiday Spending Or Spending Holiday?) SOURCE: Michael Kling/ALIBABA
http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100186267-1-11-ways-earn-cash-while.html
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]travelwriterml[dot]com
Request a sample copy... mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Humanitarian street photography
Mike Hutmacher: Today I stumbled across this photograph by a fellow named David Taggart, a wonderful example of great street photography, but with a profundity most street photography — particularly my own — seems to lack.
Usually altruistic photographers lean toward pathos in their images. Newspaper photographers love pathos, including yours truly, because editors and reporters do. Let’s face it, pathos is photogenic.. SOURCE: Mike Hutmacher Photo by David Taggart
http://www.photosource.com/halloween
What’s all this about “metadata” ?
Why is it important to stock photographers?
That’s the topic on the “Kracker Barrel” this week.
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DETECTIVE -- The PicScout Image IRC and ImageExchange Explained - PicScout has made waves in the stock photo industry this week with the announcement of a collection of new services. Designed to help buyers connect with the owner and license source of images they find online, the system actually has many more wide reaching benefits for the stock photo industry.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/the-picscout-image-irc-and-imageexchange-explained.html
MOVING UP -- WSJ circulation figures offer hope for publications. The Wall Street Journal has announced a growth in its daily circulation with figures presented to the Audit Bureau of Circulations showing a 0.6% increase compared to the same six month period last year.
TAKEAWAY: 0.6 growth factor? As former Minnesota Vikings QB, Fran Tarkenton, once said, “If you gain one inch… -it’s a gain, it’s not a loss.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/wsj_rising
_circulation_offers_glimmer_of.php
LAYOFFS -- Latest Condé Nast Layoffs: Vanity Fair, W - More title-by-title headcount cuts at Condé Nast are expected in October, after which decisions could be made to trim magazine frequencies, insiders said.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3iea9ebb170ad87d307e6ef346f5983b13
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THE SQUEEZE IS ON -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an anti-paparazzi bill making it easier to sue media outlets that use photos that invade celebrities' privacy. http://bit.ly/2XNwm6 . http://bit.ly/lOgug
BLACK PATHERS REMINISCENCE -- The Black Panther Party's most captivating and charismatic leader has been dead for 20 years, and the once-notorious black power group splintered apart years earlier. But those who gathered recently at the Oakland Library were transported back in time as women of the Black Panther Party rekindled memories and showed that the social-justice programs created four decades earlier still are very much alive. The program in Oakland, Calif. was offered as part of Black Panther History Month. Numerous photos, books, buttons and poster art provided by historian Billy X Jennings served as the backdrop. The West Oakland Library is hosting an Underground Newspaper Exhibit this month, and on Oct. 23 and 24, Laney College will host a Black Panther Party Book Fair and Teach In. For more information about Black Panther History Month events: www.itsabouttimebpp.com
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_135811
TAKEAWAY: Photos will be available to help educate the public about the Black Panther movement in the 60’s and earlier. Will photos of protest movements today be available to the public in 2049? Or will cameras and photos be banned?
Wireless
Watch
If you use the wireless capabilities on your laptop, be aware that
while wireless access points are great for convenience and mobile
Internet connectivity, there are some important things to keep in
mind:
1. If you're on a home or business network, you should use
encryption to protect your communications. Of your options, there
is WPA (WiFi Protected Access) and WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).
Of these two options WPA is the best.
2. Make sure you use both antivirus anti-spyware protection, as
well as a firewall.
3. Turn off Identifier broadcasting on your router.
4. Create strong passwords and change the router's preset password.
Stronger passwords are tougher to crack.
5. Define which computers can access your network.
6. Public WiFi spots might not be secure. Don't send valuable
information over this type of network.
7. Power down your WiFi network when you're not using it.
Questions? Write to me at: visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com
Nathan Segal, from Victoria, BC, Canada, is a writer/photographer who has also been active as a digital artist for well over a decade. For the past 9+ years, he has written numerous articles for computer and photographic magazines and has provided his own illustrations and photographs for the articles. His articles have covered : software reviews, tutorials, computer tips and tricks, profiles and investigative reporting. visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com; 1 408 844-4851
Get more done in less time and make more money at DigitalArtistU.com Check out our samples page to improve your photography and your results. http://www.digitalartistu.com/public/main.cfm
FAIREY TALE -- Artist Admits Using Other Photo for 'Hope' Poster. Shepard Fairey, the artist whose "Hope" poster of Barack Obama became an iconic emblem of the presidential campaign, has admitted that he lied about which photograph from The Associated Press he used as his source, and that he then covered up evidence to substantiate his lie. Fairey's lawyers intend to quit representing him, SOURCE: NYTIMES, Lis Robbins , http://bit.ly/19KPXa
President Appoints
IP Czar
On the October 13, 2008 President Bush signed into law the 25 page “Priority Resources Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008," which is more commonly known as PROP IP.
This law, among other things, created a new bureaucracy headed by an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position has informally been referred to as the “Copyright Czar” or “IP Czar.”
The duties of the IPEC under the Act are extensive, including the creation of a joint strategic plan to deal with worldwide counterfeiting and piracy, and chairing an Advisory Committee consisting of Senate confirmed representatives of government departments and agencies involved in intellectual property enforcement. An annual report must also be prepared by the IPEC and submitted to the Congress and disseminated to the public at large.
On September 28, 2009 President Obama appointed Victoria Espinel to the position of IPEC, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Ms. Espinel is an expert on international copyright enforcement. She was the first Assistant United States Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and served as the Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator on IP subjects. She has also served as an advisor on IP issues to various House of Representatives and Senate committees, taught IP Law, and is the founder and president of Bridging the Innovation Divide, a not-for-profit entity.
The Appointment has been praised by various rightsholder groups representing the photography, music, entertainment, and other affected industries.
© Joel L. Hecker, 2009
Attorney Joel L. Hecker lectures and writes extensively on issues of concern to the photography industry. His office is located at Russo & Burke, 600 Third Ave, New York NY 10016. Phone: 1 212 557-9600. E-mail: HeckerEsq[at]aol[dot]com.
INTRUDING? -- Photographer loses First Amendment claim in Oakland, Calif. An Oakland Tribune photographer who was arrested while taking pictures at an accident scene lost his civil rights case against the City of Oakland and several police officers recently. http://bit.ly/4y4vdY
TAKEAWAY: Sometimes the “shoot and ask questions later” advice doesn’t work. In this case it sounds like the ol’ standby, “The Golden Rule” might be the wiser decision for a photographer in this predicament.
ANSEL ADAMS NEGATIVES -- Glass negatives found at a yard sale in Fresno in 2001 are on their way to be proven as works of famed photographer Ansel Adams. SOURCE: James Olinger. http://bit.ly/4dpX2P
AN ANNUITY FOR YOU. Selling Your Old Photos - Building a portfolio of images is a little like creating an investment portfolio. It's an asset that should continue to bring in revenue on a consistent basis throughout the life of the
photographer. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/selling-your-old-photos
DIGITAL DIARY -- The Camera That Records Your Entire Life. Originally designed to help Alzheimer's patients, the ViconRevue is worn around your neck and takes pictures at standard intervals ranging from 30 seconds and up. SOURCE: Stan Horaczek PopPhoto. http://bit.ly/1glgcE
TAKEAWAY. 100 years ago, the biography of a person was recorded by a pen --- 100 years from now a digital device will have recorded a person’s life.
DUPLICATE PHOTOS - Image Comparer version 3.7 is getting smarter in assisting photographers with photo duplicates detection. This software is going to be extremely useful for professional photographers, designers and webmasters having sites with lots of images to manage.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/detect-duplicate-photos
IS FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ART? Charlie Finch: Reading the laudatory obituaries of Irving Penn (1917-2009), I asked myself why the work of this universally celebrated master always left me cold and came to the conclusion that it was because of fashion.
Penn himself seemed to chafe at his high status in the fashion world, lensing common objects, native peoples and ordinary people until the end of his life. Nevertheless, as with Avedon, there was always something chilly and removed about Penn's work. I put this to the artificiality, redundance and inauthenticity of the fashion world. One copy of Vogue resembles any other and particularly galling is the habit of fashion to dumbly look back on past trends and trendsetters and recycle them. SOURCE: Charlie Finch ART NEWS
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/irving-penn10-9-09.asp#
ART FORM -- 'Cell Tango' combines computer programming and photography at Wellesley College. Merging art with technology, conceptual artists George Legrady and Angus Forbes have transformed ubiquitous and often annoying cell phones into paint brushes for the 21st century. Jim Olson, the museum's coordinator of technology, said "Cell Tango" is "about the way people, technology and information intersect." http://bit.ly/3uj8Ek
"Just want to say a big THANKS!!! The FOLIO page looks fantastic! Thanks so much for your expertise. This is something I will be very proud of."
- Jeff March, Photographer, Aurora CO
Share The Experience Photo Contest | National Park Foundation. Share the Experience Office Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest It's anannual photography competition . December 31st. For details:
www.nationalparks.org/get-involved/photo-contest/
INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION -- Photo Contest Turns Lenses Toward Ocean Conservation - Project AWARE. Nov. 1st. The Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest launching on World Ocean Day, June 8, ... Simon Chance – Manager, PADI International Resort and Retailer ...
www.projectaware.org/english/templates/news.aspx?id=3673
BITS & PIECES. -- Hope, Glory, Manet, and McDonald's Wang Qingsong's elaborate, often parodic staged photographs riff on everything from art history to corporate logos to Communist propaganda. SOURCE: Barbara Pollack. ART NEWS. http://bit.ly/HJDvZ
TAKEAWAY: Reminiscent of the collages and montages of the 1920’s (Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso) with a little Andy Warhol thrown in.
PDN PhotoPlus
Coming up this weekend.
For info:
www.photoplusexpo.com
https://www.xpressreg.net/register/phot109/
regInfo.asp?h=&dt=10/17/2009
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING KEYWORDS – Carnegie Museum of Art will celebrate the photography of Pittsburgh icon, Teenie Harris. An exhibit documenting the work of one of Pittsburgh’s most influential 20th-century photographers might seem like a fitting project for a major Pittsburgh art museum, but there is a serious obstacle to overcome: the photographer’s negatives — of which there are nearly 80,000 — arrived at the museum without captions. http://www.pittnews.com/node/19665
TAKEAWAY: Most of the old-tyme pros seldom took notes, let alone kept keywords and captions. It just wasn’t in their M.O.S. They didn’t bother about captions, keywords, tabs. (Which could be an annuity for their future retirement). Here’s a situation what it means to you if you don’t recognize that future retirment income could be lost if you don’t meticulously add metadata to each of your marketable photos.
ARAB AND IRANIAN PHOTOGRAPHY – Paris Photo 2009. Carrousel du Louvre from 19th to 22nd November Paris Photo, the world’s leading fair for 19th Century, modern and contemporary photography will feature 102 exhibitors.
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=33992
Best Mountain Photos of 2009 Announced. . Banff Mountain Photography Competition. The competition was presented in part by the National Geographic Society
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/best-photographs-mountain/index.html
1861 - October 24 – The first transcontinental telegraph line began operation on this date, when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field, in California, sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, D.C. It cost the general public $6 to send 10 words from San Francisco to New York, and 75 cents for each additional word. The telegraph line was so successful that it quickly put the Pony Express out of business.
Marty Forscher, Who Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87 . Marty Forscher, whose intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera - and of the myriad ways in which photographers can unsettle them - made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country, died on Sept. 30 in Pittsfield, Mass. http://bit.ly/1SYb9F .
TAKEAWAY: Where have all the repairmen gone? Many of us remember seeing Marty’s small ads in Modern Photography, U.S.Camera, and other photo magazines.
Nat Finkelstein, whose photographs of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and the Velvet Underground are among the most famous images of Warhol's Factory and its revolving cast of characters, died on Oct. 2 at his home in Shandaken, N.Y. He was 76. http://bit.ly/3fXdGa
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Is A Model Release
Necessary?
Confusion abounds on this subject. My answer might surprise you if you are just breaking in to stock photography, and especially editorial photography where pople are depicted 95% of the time. And often the people you don’t know –strangers.
Here’s a rule: Editorial usage (book and magazine illustration) does not require a model release; but advertising, promotion, endorsement usage always require a model release.
It's understandable why there is confusion, when in spite of this, so many editorial photo editors in the favorite Photographer's Market directory say that they need a model release.
It helps to understand it from the photo editor's point of view…
(Photographer's Market is published by Writer's Digest, the same company that published my two books, "Sell and ReSell Your Photos," and "sellphotos.com.")
Any photo editor signing up to be listed in the Photographer's Market directory feels they’re well-advised to check 'yes' in the query square that asks, "Do you require model releases?"
Why?
There are two main reasons for this.
Photo editors do not like to receive an avalanche of amateur photos. By checking the Photographer's Market 'model release' square with "Yes," they figure this can be a preventative measure for them. Their time is valuable. They don’t like to train new photographers who are new to publishing. They’re lazy ...like most people. They’d rather stick with their veteran ‘standby' photographers..
It can eliminate much time-consuming and expensive work of reviewing tons of scanned images and CD's.
And the editors have a legitimate case. Most amateurs are not familiar with their First Amendment rights and the fact that model releases are NOT required for editorial use.
Photo editors, by stating that they require a release, are in effect eliminating extra work. The pro stock photographers know what's what, concerning editorial usage. They ignore the reference to model releases and submit their photos, with or without model releases.
Secondly, photo editors like their jobs. They choose to work with familiar and well-established stock photo professionals. But they're also always on the lookout for fresh new faces, with fresh material, from photographers who have educated themselves on what photo editors need and expect.
Photo editors who advertise in Photographer's Market can eliminate any legal hassle (imagined or otherwise) that might place their job in jeopardy, by checking the "Model Release" square to "cover" themselves.
Here's a secret…. You’ll find that photo editors at your editorial markets will welcome any non-released photo that matches their current need (when they are going to use it for editorial purposes).
Since photo editors at most publishing houses rarely deal with advertising or other endorsement-type assignments, it's rare that they ever need a model release. If they do ask for a release, it's usually because they are working on a project of a particularly sensitive nature, such as drug abuse, mental retardation, sex education, etc. In those cases, it would be appropriate to ask for a model or property release.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/modelrelease.html
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EVERYDAY PICTURES -- Keep up to date with what's going on in the stock photography category of editorial stock photography.
These are the photos that have a long shelf life.
These are the photos you see that depict everyday life in magazines, textbooks, books, and advertisements.
Check your local magazine rack...if you are taking the kind of unposed pictures you see depicted - and you have the insight and skill to take those pictures - you're eligible to be on the list of that photo editor. Learn how to market them.
http://www.photosource.com/
SELF DONE -- On demand book publishing. The Espresso Book Machine Version 2.0 was created by Jeff Marsh 10 years ago, and installed at Village Books in Fairhaven on Oct. 5. Photo by Lindsey Otta
Going to the local bookstore to find a favorite book just got much easier for Bellingham residents with the addition of a revolutionary print-on-demand machine to Village Books in downtown Fairhaven. It is the first of its kind to be installed on the West Coast. SOURCE Keegan Prosser
http://westernfrontonline.net/2009101311403/arts-life/on-demand-book-printing-debuts-at-village-books/
FLICKR AS MARKETING TOOL -- Ten Ways To Use Flickr To Market Your Photography Business - http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/10/09/10-ways-to-use-flickr-to-market-your-photography-business/
GETTING GOOGLE TO COOPERATE -- How To Make A URL Disappear From Google - Matt Cutts the head of the quality control at Google, aka the anti-spam department, explains it in the a short 4½mn YouTube video. The video also explains why Google is displaying the web page URL, even though with the robots.txt1 file, you have asked Google not to read that web page.
http://www.foto-biz.com/pmwiki.php/Seo/Robots-txt
WHERE IN THE WORLD? -- New travel photography collection lets readers pinpoint where each image was taken. Earthbound: A Rough Guide to the World in Pictures contains more than 250 images, as well as personal insights by the photographers. Use the latitude and longitude coordinates next to each image (also provided along with brief extracts from Earthbound). Type them into Google maps and the software will zoom in on the correct location. http://bit.ly/4Whhu
TAKEAWAY: This system will prove beneficial for the newcomer to travel photographer. Why? Photobuyers welcome any supporting info about the stock photo they are seeking.
DOSE OF NOSTALGIA -- Journey down Route 66 opens hobbyist's eyes. Sandi Wheaton always had an eye for old Route 66, so when she lost her job at General Motors in Detroit, she hit the road to snap some photos. Like 100,000 of them. She’s also taking photos of things along the way that catch her artist’s eye, particularly abandoned stuff — buildings, homes, vehicles. And she’s not passing up other Route 66 jewels, either, like a restored filling station/museum in Afton. Or that biker bar in Devil’s Elbow, Mo., where Wheaton said she left her bra. SOURCE: DAVID ZIZZO. http://bit.ly/UDZ6I
Read more: http://www.newsok.com/journey-down-route-66-opens-hobbyists-eyes/article/3407209?custom_click=lead_story_title#ixzz0Tgk2bfnM
SEIG HEIL ! -- The event that the world looks to bring understanding and friendship to the planet now wants to control picture-taking. The Olympics recently warned a photographer about sharing photos on the Net. Would-be photographers in the spectator stands at the Olympics should look over their shoulders before peering through the lens because a powerful organization will be sure to watch what they do with those snapshots. http://bit.ly/Jr4aS
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=citizen+photography
SNAPIXEL is a relatively new photo sharing service combined with a straight-forward buying and selling platform for stock photography. It's almost like Flickr got married to iStockphoto and they had a love child! http://bit.ly/4auztM
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=microstock+photography
LOOKING AT BEREAVEMENT - -- Bereavement Photography May Help Healing . Photos of a dying or dead baby or child are one way to help loved ones cope with the loss and begin to heal. "Parents say photos are important to them to prove the child existed," explained Tamara Scott, a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Ca http://bit.ly/3NDhjK
NOT GOOD NEWS AT NEWSWEEK -- - Tthe publishing giant could see a $1 billion ad
revenue drop for the 2009 fiscal year. Through August alone revenue dropped
$600 million from last year, and many of Condé Nast's properties have seen
double-digit decline.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/
more_conde_nast_buzz_newsweek_predicts_m.php
http://bit.ly/3NDhjK
SOCIAL JUSTICE? – “A Week of Peace and Social Justice Activities in Boston” . Afghanistan: Resisting Occupation and Fundamentalism - various locations around Boston between Thursday 10/15 and Monday 10/19. Zoya, a member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), is doing a whirlwind tour at multiple Boston area college campuses this week. No photography or vidography will be allowed at these events for security reasons and indicate that people with cameras will be turned away.
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/966
TAKEAWAY: How’s that again? No photographers allowed? Which century are we in? Whose security are they protecting? Do we see “Home Security” working in reverse here? -RE
Is That Software Real?
One of the fastest growing online scams concerns fake software,
sometimes known as fake anti-malware software, or "Rogue" software.
It's marketed by ads that simulate genuine software programs.
You'll encounter seemingly legitimate names such as: DriveCleaner,
AdvancedPCTweaker, PC Cleaner 2008, and many, many others.
Here are some things to know about rogue/fake anti-malware software:
When you visit one of these sites, you'll be encouraged to run a
scan on your computer for spyware. The scan will inevitably find
that your computer is infected with spyware (whether you have it or
not) and will try to scare you into paying for the software to
remove it.
If that software gets on your computer, it can cause all sorts of
problems. Your machine will almost certainly slow down, you could
encounter random popups, secondary infections and you could be
charged for additional "services" or software you didn't purchase.
Obtaining a refund is next to impossible because these companies
frequently change name and URL's. To make matters worse, you could
easily have become a victim of identity theft. If you suspect that
your identity has been compromised, file a report with the FTC.
In my book, http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8FV7_&m=1kbyPJ1WXIjbk5&b=QN3xAnFh9EZdruBf36QIHg I feature a bonus module which includes an extensive
report on computer security and how to keep yourself and your data,
safe. It also comes with a video showing you how to protect
yourself online.
Check it out at: http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8FV7_&m=1kbyPJ1WXIjbk5&b=2afQ_HGnhpXpcREnM7RSzg
Nathan Segal, from Victoria, BC, Canada, is a writer/photographer who has also been active as a digital artist for well over a decade. For the past 9+ years, he has written numerous articles for computer and photographic magazines and has provided his own illustrations and photographs for the articles. His articles have covered : software reviews, tutorials, computer tips and tricks, profiles and investigative reporting. visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com; 1 408 844-4851 (Cell).
Get more done in less time and make more money at DigitalArtistU.com Check out our samples page to improve your photography and your results. http://www.digitalartistu.com/public/main.cfm
Freelance Photographer’s Handbook
Freelance Photographer’s Handbook – Success in professional digital photography – Authored by Cliff Hollenbeck and Nancy Hollenbeck; these photographers operate a leading travel photography and film making business.
Together they own and operate Hot Shot Productions and Hollenbeck Photography—a flourishing film business and a still photography company. This is the second edition of this book and updated to include film as well as digital.
They did their homework on this book. It introduces the photographer to the “freelance” area of photography as well as providing many different strategies for a photographer in building his or her’s successful business in the digital world.
Chapter 1 Welcome to The World of Freelance Digital Photography, shows us the what, where, why of becoming a freelance photographer. The rest of book gives you the “how to”.
Chapter 2 Specializing - gives a general overview of subject areas that a freelance photographer might be interest in pursuing. “General” is the optimal word here – nothing specific, but enough to wet your appetite in a very large field. Such areas as advertising, commercial, fashion, fine art, photojournalism, sports, stock, and wedding areas.
Chapter 3 The Technology of Photography – is a bit more specific in its coverage of what kind of digital photo equipment you need to operated a freelance business – cameras, insurance, security, computers, computer programs as well as education. This chapter really reflected their real life experience in owning a photography business.
I thought Chapter 4 & 5 and 8 (Creating Photos That Sell, The Business of Business and Selling Your Photography) really reflected the heart of this book by showing you examples of saleable images, discussing “hobby vs. profession, getting a business off the ground, producing the product, providing the services as well as analyzing potential markets to sell your photography,as well as selling yourself. Very well written and illustrated.
Also, not to be outdone, Chapter 9 Your Portfolio, was a really nice touch from two great professional photographers. I loved “Best of Your Best” ideas in promoting your business.
And finally, Something I don’t see often enough – Resources, a full 18 pages of places to further your education and research, any of the subjects covered in their book. I would have no trouble in highly recommending this book to stock photographers as well as anyone wanting to enter the freelance photography field.-- jps
Published: Amherst Media, Inc., marketing[at]AmherstMedia[dot]com, Price: $34.95 – Amazon Price: $23.07
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584282665
Joseph Stanski has been an agricultural stock photographer for
the last twenty-five years. He has published in many
ag-oriented magazines as well as national publications. He retired as a
schoolteacher and is currently teaching photography and running his stock
photography business in Southeast Iowa. browncow108[at]lisco[dot]com
POLICE PARANOIA -- Amateur photographer is quizzed by police (for taking snap of the sunset). A photographer harmlessly snapping a sunset from his window was quizzed by police who feared he may be taking pictures of children. http://bit.ly/27ZK5v
DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA – A NEW exhibition opening this week at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, offers the chance to review some of the riches of its international photography collection. It aims to give an insight into aspects of the history of creative photography and, through a direct engagement with selected images, prompt consideration of why these works are now regarded as among the most celebrated in the medium's history.Documentary photographs entered library collections in the 19th century, but there was no separate curatorial department of photography in an Australian art gallery until the NGV established one in 1967.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26200316-5013571,00.html
CAMERAS FROM THE PAST. Are you a camera collector? These photo historians will share their knowledge. They founded The Photographic Historical Society to showcase
technical advances and share their interests and collections.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/
20091011/NEWS0201/910110324/1002/rss01
FOR POSTERITY -- In a new documentary, 12 Iraqi women gather in Damascus with a goal. They intend to learn photography, decide what stories to tell, then return to Iraq and tell those stories with their newfound camera skills. http://bit.ly/3JRHol
LEARNING TOOL -- Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone - Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos
from both their phone and their online library on www.photoshop.com The app is free of charge and offers tools such as cropping, image rotation, color
controls,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10371887-248.html?tag=mncol;title
PICTURE DETECTIVE -- PicScout Boosts Online Image Transactions. PicScout, has announced a strategic shift from a single source product company to a services company. RC serves as a fingerprinting index, metadata registry and API connection platform for agencies and image license holders.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/picscout-boosts-online-image-transactions-users-licensors
BIGGER THAN LIFE -- 35 Years of the World's Best Microscope Photography. Nikon honored 20 images this year including an anglerfish ovary, cotton fibers and fish scales.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/photomicrography/
CAMERA GROWTH – 'Frankencamera': A Giant Leap For Digital Photos? in that it runs on an open source operating system, allowing photographers to change the electronic guts of the camera by downloading applications. And what if a camera could do the same thing for focus — take three shots, focusing on different things in each frame, and merge them into one crystal-clear shot?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113692571&ft=1&f=1008
A TRIO-- --Antisdel, a Louisburg High School graduate, is now accompanied by her daughter, Kia Bondurant and her niece, Tressie Gilmore, who are also LHS graduates. The three photographers have combined their imaginations to use settings on site and around the city.The three women said they have definitely felt the effects of the bad economy, but that isn’t stopping them. Those aspects include not only being affordable for the Louisburg, Kansas City and surrounding areas, but also marketing themselves on social-networking sites like Facebook. Their Web site, www.antisdels.com features photos of everything from babies to weddings to the most popular — soon-to-be graduates.
http://www.herald-online.com/200910145302/news/community-news/women-pioneers-of-photography-celebrate.html
SEARCH SUCCESS -- Google's Web crawlers are popularly known as "spiders," but they might be more accurately described as bats - particularly when it comes to Google Image Search's attempts to identify and sort photographs in search results. SOURCE: John Lawlor in Business of Photography http://bit.ly/s5df6
PRINT ENDURES Big name editors discuss future of print - Despite the difficult times ahead for print journalism, panelists remained refreshingly upbeat about the discipline's future.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/
10/big_name_editors_discuss_future_of_print.php
DIGITAL TRAILBLAZERS -- 'Father of Fibre Optics' and digital photography pioneers share Nobel Prize in Physics. That you are able to read this article and view the accompanying picture is due in no small part to the work of the three scientists who have just been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. http://bit.ly/2xnVf
"I've enjoyed your organization for many years and plan to continue for many more."
- Russell Beanland, Photographer, San Antonio, TX
WHAT'S A PHOTO? -- Ethics as it relates to photography depends on the photographer’s intentions. It’s important to remember that distorting photos as an artistic pursuit differs from changing photos to discredit individuals or falsify information. At the same time, it’s difficult to determine the ethics behind photo manipulation because of the way that photos are read subjectively. Photography, after all, lacks a certain amount of objectivity in itself. The only thing that is certain is that the debate around photographic ethics will continue as technology continues to advance.
http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2003/05/technology/questioning-photo-manipulation/
TAKEAWAY: The discussion goes on...
ANIMALS -- Photo District News (PDN) and Kodak have launched " Best Friends: The Ultimate Animal Photo Contest, " which celebrates the art of pet and animalphotography while also raising money to help endangered and mistreated animals throughout the world. The contest is now accepting paid online submissions from amateur photographers, with part of the proceeds going to three animal and wildlife protection groups. Submissions will be accepted through Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Winners in each of the four categories will be selected by a panel of photography professionals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS139657+14-Oct-2009+BW20091014
Jini Dellaccio -- A look back at rock photography pioneer. Seattle photographer Jini Dellaccio, 92, re-emerges as the doyenne of 1960s rock photography in the Pacific Northwest. A sampling of her work is on the walls of Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. SOURCE: Michael Upchurch: mupchurch@seattletimes.com http://bit.ly/4BYDKy
Bolucevschi Vitali, has won the prestigious title of CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009, whilst CIWEM's Young Environmental Photographer of the Year is now 19-year-old Jordan Mary from Kent, England. http://dpnow.com/6345.html
Julius Shulman was a great architectural photographer-one of the greatest-but not many people know about his work, or indeed know anything about architectural photography as a whole. Director Eric Bricker is out to change that with his new documentary film, The Art of Visual Acoustics. SOURCE: Rebecca Pahle. http://bit.ly/O9DVO
Photographs of Native Americans from Oregon and Washington are featured in a new exhibit at Heritage University. "Festive Gatherings: Tribal Life on the Columbia Plateau, 1952-1957" is compiled from the J.W. Thompson Collection. The exhibit is on loan from the Maryhill Museum, which received the archive from the photographer's daughter, Lucille Munz, in 1997.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/13/heritage-photo-exhibit-to-feature-native-americans
“I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself...”
- Edward Steichen
1962 - It's the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy had received photographs from U-2 spy planes over Cuba that showed the Soviet Union installing nuclear missiles and launch sites. Kennedy went on the air live nationally on October 22 and announced that Cuba would be placed under a naval "quarantine" until the Soviets removed them. On October 28 Soviet Premier Krushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles.
Irving Penn, 92, a grand master of American fashion photography whose "less is more" aesthetic combined with startling sensuality defined a visual style he applied to designer dresses or fleshy nudes, famous artists or tribal chiefs, cigarette butts or cosmetics jars, many of them now-famous photographs owned by leading art museums, has died.
http://bit.ly/Fmy6z
Promotion…
What Works
In the fast moving digital world of stock photography you would think that an inexpensive way to promote your editorial stock photographs to photo editors at magazine and book publishers would be to place top photos from your photo collection onto a CD and send them off to prospective photobuyers.
It doesn’t work.
Reason? Photobuyers are known to stand over a wastebasket when they answer their mail. Unsolicited CD's most always are dropped into the trash.
Photobuyers are not known to look at the CD's of ‘unknowns.’
It’s called “Hope marketing.”
Don't despair, -it happens in all the creative fields: songwriting, script writing, fiction, music, dance and painting -- all of them.
However, as an “unknown” photographer, you have an advantage - the following four promotional tools are usually accepted by a photobuyer: postcards, magnets, calendars, and posters, in that order.
Postcards: There's no envelope to open, your pitch is on one side and a sample of your photography is on the other side. Standard postcard size will “pull” just as well as the larger postcard (that costs more to mail.) Some recommended places to find mailing lists of photo editors/art directors: freshlists.com (1 800 322-3985); adbase.com (1 416 960 4240); photosourcefolio.com (1 800 624 0266).
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/promotion.html
THE WRITE WAY -- The toughest way to sell your editorial images is the one faced by most photographers: you have to pitch your photos directly and unsolicited to photo editors. They look at dozens of portfolios a week and only rarely find images that they like enough to pay for. Fortunately it is also possible to try a different way in. Instead of trying to sell your pictures, you pitch a story - one that comes complete with professional-quality photos. http://bit.ly/P7mVu
COLOSSAL -- Tallest, Biggest, Tree Photo Ever - How Michael Nichols used three cameras and 83 frames on assignment for National Geographic: all for one photograph of a giant redwood. He set out to take a photograph of a full redwood tree. These redwoods are over 300 feet tall and they're not just standing in the middle of a vast desert.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html
FRUGAL FOTOGRAPHER – Ten Budget Photography Accessories You Can Buy at the Supermarket
If there is one thing photographers like almost as much as buying a new camera, it's buying little toys to go with it. Unfortunately, many of the more popular accessories - flash units, filters, and tripods- can be quite expensive. http://bit.ly/iMPLR
TAKEAWAY: Here’s my addition to Jeff’s list. My camera shutter mechanism sometimes gets lazy at 20 below zero up here in the wilds of northern Wisconsin. Solution: A sealable plastic bags with my hand warmer nestled next to my camera inside. A couple rubber bands wraps up this mini-heater altogether.
-Rohn Engh
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DESTRUCTIVE PHOTO -- This Insane Photo Actually Destroyed a Camera Lens (Delta 4 Heavy Launch). All camera settings are pre-set manually. No one is allowed closer than several miles from a launch. BEN COOPER PHOTO image: http://bit.ly/A3Gz6
THE PIONEER IS BACK -- Instant "Film" Photography has returned. Fujifilm recently Inc. announced the availability of the Instax Mini 7S Instant Camera and Instax Mini Instant Color Film to the U.S. market. The Instax Mini offers customers a sleek camera that produces great looking, high-quality, credit-card sized, instant prints. http://bit.ly/pB0AF
GOOD SHOOTING -- Shoot to live, not kill. This is what some 20 young men from disadvantaged communities will be taught to do, as they participate in the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) newly launched "Shoot2live" photography program which aims, in part, to combat violence.
http://bit.ly/3qRDAG
AUCTION TO SUPPORT PHOTO JOURNAL -- The journal, the Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, the Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource. Photography by noted national and international will be auctioned for the benefit of the Photo Review.
Date: November 7 at The University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102. The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today. Auction preview: November 6-7, 2009, University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
For more information: Stephen Perloff, Editor, 215-891-0214 info[at]photoreview[dot]org The Photo Review 140 E. Richardson Ave Ste 301 Langhorne PA
http://www.photoreview.org/auction.htm
GREAT PHOTOS -- Leaping Armadillos And Atomic Bombs: National Geographic's Greatest Hits As far as photo editing goes, this was a serious challenge. National Geographic just released a new book featuring 500 pages of their best
photography, http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/10/image_collection.html
YOUR POINT AND SHOOT comes in handy when you want to document your business and home assets for insurance purposes. Snap pictures of your valuables. Or, as an extra service to your assignment client, photograph his/her valuables as an extra bonus for them. Such documents become evidence for insurance agencies in case of loss.
ALL RIGHTS--… SHOULD YOU SELL THEM?: Only if the fee is substantial enough to justify giving up your resale rights. What to charge? Usually three or four times the fee you would charge that same market for one-time use for the same picture. Writers, by the way, for all rights generally charge half again as much as the same market would pay for first rights (for an article), if the market is in the top fee range. For a market in the middle or lower ranges their fee for all rights is two to three times the first-rights.
MAKING THE JUMP -- Is it time to stop assisting? - Jacqueline Bovaird asked photographers about their experiences just starting out….. how they knew they were ready, if they were right, and how they made it work. http://stone-thrower.com/2009/09/30/qampa-assisting-leap/
BIG BROTHER -- An art director’s job is to make sure you “get it right.” As a commercial stock photographer, you need to understand, you are not necessarily the author of your photograph. Here’s an article from Rising Black Star that brings home that point. “Understanding Your Art Director.”
“… - As group design director for a large U.K.-based publishing company, I've found that understanding the photographers I work with is an integral part of my creative process. . . “
http://rising.blackstar.com/understanding-your-art-director.html#more-6771
MOVE OVER PROS -- In Youth Sports Photography, It's Pros Vs. Parents - John Harte watched his client list of football clients plunge to just 5 players this season, from an average of 15 to 20. The reason? Harte says fans with DSLR cameras are offering photos for a much lower price than he can charge, or they are giving them away. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3id4b973c6ccee64b474d3cf1897dc9f04
GET SEEN, GET KNOWN -- Want Free Publicity? Join American Photo Flickr - American Photo has decided to start featuring the work of up to three photographers in their bi-monthly magazine. Want to gain some free publicity? It's easy to do.
http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/09/28/want-free-publicity-join-american-photo-flickr/
BUILDING TRAFFIC -- Google Analytics for Photographers: Landing Page Strategy - A landing page" is the page where a visitor enters your Web site. In this
video in my Google Analytics series, I show you my strategy for optimizing
multiple landing pages on my site to attract more traffic - and more
prospective customers. SOURCE: KIM LARSON
http://rising.blackstar.com/google-analytics-for-photographers-landing-page-strategy.html
TILT-SHIFT PHOTOGRAPHY DISNEY STYLE. -- Disney in tilt-shift photography. (Video)
http://bit.ly/lYjdu
VACATION FREE -- Selling Your Travel Photos - Turning Vacations Into A Business - 7 ways to sell your travel photos:
http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/09/30/selling-your-travel-photos-turning-vacations-into-a-business/
Travelwriter Marketletter
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: 71/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[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.
The question this month:
Who owns the copyright when you are shooting at a local basketball game?
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10317
THE SHARING MEDIUM -- Digital media is changing the face of photography. As the need to share photographs continues to grow, so does the technology to make photo-sharing easier. Ten years ago, photographs could often be found in photo albums or in the occasional frame hanging on walls, but today, people can be found crowding around camera LCD screens or logging online to see the latest birthday or holiday snaps. http://bit.ly/eyeRi
YES OR NO? -- Whether to take and then to publish photographs of injured, dead, and dying American Servicemen and women remains a deeply troubling and hotly debated issue. The most recent incident involved the Associated Press's decision to release, against the wishes of his family, a photo by Julie Jacobson showing a mortally wounded Marine, Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard, being administered to by his comrades in a frantic attempt to save his life. SOURCE : Camillo "Mac" Bica http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-All-Fair-in-Love-War--by-Camillo-Mac-Bica-091006-906.html
TAKEAWAY: Erich Remarque, in his book, “All Quiet on the Western Front” (WWI) writing about the reality of war, hoped to change minds. Still photos of the Vietnam War hoped to do this also. In today’s war, videos hope to accomplish the same. Also popular Hollywood films today (Private Ryan, etc.). The question though, is “Does it help?”
NEW AVENUES -- Newspapers – The New Magazines (UK). Simon Jenkins has been on a run of good form with his recent Guardian columns. His thesis is, basically, that newspapers should be staging everything from commercial fairs to sporting events and arts and book festivals. There is money in all of them. Newspapers should not be investing in fancy printing presses but in the "long-tail" economics of live enterprise, with the printed word as a mere core activity. http://timholmes.blogspot.com/2009/08/newspapers-new-magazines.html
TAKEAWAY: In an attempt to open new source of revenue, newspapers and music hucksters are learning to capitalize on established name-recognition. Photographers can do the same: workshops, radio programs, YouTube series, photo fairs, eCourse instructions, historical exhibits, how-to community events, photo festivals, teaching at local colleges and universities.
TWO GONE -- Restructuring Claims Two National Geographic Executives - National Geographic Magazine's top advertising person and a vice president in charge of National Geographic travel media are being let go.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3i505f5fdeedc76b427704d78a7e52be78
PHOTOS TALK -- This famous photograph, usually titled "The Scourged Back," was widely circulated by abolitionists and is one of the earliest examples of photography used as propaganda.
http://bit.ly/dGkHJ
Photographs may be more memorable than moving images, because they are a neat slice of time, not a flow. Each still photograph is a privileged moment turned into a slim object that one can keep and look at again. - Susan Sontag,
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER PRINTER – As a seven-year veteran of the event photography industry, Steve Immer of St. Louis, Missouri (Ingenuity STL). has built a solid base of loyal customers by consistently offering speed and reliability at every event he works. He brings his printer to every event; from celebrity meets to corporate seminars – whether the event is indoors, outdoors, or under a tent- knowing that he will be able to deliver any photos with reliability. Immer says, “We ship all of our gear in custom road cases, and even with all of the abuse that cases take during shipping, our printers work right out of the case over and over again.” http://www.mitsubishi-imaging.com 888-307-0388.
CHEAP PAPER -- Designer draws up digital camera-cum-punchcard printer - Instant camera photo paper is pricey, so a student designer based in San Francisco has sketched plans for two digital cameras which physically impress pictures into sheets of paper. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/02/punch_camera/
ACCURATE COLOR -- X-Rite announced ColorChecker Passport, an all-new solution for digital photographers working in a Raw workflow to quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, and maintain color control from capture to edit.
http://bit.ly/NumKk
BACK TO THE PAST -- How (and Where) to Develop Film in the Digital Age. The problem: "Pro" labs process lower and lower volumes of film, these days, which in some cases results in chemicals that are refreshed less frequently. They are also known to employ technicians who lack training, particularly with transparencies. There are a number of ways to get around this - but you'll have to use your people skills, learn to do things yourself, and probably forget about transparency film altogether. http://bit.ly/ZUete
SOME MATURITY SIGNS. -- You're a Real Photographer Now. In a day and age when anyone with an iPhone or a Flickr account can call themselves a photographer, it can be a little difficult to figure out when you've separated yourself from the pack to become a real photographer. But here are 21 clues that you've crossed the threshold from pretender to contender: SOURCE: PETER PHUN BLACK STAR RISING
http://bit.ly/411Hqd
TAKEAWAY: My addition: If you are a freelance stock photographer, when you come back from a shoot, you don't scratch your head and ask, "Now where can I sell these pictures?" Instead, you check with your target market photobuyers before you go out and find out their photo needs. This approach makes your accountant smile. -RE
TRIUMPHERATE -- Three Americans whose 1960s research laid the foundation for today's world of computerized images.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-nobel-physics,0,6386238.story?track=rss
TAKEAWAY: Wouldn’t it have been wonderful if these physicists had accomplished their digital outcome one hundred fifty(150) years ago? It would have eliminated toxic wastes, air polluted darkroom environments, dangerous stop bath chemicals, other chemicals injurious to human health, both through contact and from breathing, unsafe powders, toxic waste that adversely affect sources of underground drinking water. Yuck! What were we doing? -RE
"A note to let you know how much help your publications have been.
When I first began, your Sell and Resell Your Photos book was my bible
and guide in relationships with publishers, and a most important
reference in selecting which publication to make submissions. After
awhile I began putting words with my photography and began using your
same principles and methods to query publications for my photo/text
packages. Now, once again with a big shift in the market, I want to
thank you for your excellent CD eCourse on the changing digital market.
It's a winner! Thanks again for your continued work in this weird market."
Bob Grytten, Photographer, BG Associates, Waynesville, NC
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“Your eCourse contains a lot of great information, and it is clearly laid-out. It will be a great resource for photographers who are looking to get started in stock photography. My only concern is that it is only playable on the computer, and not on a regular DVD player. We are recommending your e-course to any photographers who we feel could benefit from it.
Ken Graham, director, Accent Alaska.
A veteran owned business. info[at]accentalaska[dot]com, www.accentalaska.com
NIGHT-WORK -- Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul's underbelly. Sevket Sahintas works the night shift driving his taxi around Istanbul, Turkey, from midnight until dawn. SOURCE: Ivan Watson and Yesim. CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/sevket.sahintas.
taxi.photographer/index.html?section=cnn_latest
SHY PHOTOGRAPHER -- Actress Jessica Lange, among the most photographed women in history, winced as a newspaper photographer recently took her portrait. Lange, 60, was preparing for the opening reception of an exhibit of her own camera work at A Gallery For Fine Photography, in the French Quarter. For the past 17 years she's been taking moody, black and white landscapes and genre scenes. SOURCE: Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune http://bit.ly/Gl3Gg
BREAST CANCER UPDATE -- The Faces of Light photography. The photo exhibit is just one way Melançon has worked to use his story as a way to bring greater attention to male breast cancer. He also is on the board of directors for the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and plans to continue community outreach. "We all know the theory about living in the present," he said. "But when you have cancer it is front and center." The Faces of Light photography exhibit continues through the month at the Tully Health Center, 32 Strawberry Hill Court, Stamford.
SOURCE: Christina Hennessy http://www.connpost.com/women/ci_13496986
SPECIAL SITES -- The Quiet Power of Micro Websites - “Days With My Father” is just one of several projects sites Phillip Toledano has created. It’s also one of many websites photographers in general have created to showcase a specific project, apart from their commercial portfolio sites. The projects often reflect creative ambitions, and the sites emphasize the work while barely mentioning the photographer. Self-promotion, in other words, is not the primary intent but executed well, project sites can lead photographers to new assignment opportunities, print sales, and offers for exhibitions and book projects. SOURCE: David Walker
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ie15251d6cf798d4feccacafeeda598d6
1997 – October 6th – Soviet war photographer Yevgeny Khaldei, best remembered for his pictures of Soviet soldiers hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag in Berlin at the end of World War II, died at age 80.
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Because you specialize…
You Can
Compete
The arrival of search engines has brought searching for a specific image much easier for photo researchers. New Internet searching features have been able to break down the former restrictions in the stock photography business and open it to any photographer with on-target quality images.
Before the turn of the century, photographers, like most other professionals, were “generalists” when it came to marketing their wares. That is, they put their ads in a trade magazine or the Yellow Pages, and based on their talent, marketing know-how, and luck, they conducted their business.
This made for extreme competition. Longtime pros were able to cling to their top position because they built a following based on their competence and expertise. Newcomers to stock photography found it difficult to surmount this unless they brought superb talent or an exceptional fresh approach to the marketplace.
With the turn of the century, the field of stock photography fragmented into targeted areas. The photographer who could photograph most anything for a client, the “generalist,” was no longer the top dog in the industry. Like in most other professions, photographers evolved to specializing; the trend was to develop an expertise in specific subject areas, such as aerial, sports, fashion, documentary, etc., and to go after a “niche.”
With the arrival of the Internet, all of this has changed, especially in the field of stock photography. The changeover comes to light especially when you look at the market from the buyer’s approach.
In our field of stock photography, a buyer turns to an image or images to get a point across, whether it’s for an advertisement, brochure, or textbook. Since our thrust here at PhotoSource International is from an editorial standpoint, I’ll address editorial stock photography.
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At the same time, the publishing industry has become more and more specialized. Type any topic plus the word ‘publishing’ in a Google search, and you’ll find that a magazine, book publisher, website, stock agency or other entity, exists for the sole purpose of supplying that interest area with information.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/compete.html
28 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Net Metering
No, I’m not talking about power company net metering programs for those of you (us) who have installed grid-tied solar electrical panels or other forms of local electricity generation (wind turbines, co-gen, etc.), but rather the possibility (some even say the eventuality) of Internet service companies charging by the gigabyte for Internet usage. In some areas, trials are being conducted where new users are presented a tiered service plan. The more bytes you want, the more it’s going to cost. After all, somebody has to pay for all the infrastructure. And, yes, this appears to be the result of a few spoiling it for the rest of us. You know who you are, the heavy downloaders taking advantage of movies and music available on the web. We went from really expensive (back in the day of 300 and 1200 bit dial-up modems) to cheap flat-rate plans, then inexpensive broadband, and now we’re coming around the bend toward metered Internet. By the way, the average Internet user consumes around 15 gigabytes a month.
Google Voice
Google Voice is a free web-based telephony system which allows one to set up a phone number which can ring any number of other numbers when called. It also offers many other neat features, including text messaging.
The question for the FCC: Is Google Voice an Internet company or a common-carrier service?
This is important because Google Voice blocks calls to certain numbers (those with high termination fees, like chat lines, for which Google Voice would have to pay much higher fees if it connected the call).
Under FCC rules for common carriers such as AT&T and your local phone company, all calls must be connected. But the rules are different for the Internet. Google has stated that it does block calls to certain numbers, and that to use its service, one must also have a "regular" phone service, and since it is a web-based application, is not subject to common-carrier rules. The FCC has opened an inquiry into whether Google Voice is restricting calls, and has asked for more information.
Bill Hopkins is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio, where photographers
display photos and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments to Bill via email. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel.
28 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
OUT IN PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHING -- Seven Tips for Taking Photos in Public Places - No one should expect privacy if they are out and about in a public place. That means that everyone is fair game to be photographed on a public street and in open areas like a
public park. But defining "public" can sometimes be tricky. SOURCE: PETER PHUN, Black Star Rising.
http://rising.blackstar.com/seven-tips-for-taking-photos-in-public-places.html
TAKEAWAY: If you’re an editorial stock photographer, test this one out. Here’s a way to get good co-operation from people in public. On your shirt or sweater, wear one of those black plastic badges, -the kind a deliveryman or a nurse will wear. It should have your name on it and your website or agency. They cost under $5. In addition to the camera you’re using, always wear another camera around your neck, not in your camera bag. Reason? If you look like a hobbyist, you won’t be taken seriously. People actually love to be photographed if there’s something in it for them. As Andy Warhol told us, “It’s their twelve minutes of fame.” (They know your picture will appear in print.). Test this out. Leave your extra camera and badge at home and try to photograph in public. You’ll feel naked.. -RE
MAKE, NOT TAKE -- Six Pro Photographers Share Their Most Guarded Digital Secrets - Great photos are made, not taken. Creating the perfect image requires a skill set that
includes a deep understanding of one's gear, the light, and the ability to
think about what story you want the photo to tell and how to communicate
that story through a captured moment in time.
http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/pro_photographers_share_their_photo_app_tips
28 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GREEN -- Environmental photography award. Drama of change along China's Yangtze River
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8322248.stm
POLLUTION IN CHINA -- Photographer Lu Guang captured the grim reality of polluted life in an amazing photo collection simply titled "Pollution in China". http://bit.ly/3kdoPT
PHOTO GIFT SHOPPING -- Photo retailers are preparing for photo gift giving through in-house photo kiosks to create personalized wrapping paper, calendars, holiday cards and other specialty items. http://bit.ly/NnBI7
28 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
RARE ARTIFACTS: LIBRARY BOOKS. -- School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history 'books'? "...I'd come in here during a free period, there'd be no one in here," says junior Caitlin Forest.
So the venerable boarding school west of Boston last summer undertook getting rid of most of the library's books. In their place: a fully digital collection. After reading about the plan last month in the Boston Globe, bloggers and commenters worldwide have called headmaster Jim Tracy a snob, a spendthrift and a book burner and even compared him to Adolf Hitler. SOURCE: GREG TOPPO, USA TODAY. http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-10-26-kindle-school-library_N.htm
PHOTO: Josh T. Reynolds
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SELL OVERSEAS? -- Pitching Your Photos to Foreign Markets - Now that any photographer anywhere can offer their photos to any buyer, competition has multiplied. While the US publishing industry continues its decline, the media in the developing world is growing at a cracking rate. According to a report published by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry and Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the newspaper and magazine industry in the sub-continent is now worth $3.2 billion a year.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/pitching-your-photos-to-foreign-markets
TAKEAWAY: Be sure to read the 30 September 09 issue of PhotoStockNOTES:
http://photosource.com/psn-article/worldmarket.html
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BEYOND GUESSING -- Free Online Stock Photography Income Calculator
A German stock photographer, Robert Kneschke offers in his Blog a free Income Calculator. Stock photographers can use it to calculate their projected earnings with stock agencies for this and the next year. "I calculated these data for years on my own and it helped me to base my business decisions on numbers and facts, not solely on emotions. I wanted to share this possibility" says Robert Kneschke. After entering some information like downloads and earnings so far this year and the size of the photographer's portfolio, the calculator shows the projected income until the end of this year and the next year. http://www.openpr.com/news/102814/Free-Online-Stock-Photography-Income-Calculator.html
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GAINING UNITY -- SAA (the Stock Artists Alliance) will merge with AVA, the world's largest affiliation of professional photographers - an umbrella organization representing five photographic associations and some 45,000 professional photographers worldwide.
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/Stock-Artists-Alliance-Joins-Worlds-Largest-Affiliation-of-Professional-Photographers
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CHEAPER BY THE CROWD-SOURCING -- The PR announcement said that Getty Images is “restructuring” its Creative business responsibility for wholly-owned photos. Recently, reports emerged that Getty Images was shutting down its wholly-owned shoot operations after photographer Greg Ceo wrote that the Seattle creative shooting team will be let go as of 31 December. Contacted by BJP, Alison Crombie, senior director of public relations at Getty, says that “Getty Images is not undergoing “layoffs”. We are in the process of evolving our Creative business, which has been affected by the many changes in the traditional stock photography business over the last few years.” She added that the Creative Team would now focus on finding and sourcing emerging original photography, “as well as evolving the way in which we work with our contributors.”’ SOURCE: British Journal of Photography. DAILY NEWS. http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=printer_friendly&print=870279
TAKEAWAY: Once upon a time, Getty Images decided it would staff in-house pros to take photos for Getty, so that Getty could enjoy full ownership of the images plus the profits, but the bean counters at Getty Images then found that the cost to develop, produce and take these images was much more than its budget would allow, so Getty has returned to the former system of letting the freelancers go out and take the pictures and let the freelancers foot the bill for the expenses of picture-taking. Crowd sourcing is now popular at Getty Images.
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Shutterstock has announced that all images and footage licensed from now on is covered by a guarantee that covers all the usual issues (copyright infringement, legal, administrative red tape, etc.) for up to $10,000 per subscriber.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/next-to-guarantee-photos-is-shutterstock.html
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DON’T GIVE UP ON MAGAZINES. You’ll be seeing more and more touchscreen tablet computers coming on the scene. Guess what consumers will be reading? Magazines. When the next generation of them hits the market, one of its highly anticipated uses will be as a full-color reader for books, newspapers, and magazines. Of those three, the main beneficiary may very well be old-style magazines. The black-and-white Kindle doesn't do magazines justice, and they never really quite translated to the Web. The magic of a magazine is all in the layout and the interplay of lush prose with stunning photography or standout illustrations. Prepare to see more and more of your images appear electronically rather than in paper print. SOURCE: Erick Schonfeld, Washington POST. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101801276.html
LAW ENFORCEMENT -- New Digital Forensics Magazine plans to be a Valuable Resource for Police Forces Around the World. A new magazine which brings together the latest news and findings from the digital forensics world is planning to become a valuable resource to police forces and digital crime fighting agencies the world over. Tony Campbell, one of the publishers of the magazine, and IT Security expert stated, "We're hoping that police forces around the world will become avid readers of the magazine. It will be full of content that they can learn from, keep up to-date with emerging digital forensics trends and discover new technology that will help them in their roles. And hopefully in future editions, they can contribute to the magazine from a law enforcement perspective." http://www.pr.com/press-release/187755
CANADIAN HISTORY -- Teachers get new history magazine. Canada's History Society released the first edition of Teaching Canada's History during the Manitoba Social Studies Teacher's conference.
"We recognize that classrooms are often the first place young Canadians are introduced to history, so providing educators with the resources and inspiration they need to make that first contact something that resonates with kids is one of the most important investments we can make," History Society president Deborah Morrison said. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Teachers-get-new-history-magazine-65790332.html
PRICING TEST -- Newsday to charge a high price for its online content - Newsday.com is planning to charge $5 a week, or $260 a year, which is a steep price compared, for example, to the Wall Street Journal, which costs $149 a year for an online-only subscription. http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/newsday_to_charge_a_high_price_for_its_o.php
TAKEAWAY: Pricing in any business is always risky. But one thing we know, “you can always come down in price, but it’s hard to go up.”
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Having a surge protector...
An important tool when working with a
computer.
It doesn't take much for an electrical surge to damage
your electronics.
Here are some things to look for:
A response time of 10 nanoseconds or less
The ability to absorb 800 joules, minimum
A failure light so you know if the suppressor is defective
Make sure the suppressor can block electricity from phone lines.
Make sure that you can feed cable outlets through the suppressor
Ensure that it has enough outlets in different sizes for all your components
Make sure that the warranty is honored in case of damage to the suppressor or your hardware
Make sure it has a UL stamp (Underwriters Laboratory) and complies with the UL 1449 specifications. Protection comes in 3 numbers, 330, 440 and 550. The lower number offers the best protection.
Finally, don't count on your suppressor to stop lightning. Unplug all appliances during a storm. Even the best surge protectors might not work under these conditions. You don't want to find out the hard way.
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27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
This is scary . . .
The door is creaking shut.. and only a lucky few will slip in.
Read on…
and I’ll tell you why.
and I’ll tell you why.
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quota for number of subscribers
to our marketletters, the
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and the
PhotoLetter
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the photobuyers who list with us,
– with avalanches of responses to
their photo requests.
In other words, our marketletters
work best for you –and– our photo
editors - if we limit the amount of
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We currently have some subscriber
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27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE FIRST ERA OF PHOTOGRAPHY. -- It's not an institution best known for its photographic collection, yet the British Library next week unveils an important archive of historic images which traces the development of the medium from its beginnings in 1839 to the early 1900s. http://bit.ly/23MRPG
THE CASE OF THE INAPPROPRIATE ALARM CLOCK -- A seven part examination of Depression-era photography and photo-fakery. SOURCE: Errol Morris. NYTIMES. http://bit.ly/1e8oMq
SEEING DOUBLE -- Brian May salutes a lost pioneer of early photography. -- Early stereo photography is a forgotten treasure house, and T. R. Williams was its master. SOURCE: The TIMES ONLINE. http://bit.ly/2l9ph0
WE WERE BRILLIANT, THEN. Did you have a Geocities site? Well, those of us that did were the only kid on the block. We were nerds, and the rest of the world giggled. But this month, Geocities died. But a grandchild lives on.
http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/26/geocities-dead-geocities-like
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MEDIUM FORMAT DIGITAL Mamiya debuts DM22 digital camera for under $10K. Mamiya has taken an important step to make medium-format digital photography more affordable to professional photographers who are feeling pinched by budgetary constraints. http://bit.ly/3Gqm2T
BETTER THAN CRAYONS -- Xerox Scientists Create Language to Describe 50,000 Colors to Computers and Printers. Xerox scientists unveiled Natural Language Color, a technology that translates detailed human descriptions of color, such as "brilliant yellow," into algorithms that tell a computer how to edit a specific hue. http://bit.ly/49JU9M
HIGH SHOOTER -- New angles with kite photography Scott Dunn captured this impressive aerial shot of the Statue of Liberty with his feet planted firmly on the ground. He did it by attaching his Canon PowerShot A570IS to a kite and floating it up 400 feet into the air. SOURCE: MAC WORLD. http://bit.ly/ZyLdD
WINDOWS 7 -- Tech addicts can now get their hands on the latest operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7. But is there anything special that photographers should look out for? Nick Odantzis: "“You can download Windows Live Photo Gallery and edit images, or create a panorama. If you use a laptop and like to download your photos to it Windows 7 will also give you more outdoor time because it uses very little battery juice thanks to a power saving features. For the more technical photographers, Windows 7 is also colour-managed and supports wide-gamut monitors so photographs will look how they should on screen.” http://bit.ly/3Qf5BE
PHOTOSHOP -- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 Beta Is Now Available. Adobe has posted a Lightroom 3 beta release that targets image quality and performance improvements. The public beta does not require a Lightroom license but it does have some system requirements. http://bit.ly/4EL8NL
FLAVOR FOR PHOTOS -- Atari Launches Its Social Networking Application With Creative Photo Editor: Atari Photo Sauce(tm). Available Through Facebook® Platform, "Photo Sauce" Adds Flavor to Photos with Colorful Stickers and Speech Bubbles for Instant Sharing with Friends. http://bit.ly/1WC8AG
PAINLESS SHOOTING -- Action Shooting Has Never Been Safer - The New Sniper-Strap "Steel" Comes With Insurance. SNIPER-STRAP(tm) "STEEL" is a new option of the SNIPER-STRAP(tm) "ONE". The photographer-designed SNIPER-STRAP(tm) system represents a major innovation in safety and comfort by allowing you to shoot faster and free of pain in the most demanding situations. http://bit.ly/2tn595
IT FITS -- Canon details Windows 7 compatibility. Canon USA Inc. has published a lengthy document stating the compatibility of its products with Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system. http://bit.ly/20FSIM
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE NEW CULT -- Breakout Year For Twitter At PhotoPlus. At the 2008 PhotoPlus Expo, most people hadn't heard of Twitter. A year later, it has a cult following of photographers who use it for networking, self-promotion and self-expression. http://bit.ly/32SToY
GAINING IMPORTANCE -- Stats confirm social media drives traffic to news websites - Statistics revealed by Huffington Post CEO, Eric Hippeau, show that Facebook referrals
to the aggregation website were up 48% since its launch, and has accounted
for 3.5 million visits. The Huffington Post had topped the Washington Post
with the number of unique visitors to its website last week.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2009/10/stats_confirm_facebook_boosts_traffic_to.php
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
POST YOUR VIDEOS -- Vimeo Makes a Splash with Desktop Uploader. One of the biggest success stories to emerge out of the Digital SLR/HD video boom is video-sharing site Vimeo. Once just a shadow to online giant YouTube, Vimeo has ridden the wave of popularity of HD-DSLRs by providing an easy way for photographers to post their high-def videos. http://bit.ly/44TP9B
FROM FOOTAGE TO PHOTOS: Howard Katz tries to keep his students ahead of industry trends and, seeing the blurring line between industries, he tells film students to take courses on photography. Photo by Tyrone Walker, SOURCE: Charleston Post Courier .
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/26/creative-class/
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"I appreciate the timely turnaround on the photo request! I'm blown away, really.
Thanks!"
- Christopher Sienko, Photobuyer, Publications International, Lincolnwood, IL
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
read more. . .
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=photography+advertising
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Norman Rockwell: The Original King of the Photoshop [Photography]
Back when Norman Rockwell ruled Saturday evenings, Adobe wasn't even a
gleam in some nerd's eye, but a new book shows that the painter was,
nevertheless, a Photoshop god.
http://gizmodo.com/5389780/norman-rockwell-the-original-king-of-the-photoshop
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE RIGHT WAY -- Boosting Your Income With Strategic Estimating. Advertising photographer Jeff Sedlik's seminar, Strategic Estimating, was about how NOT to be a starving artist. And it boiled down to this: protect your copyright, negotiate strategically, communicate clearly, and get all of your agreements in writing. http://bit.ly/1QJTk5
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SAY CHEESE -- White House Photographer Talks About Covering Obama Kids. White House photographer Pete Souza and his staff are taking plenty of pictures of the Obama daughters. You're just not going to see them for a decade or so. Photo: Pete Souza; SOURCE: Daryl Lang, PHOTO DISTRIC NEWS. http://bit.ly/EFOVO
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Personal moments of breast cancer survivors will be on display in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. SOURCE: MIAMI HERALD, For more info: www.hairbecausewecare.com EILEEN SOLER / FOR THE MIAMI HERALD Information: 954-357-7443. BY SHANNON PEASE
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/communities/hollywood-hallandale/story/1285349.html
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
On success:
"If you've got no responsibility and don't have to generate a certain amount of cash each month, and can live on a shoestring, and are ambitious enough, then you might have a chance.
"You can be dedicated but that is no guarantee that you'll make it. I rely on a hunch, little luck, and some cunning." -
Elliott Erwitt , Photographer
27 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1930 - The first successful aerial photographs were published.
1931 - October 7 - An infrared photograph (of a large group of people) taken in the dark with a short exposure was made in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY.
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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by employing metadata. . . . ,
You’ll Sell
Your Photos
Is it possible to sell those images in your photo files that are outside of your main photo specialization areas?
Yes, thanks to the Internet, search engines have now made this possible. Example: You may be known as a healthcare photographer, but you have an outstanding picture of a particular waterfall in Montana – in the wintertime. It may be just the image a particular photobuyer needs this week. How can you let potential buyers know about such images in your stock photography files?
Here’s how you can make contact:
List all of your images on a text-based website, either your own or a database that provides you with your own web pages, like the PhotoSourceBANK. (See http://www.photosource.com/products/psb.php) Label your photos with highly specific descriptive keywords (describing each of your photos). Photobuyers seeking content-specific pictures enter keywords for their search, describing what they need. Example: housewife, in shorts, washing house windows
If you have a match or near-match, it will pop up on their monitor. They will find the photo’s source: you.
Anticipate how a photobuyer might search for a highly specific image. If you were a photobuyer that needed a photo of a pileated woodpecker in wintertime, you wouldn’t list “bird,” or “woodpecker, “ but “pileated woodpecker in winter.”
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Search engines are a boon to stock photographers. Photo editors use Google to find photographers who have a hard-to-find or out-of-the ordinary photo need. More and more photo editors are learning they needn’t waste great amounts of time when they are looking to find highly specific images. . . In your metadata, by giving keyword descriptions for each of your photos based on what search words you think a photo researcher would use to find the photo, you can make more sales.
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On your own website, or your personal web pages in a photo-search database, make your own “text” pages, listing 3 and 4-word descriptions of your photos. The “web crawlers” that capture information from the web, search personal databases as well as the massive, major ones.
WHO WILL BUY MY PHOTOS?
If you get in the habit of entering brief descriptions of each of the marketable photos in your database (not only the main photos you feature at your site), you will have sales come your way.
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. Increasing numbers of photographers are putting text-based lists on the Web of the photographs they have available, either on their own web sites or on high-traffic photo databases like the PhotoSourceBANK (see www.photosource.com/products/psb.php). Photobuyers use such databases to find photos and to save research time. To receive the free report: “8 Steps to Becoming a Published Photographer,” visit http://www.sellphotos.com
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Company HOBBY FARMS MAGAZINE
Name: Krissa Smith, Assistant Editor
E-mail: ksmith[at]bowtieinc[dot]com
Replaces:
Name: Karen Keb Acevedo
E-mail: kkeb[at]bowtieinc[dot]com
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ON BEING PATIENT-- -- How I Gained Access to a Chinese Coal Mine After the Government Said No. For over two years now, I have been trying to photograph a coal mine in China to show the conditions of the miners. The coal mining industry in China has been called the world's most dangerous; it is reported to claim the lives of over 5,000 workers each year. SOURCE: Michael Coyne. BlackStar Rising http://bit.ly/3dyDPu
1 FOR THE MONEY, 2 FOR THE SHOW, 3 TO GET READY, 4 TO GET READY, 5 TO GET READY……..Designing Your Marketing Pieces - The single biggest mistake I see among fellow photographers is the urge to delay marketing until they have "just the right image" for a promotion. Sadly, the perfect image doesn't exist,
and even if it did, it would constitute a moving target. At some point you must set a schedule and work with what you have in hand. SOURCE: prophotoresource.com
http://prophotoresource.com/index.php/Designing-Your-Marketing-Pieces.html?Itemid=0
ERASER -- How Chrome users can scrub Yahoo logo off Flickr - Those of you who hate the recent arrival of Yahoo's logo on Flickr now have an easy way to erase it--and get a number of useful features--as long as you're using an edgy version of Chrome.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10375399-264.html?tag=mncol;title
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHEN TO AND WHEN NOT TO -- Embedded War Photojournalists Get New (Unclear) Rule. The Associated Press' controversial publication a few weeks ago of a Marine dying on an Afghanistan battlefield has prompted changes to the military policy governing the photographing of wounded or killed troops. The problem is, it's unclear exactly what the military has decided. SOURCE: NPR, Frank James
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/10/embedded_war_photographers_get.html
TAKEAWAY: This is a tough one. Especially for children. They see a cartoon figure being flattened by a beer truck; and movies where men and women (fictional) are dying (tomato juice makes good fake blood). And then see a news shot of an American soldier dying. Do they make the mental leap between which is real and which is not? Psychologists guess at the answer. As adults we know it’s going to affect different children in different ways. However, the source of the effect is something new to consider for photojournalists and their professional organizations to debate.
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ARE WE STEALING THEIR BOOKS? -- A Copyright Complaint From China. Chinese writers are planning group action against Google for digitizing their books without paying them. SOURCE: Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, FORBES. http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/21/chinese-writer-google-markets-copyrights.html
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DO YOU HAVE A BRAND? A couple of decades ago, it was common for American families to identify with the manufacturers of their cars. Everyone, it seemed, had an uncle who was proud to consider himself a Ford man, or a Chevy guy, or one of those oddball Mopar aficionados. The automakers played up their rivalries on the racetrack, too, which helped secure loyalty. And a cottage industry of insulting rear-window stickers was born.
Whatever will become of all that? SOURCE: Daniel McDermon, NYTIMES.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/whats-your-brand/
TAKEAWAY: This article reminds us that “branding” is important, in fact, essential, for stock photographers. Photobuyers get to know you by your subject matter. When they need photos in your specialized area, they’ll come to you. To change your “brand” (specialization) is a kiss of death. Choose your specialization wisely, and stick with it. -RE
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TIME TO LOOK AT PODCASTING -- Apple turns to Twitter to promote iTunes music, podcasts, more Though it has long been a company that shied away from social media, Apple has recently decided to further embrace Twitter to promote new content on iTunes. As first noted by TechCrunch, Apple recently registered a number of Twitter accounts to advertise movies, music, TV and podcasts on iTunes. Earlier this year, rumors surfaced that Apple might be interested in acquiring Twitter in an all-cash deal. The Web site has gained a considerable amount of buzz and users this year as celebrities have made the site their home for personal updates. However, the rumor never materialized. SOURCE: Katie Marsal
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/20/apple_
turns_to_twitter_to_promote_itunes_music_podcasts_more.html
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GET READY -- In the New Media World, Photographers Who Embrace Change Will Succeed. The digital revolution, while opening up exciting new channels of communication, is also rendering some of our pre-existing business models obsolete and forcing the redefinition of others. http://bit.ly/3puWoZ
WHY YOU SHOULD STICK WITH EDITORIAL STOCK -- How Art Producers Find The Right Photographer For The Project - Liz Miller-Gershfeld, VP and Senior Art Producer at Energy BBDO tells the important steps that go into finding the right photographer for any project:
http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2009/10/16/how-art-producers-find-the-right-photographer-for-the-project
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MOVE OVER STILL CAMERAS -- Radical cameras. Two new innovations in personal cameras: the Samsung DualView with screens on both the front and back of the camera, and Nikon's S100PJ, the first camera with a built-in projector. SOURCE: David Pogue. NY TIMES. http://bit.ly/Ru2Ns
VIDEO -- In the New Media World, Photographers Who Embrace Change Will Succeed - It was predicted at the recent Online News Association conference in San Francisco that by 2012, 95 percent of all online content will be video. Even if that figure proves optimistic, that is certainly the direction we are heading. And that presents opportunities for photographers.
http://rising.blackstar.com/visual-creativity.html#more-7067
TAKEAWAY: It’s time now to study the art and techniques of video production.
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
EARN WHILE YOU TRAVEL 11 Ways To Earn Cash While On Vacation.Want to earn a little cash while on your two-week vacation? Called a paycation, there are a number of ways to make holidays work for you, but it depends on how much time you want to sacrifice and what you intend to gain. Here are some options, in no particular order, that may suit your skills and preferences. (For more on saving during the holidays, check out Avoid Overspending This Holiday Season and Holiday Spending Or Spending Holiday?) SOURCE: Michael Kling/ALIBABA
http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/entrepreneur/100186267-1-11-ways-earn-cash-while.html
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Request a sample copy... mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Humanitarian street photography
Mike Hutmacher: Today I stumbled across this photograph by a fellow named David Taggart, a wonderful example of great street photography, but with a profundity most street photography — particularly my own — seems to lack.
Usually altruistic photographers lean toward pathos in their images. Newspaper photographers love pathos, including yours truly, because editors and reporters do. Let’s face it, pathos is photogenic.. SOURCE: Mike Hutmacher Photo by David Taggart
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
What’s all this about “metadata” ?
Why is it important to stock photographers?
That’s the topic on the “Kracker Barrel” this week.
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21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DETECTIVE -- The PicScout Image IRC and ImageExchange Explained - PicScout has made waves in the stock photo industry this week with the announcement of a collection of new services. Designed to help buyers connect with the owner and license source of images they find online, the system actually has many more wide reaching benefits for the stock photo industry.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/the-picscout-image-irc-and-imageexchange-explained.html
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MOVING UP -- WSJ circulation figures offer hope for publications. The Wall Street Journal has announced a growth in its daily circulation with figures presented to the Audit Bureau of Circulations showing a 0.6% increase compared to the same six month period last year.
TAKEAWAY: 0.6 growth factor? As former Minnesota Vikings QB, Fran Tarkenton, once said, “If you gain one inch… -it’s a gain, it’s not a loss.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/wsj_rising
_circulation_offers_glimmer_of.php
LAYOFFS -- Latest Condé Nast Layoffs: Vanity Fair, W - More title-by-title headcount cuts at Condé Nast are expected in October, after which decisions could be made to trim magazine frequencies, insiders said.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3iea9ebb170ad87d307e6ef346f5983b13
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE SQUEEZE IS ON -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an anti-paparazzi bill making it easier to sue media outlets that use photos that invade celebrities' privacy. http://bit.ly/2XNwm6 . http://bit.ly/lOgug
BLACK PATHERS REMINISCENCE -- The Black Panther Party's most captivating and charismatic leader has been dead for 20 years, and the once-notorious black power group splintered apart years earlier. But those who gathered recently at the Oakland Library were transported back in time as women of the Black Panther Party rekindled memories and showed that the social-justice programs created four decades earlier still are very much alive. The program in Oakland, Calif. was offered as part of Black Panther History Month. Numerous photos, books, buttons and poster art provided by historian Billy X Jennings served as the backdrop. The West Oakland Library is hosting an Underground Newspaper Exhibit this month, and on Oct. 23 and 24, Laney College will host a Black Panther Party Book Fair and Teach In. For more information about Black Panther History Month events: www.itsabouttimebpp.com
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_135811
TAKEAWAY: Photos will be available to help educate the public about the Black Panther movement in the 60’s and earlier. Will photos of protest movements today be available to the public in 2049? Or will cameras and photos be banned?
21 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Wireless
Watch
If you use the wireless capabilities on your laptop, be aware that
while wireless access points are great for convenience and mobile
Internet connectivity, there are some important things to keep in
mind:
1. If you're on a home or business network, you should use
encryption to protect your communications. Of your options, there
is WPA (WiFi Protected Access) and WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).
Of these two options WPA is the best.
2. Make sure you use both antivirus anti-spyware protection, as
well as a firewall.
3. Turn off Identifier broadcasting on your router.
4. Create strong passwords and change the router's preset password.
Stronger passwords are tougher to crack.
5. Define which computers can access your network.
6. Public WiFi spots might not be secure. Don't send valuable
information over this type of network.
7. Power down your WiFi network when you're not using it.
Questions? Write to me at: visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com
Nathan Segal, from Victoria, BC, Canada, is a writer/photographer who has also been active as a digital artist for well over a decade. For the past 9+ years, he has written numerous articles for computer and photographic magazines and has provided his own illustrations and photographs for the articles. His articles have covered : software reviews, tutorials, computer tips and tricks, profiles and investigative reporting. visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com; 1 408 844-4851
Get more done in less time and make more money at DigitalArtistU.com Check out our samples page to improve your photography and your results. http://www.digitalartistu.com/public/main.cfm
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FAIREY TALE -- Artist Admits Using Other Photo for 'Hope' Poster. Shepard Fairey, the artist whose "Hope" poster of Barack Obama became an iconic emblem of the presidential campaign, has admitted that he lied about which photograph from The Associated Press he used as his source, and that he then covered up evidence to substantiate his lie. Fairey's lawyers intend to quit representing him, SOURCE: NYTIMES, Lis Robbins , http://bit.ly/19KPXa
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
President Appoints
IP Czar
On the October 13, 2008 President Bush signed into law the 25 page “Priority Resources Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008," which is more commonly known as PROP IP.
This law, among other things, created a new bureaucracy headed by an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position has informally been referred to as the “Copyright Czar” or “IP Czar.”
The duties of the IPEC under the Act are extensive, including the creation of a joint strategic plan to deal with worldwide counterfeiting and piracy, and chairing an Advisory Committee consisting of Senate confirmed representatives of government departments and agencies involved in intellectual property enforcement. An annual report must also be prepared by the IPEC and submitted to the Congress and disseminated to the public at large.
On September 28, 2009 President Obama appointed Victoria Espinel to the position of IPEC, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Ms. Espinel is an expert on international copyright enforcement. She was the first Assistant United States Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and served as the Chief U.S. Trade Negotiator on IP subjects. She has also served as an advisor on IP issues to various House of Representatives and Senate committees, taught IP Law, and is the founder and president of Bridging the Innovation Divide, a not-for-profit entity.
The Appointment has been praised by various rightsholder groups representing the photography, music, entertainment, and other affected industries.
© Joel L. Hecker, 2009
Attorney Joel L. Hecker lectures and writes extensively on issues of concern to the photography industry. His office is located at Russo & Burke, 600 Third Ave, New York NY 10016. Phone: 1 212 557-9600. E-mail: HeckerEsq[at]aol[dot]com.
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
INTRUDING? -- Photographer loses First Amendment claim in Oakland, Calif. An Oakland Tribune photographer who was arrested while taking pictures at an accident scene lost his civil rights case against the City of Oakland and several police officers recently. http://bit.ly/4y4vdY
TAKEAWAY: Sometimes the “shoot and ask questions later” advice doesn’t work. In this case it sounds like the ol’ standby, “The Golden Rule” might be the wiser decision for a photographer in this predicament.
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ANSEL ADAMS NEGATIVES -- Glass negatives found at a yard sale in Fresno in 2001 are on their way to be proven as works of famed photographer Ansel Adams. SOURCE: James Olinger. http://bit.ly/4dpX2P
AN ANNUITY FOR YOU. Selling Your Old Photos - Building a portfolio of images is a little like creating an investment portfolio. It's an asset that should continue to bring in revenue on a consistent basis throughout the life of the
photographer. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/selling-your-old-photos
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DIGITAL DIARY -- The Camera That Records Your Entire Life. Originally designed to help Alzheimer's patients, the ViconRevue is worn around your neck and takes pictures at standard intervals ranging from 30 seconds and up. SOURCE: Stan Horaczek PopPhoto. http://bit.ly/1glgcE
TAKEAWAY. 100 years ago, the biography of a person was recorded by a pen --- 100 years from now a digital device will have recorded a person’s life.
DUPLICATE PHOTOS - Image Comparer version 3.7 is getting smarter in assisting photographers with photo duplicates detection. This software is going to be extremely useful for professional photographers, designers and webmasters having sites with lots of images to manage.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/detect-duplicate-photos
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
IS FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ART? Charlie Finch: Reading the laudatory obituaries of Irving Penn (1917-2009), I asked myself why the work of this universally celebrated master always left me cold and came to the conclusion that it was because of fashion.
Penn himself seemed to chafe at his high status in the fashion world, lensing common objects, native peoples and ordinary people until the end of his life. Nevertheless, as with Avedon, there was always something chilly and removed about Penn's work. I put this to the artificiality, redundance and inauthenticity of the fashion world. One copy of Vogue resembles any other and particularly galling is the habit of fashion to dumbly look back on past trends and trendsetters and recycle them. SOURCE: Charlie Finch ART NEWS
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/finch/irving-penn10-9-09.asp#
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ART FORM -- 'Cell Tango' combines computer programming and photography at Wellesley College. Merging art with technology, conceptual artists George Legrady and Angus Forbes have transformed ubiquitous and often annoying cell phones into paint brushes for the 21st century. Jim Olson, the museum's coordinator of technology, said "Cell Tango" is "about the way people, technology and information intersect." http://bit.ly/3uj8Ek
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"Just want to say a big THANKS!!! The FOLIO page looks fantastic! Thanks so much for your expertise. This is something I will be very proud of."
- Jeff March, Photographer, Aurora CO
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Share The Experience Photo Contest | National Park Foundation. Share the Experience Office Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest It's anannual photography competition . December 31st. For details:
www.nationalparks.org/get-involved/photo-contest/
INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION -- Photo Contest Turns Lenses Toward Ocean Conservation - Project AWARE. Nov. 1st. The Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest launching on World Ocean Day, June 8, ... Simon Chance – Manager, PADI International Resort and Retailer ...
www.projectaware.org/english/templates/news.aspx?id=3673
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BITS & PIECES. -- Hope, Glory, Manet, and McDonald's Wang Qingsong's elaborate, often parodic staged photographs riff on everything from art history to corporate logos to Communist propaganda. SOURCE: Barbara Pollack. ART NEWS. http://bit.ly/HJDvZ
TAKEAWAY: Reminiscent of the collages and montages of the 1920’s (Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso) with a little Andy Warhol thrown in.
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PDN PhotoPlus
Coming up this weekend.
For info:
www.photoplusexpo.com
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20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE CASE OF THE MISSING KEYWORDS – Carnegie Museum of Art will celebrate the photography of Pittsburgh icon, Teenie Harris. An exhibit documenting the work of one of Pittsburgh’s most influential 20th-century photographers might seem like a fitting project for a major Pittsburgh art museum, but there is a serious obstacle to overcome: the photographer’s negatives — of which there are nearly 80,000 — arrived at the museum without captions. http://www.pittnews.com/node/19665
TAKEAWAY: Most of the old-tyme pros seldom took notes, let alone kept keywords and captions. It just wasn’t in their M.O.S. They didn’t bother about captions, keywords, tabs. (Which could be an annuity for their future retirement). Here’s a situation what it means to you if you don’t recognize that future retirment income could be lost if you don’t meticulously add metadata to each of your marketable photos.
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ARAB AND IRANIAN PHOTOGRAPHY – Paris Photo 2009. Carrousel du Louvre from 19th to 22nd November Paris Photo, the world’s leading fair for 19th Century, modern and contemporary photography will feature 102 exhibitors.
http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=33992
Best Mountain Photos of 2009 Announced. . Banff Mountain Photography Competition. The competition was presented in part by the National Geographic Society
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/photogalleries/best-photographs-mountain/index.html
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1861 - October 24 – The first transcontinental telegraph line began operation on this date, when U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Johnson Field, in California, sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, D.C. It cost the general public $6 to send 10 words from San Francisco to New York, and 75 cents for each additional word. The telegraph line was so successful that it quickly put the Pony Express out of business.
20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Marty Forscher, Who Tended Cameras and Owners, Dies at 87 . Marty Forscher, whose intimate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the camera - and of the myriad ways in which photographers can unsettle them - made him for decades the most sought-after camera repairman in the country, died on Sept. 30 in Pittsfield, Mass. http://bit.ly/1SYb9F .
TAKEAWAY: Where have all the repairmen gone? Many of us remember seeing Marty’s small ads in Modern Photography, U.S.Camera, and other photo magazines.
Nat Finkelstein, whose photographs of Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick and the Velvet Underground are among the most famous images of Warhol's Factory and its revolving cast of characters, died on Oct. 2 at his home in Shandaken, N.Y. He was 76. http://bit.ly/3fXdGa
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Is A Model Release
Necessary?
Confusion abounds on this subject. My answer might surprise you if you are just breaking in to stock photography, and especially editorial photography where pople are depicted 95% of the time. And often the people you don’t know –strangers.
Here’s a rule: Editorial usage (book and magazine illustration) does not require a model release; but advertising, promotion, endorsement usage always require a model release.
It's understandable why there is confusion, when in spite of this, so many editorial photo editors in the favorite Photographer's Market directory say that they need a model release.
It helps to understand it from the photo editor's point of view…
(Photographer's Market is published by Writer's Digest, the same company that published my two books, "Sell and ReSell Your Photos," and "sellphotos.com.")
Any photo editor signing up to be listed in the Photographer's Market directory feels they’re well-advised to check 'yes' in the query square that asks, "Do you require model releases?"
Why?
There are two main reasons for this.
Photo editors do not like to receive an avalanche of amateur photos. By checking the Photographer's Market 'model release' square with "Yes," they figure this can be a preventative measure for them. Their time is valuable. They don’t like to train new photographers who are new to publishing. They’re lazy ...like most people. They’d rather stick with their veteran ‘standby' photographers..
It can eliminate much time-consuming and expensive work of reviewing tons of scanned images and CD's.
And the editors have a legitimate case. Most amateurs are not familiar with their First Amendment rights and the fact that model releases are NOT required for editorial use.
Photo editors, by stating that they require a release, are in effect eliminating extra work. The pro stock photographers know what's what, concerning editorial usage. They ignore the reference to model releases and submit their photos, with or without model releases.
Secondly, photo editors like their jobs. They choose to work with familiar and well-established stock photo professionals. But they're also always on the lookout for fresh new faces, with fresh material, from photographers who have educated themselves on what photo editors need and expect.
Photo editors who advertise in Photographer's Market can eliminate any legal hassle (imagined or otherwise) that might place their job in jeopardy, by checking the "Model Release" square to "cover" themselves.
Here's a secret…. You’ll find that photo editors at your editorial markets will welcome any non-released photo that matches their current need (when they are going to use it for editorial purposes).
Since photo editors at most publishing houses rarely deal with advertising or other endorsement-type assignments, it's rare that they ever need a model release. If they do ask for a release, it's usually because they are working on a project of a particularly sensitive nature, such as drug abuse, mental retardation, sex education, etc. In those cases, it would be appropriate to ask for a model or property release.
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/modelrelease.html
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
EVERYDAY PICTURES -- Keep up to date with what's going on in the stock photography category of editorial stock photography.
These are the photos that have a long shelf life.
These are the photos you see that depict everyday life in magazines, textbooks, books, and advertisements.
If they have a "natural look" to them, they are 'editorial stock photos'
Check your local magazine rack...if you are taking the kind of unposed pictures you see depicted - and you have the insight and skill to take those pictures - you're eligible to be on the list of that photo editor. Learn how to market them.
http://www.photosource.com/
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SELF DONE -- On demand book publishing. The Espresso Book Machine Version 2.0 was created by Jeff Marsh 10 years ago, and installed at Village Books in Fairhaven on Oct. 5. Photo by Lindsey Otta
Going to the local bookstore to find a favorite book just got much easier for Bellingham residents with the addition of a revolutionary print-on-demand machine to Village Books in downtown Fairhaven. It is the first of its kind to be installed on the West Coast. SOURCE Keegan Prosser
http://westernfrontonline.net/2009101311403/arts-life/on-demand-book-printing-debuts-at-village-books/
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FLICKR AS MARKETING TOOL -- Ten Ways To Use Flickr To Market Your Photography Business - http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/10/09/10-ways-to-use-flickr-to-market-your-photography-business/
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14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GETTING GOOGLE TO COOPERATE -- How To Make A URL Disappear From Google - Matt Cutts the head of the quality control at Google, aka the anti-spam department, explains it in the a short 4½mn YouTube video. The video also explains why Google is displaying the web page URL, even though with the robots.txt1 file, you have asked Google not to read that web page.
http://www.foto-biz.com/pmwiki.php/Seo/Robots-txt
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHERE IN THE WORLD? -- New travel photography collection lets readers pinpoint where each image was taken. Earthbound: A Rough Guide to the World in Pictures contains more than 250 images, as well as personal insights by the photographers. Use the latitude and longitude coordinates next to each image (also provided along with brief extracts from Earthbound). Type them into Google maps and the software will zoom in on the correct location. http://bit.ly/4Whhu
TAKEAWAY: This system will prove beneficial for the newcomer to travel photographer. Why? Photobuyers welcome any supporting info about the stock photo they are seeking.
DOSE OF NOSTALGIA -- Journey down Route 66 opens hobbyist's eyes. Sandi Wheaton always had an eye for old Route 66, so when she lost her job at General Motors in Detroit, she hit the road to snap some photos. Like 100,000 of them. She’s also taking photos of things along the way that catch her artist’s eye, particularly abandoned stuff — buildings, homes, vehicles. And she’s not passing up other Route 66 jewels, either, like a restored filling station/museum in Afton. Or that biker bar in Devil’s Elbow, Mo., where Wheaton said she left her bra. SOURCE: DAVID ZIZZO. http://bit.ly/UDZ6I
Read more: http://www.newsok.com/journey-down-route-66-opens-hobbyists-eyes/article/3407209?custom_click=lead_story_title#ixzz0Tgk2bfnM
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SEIG HEIL ! -- The event that the world looks to bring understanding and friendship to the planet now wants to control picture-taking. The Olympics recently warned a photographer about sharing photos on the Net. Would-be photographers in the spectator stands at the Olympics should look over their shoulders before peering through the lens because a powerful organization will be sure to watch what they do with those snapshots. http://bit.ly/Jr4aS
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=citizen+photography
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SNAPIXEL is a relatively new photo sharing service combined with a straight-forward buying and selling platform for stock photography. It's almost like Flickr got married to iStockphoto and they had a love child! http://bit.ly/4auztM
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=microstock+photography
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
LOOKING AT BEREAVEMENT - -- Bereavement Photography May Help Healing . Photos of a dying or dead baby or child are one way to help loved ones cope with the loss and begin to heal. "Parents say photos are important to them to prove the child existed," explained Tamara Scott, a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, Ca http://bit.ly/3NDhjK
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NOT GOOD NEWS AT NEWSWEEK -- - Tthe publishing giant could see a $1 billion ad
revenue drop for the 2009 fiscal year. Through August alone revenue dropped
$600 million from last year, and many of Condé Nast's properties have seen
double-digit decline.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/10/
more_conde_nast_buzz_newsweek_predicts_m.php
http://bit.ly/3NDhjK
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SOCIAL JUSTICE? – “A Week of Peace and Social Justice Activities in Boston” . Afghanistan: Resisting Occupation and Fundamentalism - various locations around Boston between Thursday 10/15 and Monday 10/19. Zoya, a member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), is doing a whirlwind tour at multiple Boston area college campuses this week. No photography or vidography will be allowed at these events for security reasons and indicate that people with cameras will be turned away.
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/966
TAKEAWAY: How’s that again? No photographers allowed? Which century are we in? Whose security are they protecting? Do we see “Home Security” working in reverse here? -RE
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Is That Software Real?
One of the fastest growing online scams concerns fake software,
sometimes known as fake anti-malware software, or "Rogue" software.
It's marketed by ads that simulate genuine software programs.
You'll encounter seemingly legitimate names such as: DriveCleaner,
AdvancedPCTweaker, PC Cleaner 2008, and many, many others.
Here are some things to know about rogue/fake anti-malware software:
When you visit one of these sites, you'll be encouraged to run a
scan on your computer for spyware. The scan will inevitably find
that your computer is infected with spyware (whether you have it or
not) and will try to scare you into paying for the software to
remove it.
If that software gets on your computer, it can cause all sorts of
problems. Your machine will almost certainly slow down, you could
encounter random popups, secondary infections and you could be
charged for additional "services" or software you didn't purchase.
Obtaining a refund is next to impossible because these companies
frequently change name and URL's. To make matters worse, you could
easily have become a victim of identity theft. If you suspect that
your identity has been compromised, file a report with the FTC.
In my book, http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8FV7_&m=1kbyPJ1WXIjbk5&b=QN3xAnFh9EZdruBf36QIHg I feature a bonus module which includes an extensive
report on computer security and how to keep yourself and your data,
safe. It also comes with a video showing you how to protect
yourself online.
Check it out at: http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=8FV7_&m=1kbyPJ1WXIjbk5&b=2afQ_HGnhpXpcREnM7RSzg
Nathan Segal, from Victoria, BC, Canada, is a writer/photographer who has also been active as a digital artist for well over a decade. For the past 9+ years, he has written numerous articles for computer and photographic magazines and has provided his own illustrations and photographs for the articles. His articles have covered : software reviews, tutorials, computer tips and tricks, profiles and investigative reporting. visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com; 1 408 844-4851 (Cell).
Get more done in less time and make more money at DigitalArtistU.com Check out our samples page to improve your photography and your results. http://www.digitalartistu.com/public/main.cfm
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Freelance Photographer’s Handbook
Freelance Photographer’s Handbook – Success in professional digital photography – Authored by Cliff Hollenbeck and Nancy Hollenbeck; these photographers operate a leading travel photography and film making business.
Together they own and operate Hot Shot Productions and Hollenbeck Photography—a flourishing film business and a still photography company. This is the second edition of this book and updated to include film as well as digital.
They did their homework on this book. It introduces the photographer to the “freelance” area of photography as well as providing many different strategies for a photographer in building his or her’s successful business in the digital world.
Chapter 1 Welcome to The World of Freelance Digital Photography, shows us the what, where, why of becoming a freelance photographer. The rest of book gives you the “how to”.
Chapter 2 Specializing - gives a general overview of subject areas that a freelance photographer might be interest in pursuing. “General” is the optimal word here – nothing specific, but enough to wet your appetite in a very large field. Such areas as advertising, commercial, fashion, fine art, photojournalism, sports, stock, and wedding areas.
Chapter 3 The Technology of Photography – is a bit more specific in its coverage of what kind of digital photo equipment you need to operated a freelance business – cameras, insurance, security, computers, computer programs as well as education. This chapter really reflected their real life experience in owning a photography business.
I thought Chapter 4 & 5 and 8 (Creating Photos That Sell, The Business of Business and Selling Your Photography) really reflected the heart of this book by showing you examples of saleable images, discussing “hobby vs. profession, getting a business off the ground, producing the product, providing the services as well as analyzing potential markets to sell your photography,as well as selling yourself. Very well written and illustrated.
Also, not to be outdone, Chapter 9 Your Portfolio, was a really nice touch from two great professional photographers. I loved “Best of Your Best” ideas in promoting your business.
And finally, Something I don’t see often enough – Resources, a full 18 pages of places to further your education and research, any of the subjects covered in their book. I would have no trouble in highly recommending this book to stock photographers as well as anyone wanting to enter the freelance photography field.-- jps
Published: Amherst Media, Inc., marketing[at]AmherstMedia[dot]com, Price: $34.95 – Amazon Price: $23.07
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584282665
Joseph Stanski has been an agricultural stock photographer for
the last twenty-five years. He has published in many
ag-oriented magazines as well as national publications. He retired as a
schoolteacher and is currently teaching photography and running his stock
photography business in Southeast Iowa. browncow108[at]lisco[dot]com
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
POLICE PARANOIA -- Amateur photographer is quizzed by police (for taking snap of the sunset). A photographer harmlessly snapping a sunset from his window was quizzed by police who feared he may be taking pictures of children. http://bit.ly/27ZK5v
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA – A NEW exhibition opening this week at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, offers the chance to review some of the riches of its international photography collection. It aims to give an insight into aspects of the history of creative photography and, through a direct engagement with selected images, prompt consideration of why these works are now regarded as among the most celebrated in the medium's history.Documentary photographs entered library collections in the 19th century, but there was no separate curatorial department of photography in an Australian art gallery until the NGV established one in 1967.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26200316-5013571,00.html
CAMERAS FROM THE PAST. Are you a camera collector? These photo historians will share their knowledge. They founded The Photographic Historical Society to showcase
technical advances and share their interests and collections.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/
20091011/NEWS0201/910110324/1002/rss01
FOR POSTERITY -- In a new documentary, 12 Iraqi women gather in Damascus with a goal. They intend to learn photography, decide what stories to tell, then return to Iraq and tell those stories with their newfound camera skills. http://bit.ly/3JRHol
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
LEARNING TOOL -- Adobe brings Photoshop.com to the iPhone - Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for iPhone users that lets them edit photos
from both their phone and their online library on www.photoshop.com The app is free of charge and offers tools such as cropping, image rotation, color
controls,
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10371887-248.html?tag=mncol;title
PICTURE DETECTIVE -- PicScout Boosts Online Image Transactions. PicScout, has announced a strategic shift from a single source product company to a services company. RC serves as a fingerprinting index, metadata registry and API connection platform for agencies and image license holders.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/picscout-boosts-online-image-transactions-users-licensors
BIGGER THAN LIFE -- 35 Years of the World's Best Microscope Photography. Nikon honored 20 images this year including an anglerfish ovary, cotton fibers and fish scales.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/photomicrography/
CAMERA GROWTH – 'Frankencamera': A Giant Leap For Digital Photos? in that it runs on an open source operating system, allowing photographers to change the electronic guts of the camera by downloading applications. And what if a camera could do the same thing for focus — take three shots, focusing on different things in each frame, and merge them into one crystal-clear shot?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113692571&ft=1&f=1008
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A TRIO-- --Antisdel, a Louisburg High School graduate, is now accompanied by her daughter, Kia Bondurant and her niece, Tressie Gilmore, who are also LHS graduates. The three photographers have combined their imaginations to use settings on site and around the city.The three women said they have definitely felt the effects of the bad economy, but that isn’t stopping them. Those aspects include not only being affordable for the Louisburg, Kansas City and surrounding areas, but also marketing themselves on social-networking sites like Facebook. Their Web site, www.antisdels.com features photos of everything from babies to weddings to the most popular — soon-to-be graduates.
http://www.herald-online.com/200910145302/news/community-news/women-pioneers-of-photography-celebrate.html
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SEARCH SUCCESS -- Google's Web crawlers are popularly known as "spiders," but they might be more accurately described as bats - particularly when it comes to Google Image Search's attempts to identify and sort photographs in search results. SOURCE: John Lawlor in Business of Photography http://bit.ly/s5df6
PRINT ENDURES Big name editors discuss future of print - Despite the difficult times ahead for print journalism, panelists remained refreshingly upbeat about the discipline's future.
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2009/
10/big_name_editors_discuss_future_of_print.php
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DIGITAL TRAILBLAZERS -- 'Father of Fibre Optics' and digital photography pioneers share Nobel Prize in Physics. That you are able to read this article and view the accompanying picture is due in no small part to the work of the three scientists who have just been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. http://bit.ly/2xnVf
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"I've enjoyed your organization for many years and plan to continue for many more."
- Russell Beanland, Photographer, San Antonio, TX
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT'S A PHOTO? -- Ethics as it relates to photography depends on the photographer’s intentions. It’s important to remember that distorting photos as an artistic pursuit differs from changing photos to discredit individuals or falsify information. At the same time, it’s difficult to determine the ethics behind photo manipulation because of the way that photos are read subjectively. Photography, after all, lacks a certain amount of objectivity in itself. The only thing that is certain is that the debate around photographic ethics will continue as technology continues to advance.
http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2003/05/technology/questioning-photo-manipulation/
TAKEAWAY: The discussion goes on...
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ANIMALS -- Photo District News (PDN) and Kodak have launched " Best Friends: The Ultimate Animal Photo Contest, " which celebrates the art of pet and animalphotography while also raising money to help endangered and mistreated animals throughout the world. The contest is now accepting paid online submissions from amateur photographers, with part of the proceeds going to three animal and wildlife protection groups. Submissions will be accepted through Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Winners in each of the four categories will be selected by a panel of photography professionals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS139657+14-Oct-2009+BW20091014
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Jini Dellaccio -- A look back at rock photography pioneer. Seattle photographer Jini Dellaccio, 92, re-emerges as the doyenne of 1960s rock photography in the Pacific Northwest. A sampling of her work is on the walls of Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. SOURCE: Michael Upchurch: mupchurch@seattletimes.com http://bit.ly/4BYDKy
Bolucevschi Vitali, has won the prestigious title of CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year 2009, whilst CIWEM's Young Environmental Photographer of the Year is now 19-year-old Jordan Mary from Kent, England. http://dpnow.com/6345.html
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Julius Shulman was a great architectural photographer-one of the greatest-but not many people know about his work, or indeed know anything about architectural photography as a whole. Director Eric Bricker is out to change that with his new documentary film, The Art of Visual Acoustics. SOURCE: Rebecca Pahle. http://bit.ly/O9DVO
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Photographs of Native Americans from Oregon and Washington are featured in a new exhibit at Heritage University. "Festive Gatherings: Tribal Life on the Columbia Plateau, 1952-1957" is compiled from the J.W. Thompson Collection. The exhibit is on loan from the Maryhill Museum, which received the archive from the photographer's daughter, Lucille Munz, in 1997.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/10/13/heritage-photo-exhibit-to-feature-native-americans
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself...”
- Edward Steichen
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1962 - It's the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy had received photographs from U-2 spy planes over Cuba that showed the Soviet Union installing nuclear missiles and launch sites. Kennedy went on the air live nationally on October 22 and announced that Cuba would be placed under a naval "quarantine" until the Soviets removed them. On October 28 Soviet Premier Krushchev agreed to withdraw the missiles.
14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Irving Penn, 92, a grand master of American fashion photography whose "less is more" aesthetic combined with startling sensuality defined a visual style he applied to designer dresses or fleshy nudes, famous artists or tribal chiefs, cigarette butts or cosmetics jars, many of them now-famous photographs owned by leading art museums, has died.
http://bit.ly/Fmy6z
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Promotion…
What Works
In the fast moving digital world of stock photography you would think that an inexpensive way to promote your editorial stock photographs to photo editors at magazine and book publishers would be to place top photos from your photo collection onto a CD and send them off to prospective photobuyers.
It doesn’t work.
Reason? Photobuyers are known to stand over a wastebasket when they answer their mail. Unsolicited CD's most always are dropped into the trash.
Photobuyers are not known to look at the CD's of ‘unknowns.’
It’s called “Hope marketing.”
Don't despair, -it happens in all the creative fields: songwriting, script writing, fiction, music, dance and painting -- all of them.
However, as an “unknown” photographer, you have an advantage - the following four promotional tools are usually accepted by a photobuyer: postcards, magnets, calendars, and posters, in that order.
Postcards: There's no envelope to open, your pitch is on one side and a sample of your photography is on the other side. Standard postcard size will “pull” just as well as the larger postcard (that costs more to mail.) Some recommended places to find mailing lists of photo editors/art directors: freshlists.com (1 800 322-3985); adbase.com (1 416 960 4240); photosourcefolio.com (1 800 624 0266).
Want to read more?
http://photosource.com/psn-article/promotion.html
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE WRITE WAY -- The toughest way to sell your editorial images is the one faced by most photographers: you have to pitch your photos directly and unsolicited to photo editors. They look at dozens of portfolios a week and only rarely find images that they like enough to pay for. Fortunately it is also possible to try a different way in. Instead of trying to sell your pictures, you pitch a story - one that comes complete with professional-quality photos. http://bit.ly/P7mVu
COLOSSAL -- Tallest, Biggest, Tree Photo Ever - How Michael Nichols used three cameras and 83 frames on assignment for National Geographic: all for one photograph of a giant redwood. He set out to take a photograph of a full redwood tree. These redwoods are over 300 feet tall and they're not just standing in the middle of a vast desert.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html
FRUGAL FOTOGRAPHER – Ten Budget Photography Accessories You Can Buy at the Supermarket
If there is one thing photographers like almost as much as buying a new camera, it's buying little toys to go with it. Unfortunately, many of the more popular accessories - flash units, filters, and tripods- can be quite expensive. http://bit.ly/iMPLR
TAKEAWAY: Here’s my addition to Jeff’s list. My camera shutter mechanism sometimes gets lazy at 20 below zero up here in the wilds of northern Wisconsin. Solution: A sealable plastic bags with my hand warmer nestled next to my camera inside. A couple rubber bands wraps up this mini-heater altogether.
-Rohn Engh
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07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DESTRUCTIVE PHOTO -- This Insane Photo Actually Destroyed a Camera Lens (Delta 4 Heavy Launch). All camera settings are pre-set manually. No one is allowed closer than several miles from a launch. BEN COOPER PHOTO image: http://bit.ly/A3Gz6
THE PIONEER IS BACK -- Instant "Film" Photography has returned. Fujifilm recently Inc. announced the availability of the Instax Mini 7S Instant Camera and Instax Mini Instant Color Film to the U.S. market. The Instax Mini offers customers a sleek camera that produces great looking, high-quality, credit-card sized, instant prints. http://bit.ly/pB0AF
GOOD SHOOTING -- Shoot to live, not kill. This is what some 20 young men from disadvantaged communities will be taught to do, as they participate in the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) newly launched "Shoot2live" photography program which aims, in part, to combat violence.
http://bit.ly/3qRDAG
AUCTION TO SUPPORT PHOTO JOURNAL -- The journal, the Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, the Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource. Photography by noted national and international will be auctioned for the benefit of the Photo Review.
Date: November 7 at The University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102. The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today. Auction preview: November 6-7, 2009, University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
For more information: Stephen Perloff, Editor, 215-891-0214 info[at]photoreview[dot]org The Photo Review 140 E. Richardson Ave Ste 301 Langhorne PA
http://www.photoreview.org/auction.htm
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GREAT PHOTOS -- Leaping Armadillos And Atomic Bombs: National Geographic's Greatest Hits As far as photo editing goes, this was a serious challenge. National Geographic just released a new book featuring 500 pages of their best
photography, http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/10/image_collection.html
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOUR POINT AND SHOOT comes in handy when you want to document your business and home assets for insurance purposes. Snap pictures of your valuables. Or, as an extra service to your assignment client, photograph his/her valuables as an extra bonus for them. Such documents become evidence for insurance agencies in case of loss.
ALL RIGHTS--… SHOULD YOU SELL THEM?: Only if the fee is substantial enough to justify giving up your resale rights. What to charge? Usually three or four times the fee you would charge that same market for one-time use for the same picture. Writers, by the way, for all rights generally charge half again as much as the same market would pay for first rights (for an article), if the market is in the top fee range. For a market in the middle or lower ranges their fee for all rights is two to three times the first-rights.
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MAKING THE JUMP -- Is it time to stop assisting? - Jacqueline Bovaird asked photographers about their experiences just starting out….. how they knew they were ready, if they were right, and how they made it work. http://stone-thrower.com/2009/09/30/qampa-assisting-leap/
BIG BROTHER -- An art director’s job is to make sure you “get it right.” As a commercial stock photographer, you need to understand, you are not necessarily the author of your photograph. Here’s an article from Rising Black Star that brings home that point. “Understanding Your Art Director.”
“… - As group design director for a large U.K.-based publishing company, I've found that understanding the photographers I work with is an integral part of my creative process. . . “
http://rising.blackstar.com/understanding-your-art-director.html#more-6771
MOVE OVER PROS -- In Youth Sports Photography, It's Pros Vs. Parents - John Harte watched his client list of football clients plunge to just 5 players this season, from an average of 15 to 20. The reason? Harte says fans with DSLR cameras are offering photos for a much lower price than he can charge, or they are giving them away. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3id4b973c6ccee64b474d3cf1897dc9f04
GET SEEN, GET KNOWN -- Want Free Publicity? Join American Photo Flickr - American Photo has decided to start featuring the work of up to three photographers in their bi-monthly magazine. Want to gain some free publicity? It's easy to do.
http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/09/28/want-free-publicity-join-american-photo-flickr/
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BUILDING TRAFFIC -- Google Analytics for Photographers: Landing Page Strategy - A landing page" is the page where a visitor enters your Web site. In this
video in my Google Analytics series, I show you my strategy for optimizing
multiple landing pages on my site to attract more traffic - and more
prospective customers. SOURCE: KIM LARSON
http://rising.blackstar.com/google-analytics-for-photographers-landing-page-strategy.html
TILT-SHIFT PHOTOGRAPHY DISNEY STYLE. -- Disney in tilt-shift photography. (Video)
http://bit.ly/lYjdu
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VACATION FREE -- Selling Your Travel Photos - Turning Vacations Into A Business - 7 ways to sell your travel photos:
http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/09/30/selling-your-travel-photos-turning-vacations-into-a-business/
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Travelwriter Marketletter… for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 71/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[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
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The question this month:
Who owns the copyright when you are shooting at a local basketball game?
http://board.photosource.com/read.php?1,10317
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE SHARING MEDIUM -- Digital media is changing the face of photography. As the need to share photographs continues to grow, so does the technology to make photo-sharing easier. Ten years ago, photographs could often be found in photo albums or in the occasional frame hanging on walls, but today, people can be found crowding around camera LCD screens or logging online to see the latest birthday or holiday snaps. http://bit.ly/eyeRi
YES OR NO? -- Whether to take and then to publish photographs of injured, dead, and dying American Servicemen and women remains a deeply troubling and hotly debated issue. The most recent incident involved the Associated Press's decision to release, against the wishes of his family, a photo by Julie Jacobson showing a mortally wounded Marine, Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard, being administered to by his comrades in a frantic attempt to save his life. SOURCE : Camillo "Mac" Bica http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-All-Fair-in-Love-War--by-Camillo-Mac-Bica-091006-906.html
TAKEAWAY: Erich Remarque, in his book, “All Quiet on the Western Front” (WWI) writing about the reality of war, hoped to change minds. Still photos of the Vietnam War hoped to do this also. In today’s war, videos hope to accomplish the same. Also popular Hollywood films today (Private Ryan, etc.). The question though, is “Does it help?”
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NEW AVENUES -- Newspapers – The New Magazines (UK). Simon Jenkins has been on a run of good form with his recent Guardian columns. His thesis is, basically, that newspapers should be staging everything from commercial fairs to sporting events and arts and book festivals. There is money in all of them. Newspapers should not be investing in fancy printing presses but in the "long-tail" economics of live enterprise, with the printed word as a mere core activity. http://timholmes.blogspot.com/2009/08/newspapers-new-magazines.html
TAKEAWAY: In an attempt to open new source of revenue, newspapers and music hucksters are learning to capitalize on established name-recognition. Photographers can do the same: workshops, radio programs, YouTube series, photo fairs, eCourse instructions, historical exhibits, how-to community events, photo festivals, teaching at local colleges and universities.
TWO GONE -- Restructuring Claims Two National Geographic Executives - National Geographic Magazine's top advertising person and a vice president in charge of National Geographic travel media are being let go.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3i505f5fdeedc76b427704d78a7e52be78
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTOS TALK -- This famous photograph, usually titled "The Scourged Back," was widely circulated by abolitionists and is one of the earliest examples of photography used as propaganda.
http://bit.ly/dGkHJ
Photographs may be more memorable than moving images, because they are a neat slice of time, not a flow. Each still photograph is a privileged moment turned into a slim object that one can keep and look at again. - Susan Sontag,
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
EVENT PHOTOGRAPHER PRINTER – As a seven-year veteran of the event photography industry, Steve Immer of St. Louis, Missouri (Ingenuity STL). has built a solid base of loyal customers by consistently offering speed and reliability at every event he works. He brings his printer to every event; from celebrity meets to corporate seminars – whether the event is indoors, outdoors, or under a tent- knowing that he will be able to deliver any photos with reliability. Immer says, “We ship all of our gear in custom road cases, and even with all of the abuse that cases take during shipping, our printers work right out of the case over and over again.” http://www.mitsubishi-imaging.com 888-307-0388.
CHEAP PAPER -- Designer draws up digital camera-cum-punchcard printer - Instant camera photo paper is pricey, so a student designer based in San Francisco has sketched plans for two digital cameras which physically impress pictures into sheets of paper. http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/10/02/punch_camera/
ACCURATE COLOR -- X-Rite announced ColorChecker Passport, an all-new solution for digital photographers working in a Raw workflow to quickly and easily capture accurate color, instantly enhance portraits and landscapes, and maintain color control from capture to edit.
http://bit.ly/NumKk
BACK TO THE PAST -- How (and Where) to Develop Film in the Digital Age. The problem: "Pro" labs process lower and lower volumes of film, these days, which in some cases results in chemicals that are refreshed less frequently. They are also known to employ technicians who lack training, particularly with transparencies. There are a number of ways to get around this - but you'll have to use your people skills, learn to do things yourself, and probably forget about transparency film altogether. http://bit.ly/ZUete
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SOME MATURITY SIGNS. -- You're a Real Photographer Now. In a day and age when anyone with an iPhone or a Flickr account can call themselves a photographer, it can be a little difficult to figure out when you've separated yourself from the pack to become a real photographer. But here are 21 clues that you've crossed the threshold from pretender to contender: SOURCE: PETER PHUN BLACK STAR RISING
http://bit.ly/411Hqd
TAKEAWAY: My addition: If you are a freelance stock photographer, when you come back from a shoot, you don't scratch your head and ask, "Now where can I sell these pictures?" Instead, you check with your target market photobuyers before you go out and find out their photo needs. This approach makes your accountant smile. -RE
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TRIUMPHERATE -- Three Americans whose 1960s research laid the foundation for today's world of computerized images.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-nobel-physics,0,6386238.story?track=rss
TAKEAWAY: Wouldn’t it have been wonderful if these physicists had accomplished their digital outcome one hundred fifty(150) years ago? It would have eliminated toxic wastes, air polluted darkroom environments, dangerous stop bath chemicals, other chemicals injurious to human health, both through contact and from breathing, unsafe powders, toxic waste that adversely affect sources of underground drinking water. Yuck! What were we doing? -RE
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"A note to let you know how much help your publications have been.
When I first began, your Sell and Resell Your Photos book was my bible
and guide in relationships with publishers, and a most important
reference in selecting which publication to make submissions. After
awhile I began putting words with my photography and began using your
same principles and methods to query publications for my photo/text
packages. Now, once again with a big shift in the market, I want to
thank you for your excellent CD eCourse on the changing digital market.
It's a winner! Thanks again for your continued work in this weird market."
Bob Grytten, Photographer, BG Associates, Waynesville, NC
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07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NIGHT-WORK -- Cab-driving shutterbug chronicles Istanbul's underbelly. Sevket Sahintas works the night shift driving his taxi around Istanbul, Turkey, from midnight until dawn. SOURCE: Ivan Watson and Yesim. CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/05/sevket.sahintas.
taxi.photographer/index.html?section=cnn_latest
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SHY PHOTOGRAPHER -- Actress Jessica Lange, among the most photographed women in history, winced as a newspaper photographer recently took her portrait. Lange, 60, was preparing for the opening reception of an exhibit of her own camera work at A Gallery For Fine Photography, in the French Quarter. For the past 17 years she's been taking moody, black and white landscapes and genre scenes. SOURCE: Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune http://bit.ly/Gl3Gg
BREAST CANCER UPDATE -- The Faces of Light photography. The photo exhibit is just one way Melançon has worked to use his story as a way to bring greater attention to male breast cancer. He also is on the board of directors for the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and plans to continue community outreach. "We all know the theory about living in the present," he said. "But when you have cancer it is front and center." The Faces of Light photography exhibit continues through the month at the Tully Health Center, 32 Strawberry Hill Court, Stamford.
SOURCE: Christina Hennessy http://www.connpost.com/women/ci_13496986
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SPECIAL SITES -- The Quiet Power of Micro Websites - “Days With My Father” is just one of several projects sites Phillip Toledano has created. It’s also one of many websites photographers in general have created to showcase a specific project, apart from their commercial portfolio sites. The projects often reflect creative ambitions, and the sites emphasize the work while barely mentioning the photographer. Self-promotion, in other words, is not the primary intent but executed well, project sites can lead photographers to new assignment opportunities, print sales, and offers for exhibitions and book projects. SOURCE: David Walker
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ie15251d6cf798d4feccacafeeda598d6
07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1997 – October 6th – Soviet war photographer Yevgeny Khaldei, best remembered for his pictures of Soviet soldiers hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag in Berlin at the end of World War II, died at age 80.
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