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Archive for November 2009
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Thursday, November 26th 2009
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Will A Blog
Work For You ?
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On the Internet, one of the effective ways to get the attention of photobuyers is the BLOG.
This Internet tool has been around for a decade or so. Only now has it arrived in the mainstream of editorial stock photography. Will it be useful to you?
Yes, if you use a blog, along with your website, you achieve a two-prong push to gain attention to your photography. A Blog is a dynamic website (web+log = blog). Websites are what might be called “static.”
New blog software has come along, so use Google to find a blog format that fits your style and specialization(s). What’s available? Blogger and WordPress have always been the past favorites. With the new blog software out now, it’s difficult to tell whether the results are a blog or a website.
How it works:
Each time you publish an entry on your blog, you are doing electronically what is called a ‘ping’ to the various updating services. In other words, you automatically notify your photobuyer list and any other people that are following you and your services, that there is new content on your blog, so your prospects will “come in and take a look at my newest photos!”
This gives the search engines occasion to come and visit your site to index it. So, another benefit is that blogs tend to be “crawled” (indexed) more frequently than traditional static websites. Also, it’s said that blogs show up 10 times more often in searches than regular websites do.
Blogs are sort of do-it-yourself utilities, in contrast to static websites where you have to open up your “editor,” produce the article/photos, and update the page properties, before uploading the page(s) to your website using FTP software. A lot of work. Once you’ve done all of that, you have to wait until the search engines visit your website to get it re-indexed (sometimes two or three weeks).
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/blogwork.html
"A penny saved is a penny earned" Benjamin Franklin was famous for saying.
Mikael Karlsson is developing a "Savings Guide" for stock photographers. In the coming months, we're going to feature some articles from his bank of saving tips. This week the subject is "Growing Your Business".
Next: "Savings with Communications and Technology"
Saving Money in Your Editorial Stock Business
by Mikael Karlsson
Growing Your Business
Staying in business is to keep growing your business. Just like an annual raise is welcome for any employee you will want to be able to give yourself a raise, at least every now and then. Costs go up and to be able to keep in step, - your revenues need to go up as well.
1. Go Local
One potential stream of revenue often overlooked is that of local newspapers. Sure, they don't pay top dollar but they are - in most cases - quite willing to pay for quality photographs that they have a need for. Talk to the local editor and see if they need assistance covering events, sports, local artists and similar. Chances are they do. Make sure you negotiate with them to give you all rights to all photos so that you can add the photos to your stock photo archive. This can also be a great way to expand your specialties and the topics you cover. The pay isn't great for local newspapers but the access offered often more than makes up for that.
2. Local and State Government
A few years back I spent the better part of a year and a half with a big photography project for our state Department of Corrections. The project was to build a up-to-date media photo library encompassing all state prisons, the training academy, special services and more. Not only did I use this opportunity to add hundreds of images to my stock archive, I was also paid handsomely by the state government to complete this work.
All kinds of government agencies and department need photographs. Be it for marketing, documentary purposes, or simply to use in brochures and on web sites the need is there. Look at the images they're currently using and offer them something better.
More often than not there is some sort of Media Office you can make contact with. Know what you offer and have your arguments ready prior to making contact. You should be able to spell out why they should take you up on your offer quickly and to the point.
3. Volunteer and Network
Ever since I started working as a photographer back in the dawn of time I firmly stated that I'd never photograph weddings, pets or kids. That lasted until last year. A friend at the Sheriff's Office asked me if I could help him out. His oldest daughter was about to be confirmed and the regular photographer couldn't make it to the church on time for the ceremony.
I ended up spending a few hours that Sunday at the church photographing my friend's daughter and the rest of the 20+ kids that were going through confirmation. I spent another couple of hours to edit the photos and uploaded them over night to a printing service. I charged cost plus 15% for the prints and ended up making roughly $150 total on the prints. I also refused to accept the $100 they offered me for photographing and editing and they ended up donating that to the ministry my wife runs.
There was a real potential for generating revenue in doing this had I wanted to. Hooking up with the on-line printing service that handed all the printing, shipping and charging made this an enjoyable experience that I would actually probably consid er doing again. Just don't tell anyone I said that.
4. Keep your customers coming back for seconds
The trademark of any successful business is loyal customers. In the case of editorial stock photography that means photobuyers at book and magazine publishers. There's no magic answer here really. Think about the businesses that you give your repeat business to. What makes you go back? The prices? The service? The convenience?
Offer a great product at a good price. Top it off with amazing customer service. When you make it easy for photobuyers to work with you, chances are they'll be coming back. Don't pester publishers for copies of books, tearsheets and the like. You want their experience working with you to be as smooth and trouble-free as possible. Promise the moon and deliver even more.
The most important things to think about:
Always deliver on or before deadline
Don't call photobuyers unless they initiate and want you to call
Don't blast photobuyers with constant e-mails
Never ever deliver images that aren't up to par on quality
You can also offer incentives for photobuyers that come back for more business. One way of doing that is to offer some sort of return customer discount.
5. Accept Credit Cards
How flexible are you when it comes to how your customers can pay you? Are you offering any ways aside from by check? If you don't already accept credit cards this is something you should really considering. A couple of the publishers I regularly work with (one of them is a very large contractor for the Federal government) only pay by credit card. If I didn't accept credit cards I would lose the business these publishers send my way. The way I do it is through PayPal. There are no monthly fees and all I have to do is to log in to my PayPal account and e-mail an invoice to the buyer through PayPal. The buyer pays by credit card and the amount is put directly into my PayPal account. Minus a small percentage of the total amount. Every month I withdraw funds from PayPal and they are wired straight into my checking account. This method works really well for business to business sales.
If I would offer any prints at fairs and the like all I would need would be mobile access through my cell phone.
An alternative to accepting cards through PayPal is to talk to your bank about a merchant account. Unless you process a high volume of credit card payments chances are that this way will be more costly compared to PayPal.
If you need to swipe actual cards you might be better off with a Merchant Account though. The equipment to swipe is quite cheap these days and it will boost your sales a lot if you offer prints to the public at fairs, craft shows etc if you can accept credit cards.
Before you settle on any method make sure you check out and compare features and costs. Select the method that makes most sense to your specific needs.
Photojournalist Mikael Karlsson has 25 years' experience of working for magazines and newspapers in more than 30 countries. He moved to the United States in 1998 from his native Sweden. He lives in Nebraska and is currently US correspondent for 11 Swedish magazines and a regular contributor to a wide variety of U.S. publications. Reach him at mike[at]photosource[dot]com.
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AHEAD OF THE GAME – Financial Planning, Part 1 - Four financial-planning
tools that are part of any business plan. Look at one of these with David
Weintraub - the Break-Even Analysis. SOURCE: BlackStar Rising.
http://rising.blackstar.com/eye-on-image-making-financial-planning-part-1.html
GET THEE A BLOG – Experienced Blogger has Advice for Photographers -- Aaron Hockley, a photographer and geek living in Vancouver, WA, USA has compiled in a video the lessons he learned over several years of blogging and covers how he launched Social Photo Talk. If you’re interested in starting a blog from scratch and wondering about what might be involved (or wondering about details you may have overlooked), his video will get you started.
http://tinyurl.com/launchaphotoblog
DELAYED PAYMENTS -- With the number of media outlets financing and publishing international photojournalism on the decline, many documentary photographers are looking to NGOs, or non-governmental organizations, as an alternative route to shooting in faraway lands and creating work that has a positive impact. SOURCE: John Harrington in Business of Photography. http://bit.ly/7Fi28I
TAKEAWAY: Many editorial stock photographers have learned to work the right deal with NGO’s. The subject matter is usually of social significance. Although the payment is low, photographers consider it just a down payment. The real money comes in subsequent sales of the photos to social organizations, film companies, TV networks, and eventually museums. The secret is to make a “limited rights” agreement beforehand.
FLU FEAR AT PHOTO SHOOT. -- At the Mall, can Santa risk it? Fear of the flu bug has some parents looking for alternatives to the popular mall Santa. At one northwest Fresno photography studio, Santa is available for individual shoots, and he won't be wearing cotton gloves. "We're looking at little thing we can do to minimize the contact," said Craig Smith, owner of Insight Photography.
HOT SELLER -- What Makes A Photo Book A Bestseller? From PDN. For some insight into the commercial photography book market, PhotoDistrictNews recently obtained data from Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks retail book sales, to see which new titles are among the bestselling photography books this year.
http://bit.ly/7XJizK
ONE-TIME USE ONLY should be indicated in each transaction you have with a photobuyer. In the publishing industry, 90% of the time it will be used for inside editorial use, and usually ¼ page.
In some cases, photo editors may wish to retain your images in the publishing house's Central Art Database for possible future use. For second-time use of the same image, charge the picture buyer 75% of the original fee, unless, of course, they are going to use your picture for another size of use e.g. cover, chapter head, commercial use.
Think twice about selling EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS to your photograph. We encourage you to "rent" your pictures rather than "sell" them. If you receive a request to sell exclusive rights to your picture, multiply your "renting" fee by the number of times you anticipate marketing the picture in future years. When you sell exclusive rights to your image, the buyer maintains all use rights to your image, but you retain ownership of the copyright.
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WHAT’S YOUR “PLAN B?” – In the UK, freelancers are riding the ups and downs of the economy. Instead of sulking, take these action steps to ensure they keep the attention of clients. TAKEAWAY: Top ten tips to get ahead or stay ahead in the crowd.
http://tinyurl.com/freelancersridethewave ; http://www.freelanceuk.com/news
THE DOTTED LINE -- Wedding Photography Contracts - A Cautionary Tale. A bride has filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Supreme Court alleging she instructed her photographer, of the highly regarded wedding photography studio Christian Oth Photography, to refrain from taking photographs of her while getting ready, and in some degree of undress. So the question is - what are the photographers rights and obligations? Let's take a multi-facted look at the circumstances surrounding this issue. http://bit.ly/639Efk
PREY -- Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins (video). National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen's encounter with a giant leopard seal in Antarctica who, over the course of four days, fed penguins to his camera and tried to teach him how to catch prey.
http://bit.ly/5m45lr
Have you been blogging? Has it helped in the
sale of your stock photography?
Join the discussion with your pros or cons.
Go to
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VISUAL THERAPY -- Pain Relief Through Photography. Can looking at the photograph of a loved one make pain go away? Numerous studies show that strong social connections have benefits for health. Now, a study suggests that merely looking at a photograph of a loved one can relieve the sensation of physical pain. http://bit.ly/8DmEbh
THE CRUMBLING WALL -- The key now is Your Point of View. Photography’s Old Boys Club Is Gone Forever. Your fresh point of view is your unique selling point, not your degree or wagon load of equipment.
Once upon a time, cameras, processing, access and distribution were the privilege of the few in photography. The business was an Old Boys Club with high barriers to entry. But now, anyone can join. So what is your salvation as a photographer? The tool that no one can take away from you — your point of view. http://bit.ly/8ZslxH SOURCE: Paul Melcher in Business of Photography .
TAKEAWAY: I like the way Elliott Erwitt said it. "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, a little luck, and some cunning."
WHO TO BELIEVE? -- Sidons says: "What is wrong with photography magazines today? Nowadays, the internet is loaded with photography information, some good, some very bad, but there is hope. I get 90% of my unbiased reviews of photo equipment from the internet…why…because on the internet you get the opinions of good photographers who use the equipment every day in their work rather than the staffs of photographic magazines edited by the corporate office IMHO." SOURCE: © Sidonsphotography Tel: (205)-409-2678
http://sidonsphotography.com/blogpage.aspx ; Sidonsphotography.com Phone: 205-409-2678
CHALK ONE UP – Court Makes Ruling in Favor of Photographers – The PhotoAttorney : “As previously reported in my March 20, 2008, blog, courts have disagreed as to whether photographs of copyrighted works are derivative works. But one of the prior decisions on this issue has been overturned and, as a result, the court has given photographers some good law. The Court of Appeals remanded the case so that the lower court could determine whether Schrock’s and Learning Curve’s contract dictated that Schrock could not register/copyright the photos. While the issue of whether a photograph of a copyrighted work is a derivative work is not resolved, the 7th Circuit has done a lot to support photographer’s rights with this opinion. http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=821
Certified Check Scams:
Don't Ship Until the Check Clears
John Jones sells his prints on-line. He is happy to see that someone from Nigeria wants to buy his extra-large size print.
Careful. There might be a scam awaiting John Jones.
Here’s how it works.
The “check overpayment scam” targets people who have placed an item that cannot be electronically delivered online.
The scammer, a con artist from another country (or a location remote to you), will pose as a buyer. The con artist emails the seller and offers to buy the item with a cashier’s check, money order, personal or corporate check. The con artist will give John a story about how it will cost John a lot of money to ship the item or that there will be extra fees involved for customs, etc. The con artist says to John he will send John a check for considerably more than the asking price to cover John’s extra delivery costs.
In addition, the con artist will tell John it’s a time-sensitive situation and that John needs to send the print as soon as possible.
If the con artist sends a check, money order, etc., to cover these extra fees for delivery it will look authentic. Caution: If John tries to deposit the check, it will almost certainly bounce. If John sends the item before the check has cleared, John has lost his print and he’ll be on the hook for the bank and shipping charges.
Another variation of this scam is when the scammer asks John to wire back the difference in price after he’s shipped the item.
Again, if John ships the print before the check has cleared, it will almost
certainly bounce, and he’ll be on the hook for the loss of his print, his time involved, bank fees, shipping charges and the difference the money John sent back to the scammer.
Worse, if the scammer has access to John’s bank account information, he
could also lose money from his account.
Note: If you’re selling something online, and suspect a “check overpayment scam”, end the transaction immediately, especially if the suspicious scammer asks you to wire back funds. Contact the FTC (https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/)to report such a potential fraud.
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
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION -- US Copyright Office - 23-Month Wait on Registration. John Harrington:”I am someone who strongly encourages everyone to register their copyright. On December 21, 2007, I visited, in person, the US Copyright Office to deposit a copy of my images from a specific set of assignments that took place the month prior. November 14, 2009, 23 months later (695 days), I received the envelope with my formal certificate in it. I'd like to think that this would happen faster, however, in the end, I've been protected all along. SOURCE: Photo Business News & Forum;; JOHN HARRINGTON
http://bit.ly/7UHJs6
Every Thursday morning....
sit back and read the up-to-date- stuff
in the world of
editorial stock photography
What's going on? What are other photographers and other companies doing?
It's all here and it's up-to-date.
You can subscribe, renew, or extend your subscription HERE.
And, as a special dessert for Thanksgiving Day.. we are giving you an extra year free if you renew by tomorrow night.
Yep. You get two (2) years for the price of one.
That's like having two turkeys for the price of one.
And there's a bonus if you meet the deadline
Read all about it here:
http://www.photostocknotes.com/sale.php
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. -- . Sheriff Threatens to Submit Photographer to FBI’s Hit List. Here’s a video showing how a Los Angeles Sherrif’s deputy prevents an amateur photographer from taking pictures in the L A Subway. Who says Gestapo tactics won’t ever happen again in the civilized world? The footage is good but the audio is even better.
http://thomashawk.com/2009/11/lasd-officer-richard-gylfie-photography-is-not-a-crime.html
TAKEAWAY: SS Trooper Gylfie should also chase down the suspicious photographers who took pictures of the interior of the L.A. Subway that I found on Google Images.
(I found 15 on Google Images...!
TWIN LENS REVIVAL -- TtV (Through the Viewfinder) photography gives life to old TLRs. Twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras of olden days are making a comeback among some digital shutterbugs. By combining the aged shooter and a dSLR, photographers have created a new form of photography known as TtV (Through the Viewfinder). This can be quite a hard concept to grasp, but essentially you're pointing the lens of the dSLR at the viewfinder of the TLR and taking a picture of it.
http://bit.ly/6ouB1c
FRUGAL FOTOGUY – Convert Your Roller Suitcase into a Tripod or Mic Stand - If you travel with a roller suitcase, then you can easily convert it into a tripod for long exposures through the hotel window and for general photography work around the room. And the best part is, this conversion only adds another 6 ounces to your travel load.
http://thedigitalstory.com/2009/11/convert_your_roller.html
KODAK FLIES WITH TWEETPhoto – TweetPhoto and Eastman Kodak Company announced that the two companies have begun a collaboration focused around real-time photo sharing, Event Photo Stream. "Real-time photography is used across social networking sites to start a conversation or give context to a tweet,” says Sean Callahan, Co-Founder of TweetPhoto.
TAKEAWAY: The nature of photography is changing as well as its role in communication on platforms like Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/kodakcollaboration
FACEBOOK FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS -- New Media Photographer Rosh Sillars writes an interesting blog article on the photographer’s place and best practices on Facebook. He explains the use of Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups, as well as addressing their effectiveness.
TAKEAWAY: Facebook can be your Internet home address. Use this free real estate to your advantage. http://tinyurl.com/facebookforphotographers
"Your books have always been an inspiration!"
- Richard Smith, Photographer, New Bloomfield, PA
NOT SO PRETTY -- Baby images airbrushed by magazines to make them more perfect Babies' eye colour, skin tone – and even the fat creases on their arms – are altered before the images are put on glossy magazine front covers. Magazines have been heavily criticised in the past for airbrushing images of women to make them look thinner . But this is the first time the industry has admitted using the technique to alter images of babies. http://bit.ly/8Z9IQ7
FAKE FOTO OF FIGHTER? Iconic photo that warned of fascism probably a fake. The controversy over Robert Capa’s Falling Soldier photograph continues. The famous shot showing a Spanish soldier captured at the very moment of his death is no stranger to controversy. So-called new evidence claims that the image was faked. SOURCE: George F. Will; Washington Post http://bit.ly/90MXIs
NIGHT BIRD FOTOS OF TINSEL TOWN -- Dazzling new Las Vegas pics. Photographer Jason Hawkes, 42, has released his collection of pictures of the Las Vegas skyline from his new book. He captured the dazzling images from a helicopter using state-of-the-art technology. The images have now been brought together in his book, Las Vegas at Night. SOURCE: Las Vegas SUN; Lee Cain.
http://bit.ly/6q87nZ
SOURCE: Las Vegas SUN; Lee Cain.
DATA ON THE FLY – Digital Photo Metadata Takes Off with Exif Pilot - Two Pilots has released a
new version of Exif Pilot. With Exif Pilot, you can see not only your photo image but also the accompanying metadata. Each time you take an image, your digital camera records date and time information along with technical parameters. This information is stored in a special format called EXIF. That is one of the advantages of digital photography. You can view, edit, and create EXIF data.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/digital-photo-metadata-takes-exif-pilot
EVOLVING NYC -- -- The City Change, Site by Site 8SsnOt. The evolution of New York has been illustrated in photographs in countless ways. Two of the biggest collections belong to the city. Photos of Every Building in New York City, From the ’30s or ’40s, Then Updated. More photographs and the history of specific properties are available at nytimes.com/nyregion.
http://bit.ly/8zsOuW
Harry Callahan -- “He was one of the most outstanding and innovative photographers of the 20th century,” said Anne Havinga, senior curator of photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “He was passionate about the camera as a tool and loved to experiment. He never lost that sense of play.” SOURCE: Easton Journal and Enterprise; By Jody Feinberg
http://www.wickedlocal.com/easton/fun/entertainment/arts/x215405693/MFA-exhibit-focuses-on-photographer-Harry-Callahan
“If you’ve got a good wife, you’ve got a good personal trainer.”
– H.T. White
1946 - November 4th - Controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born in Floral Park, New York.
1903 - November 3rd - Photographer Walker Evans was born in St. Louis. He started out wanting to be a writer but switched to photography, and set out to capture, in his words, "the elevated expression, the literate, authoritative and transcendent statement which a photograph allows."
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There’s No Substitute
In this new century, soon to be
ten years old, - we have experienced
the power of pictures. In this
communication-lively world we live
in, the language of photos has
become paramount.
No one has invented a substitute for photos.
You’ve probably thought a lot about what I’m about to say about the downturn in the economy. Nevertheless, I want to put it all in terms of our industry: picture research and picture sales.
Here’s some food for thought.
Dismal forecasting: the problem with most economic downturn forecasting is that the writers and broadcasters often make references to the 1930’s Great Depression for their statistics. But let’s look at the facts.
I’m not giving a pep talk here at halftime. I’m talking only about the reality of the business you are in, - stock photography.
And that business is going to succeed even if we are in a
global economic downturn.
Here’s why.
Number 1: Communication. We, as business people, have at our fingertips today a worldwide communications system, that can be both good and bad –almost simultaneously. The Internet. I’ve been communicating on the Internet since 1982 (which was a recession year, by the way) and began our initial on-line PhotoLetter in 1984. I’ve witnessed the ups and downs for almost a quarter of a century. During the ‘82 and ’91 recessions, we rode through them smoothly. The popularity of stock photos did not decrease.
Number 2 Quick Answers. On the Internet, you can find out quickly –what works, and what doesn’t work. No more struggles like in the 1930’s when Roosevelt was trying to figure out what America needed for a recovery. It took almost a decade.
On a larger scale in this century, the law of probability accelerates chances of finding work much faster. The same holds true for the potential for a fairly quick turnaround in the entire economy.
So those of you who are flipping through history books to predict the future, forget it. Those actuaries don’t count. History doesn’t always repeat itself. The recovery in the arena of editorial stock photography is going to come fast. Just like the present overall downturn came fast.
Number 3. A good product. You are in a good position. Stock photography will always be a commodity to barter, trade, rent, or sell. And the Internet accelerates the whole process, in good economic times or bad. We notice it here at Photosource International. The photo need requests by photobuyers continue to come in via phone, fax or Internet. All during this downturn in the economy we’ve signed up photobuyers that we never heard from in the past.
Yes, some photobuyers have been laid off, but we’ve discovered many of them have turned their knowledge into positioning themselves as independents and they now contact us directly.
Textbooks are in a lull these days, not because of a shortage of photos or the money to produce them, but because educators have discovered it’s easier to produce them, as well as revise them, online, making lower prices for students to retrieve the information, with an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, with iPod mobility, or many more devices to come along. Th ey can achieve this in the classroom or at home.
In the same spirit of Internet knowledge acceleration, textbook producers are using more photos not less. Because of the ease of publication in this new digital environment, publishers will begin publishing sub-specialties on the same subject that might have been cost-ineffective in the past. Also, alternative publishers will produce “for further reading” derivative materials, that will require even more photos.
If you are a stock agency, and you specialize in coverage of a certain topic, you’ve found that today’s Internet has been a boon for you if you have applied the principles of “branding.” Researchers, using specific keywords, can now cut through massive selections of online microsites to target the exact picture they are looking for. If you haven’t specialized yet, you’ve found that only a few buyers are stumbling onto your site. It’s time to re-think your focus.
The buyers, now using the magic of search engines such as Google, prefer now to go to the heart of a specialized collection first. Their web search selects an independent photographer or specialized photo agency to locate the exact picture they need to complete their assignment swiftly.
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/substitute.html
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GRANTS GUSTO -- New Getty Images Grants Schedule: How to Apply
Getty Images will award all five of its $20,000 Grants for Editorial Photography at once next year, instead of breaking the announcements up over two rounds. This means there's now one deadline: Circle May 1 on your 2010 calendars. http://bit.ly/14qvZv
GOOD GUIDE -- Report On Social Networking Sites. A report to address the responsible use of social media by members of the photographic community. The report presents hypothetical situations photographers may face when images are posted on social networking sites. http://tinyurl.com/asmpreport
TAKE AWAY: The report is available at no charge on the ASMP website www.asmp.org
TROOP SUPPORT – Jesse Kalisher Auctions $3,000 Obama Original Print from Smithsonian in 5th Annual Fundraiser for Wounded Troops. Starting Thursday, November 12th, the first photograph of President Obama acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photography Department, valued at $3,000, is up for auction on eBay GivingWorks with 100% of the proceeds going to wounded soldiers and their families. http://bit.ly/Dg4wX
PHOTO INSTITUTE EXPANDS – Photography training is expanding at the Ohio Institute of Photography & Technology so much that it is moving and also changing its name. They expect at the end of November 2009 to have with a new home and a new name. The school will begin operating as Kaplan College on Nov. 23, 2009. SOURCE: DAYTON DAILY NEWS; PHOTO Ty Greenlees. http://bit.ly/3n8oHi
NEW GENERATION READING -- Will less photos be published in the future if book sales are dropping? No, in fact book sales will begin to increase as soon as the reading public adopt “electronic books”. Get ready to see photos saleS increase in the publishing world.
A little device called the Amazon Kindle has started to rocket up the sales charts. Similar book reading devices, like the Sony Reader, are emerging at the same time. It has dawned on Google’s competitors.... librarians and governments in Europe and Asia afraid of American cultural hegemony that Google was doing more than just organizing all the world’s information. It was also creating a vast pool of Google-controlled content for the new generation of electronic book readers.
This pleased Google allies like Sony. But competitors like Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon didn’t like the way things were going. Their anger only intensified late last year when Google Books gained fresh momentum by announcing a settlement of outstanding copyright issues on book scanning with the Association of American Publishers and the Authors’ Guild of America.
SOURCE: Sean Prpick, CBC News, PHOTO: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/11/17/f-google-books-project-analysis.html
Old- and new-school reading at a book festival in Hay-on-Wye, England. The woman on the right is using the Sony Reader.
FOREIGN PHOTOGRAPHERS: When mailing your CD’s or promotional materials (calendars, DVD’s, catalogs, books, etc.) to USA editors, mark the outside of your package: `No Commercial Value. Photos On Loan Only.'
Are you concerned that some ad agency might steal one of your pictures and use it for their own purposes without notifying you?
That might have been possible four or five years ago.
Today it is becoming rare. As example the recent “Toyota” case (see the Copyright section in today’s PhotoStockNOTES or call up on the web: http://www.toyota.com/new4runner/ for a picture of the infringed photo. Note: Toyota has since compensated the photographer.)
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UNFREE PHOTOS FROM THE CROWD: -- “User-created ads” create photo rights conundrum. Toyota flap over Flickr photo illustrates the copyright issue problem; Ad Age provides answers. SOURCE: Abbey Klaassen ;Advertising Age
http://www.autonews.com/article/20091110/ANA08/911109986/1018
MUSCLE: -- Age Fotostock, ChromaZone Flowers, easyFotostock, ImageDJ and ImageMore are now in PhotoAsia. PhotoAsia, Malaysia's pioneer stock photo library, today announced the addition of five image collections incorporating over 3.4 million Rights-Managed (RM) and Royalty-Free (RF) images which can now be browsed and licensed through PhotoAsia.
http://bit.ly/VFUJQ
Have you come to the point in your stock photography career that you are exploring whether to allow your customers to pay by credit card? The decision to go the credit card route can mean an increase in business revenue. It can also mean headaches, customer confusion, and unwanted bookwork. But if you do your homework you can smooth the bumps, and benefit.
http://www.photosource.com/credit-card-route/index.html
MOOD ENHANCER - --Canadian scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate pain. 'Our findings show that non-pharmaceutical interventions - mood enhancers such as photography or music - could be used in the healthcare to help alleviate pain. These interventions would be inexpensive and adaptable to several fields," Dr. Roy stresses.
http://bit.ly/2kLW42
NURSES ONLY: A new magazine will hit stores in November. It's called Scrubs and it's aimed at nurses. Fed up of seeing your make-up wear off during a 12-hour shift? That's just one of the topics the first issue of Scrubs will tackle. The magazine also has money, career and, relationship advice. Hint: If you're dating a doctor, don't carry on like the characters on "Grey's Anatomy." Publisher Mike Singer says the U.S. has three million nurses. SOURCE: Ashley Milne-Tyte
DELICIOUS PHOTOS -- Culinary photography is bubbling over, with a new annual festival kicking off this month in Paris called the Festival International de la Photographie Culinaire. Its founder, a former cookbook editor named Jean-Pierre Stephan, has noticed a revolution in the quality of food photos over the past decade, thanks to the boom in cookbooks and foodie mags. “I want to show that culinary photography has become a true art,” he says, “one that can make its way in the marketplace the same as any other form of art or photography. You can hang it on the dining room wall like a 17th-century Dutch still life.” SOURCE: THE MOMENT; AMY SERAFIN PHOTO: Dominic Davies http://bit.ly/30FOZ5
THE FACE -- New magazine targets those with appearance issues. The cover of the preparation issue of My Face, a new magazine in Japan for people involeved those suffering from deformity, going on sale in April. A self-esteem support group is ...
SOURCE: Mainichi Daily News
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091114p2a00m0na024000c.html
GRABBERS -- The Photo Attorney (Carolyn Wright, Esq.) reports on a site ( ElfYourself.com ) that is gobbling up more than is needed to effectively operate its service. Three other grabbers are also mentioned. SOURCE: ThePhotoAttorney. http://bit.ly/1uzGft
OUCH! THAT HURT! -- Paparazzi Photographer Gets In Fight With Mike Tyson. Celebrity photographer Tony Echevarria reportedly got in a one-round fight with Mike Tyson yesterday at LAX, the Los Angeles International Airport. Unclear who won, but news reports say Tony was treated and is now re-Laxing at a local hospital for a cut on his head. http://bit.ly/2SbnxD
TAKEAWAY: Both of Tony’s ears are still intact.
MISUSE of PHOTOGRAPHY – East County photographer sentenced to 60 years. A Spring Valley man who used his photography business to lure young girls... http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/16/east-county-photographer-sentenced-to-60-years/
CHEAP PROTECTION -- ImageRights Launches To Protect Photographers From Copyright Infringement – ImageRights a low-cost, easy to use solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers and stock-photo agencies. ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the use of photographs and illustrations across the Internet, This would enable a photographer to discover and ultimately recover fees for the unlicensed use of their works. TAKEAWAY: Let us know if this system works for you. .
http://tinyurl.com/photowallnewcategory
WUSH!… It’s GONE -- Facebook and MySpace Strip Photo Copyright Data. Some social media sites are less than helpful at letting photographers maintain control of their intellectual property, according to a new report by Christopher Reeves, Esq.. Photographers who take the time to label their photos with copyright metadata may find it's all for nothing, since Facebook and MySpace erase it anyway. SOURCE: PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, Daryl Lang. http://bit.ly/3h8Gik
NOSTALGIC PHOTOGRAPHY -- The Vanishing Negative in Photography. Some Thoughts on Film Photography in the Digital Age - "I didn't develop my own roll of film until I was eighteen, but the power of that instance changed my world forever. " http://bit.ly/1zwFUM
TAX FIGHT -- - A once-thriving family business in WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - is on the verge of shutting down, and its owners are virtually broke, after spending years fighting the North Carolina State Department of Revenue over an audit they believe was full of errors. In 2005, Tammy Webster and her husband were living their dream. They owned a successful marketing firm called Webster Design Group. But all of that changed when, in 2005, the N.C. Department of Revenue sent a letter saying the company was being audited. The audit ruled the small business owed $600,000 in taxes. "We knew immediately there was something wrong," said Webster. Over the next two years, the Websters fought back, believing serious errors were made in the audit. Those errors included counting invoices more than once, including a single photography invoice four times, Webster said. SOURCE: Chad Tucker , FOX8 News
SEEN FROM ABOVE – NDrive London navigation for iPhone adds aerial photography. NDrive has announced that the NDrive London navigation application for iPhone is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store. NDrive London combines NDrive's turn by turn GPS technology with aerial photography to create a more realistic experience for the end user. http://bit.ly/sbyA
CLEAR VIEWS BELOW -- Key West Snorkeling Co. To Invest $100,000 in New Underwater Photography Equipment With professional quality photos and the ability to capture so much more on video, crew on the photography team aim to rival National Geographic in the photos and videos they produce.
http://bit.ly/43qC8t
GOOGLE GIFT -- Google cuts Picasa photo storage prices. Google has cut the price to store photos at its Picasa Web Albums site by a factor of eight. The photo-sharing site offers 1GB of photo and video storage for free. Today we're dramatically lowering our prices to make extra storage even more affordable. You can now buy 20GB for only $5 a year--that's twice as much storage for a quarter of the old price, and enough space for more than 10,000 full resolution pictures taken with a five megapixel camera. Since most people have less than 10GB of photos, chances are you can now save all your memories online for a year for the cost of a triple mocha," programmer Elvin Lee said in a blog post Tuesday.
http://bit.ly/U9rjI
MINI-COLLECTION -- Shape Collage Launches Online Photo Collage Maker. Shape Collage Online takes photos from anywhere on the web and uses a patent pending algorithm to automatically arrange these pictures into a collage. The result is a digital image that looks like a pile of real photos on a table where the photos have been spread out and moved around to create a certain shape. http://bit.ly/2jNFnk . Here’s an example from some pictures here at Pine Lake Farm.
SOCIAL POWER Top Social Media Resources Study -- Business.com’s study looking at the popularity and prevalence of webinars, podcasts, user ratings and reviews and corporate profiles on social networks used by professionals. Commentary is made on the restriction of employee access to social media sites that will help grow your business? http://tinyurl.com/topmediaresources
NEW SOFTWARE FOR STOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS -- iSyndica's latest release, 2009 PDN Photo Plus Expo, gives stock photographers the ability to distribute groups of their images with automatic custom watermarks on sites like Facebook and Flickr, saving on processing and uploading time. Resizing abilities also guarantees that the images they publicly share can't be reused for unauthorized commercial purposes.
TAKEAWAY:. Photographers who take the time to label their photos with copyright metadata (see above) may find it's all for nothing, since Facebook and MySpace erase it anyway.
http://tinyurl.com/isyndicamedia
In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it. -
Susan Sontag -
1924 - November 3rd - Photographer Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
1925 - November 20th - Photograph from an airplane at night was taken over Rochester NY, by Lieutenant George Goddard in cooperation with the Eastman Kodak Company, which supplied a photometer by which the intensity of light was measured. The photographs were taken from a 3,000-foot altitude and showed about 3 square miles of the city's area. A light bomb was dropped which made a flash lasting but one twentieth of a second.
1951 - November 10th The First coast-to-coast dial telephone service without the use of an operator.
"It is a daunting challenge for those wanting to enter the business of marketing their photos. Now there is a solution to "Where do I start?” Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos” eCourse. Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end and you will have made a giant step."
- Allen Russell, photographer, Life in the American West, Livingston, Montana
LIKE FATHER…Green Bay Packers football photographer Jim Biever's roots run deep. For the past 30 years, Jim Biever has been the Green Bay Packers' team photographer. The Biever family and the Packers have a long history together, dating to when Vernon became the team photographer in the 1940s.
SOURCE: Dan Powers, Post-Crescent photojournalist. PHOTO: Dan Powers
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091113/APC06/911130505/Packers-photographer-s-roots-run-deep
BON APETIT! – National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen was in Antarctica to capture shots of leopard seals. One approached him, jaws wide and ready for biting... and if you haven't heard the rest of the story... SOURCE: Melissa Block NPR; PHOTO: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120399312&ft=1&f=1001&sc=YahooNews
Melissa Block talks with photographer Paul Nicklen about Polar Obsession, his new book of photos documenting the wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic, out this month. Nicklen's work has been published in hundreds of magazines around the world, including National Geographic. Read more on NPR's photo blog The Picture
BACK THEN: -- Robert Frank's The Americans, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Jan. 3 Follow in the path of photographer Robert Frank's famous 1958 road trip The Americans, honored with a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until Jan. 3 (metmuseum.org). Jeff Rosenheim, curator of the museum's department of photographs, shares with Kathy Baruffi for USA TODAY his suggestions of modern-day places to discover. SOURCE: USA TODAY. http://bit.ly/20Ybvo
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. No one disputes that the 1975 exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape" was a landmark show. What remains cause for discussion is what exactly New Topographics meant and why the term and its attendant attributes have had such an enduring influence. http://bit.ly/tSN1P
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Are You Important?
Are you important to someone? Of course you are. You are important to a daughter, a husband, an employer, a friend, a neighbor. Society seems to be built on the importance we hold for each other. It’s glue that separates us from most other living entities that live on this planet.
It’s the importance of being important.
Can we apply this principle of “importance” to our stock photography clients?
Ask yourself, –“of the photobuyers on my mailing list – how many of them feel I’m important to them?”
Your answer could be a key to the success or lack of success you are experiencing in your stock photography career.
I’ve watched and observed the careers of many successful stock photographers over the years. These are the people who live where they want to live, are their own boss, and photograph what they want to photograph.
Stock photography is a wonderful field for persons who have a sensitive eye for what makes a good photograph. They know how to tell a story with their creative and technical skill, and they center in on one or just a few specific subject areas.
It’s a good foundation when you know you have discovered a subject area in life that you enjoy photographing. It may be a hobby, or a profession, or some other pastime. You are even luckier if it’s a topic that can be photographed easily (unlike cliff climbing, or bungee jumping).
Your enthusiasm for the subject matter makes the word “chore” disappear.
Can you apply this approach, used by these successful photographers, to your own career? After you discover your own path to follow, your own specialized subject area, – the next stage is to learn if there are markets for your passion, for this subject matter. I once counted over 3500 subject areas that are represented in the publishing field. The Internet might prove me wrong in that there may be as many as 4500 available. Sports, for example, have at least 23 divisions that people participate in. Medicine has 117. Racing has 17 aspects, from autos, to horses, to foot racing. They all have representation in the world of publishing.
The Internet can enlighten you when you search for outlets for your photography. And remember, we are now talking global, not national or statewide markets that you were confined to in the past.
Now here comes the importance of being important.
Some stock photographers, especially those breaking into the field, often and erroneously consider all of the 3500 markets as theirs. Yes, their work is varied in scope, and they have won prizes and have been awarded seals of approval by photography experts. But we fail to see their images in print or published, unless we happen to stumble upon them while we browse the Internet.
There’s not much chance of that. Statistics show us that there are billions of photos on FaceBook and Flickr alone. Shutterstock boasts 100,389 (plus or minus) new stock photos added weekly to their system. As of this writing (11-11-09) they feature 8,845,513 royalty-free stock photos and 200,263 member photographers. And there are at least 100 similar systems.
You see, you are a small fish in a big pond. You needn’t be.
As to the Internet totals, imagine the skyline of Chicago. Imagine an empty Sears Tower. If you took the total amount of existing Internet photos, made all of them the size of a postage stamp , and put them downtown in the Sears Tower, wall to wall and floor to ceiling on each floor, the photos would fill the building almost to the top.
It’s staggering to realize that just a decade ago, the total amount of Internet photos wouldn’t even have filled the first floor.
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http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/newspaper.html
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destination#1: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile
dates#2: Apr 3 - Apr 26, 2010
destination#2: Morocco, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Greece
Comments: On assignment as guest lecturer on Holland America cruise ships. extended multi-week and multiple destination land stays in Egypt and Greece between April 26 and June 30, 2010. Travel photography and travel writing assignments welcomed.
Name: John Ready
Phone: 315-725-5385
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Travelwriter Marketletter
for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
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
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571-214- 9086
SHORT LESSON – a couple of lessons by iPhone Applications.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/video-iphone-apps-for-shutterbugs/
PHOTO DETECTIVE – Holland City and township using photography to find building violators. Iinspectors no longer need to trample through your back yard to check for building code violations. Instead, some are comparing aerial photos to determine whether homeowners have added garages, pools and decks without permits.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x801095122/Holland-city-and-township-using-photography-to-find-building-violators
IT’S BACK AGAIN. -- The “one-hour” photo concept is back again, but this time it’s online, making it easier for you to pick up your photos. Snapfish by HP has partnered with Walmart to enable consumers to pick up lab-quality photo prints and photo cards ordered on Snapfish.com in one hour from any of the 3,350 participating Walmart stores nationwide. http://bit.ly/1rTq3c
JOIN UP -- Photojournalists Launch National Campaign to Fight Poverty. In Our Own Backyard, a non-profit organization of photojournalists committed to social reform, announces the launch of a new poverty awareness campaign, AmericanPoverty.org. In partnership with Catholic Charities USA, the campaign will be carried out by preeminent photojournalists, with the support of writers, filmmakers and advocates.
http://bit.ly/y0PN4
THINK THIN. Unique photography helps you visualize weight loss Aline Mekhdjian has worked hard to lose 30 pounds this year and she's determined to lose 30 more. Now the 28 year old can see exactly what she'll look like at her goal weight-thanks to a free website that allows you to load a picture of your current self and they will show what you would look like at your goal weight. http://bit.ly/2aCqRw
KEEP TO THE THEME – Creative Ideas for Photography Books - Photography books that fill your Amazon wish list might all contain wonderful images but they also tend to follow a format. The photos focus on a theme, have short passages of text, and each photo both stands alone and contributes to an overall impression of the book's subject. When you're looking to create your own photo book, those bestsellers provide good models to follow. Other books that are strong on photography reveal a number of different ways of publishing your images. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/creative-ideas-for-photography-books
TAKEAWAY: A side benefit for a self-published photo book is that they can be sent to potential clients as a promotional tool. They can also be sent to existing photo editors as a 'catalog.'
LEFT OUT – Photographers won’t be getting a piece of the Google Books settlement. However, photography organizations are planning their own suit. A federal judge has denied a motion filed on behalf of photographers and graphic artists seeking to intervene in the Google Books settlement, a long-running legal negotiation to compensate copyright holders when their work is reproduced through Google's book scanning project. SOURCE: PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i5262a3b026dcf171476a649828a53ad3
SHORT & SWEET – Direct Mail from Photographers Is Making a Comeback - at Least on My Desk - Wayne Ford's reaction to, and interaction with, direct mail from photographers is very different from my quick dismissal of most e-mails. At the very least, I see - and often notice - the sender's photographs. SOURCE: RISING BLACKSTAR See: http://rising.blackstar.com/direct-mail-from-photographers-is-making-a-comeback-at-least-on-my-desk.html
TAKEAWAY: With post cards, you don’t have to open an envelope.
FREE FOR ALL? From BlackStar Rising, by Harrison McClary, A Photo Credit Doesn't Pay the Rent - In the belt-tightening world of editorial photography, many media outlets now offer a photo credit, rather than monetary compensation, for the use of your photo. If you're not getting paid, how are you different from the millions of hobbyists uploading their photos on Flickr and all over the Web? SOURCE: Blackstar Rising, http://rising.blackstar.com
http://rising.blackstar.com/a-photo-credit-doesnt-pay-the-rent.html
TAKEAWAY: There is a deadly hidden secret of all professional freelancers. It’s the RULE of the freelance jungle. Will the creative pro please step forward who has not in her/his early entry days as a professional given away a free article, a free photo, a free garage band concert? Sure, as a professional freelancer you have to be protecting yourself and excluding competition by doing a better job than the youngster who is coming up from the ranks and getting known by an age-old marketing technique of getting your foot in the door by giving away a gratis sample of your work.
It’s a given -no working pro stock photographer, except hobbyists, can exist very long unless they get paid for their photos.
But isn’t the chat session at this sire ‘preaching to the choir’?’
Somehow, the picture is painted in the forum responses that photographers never have given away their work.
In other professions, as we all know, the emerging talented people produce enticing freebies to introduce themselves, get their foot in the door, when they’re just starting out. We all love the ‘free offer.’
They do it. We take it.
We all encourage it. And don’t feel any guilt.
For example:
Accepting a free pass to the new theater down the highway
Accepting a free ticket to the new dance studio or stage play
Or accepting a PR person’s free pass to the basketball game
Or the garage band’s opening night concert
Or a sample of the new product being introduced at Wal-Mart
Or a grocery store coupon
A free article from Ezine or similar website
Or a free meal at a place where kids eat free
All potential clients can recognize the “newbie”. They are looking out for Numero Uno too.
Not unlike us when we accept that “familiarization tour” of a flight and lodging to Guatemala or the free pass down at the local sports stadium.
--Rohn Engh
CLASSIC PHOTOS ON VIDEO -- Time Warner: Life.com Partners Animoto To Present Online Galleries. LIFE.com has announced that it will now feature animated video galleries of some of its most iconic and powerful photography, including collections featuring Marilyn Monroe and the first lunar landing, powered by video creation platform Animoto. http://bit.ly/W2EAx
DOUBLE DUTY -- There is a bond between travel writers and photographers that goes beyond cravings for weird food and questionable style. "Photography" literally means "writing with light." When photographers think of themselves as writers, they make better photographs; like writers with words, the best photographers write compelling stories with images. SOURCE: Travel Photography and ‘Writing With Light’ JEFF PFLUEGER http://bit.ly/QWJB0
CENTENARIAN -- The New York Institute of Photography will be 100 years old in 2010. Thousands of students passed through their doors in 100 years of advancing photographic education. Chuck Delaney, Director of NYIP is the author of PHOTOGRAPHY- Your Way
PORTFOLIO PUSH – Getty Images Launches "Call for Artists" on Flickr - Literally thousands of Flickr photographers have been invited thus far (the Flickr/Getty private member only contributor group on Flickr counts over 12,000 members) there wasn't really a way for a photographer to try and be included in the program if they didn't get a Flickr invite. Until today. A "Call for Artists" will provide the Flickr community with a forum to "pitch" their work for the collection.
http://thomashawk.com/2009/11/getty-images-launches-call-for-artists-on-flickr.html
EYE-TO-EYE – Photographer Jillian Edelstein, famous for her portraits of stars from Woody Allen, Kate Moss and Daniel Day Lewis to Nelson Mandela, is undertaking a photography project unlike any other she has attempted before. She plans to capture 121 eyes http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/091109-photographer-jillian-edelsteins-ey.aspx
PHOENIX? – James West: "Alamy Quarterly Statement Q3 2009 - Q3 2009 results will reflect what we hope is the bottom of the downturn. It's too early to predict what Q4 will look like, but I can say that September and October numbers have been very reassuring. http://www.alamy.com/contributors/statements/default.asp
TAKEAWAY: The economy is one distracting factor of this pioneering organization but another is the billions of photos being offered by equally new competent micro sites coming on the scene.
OVERVIEW -- Assessor seeking support for aerial photography. The County wants to buy a high-tech oblique aerial digital photography system, called Pictometry, http://www.pictometry.com/home/home.shtml to help assess county properties. However, it is not quite as high-tech as a government's "Big Brother" spy satellite system that worries some members of the public. http://bit.ly/457VEj
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GRAB? – Protect Your Flickr Photos! - Some companies may be grabbing your Flickr photos through Flickr's API. An API stands for "application programming interface" and is used to allow other software programs to interact with it.
(It's not known whether Toyota used Flickr's API in the incident referenced here.) The Flickr API is available for non-commercial use by outside developers. Commercial use is possible by prior arrangement. SOURCE: Photo Attoney. (See Workshops below. The Photo Attorney, Carolyn Wright, will be giving a presentation in Philadelphia, December 12th) http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=785
THE BRIT’S VIEW -- The UK's Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") along with the UK's Department for Business Innovation and Skills ("BIS") have published a report entitled, "© the way ahead: A Strategy for Copyright in the Digital Age." Based on the findings, read the IPO’s reported intentions. http://bit.ly/1DaM8O
ALL IS FAIR IN… -- Love, War, and Photography..but, How does fair-use law work, anyway? Shepard Fairey may have hoped to teach something new about art and copyright with his iconic "Hope" poster of Barack Obama. Instead, he is accused of lying about which Associated Press photo he used. (He says he made a mistake.) But if Fairey's lying has probably made a hash of his case and lost him a lawyer, it has also raised that pesky question yet again: Just what is fair use? Was it legal for Fairey to take an AP photo and turn it into this piece of artwork? SOURCE: SLATE. Author Tim Wu is a regular Slate contributor and a fellow at the New America Foundation. And another question, “Do you agree that it is “Fair Use” to bring the photography community this fine explanation by author Tim Wu? http://bit.ly/261srb
The Digital Shoebox:
How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos
by Sarah Bay Williams and published by Peachpit Press.
I love a how-to book that starts out right off with the how-to’s and Sarah Bay William’s book The Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos gets right to it. She assumes zero entry level skills – which is great. She begins not with your computer, but with your camera settings – setting time and date info, so each photo can be registered, filed and stored with some kind of timeline attached.
This book covers storing your photos, sharing them with others, and saving photos that others share with you. Her methods although simple and straight forward, includes developing appendixes on time, file formats and metadata that direct you in storing your photos on your computer by month and year as well as a calendar of what you shoot. This is a book for the nonprofessional photographer and it does a very good job with a very complicated subject.
Chapter titles include: Before You Take Photos, Making A Home for Your Photos, Navigating a Sea of Photos, Preserving Your Photos Forever, Downloading Photos to Your Computer, Photos for Printing, Sharing and Reference, Photos from Friends and Found Images, and finally, File Formats, Metadata, and Time Lines of Your Photos.
A good example of Sarah’s insight with her fairly simple filing methods is illustrated when she talks about saving original images whenever you alter an image, as when you resize, and points out that one should resize photos that you attach to email so you don’t overload your friends email mailbox. I particularly like the readability, illustrations and general formatting of her workflow in illustrating fairly complicated filing and storing concepts. The book is 155 pages long and is very user friendly for the beginning photographer.
I think this book would be great for the stock photographer to give friends that are new to both computers and digital photography.
The Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos by Sarah Bay Williams and published by Peachpit Press, press[at]peachpit[dot]com - $24.00 at Amazon.com $17.99.
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 . morningstar138[at]hotmail[dot]com
Want to see your photos in print...
and getting paid for them?
SEEING THE LIGHT -- Beamer brings flash photography to the iPhone. There are very few cell phones shipping with a flash these days, and of course, the iPhone notoriously has no flash option at all. Cue the Beamer, a new case for the iPhone. It's a two part plastic case with an LED lamp on the back and a recessed silicon switch on the side. http://bit.ly/3tTwZD
POCKET GUIDE -- Photography guide for the iPhone. Isobar interactive agency Molecular, Inc. announced its collaboration with Nikon to create an innovative mobile applications for the Apple iPhone handset that provides people with quick, easy access to both educational and inspirational photo information right from their mobile phone. http://bit.ly/9vyfv
WELL, NOT REALLY. Caravaggio: master photographer? Caravaggio experimented with lighting effects in his paintings and used models from the street - two centuries before the great photographic pioneers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography
AFFORDABLE MEDIUM FORMAT -- Photography: what's next after 35mm DSLR? Medium format cameras have huge image sensors inside them, making the limitations of digital photography melt away. Now, medium format digital cameras are reaching DSLR prices. http://bit.ly/1Gvm6U
TENATIVE LAUNCH – RED Prepares to Launch $28,000 Epic Camera - RED has announced a tentative rollout schedule for its follow-up to the powerful RED One digital video camera. Select customers willing to pay $28,000 for a prototype and could have the camera by year's end. Come and get it. You know who you are.
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3ie84e5cd17ae0924cdd9b446e1e25e834
WHAT WORKS? – Newspapers and social media sites. - The use of social media for promotion had really begun to pick up in the world of publishing. BBC just recently announced that they will be appointing a Social Media Editor in the near future. And a new article from the Newspaper Association of America explores the extent to which particular bookmarking and social networking sites increase page traffic for newspaper sites. http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2009/11/newspapers_and_social_media_sites_what_w.php
SHOTGUNNING – Stock Photographers Power Up Their Social Media Activity With iSyndica. It’s latest update gives stock photographers the ability to distribute their images with custom watermarks to popular social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS163459+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
AN OPPOSITE OPINION -- In Britain, an unhealthy society? The Grandfather: “How have we allowed ourselves to become so narrow minded to make an embarrassed grandfather feel obliged to delete his innocently taken photos fearing he has been labeled a predatory pedophile?” SOURCE: PhotoLegal (UK) http://bit.ly/2dCEPA
THE NEW WAY– Behind the Scenes of a Major Production - Video production presents a growing business opportunity for still photographers, as video and still camera technology converges and clients begin to combine the two types of production to create cross-platform campaigns and cut costs.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i86ae90f312299762710aac8d6477db2d
COMING OF AGE – What are the biggest benefits of digital printing, specifically? Over the coming days, in Washington, as art lovers view the hundreds of images mounted around town at FotoWeek D.C., most of them will probably look a fair amount like photos always have. The technology used to produce them, however, will almost certainly be new. They will have been shot and printed digitally. SOURCE: Blake Gopnik; PHOTO: Juana Arias; The Washington Post, http://bit.ly/YSnDp
MORE DATA -- The Next Generation of DVDs Could Hold More Data . The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player. Mantis shrimps, dubbed "thumb splitters" by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. They can see in 12 primary colors, four times as many as humans, and can also detect different kinds of light polarization - the direction of oscillation in light waves. http://bit.ly/25uTYD
"I've had some very nice compliments regarding the Folio page you set up for me. Many thanks to you again for all of your help -- it is MUCH appreciated."
- Lee Snider, Photographer, New York NY
FINAL Entry Deadine: November 23, 2009 ($4.95 each)
Winning Photos will be published in the May 2010 issue
of Photographer's Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be
published in the hardcover book Best of College Photography 2010.
http://pfmagazine.com/E/Contest.aspx
Photo District News
topknots contest
A grand prize winner in each category will receive:
• A digital camera
• PhotoServe portfolio ($860 value)
• 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Expo Pass
• Winners' images will be printed in the April 2010 issue of Photo District News and in a special Top Knots winners' gallery on our Web site.
People's Choice Award: Log on to the contest Web site and vote for your favorites. The winning images will receive the People's Choice Award online
For info: http://www.topknotscontest.com/
Joseph Daniel Clipper -- From self-taught artist, a snapshot of happiness. Noted for his classy demeanor and elegant portraits, He has been capturing the lives of local and national figures for more than 40 years. His specialized large portraits on canvas look like paintings and have included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Ben Ali, founder of D.C. landmark Ben's Chili Bowl. SOURCE: Yamiche Alcindor, Washington Post. http://bit.ly/20dsVd
Who: Philadelphia Glamour Photography Workshop Group
What: A special presentation by Attorney Carolyn E. Wright
Subject: Intellectual property law, photographic copyright law, and much more!
When: Saturday, December 12th, 2009, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Where: Widener University, Room A of the University Center building
· Address: One University Place, Chester, PA, 19013
· Conveniently located right off of I95
· Free parking is available
· This is a safe and secure meeting area, with 24 hour security
· A map will be emailed to all RSVP’s prior to the event
Cost: $100.00 per person
· If paying by check, please call 770-402-8579 for a mailing address
· All seating must be prepaid
· RSVP’s must be received by December 7th!
· Admission cost is refundable, less a 5% processing fee
Why: Because you can’t take your creativity for granted!
Contact: Albert Heefner
PH: For more info: 770-402-8579
The presentation will run approximately four hours, with one hour used for questioning from the audience. Seating is limited in this venue, so please schedule ahead. Workshop details are listed below. Please bring a pen and paper, to ensure you make the most of the event.
All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability.
- Susan Sontag,
1789 – November 18th – French painter, physicist, and photography pioneer Louis Jacques Daguerre was born near Paris.
1905 – November 24th – The first gallery to exhibit photographs opened in New York City, called “The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession.”
1936 – November 22nd – The new photo-magazine Life came out, selling for 10 cents a copy. The first issue featured a cover photo taken by Margaret Bourke-White, of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana.
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The New Media…
A Friendly Place
In the last century, sellers and buyers hid behind walls and rarely met or talked with customers –if they could avoid it. Nowadays, retailers and Internet marketers realize ‘getting to know you‘ is a good marketing attitude.
That friendly approach may take a few more sentences on a customer service phone question or a follow-up email or post card to an inquiring customer. Giving more to your client pays off.
It may be offering advice to them on the photo they have just licensed from you, or referring them to another photographer when you can’t meet their photo request.
This evolving attitude, especially on the Internet, keeps to on your toes: delivering accurate captions and keywords, delivering the correct photo resolution, -and on time.
In the New Media that we are all experiencing, you’ll expand your scope and be delivering your photo product just not locally but nationally or even internationally. Along with this expansion comes a greater awareness of others’ needs because of cultural differences or technical aspects that may conflict with the way you’ve been doing business.
You should be aware of what's ahead....not only the traditional print media: magazines, books, textbooks, and catalogs, but also with the pioneering electronic media -- the Internet radio, television, video processing, CDs, and evolving concepts like digital video, cell phones, iPods, desktop image delivery, screen-touch educational tools, and on-demand picture retrieval.
Many of the latter elements are poised to explode into even wider use, with the rapidly increasing familiarity of photobuyers and photographers with the marketing advantages of the Internet.
Classic commercial stock photography (the familiar scenics and generalized "situation" shots) as we've known it over the past decades will continue to be in demand, but the overwhelming supply of these generalized stock shots, available now on CDs and from discount sources on-line, (microstock) will continue to diminish their value -- and price tag.
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/friendly.html
Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed. Thanks -Rohn Engh
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Name: Christen Vidanovic
Phone: 808 7782248
Email: Christen@nineteenowls.com
dates: 11/20/2009 - 12/16/09
destination : Tahiti
Comments: Please check out my portfolio at www.nineteenowls.com - available
for editorial, travel, portrait and wedding photography.
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Travelwriter Marketletter
for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Travelwriter Marketletter… for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
JUST FOR STARTERS -- The most important things to know about photography. Whether making photography a career or a hobby there are some thing you should know, be forewarned that photography could turn into a lifelong obsession. SOURCE: Arlington Photography Examiner Nicole Bartlett. http://bit.ly/1zPblb
WATERMARKING YOUR IMAGES – Nicole Young: “Whether or not you watermark your images is up to you, and I personally don't think that there is a right or wrong way of doing it. Ultimately it's a personal choice. SOURCE: Scott PHOTO FOCUS; Scott Bourne; Photo: Nicole S. Young.
http://photofocus.com/2009/10/30/watermarking-your-images/
TAKEAWAY: There’s no fun in defacing your images. Let’s not forget, they are works of art. –RE
RESUSCITATION -- Operation Photo Rescue – It’s a volunteer network of image restoration experts, professional and amateur photographers, designers, etc. whose aim is to restore important photos. If you're proud of your digital image restoration skill, it’s to volunteer with Operation Photo Rescue (OPR)..
http://www.creativepro.com/article/operation-photo-rescue
MARKETING TIP: You can copyright every one of your photographs, free. It's a gift from your federal government. It costs you nothing. Place notice of your copyright anytime you publish, post, or print one of your images. Décor says you should place the copyright symbol on the bottom right of your image. But it doesn’t matter. In fact if you don’t want to place a copyright notice on your photo, it’s not necessary. It still enjoys copyright. Why? Because the Copyright Law (USA) 1978 says at the moment you click the shutter and the picture is made, the resulting image is yours and can be registered with the Copyright Office in Washington DC. Only when you "register" your copyright does it cost you $45. (At this writing. Electronic registering is cheaper). So place a Copyright Notice on each of your photographs TODAY. (From Sell & ReSell Your Photos, Page 255).
YOUR PORTFOLIO -- Wayne says: “I've spent some time over the past couple of weeks looking at photographers' portfolios in search of new talent for upcoming projects. Print portfolios, on the whole, are similar in format and presentation. The same can't be said for online portfolios. And this can present challenges in fairly judging the talent and experience of different photographers.” SOURCE: Wayne Ford in Business of Photography; thru Rising Black Star. http://bit.ly/qKphG
TAKEAWAY: Always ask, “What is my target market?” If you’re a commercial photographer…yes, this information works. If you are an editorial stock photographer, the “to-the-point” submissions you make to your specialized periodical or book publisher are at the top of the photobuyer’s list, not your prize-winning exquisite clichés or edgy website design.
BUSINESS IS WAITING -- Four Steps to Determine Your Rate as a Contract Photographer. As media organizations continue to trim staff positions, they are hiring contractors to do more of their photography work. For laid-off staff photographers, this presents an opportunity - if you know how much to charge for your services. http://bit.ly/3UIDGJ
DISPLAYING YOUR WARES -- Portfolio Updates - How often should a photographer update their print portfolio? How about the website? Does putting new work on a blog count? http://stone-thrower.com/2009/10/28/updating-your-portfolio/
TAKEAWAY: Editorial stock photobuyers are less interested in newsworthy photos and commercial stock photos (the kind you find on strictly microstock and RP (rights-protected) site) than photos (recent or archived)that are on-target for the readers (and advertisers) for their specialized publications.
CIRCLE STOCK IMAGES has announced the launch of its stock photography web site, circlestockimages.com, featuring stunning travel-centric images from around the globe.
The photographer-managed agency differs from traditional photo agencies by offering commission-free competitive pricing and the ability to contact and negotiate with member photographers individually. http://bit.ly/2jmHmB
RESPECT WINS POINTS – Tread Carefully When Photographing Religious Events. When visiting a country where religion is a visible part of daily life, you'll find that pictures of religious activities reveal cultural insights better than photographs of landmarks and landscapes. Rituals, festivals, and people dressed in religious garb personalize faiths otherwise unfamiliar to most photographers. http://bit.ly/3mJgtI
This week the discussion is about using a mobile phone* for marketing your photos to photobuyers at book and magazine publishers.
http://board.photosource.com
To make a comment, all you need to do is register at the sign marked in red.
·* Ever wonder about the evolution of the mobile phone?
Here’s a video showing its evolution..
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More DIY videos at 5min.com
WHO’S IN CHARGE? Social Media-A New Sales Strategy; Today It Takes More Than A Website - The question is-how can it work for you? It is a very different means-one that you join and participate in rather than direct and control, as you often can with your traditional marketing media. New technology and the changing and developing expectations of your clients are driving this change.
http://shutterbug.com/columns/business_trends/1009business/
TAKEAWAY: In the past, no matter what the profession, it was me,me,me. The new social media is reversing the normal hierarchy to “us,us,us…” That’s where you come in, somewhere in the middle, or even at the top, depending or your career skills. This new process allows the wave of voracious newly-available technology to make it possible for the democratic plebeians to filter upwards. Bravo! -RE
THEIR THOUGHTS Some of the world's greatest photographers explain the creative thinking behind their iconic images. “Photography in 100 Words” Author -David Clark is a photography journalist. He was the senior features writer on Amateur Photographer magazine for nine years, during which time he met and interviewed many of the world's greatest photographers. - Focal Press ISBN: 9780240813004; Pub Date: October; Price: $ 29.95
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1257196100.html
BACK AGAIN -- Crawl magazine, which caters to off road enthusiasts, has issued a press release to announce they will be back this month.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6807-OffRoading-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Crawl-magazine-reopens-their-doors
A Phishing Scam is one of many email scams that appears to be a legitimate request for a financial information update based on your accounts with an institution.
The first time I got one of these was from my bank. I was instantly suspicious. When I clicked on the link, it took me to a web site to update my financial information,but when I looked at the URL, I spotted two problems, first itdidn't have https (the "s" stands for "secure") in the URL and the
URL was for a site that had nothing to do with the bank I use. Iimmediately contacted my bank and let them know about the scam.Within a couple of days, they put an advisory on their web site for
their customers.
Note: Even the "s" isn't necessarily foolproof. Some
scammers forge these icons.
So what happened here? First off, reputable businesses won't make such requests by email. Secondly, phishers will take you to a fake or "spoofed" web site. A "spoofed" web site is one where the scammer has copied a legitimate web site as "proof" to fool would-be
victims.
Here are some examples of common scams, the Nigerian Scam, email
419, fbi scams, security scams, lottery email scam, etc. All of
which lead to identity theft and or bank fraud.
Here's how to avoid the scam:
· Never respond to an email, text or pop-up message that asks for your financial information.
· Don't click on any of the links in the message.
· Don't cut and paste the URL into your browser, either. You might
get redirected without your knowledge.
· If in doubt, type in the URL directly or contact your financial
institution by phone.
· Don't call the phone numbers in the message. Only use the numbers
that have been given to you by your financial institution.
· Read the privacy policies of the companies you deal with to see
how they handle your personal information and how they protect that
information.
Questions? Write to me at: visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com
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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
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YES YOU CAN: The Copyright Attorney shows us our rights. After snapping some photos of the beautiful building, a library worker asked her, "Are you taking pictures?" and told her that she is not allowed to take photos in the library without permission from the marketing staff. SOURCE: Copyright, Photographer's Rights, Photography Not Allowed, by Carolyn E. Wright http://bit.ly/4hUuda
DOUBLE WEDDING -- Bad photograph pair 'marry' again (UK). A couple from West Yorkshire whose bad wedding photos became worldwide news have recreated their special day (with another photographer.) http://bit.ly/4DpuQl
A Book That Features You
PERSONAL PUBLISHING
Photographer Rick Smolan has always been in the forefront of ideas in the publishing world – especially when it comes to photography, and especially the kind we favor here at PhotoSource International: editorial stock photos. *
Rick’s newest idea is this. Stock photographers are always featuring people from around the world in their pictures –and getting those pictures published. Now the tables turn. You, the photographer, will be featured in a book that documents an event in history (the first ever election of a black person as our president) that will long be a treasured memory in your household. It’s called The Obama Time Capsule.
How are you featured? It’s fascinating, and has to do how Rick and his wife, Jennifer Erwitt, have adapted the now familiar technique called “print on demand.”
Here’s how it works.
After you answer a few questions on Rick’s order page and upload your personal photos (they can be you and your family in the backyard, at Disney World, or at an Obama event if you happened to cover one, -it doesn’t matter) a personalized copy of the book will be created just for you through the print-on-demand method. The process will seamlessly weave pictures of President Barack Obama’s presidential journey together with your own inserted photos, along with your name or the name(s) in the pictures you choose to include throughout your individual copy of the book. .
Rick and I have known one another
since the 1970’s when we each were
trying to figure out how we could
make a match between photography
and computers. Rick has captured
the seed of
self-publishing/print-on-demand
publishing and fashioned it into
a new industry for stock
photographers to capitalize on.
I can recommend this new-style book as a cherished historical memory for you where it will be placed alongside your favorite keepsakes for generations to come.
You won’t find this one in bookstores, but thanks to the Internet, you can find it even faster at Amazon. It’s easy to make your own personalized copy of THE OBAMA TIME CAPSULE. To get started and to purchase a book, go to:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=rick+smolan!
There’s plenty of instruction available at this site.
-Rohn Engh
*View examples of Rick’s publishing achievements with his many books ranging from the “Day in the Life” series featuring the USA and other countries, to works revealing insights into medicine and cyberspace by typing in, “Rick Smolan” in Google or Amazon.com.
COPYRIGHT ON THE WEB (the “copywebrightcan‘o”) -- The UK IPO's way ahead - The UK's Intellectual Property Office has published the conclusions of its year long report into copyright in a digital age - including opening the Big Can Of Worms that is Ophan Works. The full paper is here. SOURCE: John Enser
http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/copyright-uk-ipos-way-ahead.html
DO ARCHIVES COUNT? – Photographer wins landmark 'online' copyright ruling. . The British High Court has ruled in favour of a celebrity photographer who sued Mirror Group Newspapers for infringing his copyright in archived images that were subsequently published in digital form for newspaper back issues.
In a judgment issued on 16 October which has potentially important ramifications for the photography industry, the High Court held that Daily Mirror publisher MGN Ltd had infringed copyright in photographs included in back copies of newspapers it was making available online to paid subscribers.
http://www.epuk.org/Opinion/933/photographer-wins-copyright-infringement-case-against-mgn http://bit.ly/2qv8w9
Just Starting Out?
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"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
click here:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2709904.htm
POCKET CHANGE -- Newcomer to photography? You’ve probably said. “What I need is a simple, informative how-to guide that fits in my pocket” Enter Nikon Learn & Explore, a new iPhone app that teaches photography fundamentals and offers shooting techniques for common situations. SOURCE: Rick Broida CNET Blog Network. http://bit.ly/odRYJ
NOTE: See the info in today's Kracker Barrel
DOCUMENTING BY CAMERA -- Four thousand years ago, a government bureaucrat in Mesopotamia jotted down a tally of slave laborers on a clay tablet. The bureaucrat left behind the count in wedge-shaped symbols that proved hard to fully decipher with the naked eye. Until now. SOURCE: Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs2-2009nov02,0,7468773.story
UP, UP, AND AWAY -- Remote-control helicopter opens aerial photography to all. If you've been interested in aerial photography but held back by that inconvenient airplane aspect, New York-based SkyShutter has the gadget for you. http://bit.ly/2KMHTI
LEARNING HOW -- New Lynda.com Courses on Photography & Social Media Marketing - Do you want to market your company on Facebook and Twitter? Try Social Media Marketing with Facebook and Twitter course.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/new-lyndacom-courses-photography-social-media-marketing
DIGITAL CAMERAS - In this special interview from Incentive Insights podcast sponsor Nikon, OEM and special markets manager Scott Crawford tells Incentive Senior Editor Leo Jakobson his thoughts on the recent Motivation Show (very successful), where demand for digital cameras is trending in special markets.
http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/incentive/merchandise/e3i7906335d5f3231a273ae4f3bb23d1b1b
PHOTO MERGING -- '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. SOURCE: Chris Bergeron/Daily News. MetroWest Daily http://bit.ly/3miOhZ .
GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER -- PhotoPlus Expo 2009: Small Cameras, Big Sensors, Serious Challenges - One of the biggest trends at this year's PhotoPlus Expo in New York City last week was the increasing popularity of small digital cameras with oversized imaging sensors.
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0bb6c152ef9ae206eb
“The Rohn Engh ‘How to Market Your Photos’ eCourse is nothing short of excellent and is very informative and educational. If you have the ability to take photographs, this course will help you make photographs and sell them.” - Jim Olive, Stock Photo Agency Director, The STOCKYARD, Houston TX
WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? -- Understanding Five Types of Photo Contests. They are all about judging photographs based on creativity, technical merit, and relevance to the contest themes. But different types of contests have different technical standards and different submission methods. It's important that you match your images to the type of contest you're entering. http://bit.ly/2Tu94k
TAKEAWAY: And it's also important for the judges to understand the direction and concept of each contest. It's disappointing to see an architectural expert judging a nature contest.
BRYANT AUSTIN: -- Stunning Whale Photography (photos, video). Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered whale species are touring the world and inspiring awareness about these amazing animals. SOURCE: Huffington Post | Eve Solomon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/bryant-austins-stunning-w_n_338607.html
http://bit.ly/k0FQn
PHOTO WEEK 2009 -- Mediabistro's Business of Microstock panel, PDN's PhotoPlus Expo and a host of other related events took place in what is becoming known as 'Photo Week'. Here's some quick recaps from some of the friends of Microstock Diaries who attended the festivities.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/photo-week-2009-in-review.html
AWARENESS -- City Guide: Atlanta - Atlanta hosted 150 photo exhibitions, numerous seminars and lectures that are free. It's all part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival, which every October takes over schools, museums and galleries across the city, highlighting the city's rich photo community.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/featured-in-print/e3i1af498fbe3e69d899097b7e60f60b2be
"The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe, I try to entertain, but above all, I want pictures that are emotional. "
1924 - November 3rd - Photographer Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
1925 - November 20th - Photograph from an airplane at night was taken over Rochester NY, by Lieutenant George Goddard in cooperation with the Eastman Kodak Company, which supplied a photometer by which the intensity of light was measured. The photographs were taken from a 3,000-foot altitude and showed about 3 square miles of the city's area. A light bomb was dropped which made a flash lasting but one twentieth of a second.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-roy-decarava29-2009oct29,0,860183.story
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Will A Blog
Work For You ?
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On the Internet, one of the effective ways to get the attention of photobuyers is the BLOG.
This Internet tool has been around for a decade or so. Only now has it arrived in the mainstream of editorial stock photography. Will it be useful to you?
Yes, if you use a blog, along with your website, you achieve a two-prong push to gain attention to your photography. A Blog is a dynamic website (web+log = blog). Websites are what might be called “static.”
New blog software has come along, so use Google to find a blog format that fits your style and specialization(s). What’s available? Blogger and WordPress have always been the past favorites. With the new blog software out now, it’s difficult to tell whether the results are a blog or a website.
How it works:
Each time you publish an entry on your blog, you are doing electronically what is called a ‘ping’ to the various updating services. In other words, you automatically notify your photobuyer list and any other people that are following you and your services, that there is new content on your blog, so your prospects will “come in and take a look at my newest photos!”
This gives the search engines occasion to come and visit your site to index it. So, another benefit is that blogs tend to be “crawled” (indexed) more frequently than traditional static websites. Also, it’s said that blogs show up 10 times more often in searches than regular websites do.
Blogs are sort of do-it-yourself utilities, in contrast to static websites where you have to open up your “editor,” produce the article/photos, and update the page properties, before uploading the page(s) to your website using FTP software. A lot of work. Once you’ve done all of that, you have to wait until the search engines visit your website to get it re-indexed (sometimes two or three weeks).
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/blogwork.html
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"A penny saved is a penny earned" Benjamin Franklin was famous for saying.
Mikael Karlsson is developing a "Savings Guide" for stock photographers. In the coming months, we're going to feature some articles from his bank of saving tips. This week the subject is "Growing Your Business".
Next: "Savings with Communications and Technology"
Saving Money in Your Editorial Stock Business
by Mikael Karlsson
Growing Your Business
Staying in business is to keep growing your business. Just like an annual raise is welcome for any employee you will want to be able to give yourself a raise, at least every now and then. Costs go up and to be able to keep in step, - your revenues need to go up as well.
1. Go Local
One potential stream of revenue often overlooked is that of local newspapers. Sure, they don't pay top dollar but they are - in most cases - quite willing to pay for quality photographs that they have a need for. Talk to the local editor and see if they need assistance covering events, sports, local artists and similar. Chances are they do. Make sure you negotiate with them to give you all rights to all photos so that you can add the photos to your stock photo archive. This can also be a great way to expand your specialties and the topics you cover. The pay isn't great for local newspapers but the access offered often more than makes up for that.
2. Local and State Government
A few years back I spent the better part of a year and a half with a big photography project for our state Department of Corrections. The project was to build a up-to-date media photo library encompassing all state prisons, the training academy, special services and more. Not only did I use this opportunity to add hundreds of images to my stock archive, I was also paid handsomely by the state government to complete this work.
All kinds of government agencies and department need photographs. Be it for marketing, documentary purposes, or simply to use in brochures and on web sites the need is there. Look at the images they're currently using and offer them something better.
More often than not there is some sort of Media Office you can make contact with. Know what you offer and have your arguments ready prior to making contact. You should be able to spell out why they should take you up on your offer quickly and to the point.
3. Volunteer and Network
Ever since I started working as a photographer back in the dawn of time I firmly stated that I'd never photograph weddings, pets or kids. That lasted until last year. A friend at the Sheriff's Office asked me if I could help him out. His oldest daughter was about to be confirmed and the regular photographer couldn't make it to the church on time for the ceremony.
I ended up spending a few hours that Sunday at the church photographing my friend's daughter and the rest of the 20+ kids that were going through confirmation. I spent another couple of hours to edit the photos and uploaded them over night to a printing service. I charged cost plus 15% for the prints and ended up making roughly $150 total on the prints. I also refused to accept the $100 they offered me for photographing and editing and they ended up donating that to the ministry my wife runs.
There was a real potential for generating revenue in doing this had I wanted to. Hooking up with the on-line printing service that handed all the printing, shipping and charging made this an enjoyable experience that I would actually probably consid er doing again. Just don't tell anyone I said that.
4. Keep your customers coming back for seconds
The trademark of any successful business is loyal customers. In the case of editorial stock photography that means photobuyers at book and magazine publishers. There's no magic answer here really. Think about the businesses that you give your repeat business to. What makes you go back? The prices? The service? The convenience?
Offer a great product at a good price. Top it off with amazing customer service. When you make it easy for photobuyers to work with you, chances are they'll be coming back. Don't pester publishers for copies of books, tearsheets and the like. You want their experience working with you to be as smooth and trouble-free as possible. Promise the moon and deliver even more.
The most important things to think about:
Always deliver on or before deadline
Don't call photobuyers unless they initiate and want you to call
Don't blast photobuyers with constant e-mails
Never ever deliver images that aren't up to par on quality
You can also offer incentives for photobuyers that come back for more business. One way of doing that is to offer some sort of return customer discount.
5. Accept Credit Cards
How flexible are you when it comes to how your customers can pay you? Are you offering any ways aside from by check? If you don't already accept credit cards this is something you should really considering. A couple of the publishers I regularly work with (one of them is a very large contractor for the Federal government) only pay by credit card. If I didn't accept credit cards I would lose the business these publishers send my way. The way I do it is through PayPal. There are no monthly fees and all I have to do is to log in to my PayPal account and e-mail an invoice to the buyer through PayPal. The buyer pays by credit card and the amount is put directly into my PayPal account. Minus a small percentage of the total amount. Every month I withdraw funds from PayPal and they are wired straight into my checking account. This method works really well for business to business sales.
If I would offer any prints at fairs and the like all I would need would be mobile access through my cell phone.
An alternative to accepting cards through PayPal is to talk to your bank about a merchant account. Unless you process a high volume of credit card payments chances are that this way will be more costly compared to PayPal.
If you need to swipe actual cards you might be better off with a Merchant Account though. The equipment to swipe is quite cheap these days and it will boost your sales a lot if you offer prints to the public at fairs, craft shows etc if you can accept credit cards.
Before you settle on any method make sure you check out and compare features and costs. Select the method that makes most sense to your specific needs.
Photojournalist Mikael Karlsson has 25 years' experience of working for magazines and newspapers in more than 30 countries. He moved to the United States in 1998 from his native Sweden. He lives in Nebraska and is currently US correspondent for 11 Swedish magazines and a regular contributor to a wide variety of U.S. publications. Reach him at mike[at]photosource[dot]com.
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed. Thanks
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Name: John Lander
Phone: +81-46-876-2454
Email: john@asiaimages.net
dates#1: 11/23 - 11/29
destination#1: Kyoto
dates#2: 11/29 - 12/26
destination#2: Kamakura
dates#3: 12/26 - 1/10
destination#3: Manila
Comments: Following Manila, will be touring various destinations in the
Philippines: Cebu, Negros, Baguio to name a few. Will be glad to add
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Travelwriter Marketletter
for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
If you're a photographer, TWML will provide you with contact info about photobuyers.
If you’re in travel PR, TWML tells you which publications are likely targets.
If you’re a travel editor, TWML tells you about trips, and about your competitors.
If you’re a photo researcher TWML will direct you to travel photographers.
If you’re in travel PR, TWML tells you which publications are likely targets.
If you’re a travel editor, TWML tells you about trips, and about your competitors.
If you’re a photo researcher TWML will direct you to travel photographers.
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571-214- 9086 (mention PhotoSource)
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
AHEAD OF THE GAME – Financial Planning, Part 1 - Four financial-planning
tools that are part of any business plan. Look at one of these with David
Weintraub - the Break-Even Analysis. SOURCE: BlackStar Rising.
http://rising.blackstar.com/eye-on-image-making-financial-planning-part-1.html
GET THEE A BLOG – Experienced Blogger has Advice for Photographers -- Aaron Hockley, a photographer and geek living in Vancouver, WA, USA has compiled in a video the lessons he learned over several years of blogging and covers how he launched Social Photo Talk. If you’re interested in starting a blog from scratch and wondering about what might be involved (or wondering about details you may have overlooked), his video will get you started.
http://tinyurl.com/launchaphotoblog
DELAYED PAYMENTS -- With the number of media outlets financing and publishing international photojournalism on the decline, many documentary photographers are looking to NGOs, or non-governmental organizations, as an alternative route to shooting in faraway lands and creating work that has a positive impact. SOURCE: John Harrington in Business of Photography. http://bit.ly/7Fi28I
TAKEAWAY: Many editorial stock photographers have learned to work the right deal with NGO’s. The subject matter is usually of social significance. Although the payment is low, photographers consider it just a down payment. The real money comes in subsequent sales of the photos to social organizations, film companies, TV networks, and eventually museums. The secret is to make a “limited rights” agreement beforehand.
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FLU FEAR AT PHOTO SHOOT. -- At the Mall, can Santa risk it? Fear of the flu bug has some parents looking for alternatives to the popular mall Santa. At one northwest Fresno photography studio, Santa is available for individual shoots, and he won't be wearing cotton gloves. "We're looking at little thing we can do to minimize the contact," said Craig Smith, owner of Insight Photography.
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
HOT SELLER -- What Makes A Photo Book A Bestseller? From PDN. For some insight into the commercial photography book market, PhotoDistrictNews recently obtained data from Nielsen Bookscan, which tracks retail book sales, to see which new titles are among the bestselling photography books this year.
http://bit.ly/7XJizK
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
ONE-TIME USE ONLY should be indicated in each transaction you have with a photobuyer. In the publishing industry, 90% of the time it will be used for inside editorial use, and usually ¼ page.
In some cases, photo editors may wish to retain your images in the publishing house's Central Art Database for possible future use. For second-time use of the same image, charge the picture buyer 75% of the original fee, unless, of course, they are going to use your picture for another size of use e.g. cover, chapter head, commercial use.
Think twice about selling EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS to your photograph. We encourage you to "rent" your pictures rather than "sell" them. If you receive a request to sell exclusive rights to your picture, multiply your "renting" fee by the number of times you anticipate marketing the picture in future years. When you sell exclusive rights to your image, the buyer maintains all use rights to your image, but you retain ownership of the copyright.
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COPYRIGHT POSITION STATEMENT (Publishers please take note.) Our PHOTOLETTER and PHOTODAILY subscribers consistently supply professional-quality photographs to the publishing industry. These pictures are provided on a rental basis. They are not provided on an all-rights, work-for-hire basis, which would conflict with both the letter and the spirit of the current (USA) Copyright Law enacted into force on January 1, 1978. We urge our subscribers not to endorse checks or sign agreements (`work for hire') which would imply that rights to a picture are transferred to the publisher (or person making the assignment.) Such rights are transferred only through special agreement and substantial compensation.
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT’S YOUR “PLAN B?” – In the UK, freelancers are riding the ups and downs of the economy. Instead of sulking, take these action steps to ensure they keep the attention of clients. TAKEAWAY: Top ten tips to get ahead or stay ahead in the crowd.
http://tinyurl.com/freelancersridethewave ; http://www.freelanceuk.com/news
THE DOTTED LINE -- Wedding Photography Contracts - A Cautionary Tale. A bride has filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan Supreme Court alleging she instructed her photographer, of the highly regarded wedding photography studio Christian Oth Photography, to refrain from taking photographs of her while getting ready, and in some degree of undress. So the question is - what are the photographers rights and obligations? Let's take a multi-facted look at the circumstances surrounding this issue. http://bit.ly/639Efk
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PREY -- Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins (video). National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen's encounter with a giant leopard seal in Antarctica who, over the course of four days, fed penguins to his camera and tried to teach him how to catch prey.
http://bit.ly/5m45lr
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Have you been blogging? Has it helped in the
sale of your stock photography?
Join the discussion with your pros or cons.
Go to
http://board.photosource.com
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
VISUAL THERAPY -- Pain Relief Through Photography. Can looking at the photograph of a loved one make pain go away? Numerous studies show that strong social connections have benefits for health. Now, a study suggests that merely looking at a photograph of a loved one can relieve the sensation of physical pain. http://bit.ly/8DmEbh
THE CRUMBLING WALL -- The key now is Your Point of View. Photography’s Old Boys Club Is Gone Forever. Your fresh point of view is your unique selling point, not your degree or wagon load of equipment.
Once upon a time, cameras, processing, access and distribution were the privilege of the few in photography. The business was an Old Boys Club with high barriers to entry. But now, anyone can join. So what is your salvation as a photographer? The tool that no one can take away from you — your point of view. http://bit.ly/8ZslxH SOURCE: Paul Melcher in Business of Photography .
TAKEAWAY: I like the way Elliott Erwitt said it. "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, a little luck, and some cunning."
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHO TO BELIEVE? -- Sidons says: "What is wrong with photography magazines today? Nowadays, the internet is loaded with photography information, some good, some very bad, but there is hope. I get 90% of my unbiased reviews of photo equipment from the internet…why…because on the internet you get the opinions of good photographers who use the equipment every day in their work rather than the staffs of photographic magazines edited by the corporate office IMHO." SOURCE: © Sidonsphotography Tel: (205)-409-2678
http://sidonsphotography.com/blogpage.aspx ; Sidonsphotography.com Phone: 205-409-2678
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CHALK ONE UP – Court Makes Ruling in Favor of Photographers – The PhotoAttorney : “As previously reported in my March 20, 2008, blog, courts have disagreed as to whether photographs of copyrighted works are derivative works. But one of the prior decisions on this issue has been overturned and, as a result, the court has given photographers some good law. The Court of Appeals remanded the case so that the lower court could determine whether Schrock’s and Learning Curve’s contract dictated that Schrock could not register/copyright the photos. While the issue of whether a photograph of a copyrighted work is a derivative work is not resolved, the 7th Circuit has done a lot to support photographer’s rights with this opinion. http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=821
25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Certified Check Scams:
Don't Ship Until the Check Clears
John Jones sells his prints on-line. He is happy to see that someone from Nigeria wants to buy his extra-large size print.
Careful. There might be a scam awaiting John Jones.
Here’s how it works.
The “check overpayment scam” targets people who have placed an item that cannot be electronically delivered online.
The scammer, a con artist from another country (or a location remote to you), will pose as a buyer. The con artist emails the seller and offers to buy the item with a cashier’s check, money order, personal or corporate check. The con artist will give John a story about how it will cost John a lot of money to ship the item or that there will be extra fees involved for customs, etc. The con artist says to John he will send John a check for considerably more than the asking price to cover John’s extra delivery costs.
In addition, the con artist will tell John it’s a time-sensitive situation and that John needs to send the print as soon as possible.
HERE’s THE CATCH
If the con artist sends a check, money order, etc., to cover these extra fees for delivery it will look authentic. Caution: If John tries to deposit the check, it will almost certainly bounce. If John sends the item before the check has cleared, John has lost his print and he’ll be on the hook for the bank and shipping charges.
Another variation of this scam is when the scammer asks John to wire back the difference in price after he’s shipped the item.
Again, if John ships the print before the check has cleared, it will almost
certainly bounce, and he’ll be on the hook for the loss of his print, his time involved, bank fees, shipping charges and the difference the money John sent back to the scammer.
Worse, if the scammer has access to John’s bank account information, he
could also lose money from his account.
Note: If you’re selling something online, and suspect a “check overpayment scam”, end the transaction immediately, especially if the suspicious scammer asks you to wire back funds. Contact the FTC (https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/)to report such a potential fraud.
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
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COPYRIGHT PROTECTION -- US Copyright Office - 23-Month Wait on Registration. John Harrington:”I am someone who strongly encourages everyone to register their copyright. On December 21, 2007, I visited, in person, the US Copyright Office to deposit a copy of my images from a specific set of assignments that took place the month prior. November 14, 2009, 23 months later (695 days), I received the envelope with my formal certificate in it. I'd like to think that this would happen faster, however, in the end, I've been protected all along. SOURCE: Photo Business News & Forum;; JOHN HARRINGTON
http://bit.ly/7UHJs6
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Every Thursday morning....
sit back and read the up-to-date- stuff
in the world of
editorial stock photography
What's going on? What are other photographers and other companies doing?
It's all here and it's up-to-date.
You can subscribe, renew, or extend your subscription HERE.
And, as a special dessert for Thanksgiving Day.. we are giving you an extra year free if you renew by tomorrow night.
Yep. You get two (2) years for the price of one.
That's like having two turkeys for the price of one.
And there's a bonus if you meet the deadline
Read all about it here:
http://www.photostocknotes.com/sale.php
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU. -- . Sheriff Threatens to Submit Photographer to FBI’s Hit List. Here’s a video showing how a Los Angeles Sherrif’s deputy prevents an amateur photographer from taking pictures in the L A Subway. Who says Gestapo tactics won’t ever happen again in the civilized world? The footage is good but the audio is even better.
http://thomashawk.com/2009/11/lasd-officer-richard-gylfie-photography-is-not-a-crime.html
TAKEAWAY: SS Trooper Gylfie should also chase down the suspicious photographers who took pictures of the interior of the L.A. Subway that I found on Google Images.
(I found 15 on Google Images...!
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TWIN LENS REVIVAL -- TtV (Through the Viewfinder) photography gives life to old TLRs. Twin lens reflex (TLR) cameras of olden days are making a comeback among some digital shutterbugs. By combining the aged shooter and a dSLR, photographers have created a new form of photography known as TtV (Through the Viewfinder). This can be quite a hard concept to grasp, but essentially you're pointing the lens of the dSLR at the viewfinder of the TLR and taking a picture of it.
http://bit.ly/6ouB1c
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FRUGAL FOTOGUY – Convert Your Roller Suitcase into a Tripod or Mic Stand - If you travel with a roller suitcase, then you can easily convert it into a tripod for long exposures through the hotel window and for general photography work around the room. And the best part is, this conversion only adds another 6 ounces to your travel load.
http://thedigitalstory.com/2009/11/convert_your_roller.html
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
KODAK FLIES WITH TWEETPhoto – TweetPhoto and Eastman Kodak Company announced that the two companies have begun a collaboration focused around real-time photo sharing, Event Photo Stream. "Real-time photography is used across social networking sites to start a conversation or give context to a tweet,” says Sean Callahan, Co-Founder of TweetPhoto.
TAKEAWAY: The nature of photography is changing as well as its role in communication on platforms like Twitter. http://tinyurl.com/kodakcollaboration
FACEBOOK FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS -- New Media Photographer Rosh Sillars writes an interesting blog article on the photographer’s place and best practices on Facebook. He explains the use of Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups, as well as addressing their effectiveness.
TAKEAWAY: Facebook can be your Internet home address. Use this free real estate to your advantage. http://tinyurl.com/facebookforphotographers
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"Your books have always been an inspiration!"
- Richard Smith, Photographer, New Bloomfield, PA
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NOT SO PRETTY -- Baby images airbrushed by magazines to make them more perfect Babies' eye colour, skin tone – and even the fat creases on their arms – are altered before the images are put on glossy magazine front covers. Magazines have been heavily criticised in the past for airbrushing images of women to make them look thinner . But this is the first time the industry has admitted using the technique to alter images of babies. http://bit.ly/8Z9IQ7
FAKE FOTO OF FIGHTER? Iconic photo that warned of fascism probably a fake. The controversy over Robert Capa’s Falling Soldier photograph continues. The famous shot showing a Spanish soldier captured at the very moment of his death is no stranger to controversy. So-called new evidence claims that the image was faked. SOURCE: George F. Will; Washington Post http://bit.ly/90MXIs
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NIGHT BIRD FOTOS OF TINSEL TOWN -- Dazzling new Las Vegas pics. Photographer Jason Hawkes, 42, has released his collection of pictures of the Las Vegas skyline from his new book. He captured the dazzling images from a helicopter using state-of-the-art technology. The images have now been brought together in his book, Las Vegas at Night. SOURCE: Las Vegas SUN; Lee Cain.
http://bit.ly/6q87nZ
SOURCE: Las Vegas SUN; Lee Cain.
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DATA ON THE FLY – Digital Photo Metadata Takes Off with Exif Pilot - Two Pilots has released a
new version of Exif Pilot. With Exif Pilot, you can see not only your photo image but also the accompanying metadata. Each time you take an image, your digital camera records date and time information along with technical parameters. This information is stored in a special format called EXIF. That is one of the advantages of digital photography. You can view, edit, and create EXIF data.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/digital-photo-metadata-takes-exif-pilot
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
EVOLVING NYC -- -- The City Change, Site by Site 8SsnOt. The evolution of New York has been illustrated in photographs in countless ways. Two of the biggest collections belong to the city. Photos of Every Building in New York City, From the ’30s or ’40s, Then Updated. More photographs and the history of specific properties are available at nytimes.com/nyregion.
http://bit.ly/8zsOuW
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Harry Callahan -- “He was one of the most outstanding and innovative photographers of the 20th century,” said Anne Havinga, senior curator of photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. “He was passionate about the camera as a tool and loved to experiment. He never lost that sense of play.” SOURCE: Easton Journal and Enterprise; By Jody Feinberg
http://www.wickedlocal.com/easton/fun/entertainment/arts/x215405693/MFA-exhibit-focuses-on-photographer-Harry-Callahan
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“If you’ve got a good wife, you’ve got a good personal trainer.”
– H.T. White
24 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1946 - November 4th - Controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born in Floral Park, New York.
1903 - November 3rd - Photographer Walker Evans was born in St. Louis. He started out wanting to be a writer but switched to photography, and set out to capture, in his words, "the elevated expression, the literate, authoritative and transcendent statement which a photograph allows."
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There’s No Substitute
In this new century, soon to be
ten years old, - we have experienced
the power of pictures. In this
communication-lively world we live
in, the language of photos has
become paramount.
No one has invented a substitute for photos.
You’ve probably thought a lot about what I’m about to say about the downturn in the economy. Nevertheless, I want to put it all in terms of our industry: picture research and picture sales.
Here’s some food for thought.
Dismal forecasting: the problem with most economic downturn forecasting is that the writers and broadcasters often make references to the 1930’s Great Depression for their statistics. But let’s look at the facts.
IT’S ABOUT STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
I’m not giving a pep talk here at halftime. I’m talking only about the reality of the business you are in, - stock photography.
And that business is going to succeed even if we are in a
global economic downturn.
Here’s why.
Number 1: Communication. We, as business people, have at our fingertips today a worldwide communications system, that can be both good and bad –almost simultaneously. The Internet. I’ve been communicating on the Internet since 1982 (which was a recession year, by the way) and began our initial on-line PhotoLetter in 1984. I’ve witnessed the ups and downs for almost a quarter of a century. During the ‘82 and ’91 recessions, we rode through them smoothly. The popularity of stock photos did not decrease.
Number 2 Quick Answers. On the Internet, you can find out quickly –what works, and what doesn’t work. No more struggles like in the 1930’s when Roosevelt was trying to figure out what America needed for a recovery. It took almost a decade.
HISTORY DOESN’T ALWAYS REPEAT ITSELF
On a larger scale in this century, the law of probability accelerates chances of finding work much faster. The same holds true for the potential for a fairly quick turnaround in the entire economy.
So those of you who are flipping through history books to predict the future, forget it. Those actuaries don’t count. History doesn’t always repeat itself. The recovery in the arena of editorial stock photography is going to come fast. Just like the present overall downturn came fast.
Number 3. A good product. You are in a good position. Stock photography will always be a commodity to barter, trade, rent, or sell. And the Internet accelerates the whole process, in good economic times or bad. We notice it here at Photosource International. The photo need requests by photobuyers continue to come in via phone, fax or Internet. All during this downturn in the economy we’ve signed up photobuyers that we never heard from in the past.
Yes, some photobuyers have been laid off, but we’ve discovered many of them have turned their knowledge into positioning themselves as independents and they now contact us directly.
Textbooks are in a lull these days, not because of a shortage of photos or the money to produce them, but because educators have discovered it’s easier to produce them, as well as revise them, online, making lower prices for students to retrieve the information, with an Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, with iPod mobility, or many more devices to come along. Th ey can achieve this in the classroom or at home.
In the same spirit of Internet knowledge acceleration, textbook producers are using more photos not less. Because of the ease of publication in this new digital environment, publishers will begin publishing sub-specialties on the same subject that might have been cost-ineffective in the past. Also, alternative publishers will produce “for further reading” derivative materials, that will require even more photos.
If you are a stock agency, and you specialize in coverage of a certain topic, you’ve found that today’s Internet has been a boon for you if you have applied the principles of “branding.” Researchers, using specific keywords, can now cut through massive selections of online microsites to target the exact picture they are looking for. If you haven’t specialized yet, you’ve found that only a few buyers are stumbling onto your site. It’s time to re-think your focus.
The buyers, now using the magic of search engines such as Google, prefer now to go to the heart of a specialized collection first. Their web search selects an independent photographer or specialized photo agency to locate the exact picture they need to complete their assignment swiftly.
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/substitute.html
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
- Company : THE MAGAZINE FOR COUPLES
Name: Catalina Margulis
Title: Deputy Editor
Address: 145 Front St. E Suite 207
- City: Toronto, M5A 1E3
- ZIP, m5A 1E3 Canada
- Phone 416 469 1429 x228
E-mail: Catalina[at]2magaine[dot]com
Replaces: Kellie Davenport
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GRANTS GUSTO -- New Getty Images Grants Schedule: How to Apply
Getty Images will award all five of its $20,000 Grants for Editorial Photography at once next year, instead of breaking the announcements up over two rounds. This means there's now one deadline: Circle May 1 on your 2010 calendars. http://bit.ly/14qvZv
GOOD GUIDE -- Report On Social Networking Sites. A report to address the responsible use of social media by members of the photographic community. The report presents hypothetical situations photographers may face when images are posted on social networking sites. http://tinyurl.com/asmpreport
TAKE AWAY: The report is available at no charge on the ASMP website www.asmp.org
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TROOP SUPPORT – Jesse Kalisher Auctions $3,000 Obama Original Print from Smithsonian in 5th Annual Fundraiser for Wounded Troops. Starting Thursday, November 12th, the first photograph of President Obama acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photography Department, valued at $3,000, is up for auction on eBay GivingWorks with 100% of the proceeds going to wounded soldiers and their families. http://bit.ly/Dg4wX
PHOTO INSTITUTE EXPANDS – Photography training is expanding at the Ohio Institute of Photography & Technology so much that it is moving and also changing its name. They expect at the end of November 2009 to have with a new home and a new name. The school will begin operating as Kaplan College on Nov. 23, 2009. SOURCE: DAYTON DAILY NEWS; PHOTO Ty Greenlees. http://bit.ly/3n8oHi
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NEW GENERATION READING -- Will less photos be published in the future if book sales are dropping? No, in fact book sales will begin to increase as soon as the reading public adopt “electronic books”. Get ready to see photos saleS increase in the publishing world.
A little device called the Amazon Kindle has started to rocket up the sales charts. Similar book reading devices, like the Sony Reader, are emerging at the same time. It has dawned on Google’s competitors.... librarians and governments in Europe and Asia afraid of American cultural hegemony that Google was doing more than just organizing all the world’s information. It was also creating a vast pool of Google-controlled content for the new generation of electronic book readers.
This pleased Google allies like Sony. But competitors like Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon didn’t like the way things were going. Their anger only intensified late last year when Google Books gained fresh momentum by announcing a settlement of outstanding copyright issues on book scanning with the Association of American Publishers and the Authors’ Guild of America.
SOURCE: Sean Prpick, CBC News, PHOTO: (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/11/17/f-google-books-project-analysis.html
Old- and new-school reading at a book festival in Hay-on-Wye, England. The woman on the right is using the Sony Reader.
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FOREIGN PHOTOGRAPHERS: When mailing your CD’s or promotional materials (calendars, DVD’s, catalogs, books, etc.) to USA editors, mark the outside of your package: `No Commercial Value. Photos On Loan Only.'
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Are you concerned that some ad agency might steal one of your pictures and use it for their own purposes without notifying you?
That might have been possible four or five years ago.
Today it is becoming rare. As example the recent “Toyota” case (see the Copyright section in today’s PhotoStockNOTES or call up on the web: http://www.toyota.com/new4runner/ for a picture of the infringed photo. Note: Toyota has since compensated the photographer.)
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18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
UNFREE PHOTOS FROM THE CROWD: -- “User-created ads” create photo rights conundrum. Toyota flap over Flickr photo illustrates the copyright issue problem; Ad Age provides answers. SOURCE: Abbey Klaassen ;Advertising Age
http://www.autonews.com/article/20091110/ANA08/911109986/1018
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MUSCLE: -- Age Fotostock, ChromaZone Flowers, easyFotostock, ImageDJ and ImageMore are now in PhotoAsia. PhotoAsia, Malaysia's pioneer stock photo library, today announced the addition of five image collections incorporating over 3.4 million Rights-Managed (RM) and Royalty-Free (RF) images which can now be browsed and licensed through PhotoAsia.
http://bit.ly/VFUJQ
18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Have you come to the point in your stock photography career that you are exploring whether to allow your customers to pay by credit card? The decision to go the credit card route can mean an increase in business revenue. It can also mean headaches, customer confusion, and unwanted bookwork. But if you do your homework you can smooth the bumps, and benefit.
http://www.photosource.com/credit-card-route/index.html
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MOOD ENHANCER - --Canadian scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate pain. 'Our findings show that non-pharmaceutical interventions - mood enhancers such as photography or music - could be used in the healthcare to help alleviate pain. These interventions would be inexpensive and adaptable to several fields," Dr. Roy stresses.
http://bit.ly/2kLW42
NURSES ONLY: A new magazine will hit stores in November. It's called Scrubs and it's aimed at nurses. Fed up of seeing your make-up wear off during a 12-hour shift? That's just one of the topics the first issue of Scrubs will tackle. The magazine also has money, career and, relationship advice. Hint: If you're dating a doctor, don't carry on like the characters on "Grey's Anatomy." Publisher Mike Singer says the U.S. has three million nurses. SOURCE: Ashley Milne-Tyte
DELICIOUS PHOTOS -- Culinary photography is bubbling over, with a new annual festival kicking off this month in Paris called the Festival International de la Photographie Culinaire. Its founder, a former cookbook editor named Jean-Pierre Stephan, has noticed a revolution in the quality of food photos over the past decade, thanks to the boom in cookbooks and foodie mags. “I want to show that culinary photography has become a true art,” he says, “one that can make its way in the marketplace the same as any other form of art or photography. You can hang it on the dining room wall like a 17th-century Dutch still life.” SOURCE: THE MOMENT; AMY SERAFIN PHOTO: Dominic Davies http://bit.ly/30FOZ5
THE FACE -- New magazine targets those with appearance issues. The cover of the preparation issue of My Face, a new magazine in Japan for people involeved those suffering from deformity, going on sale in April. A self-esteem support group is ...
SOURCE: Mainichi Daily News
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20091114p2a00m0na024000c.html
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GRABBERS -- The Photo Attorney (Carolyn Wright, Esq.) reports on a site ( ElfYourself.com ) that is gobbling up more than is needed to effectively operate its service. Three other grabbers are also mentioned. SOURCE: ThePhotoAttorney. http://bit.ly/1uzGft
OUCH! THAT HURT! -- Paparazzi Photographer Gets In Fight With Mike Tyson. Celebrity photographer Tony Echevarria reportedly got in a one-round fight with Mike Tyson yesterday at LAX, the Los Angeles International Airport. Unclear who won, but news reports say Tony was treated and is now re-Laxing at a local hospital for a cut on his head. http://bit.ly/2SbnxD
TAKEAWAY: Both of Tony’s ears are still intact.
MISUSE of PHOTOGRAPHY – East County photographer sentenced to 60 years. A Spring Valley man who used his photography business to lure young girls... http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/16/east-county-photographer-sentenced-to-60-years/
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CHEAP PROTECTION -- ImageRights Launches To Protect Photographers From Copyright Infringement – ImageRights a low-cost, easy to use solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers and stock-photo agencies. ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to track the use of photographs and illustrations across the Internet, This would enable a photographer to discover and ultimately recover fees for the unlicensed use of their works. TAKEAWAY: Let us know if this system works for you. .
http://tinyurl.com/photowallnewcategory
WUSH!… It’s GONE -- Facebook and MySpace Strip Photo Copyright Data. Some social media sites are less than helpful at letting photographers maintain control of their intellectual property, according to a new report by Christopher Reeves, Esq.. Photographers who take the time to label their photos with copyright metadata may find it's all for nothing, since Facebook and MySpace erase it anyway. SOURCE: PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, Daryl Lang. http://bit.ly/3h8Gik
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
It's coming soon!
Sell & ReSell Your Photos
"The eBook"
Sell & ReSell Your Photos
"The eBook"
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
NOSTALGIC PHOTOGRAPHY -- The Vanishing Negative in Photography. Some Thoughts on Film Photography in the Digital Age - "I didn't develop my own roll of film until I was eighteen, but the power of that instance changed my world forever. " http://bit.ly/1zwFUM
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
TAX FIGHT -- - A once-thriving family business in WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - is on the verge of shutting down, and its owners are virtually broke, after spending years fighting the North Carolina State Department of Revenue over an audit they believe was full of errors. In 2005, Tammy Webster and her husband were living their dream. They owned a successful marketing firm called Webster Design Group. But all of that changed when, in 2005, the N.C. Department of Revenue sent a letter saying the company was being audited. The audit ruled the small business owed $600,000 in taxes. "We knew immediately there was something wrong," said Webster. Over the next two years, the Websters fought back, believing serious errors were made in the audit. Those errors included counting invoices more than once, including a single photography invoice four times, Webster said. SOURCE: Chad Tucker , FOX8 News
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SEEN FROM ABOVE – NDrive London navigation for iPhone adds aerial photography. NDrive has announced that the NDrive London navigation application for iPhone is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store. NDrive London combines NDrive's turn by turn GPS technology with aerial photography to create a more realistic experience for the end user. http://bit.ly/sbyA
CLEAR VIEWS BELOW -- Key West Snorkeling Co. To Invest $100,000 in New Underwater Photography Equipment With professional quality photos and the ability to capture so much more on video, crew on the photography team aim to rival National Geographic in the photos and videos they produce.
http://bit.ly/43qC8t
GOOGLE GIFT -- Google cuts Picasa photo storage prices. Google has cut the price to store photos at its Picasa Web Albums site by a factor of eight. The photo-sharing site offers 1GB of photo and video storage for free. Today we're dramatically lowering our prices to make extra storage even more affordable. You can now buy 20GB for only $5 a year--that's twice as much storage for a quarter of the old price, and enough space for more than 10,000 full resolution pictures taken with a five megapixel camera. Since most people have less than 10GB of photos, chances are you can now save all your memories online for a year for the cost of a triple mocha," programmer Elvin Lee said in a blog post Tuesday.
http://bit.ly/U9rjI
MINI-COLLECTION -- Shape Collage Launches Online Photo Collage Maker. Shape Collage Online takes photos from anywhere on the web and uses a patent pending algorithm to automatically arrange these pictures into a collage. The result is a digital image that looks like a pile of real photos on a table where the photos have been spread out and moved around to create a certain shape. http://bit.ly/2jNFnk . Here’s an example from some pictures here at Pine Lake Farm.
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SOCIAL POWER Top Social Media Resources Study -- Business.com’s study looking at the popularity and prevalence of webinars, podcasts, user ratings and reviews and corporate profiles on social networks used by professionals. Commentary is made on the restriction of employee access to social media sites that will help grow your business? http://tinyurl.com/topmediaresources
NEW SOFTWARE FOR STOCK PHOTOGRAPHERS -- iSyndica's latest release, 2009 PDN Photo Plus Expo, gives stock photographers the ability to distribute groups of their images with automatic custom watermarks on sites like Facebook and Flickr, saving on processing and uploading time. Resizing abilities also guarantees that the images they publicly share can't be reused for unauthorized commercial purposes.
TAKEAWAY:. Photographers who take the time to label their photos with copyright metadata (see above) may find it's all for nothing, since Facebook and MySpace erase it anyway.
http://tinyurl.com/isyndicamedia
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it. -
Susan Sontag -
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1924 - November 3rd - Photographer Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
1925 - November 20th - Photograph from an airplane at night was taken over Rochester NY, by Lieutenant George Goddard in cooperation with the Eastman Kodak Company, which supplied a photometer by which the intensity of light was measured. The photographs were taken from a 3,000-foot altitude and showed about 3 square miles of the city's area. A light bomb was dropped which made a flash lasting but one twentieth of a second.
1951 - November 10th The First coast-to-coast dial telephone service without the use of an operator.
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"It is a daunting challenge for those wanting to enter the business of marketing their photos. Now there is a solution to "Where do I start?” Rohn Engh's 'How to Market Your Photos” eCourse. Pick it up and pay attention from beginning to end and you will have made a giant step."
- Allen Russell, photographer, Life in the American West, Livingston, Montana
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
LIKE FATHER…Green Bay Packers football photographer Jim Biever's roots run deep. For the past 30 years, Jim Biever has been the Green Bay Packers' team photographer. The Biever family and the Packers have a long history together, dating to when Vernon became the team photographer in the 1940s.
SOURCE: Dan Powers, Post-Crescent photojournalist. PHOTO: Dan Powers
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091113/APC06/911130505/Packers-photographer-s-roots-run-deep
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BON APETIT! – National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen was in Antarctica to capture shots of leopard seals. One approached him, jaws wide and ready for biting... and if you haven't heard the rest of the story... SOURCE: Melissa Block NPR; PHOTO: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120399312&ft=1&f=1001&sc=YahooNews
Melissa Block talks with photographer Paul Nicklen about Polar Obsession, his new book of photos documenting the wildlife in the Arctic and Antarctic, out this month. Nicklen's work has been published in hundreds of magazines around the world, including National Geographic. Read more on NPR's photo blog The Picture
17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BACK THEN: -- Robert Frank's The Americans, on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Jan. 3 Follow in the path of photographer Robert Frank's famous 1958 road trip The Americans, honored with a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until Jan. 3 (metmuseum.org). Jeff Rosenheim, curator of the museum's department of photographs, shares with Kathy Baruffi for USA TODAY his suggestions of modern-day places to discover. SOURCE: USA TODAY. http://bit.ly/20Ybvo
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE. No one disputes that the 1975 exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-altered Landscape" was a landmark show. What remains cause for discussion is what exactly New Topographics meant and why the term and its attendant attributes have had such an enduring influence. http://bit.ly/tSN1P
12 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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Are You Important?
Are you important to someone? Of course you are. You are important to a daughter, a husband, an employer, a friend, a neighbor. Society seems to be built on the importance we hold for each other. It’s glue that separates us from most other living entities that live on this planet.
It’s the importance of being important.
Can we apply this principle of “importance” to our stock photography clients?
Ask yourself, –“of the photobuyers on my mailing list – how many of them feel I’m important to them?”
Your answer could be a key to the success or lack of success you are experiencing in your stock photography career.
I’ve watched and observed the careers of many successful stock photographers over the years. These are the people who live where they want to live, are their own boss, and photograph what they want to photograph.
WHAT’S THEIR SECRET?
Stock photography is a wonderful field for persons who have a sensitive eye for what makes a good photograph. They know how to tell a story with their creative and technical skill, and they center in on one or just a few specific subject areas.
It’s a good foundation when you know you have discovered a subject area in life that you enjoy photographing. It may be a hobby, or a profession, or some other pastime. You are even luckier if it’s a topic that can be photographed easily (unlike cliff climbing, or bungee jumping).
Your enthusiasm for the subject matter makes the word “chore” disappear.
Can you apply this approach, used by these successful photographers, to your own career? After you discover your own path to follow, your own specialized subject area, – the next stage is to learn if there are markets for your passion, for this subject matter. I once counted over 3500 subject areas that are represented in the publishing field. The Internet might prove me wrong in that there may be as many as 4500 available. Sports, for example, have at least 23 divisions that people participate in. Medicine has 117. Racing has 17 aspects, from autos, to horses, to foot racing. They all have representation in the world of publishing.
The Internet can enlighten you when you search for outlets for your photography. And remember, we are now talking global, not national or statewide markets that you were confined to in the past.
Now here comes the importance of being important.
Some stock photographers, especially those breaking into the field, often and erroneously consider all of the 3500 markets as theirs. Yes, their work is varied in scope, and they have won prizes and have been awarded seals of approval by photography experts. But we fail to see their images in print or published, unless we happen to stumble upon them while we browse the Internet.
There’s not much chance of that. Statistics show us that there are billions of photos on FaceBook and Flickr alone. Shutterstock boasts 100,389 (plus or minus) new stock photos added weekly to their system. As of this writing (11-11-09) they feature 8,845,513 royalty-free stock photos and 200,263 member photographers. And there are at least 100 similar systems.
You see, you are a small fish in a big pond. You needn’t be.
As to the Internet totals, imagine the skyline of Chicago. Imagine an empty Sears Tower. If you took the total amount of existing Internet photos, made all of them the size of a postage stamp , and put them downtown in the Sears Tower, wall to wall and floor to ceiling on each floor, the photos would fill the building almost to the top.
It’s staggering to realize that just a decade ago, the total amount of Internet photos wouldn’t even have filled the first floor.
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/newspaper.html
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed. Thanks
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Name: Emmanuel Lacoste
Phone: 1234567890
Email: lacosteemmanuel@yahoo.com
dates#1: 18-12-09 to 10-01-2010
destination#1: Malaysia Vietnam
dates#2: 01-12-2010
destination#2: Thailand
Comments: My stock collection samples http://tiny.cc/Nc1Qv
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Name: David Smith
Phone: 604-818-7662
Email: dave[at]imagebyinterface[dot]com
dates#1: Jan 17-Feb 8, 2010
destination#1: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile
dates#2: Apr 3 - Apr 26, 2010
destination#2: Morocco, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Greece
Comments: On assignment as guest lecturer on Holland America cruise ships. extended multi-week and multiple destination land stays in Egypt and Greece between April 26 and June 30, 2010. Travel photography and travel writing assignments welcomed.
Name: John Ready
Phone: 315-725-5385
Email: jready122[at]yahoo[dot]com
dates#1: April 18-19, 2010
destination#1: Madrid, Spain
dates#2: April 20-22, 2010
destination#2: Segovia, Toledo, Seville
dates#3: April 23-24
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Phone: 1234567890
Email: lacosteemmanuel@yahoo.com
dates#1: 18-12-09 to 10-01-2010
destination#1: Malaysia Vietnam
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destination#2: Thailand
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Travelwriter Marketletter
for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
If you're a photographer, TWM will provide you with contact info about photobuyers.
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.
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.
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
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
If you're a photographer, TWM will provide you with contact info about photobuyers.
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.
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.
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Request a sample copy of TWML: 571-214- 9086
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SHORT LESSON – a couple of lessons by iPhone Applications.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/video-iphone-apps-for-shutterbugs/
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTO DETECTIVE – Holland City and township using photography to find building violators. Iinspectors no longer need to trample through your back yard to check for building code violations. Instead, some are comparing aerial photos to determine whether homeowners have added garages, pools and decks without permits.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x801095122/Holland-city-and-township-using-photography-to-find-building-violators
IT’S BACK AGAIN. -- The “one-hour” photo concept is back again, but this time it’s online, making it easier for you to pick up your photos. Snapfish by HP has partnered with Walmart to enable consumers to pick up lab-quality photo prints and photo cards ordered on Snapfish.com in one hour from any of the 3,350 participating Walmart stores nationwide. http://bit.ly/1rTq3c
JOIN UP -- Photojournalists Launch National Campaign to Fight Poverty. In Our Own Backyard, a non-profit organization of photojournalists committed to social reform, announces the launch of a new poverty awareness campaign, AmericanPoverty.org. In partnership with Catholic Charities USA, the campaign will be carried out by preeminent photojournalists, with the support of writers, filmmakers and advocates.
http://bit.ly/y0PN4
THINK THIN. Unique photography helps you visualize weight loss Aline Mekhdjian has worked hard to lose 30 pounds this year and she's determined to lose 30 more. Now the 28 year old can see exactly what she'll look like at her goal weight-thanks to a free website that allows you to load a picture of your current self and they will show what you would look like at your goal weight. http://bit.ly/2aCqRw
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
KEEP TO THE THEME – Creative Ideas for Photography Books - Photography books that fill your Amazon wish list might all contain wonderful images but they also tend to follow a format. The photos focus on a theme, have short passages of text, and each photo both stands alone and contributes to an overall impression of the book's subject. When you're looking to create your own photo book, those bestsellers provide good models to follow. Other books that are strong on photography reveal a number of different ways of publishing your images. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/creative-ideas-for-photography-books
TAKEAWAY: A side benefit for a self-published photo book is that they can be sent to potential clients as a promotional tool. They can also be sent to existing photo editors as a 'catalog.'
LEFT OUT – Photographers won’t be getting a piece of the Google Books settlement. However, photography organizations are planning their own suit. A federal judge has denied a motion filed on behalf of photographers and graphic artists seeking to intervene in the Google Books settlement, a long-running legal negotiation to compensate copyright holders when their work is reproduced through Google's book scanning project. SOURCE: PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i5262a3b026dcf171476a649828a53ad3
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SHORT & SWEET – Direct Mail from Photographers Is Making a Comeback - at Least on My Desk - Wayne Ford's reaction to, and interaction with, direct mail from photographers is very different from my quick dismissal of most e-mails. At the very least, I see - and often notice - the sender's photographs. SOURCE: RISING BLACKSTAR See: http://rising.blackstar.com/direct-mail-from-photographers-is-making-a-comeback-at-least-on-my-desk.html
TAKEAWAY: With post cards, you don’t have to open an envelope.
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
FREE FOR ALL? From BlackStar Rising, by Harrison McClary, A Photo Credit Doesn't Pay the Rent - In the belt-tightening world of editorial photography, many media outlets now offer a photo credit, rather than monetary compensation, for the use of your photo. If you're not getting paid, how are you different from the millions of hobbyists uploading their photos on Flickr and all over the Web? SOURCE: Blackstar Rising, http://rising.blackstar.com
http://rising.blackstar.com/a-photo-credit-doesnt-pay-the-rent.html
TAKEAWAY: There is a deadly hidden secret of all professional freelancers. It’s the RULE of the freelance jungle. Will the creative pro please step forward who has not in her/his early entry days as a professional given away a free article, a free photo, a free garage band concert? Sure, as a professional freelancer you have to be protecting yourself and excluding competition by doing a better job than the youngster who is coming up from the ranks and getting known by an age-old marketing technique of getting your foot in the door by giving away a gratis sample of your work.
It’s a given -no working pro stock photographer, except hobbyists, can exist very long unless they get paid for their photos.
But isn’t the chat session at this sire ‘preaching to the choir’?’
Somehow, the picture is painted in the forum responses that photographers never have given away their work.
In other professions, as we all know, the emerging talented people produce enticing freebies to introduce themselves, get their foot in the door, when they’re just starting out. We all love the ‘free offer.’
They do it. We take it.
We all encourage it. And don’t feel any guilt.
For example:
Accepting a free pass to the new theater down the highway
Accepting a free ticket to the new dance studio or stage play
Or accepting a PR person’s free pass to the basketball game
Or the garage band’s opening night concert
Or a sample of the new product being introduced at Wal-Mart
Or a grocery store coupon
A free article from Ezine or similar website
Or a free meal at a place where kids eat free
All potential clients can recognize the “newbie”. They are looking out for Numero Uno too.
Not unlike us when we accept that “familiarization tour” of a flight and lodging to Guatemala or the free pass down at the local sports stadium.
--Rohn Engh
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CLASSIC PHOTOS ON VIDEO -- Time Warner: Life.com Partners Animoto To Present Online Galleries. LIFE.com has announced that it will now feature animated video galleries of some of its most iconic and powerful photography, including collections featuring Marilyn Monroe and the first lunar landing, powered by video creation platform Animoto. http://bit.ly/W2EAx
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DOUBLE DUTY -- There is a bond between travel writers and photographers that goes beyond cravings for weird food and questionable style. "Photography" literally means "writing with light." When photographers think of themselves as writers, they make better photographs; like writers with words, the best photographers write compelling stories with images. SOURCE: Travel Photography and ‘Writing With Light’ JEFF PFLUEGER http://bit.ly/QWJB0
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CENTENARIAN -- The New York Institute of Photography will be 100 years old in 2010. Thousands of students passed through their doors in 100 years of advancing photographic education. Chuck Delaney, Director of NYIP is the author of PHOTOGRAPHY- Your Way
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PORTFOLIO PUSH – Getty Images Launches "Call for Artists" on Flickr - Literally thousands of Flickr photographers have been invited thus far (the Flickr/Getty private member only contributor group on Flickr counts over 12,000 members) there wasn't really a way for a photographer to try and be included in the program if they didn't get a Flickr invite. Until today. A "Call for Artists" will provide the Flickr community with a forum to "pitch" their work for the collection.
http://thomashawk.com/2009/11/getty-images-launches-call-for-artists-on-flickr.html
EYE-TO-EYE – Photographer Jillian Edelstein, famous for her portraits of stars from Woody Allen, Kate Moss and Daniel Day Lewis to Nelson Mandela, is undertaking a photography project unlike any other she has attempted before. She plans to capture 121 eyes http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/091109-photographer-jillian-edelsteins-ey.aspx
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOENIX? – James West: "Alamy Quarterly Statement Q3 2009 - Q3 2009 results will reflect what we hope is the bottom of the downturn. It's too early to predict what Q4 will look like, but I can say that September and October numbers have been very reassuring. http://www.alamy.com/contributors/statements/default.asp
TAKEAWAY: The economy is one distracting factor of this pioneering organization but another is the billions of photos being offered by equally new competent micro sites coming on the scene.
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
OVERVIEW -- Assessor seeking support for aerial photography. The County wants to buy a high-tech oblique aerial digital photography system, called Pictometry, http://www.pictometry.com/home/home.shtml to help assess county properties. However, it is not quite as high-tech as a government's "Big Brother" spy satellite system that worries some members of the public. http://bit.ly/457VEj
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
GRAB? – Protect Your Flickr Photos! - Some companies may be grabbing your Flickr photos through Flickr's API. An API stands for "application programming interface" and is used to allow other software programs to interact with it.
(It's not known whether Toyota used Flickr's API in the incident referenced here.) The Flickr API is available for non-commercial use by outside developers. Commercial use is possible by prior arrangement. SOURCE: Photo Attoney. (See Workshops below. The Photo Attorney, Carolyn Wright, will be giving a presentation in Philadelphia, December 12th) http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=785
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THE BRIT’S VIEW -- The UK's Intellectual Property Office ("IPO") along with the UK's Department for Business Innovation and Skills ("BIS") have published a report entitled, "© the way ahead: A Strategy for Copyright in the Digital Age." Based on the findings, read the IPO’s reported intentions. http://bit.ly/1DaM8O
ALL IS FAIR IN… -- Love, War, and Photography..but, How does fair-use law work, anyway? Shepard Fairey may have hoped to teach something new about art and copyright with his iconic "Hope" poster of Barack Obama. Instead, he is accused of lying about which Associated Press photo he used. (He says he made a mistake.) But if Fairey's lying has probably made a hash of his case and lost him a lawyer, it has also raised that pesky question yet again: Just what is fair use? Was it legal for Fairey to take an AP photo and turn it into this piece of artwork? SOURCE: SLATE. Author Tim Wu is a regular Slate contributor and a fellow at the New America Foundation. And another question, “Do you agree that it is “Fair Use” to bring the photography community this fine explanation by author Tim Wu? http://bit.ly/261srb
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The Digital Shoebox:
How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos
by Sarah Bay Williams and published by Peachpit Press.
I love a how-to book that starts out right off with the how-to’s and Sarah Bay William’s book The Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos gets right to it. She assumes zero entry level skills – which is great. She begins not with your computer, but with your camera settings – setting time and date info, so each photo can be registered, filed and stored with some kind of timeline attached.
This book covers storing your photos, sharing them with others, and saving photos that others share with you. Her methods although simple and straight forward, includes developing appendixes on time, file formats and metadata that direct you in storing your photos on your computer by month and year as well as a calendar of what you shoot. This is a book for the nonprofessional photographer and it does a very good job with a very complicated subject.
Chapter titles include: Before You Take Photos, Making A Home for Your Photos, Navigating a Sea of Photos, Preserving Your Photos Forever, Downloading Photos to Your Computer, Photos for Printing, Sharing and Reference, Photos from Friends and Found Images, and finally, File Formats, Metadata, and Time Lines of Your Photos.
A good example of Sarah’s insight with her fairly simple filing methods is illustrated when she talks about saving original images whenever you alter an image, as when you resize, and points out that one should resize photos that you attach to email so you don’t overload your friends email mailbox. I particularly like the readability, illustrations and general formatting of her workflow in illustrating fairly complicated filing and storing concepts. The book is 155 pages long and is very user friendly for the beginning photographer.
I think this book would be great for the stock photographer to give friends that are new to both computers and digital photography.
The Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos by Sarah Bay Williams and published by Peachpit Press, press[at]peachpit[dot]com - $24.00 at Amazon.com $17.99.
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 . morningstar138[at]hotmail[dot]com
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
SEEING THE LIGHT -- Beamer brings flash photography to the iPhone. There are very few cell phones shipping with a flash these days, and of course, the iPhone notoriously has no flash option at all. Cue the Beamer, a new case for the iPhone. It's a two part plastic case with an LED lamp on the back and a recessed silicon switch on the side. http://bit.ly/3tTwZD
POCKET GUIDE -- Photography guide for the iPhone. Isobar interactive agency Molecular, Inc. announced its collaboration with Nikon to create an innovative mobile applications for the Apple iPhone handset that provides people with quick, easy access to both educational and inspirational photo information right from their mobile phone. http://bit.ly/9vyfv
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WELL, NOT REALLY. Caravaggio: master photographer? Caravaggio experimented with lighting effects in his paintings and used models from the street - two centuries before the great photographic pioneers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
AFFORDABLE MEDIUM FORMAT -- Photography: what's next after 35mm DSLR? Medium format cameras have huge image sensors inside them, making the limitations of digital photography melt away. Now, medium format digital cameras are reaching DSLR prices. http://bit.ly/1Gvm6U
TENATIVE LAUNCH – RED Prepares to Launch $28,000 Epic Camera - RED has announced a tentative rollout schedule for its follow-up to the powerful RED One digital video camera. Select customers willing to pay $28,000 for a prototype and could have the camera by year's end. Come and get it. You know who you are.
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3ie84e5cd17ae0924cdd9b446e1e25e834
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT WORKS? – Newspapers and social media sites. - The use of social media for promotion had really begun to pick up in the world of publishing. BBC just recently announced that they will be appointing a Social Media Editor in the near future. And a new article from the Newspaper Association of America explores the extent to which particular bookmarking and social networking sites increase page traffic for newspaper sites. http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2009/11/newspapers_and_social_media_sites_what_w.php
SHOTGUNNING – Stock Photographers Power Up Their Social Media Activity With iSyndica. It’s latest update gives stock photographers the ability to distribute their images with custom watermarks to popular social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS163459+02-Nov-2009+PRN20091102
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
AN OPPOSITE OPINION -- In Britain, an unhealthy society? The Grandfather: “How have we allowed ourselves to become so narrow minded to make an embarrassed grandfather feel obliged to delete his innocently taken photos fearing he has been labeled a predatory pedophile?” SOURCE: PhotoLegal (UK) http://bit.ly/2dCEPA
THE NEW WAY– Behind the Scenes of a Major Production - Video production presents a growing business opportunity for still photographers, as video and still camera technology converges and clients begin to combine the two types of production to create cross-platform campaigns and cut costs.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i86ae90f312299762710aac8d6477db2d
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COMING OF AGE – What are the biggest benefits of digital printing, specifically? Over the coming days, in Washington, as art lovers view the hundreds of images mounted around town at FotoWeek D.C., most of them will probably look a fair amount like photos always have. The technology used to produce them, however, will almost certainly be new. They will have been shot and printed digitally. SOURCE: Blake Gopnik; PHOTO: Juana Arias; The Washington Post, http://bit.ly/YSnDp
MORE DATA -- The Next Generation of DVDs Could Hold More Data . The amazing eyes of a giant shrimp living on Australia's Great Barrier Reef could hold the key to developing a new type of super high-quality DVD player. Mantis shrimps, dubbed "thumb splitters" by divers because of their vicious claws, have the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom. They can see in 12 primary colors, four times as many as humans, and can also detect different kinds of light polarization - the direction of oscillation in light waves. http://bit.ly/25uTYD
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"I've had some very nice compliments regarding the Folio page you set up for me. Many thanks to you again for all of your help -- it is MUCH appreciated."
- Lee Snider, Photographer, New York NY
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Best of College Photography 2010
FINAL Entry Deadine: November 23, 2009 ($4.95 each)
Winning Photos will be published in the May 2010 issue
of Photographer's Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be
published in the hardcover book Best of College Photography 2010.
http://pfmagazine.com/E/Contest.aspx
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Photo District News
topknots contest
A grand prize winner in each category will receive:
• A digital camera
• PhotoServe portfolio ($860 value)
• 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Expo Pass
• Winners' images will be printed in the April 2010 issue of Photo District News and in a special Top Knots winners' gallery on our Web site.
People's Choice Award: Log on to the contest Web site and vote for your favorites. The winning images will receive the People's Choice Award online
For info: http://www.topknotscontest.com/
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Joseph Daniel Clipper -- From self-taught artist, a snapshot of happiness. Noted for his classy demeanor and elegant portraits, He has been capturing the lives of local and national figures for more than 40 years. His specialized large portraits on canvas look like paintings and have included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Ben Ali, founder of D.C. landmark Ben's Chili Bowl. SOURCE: Yamiche Alcindor, Washington Post. http://bit.ly/20dsVd
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
The Photo Attorney (who often appears in our LEGAL section with her comments) will present a session in Philadelphia, December 12th.
Who: Philadelphia Glamour Photography Workshop Group
What: A special presentation by Attorney Carolyn E. Wright
Subject: Intellectual property law, photographic copyright law, and much more!
When: Saturday, December 12th, 2009, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Where: Widener University, Room A of the University Center building
· Address: One University Place, Chester, PA, 19013
· Conveniently located right off of I95
· Free parking is available
· This is a safe and secure meeting area, with 24 hour security
· A map will be emailed to all RSVP’s prior to the event
Cost: $100.00 per person
· If paying by check, please call 770-402-8579 for a mailing address
· All seating must be prepaid
· RSVP’s must be received by December 7th!
· Admission cost is refundable, less a 5% processing fee
Why: Because you can’t take your creativity for granted!
Contact: Albert Heefner
PH: For more info: 770-402-8579
The presentation will run approximately four hours, with one hour used for questioning from the audience. Seating is limited in this venue, so please schedule ahead. Workshop details are listed below. Please bring a pen and paper, to ensure you make the most of the event.
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability.
- Susan Sontag,
11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1789 – November 18th – French painter, physicist, and photography pioneer Louis Jacques Daguerre was born near Paris.
1905 – November 24th – The first gallery to exhibit photographs opened in New York City, called “The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession.”
1936 – November 22nd – The new photo-magazine Life came out, selling for 10 cents a copy. The first issue featured a cover photo taken by Margaret Bourke-White, of the Fort Peck Dam in Montana.
This month: PhotoStockNOTES is now 18 yrs old !
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
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The New Media…
A Friendly Place
In the last century, sellers and buyers hid behind walls and rarely met or talked with customers –if they could avoid it. Nowadays, retailers and Internet marketers realize ‘getting to know you‘ is a good marketing attitude.
That friendly approach may take a few more sentences on a customer service phone question or a follow-up email or post card to an inquiring customer. Giving more to your client pays off.
It may be offering advice to them on the photo they have just licensed from you, or referring them to another photographer when you can’t meet their photo request.
This evolving attitude, especially on the Internet, keeps to on your toes: delivering accurate captions and keywords, delivering the correct photo resolution, -and on time.
In the New Media that we are all experiencing, you’ll expand your scope and be delivering your photo product just not locally but nationally or even internationally. Along with this expansion comes a greater awareness of others’ needs because of cultural differences or technical aspects that may conflict with the way you’ve been doing business.
You should be aware of what's ahead....not only the traditional print media: magazines, books, textbooks, and catalogs, but also with the pioneering electronic media -- the Internet radio, television, video processing, CDs, and evolving concepts like digital video, cell phones, iPods, desktop image delivery, screen-touch educational tools, and on-demand picture retrieval.
Many of the latter elements are poised to explode into even wider use, with the rapidly increasing familiarity of photobuyers and photographers with the marketing advantages of the Internet.
Classic commercial stock photography (the familiar scenics and generalized "situation" shots) as we've known it over the past decades will continue to be in demand, but the overwhelming supply of these generalized stock shots, available now on CDs and from discount sources on-line, (microstock) will continue to diminish their value -- and price tag.
Want to read more?
http://www.photosource.com/psn-article/friendly.html
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Note that we don't include North American travelers because many of our members live in North America. Only travelers going abroad will be listed. Thanks -Rohn Engh
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Name: Christen Vidanovic
Phone: 808 7782248
Email: Christen@nineteenowls.com
dates: 11/20/2009 - 12/16/09
destination : Tahiti
Comments: Please check out my portfolio at www.nineteenowls.com - available
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Travelwriter Marketletter
for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
( http://www.travelwriterml.com ) and in hard copy format. Travelwriter Marketletter is in its 29th year.
If you’re a travel writer or photographer, TWM tells you about new markets, pay scales, editors, specs and trips.
Contact Mimi Backhausen Phone: 571/214-9086
Fax: 208-988-7672 mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com
If you're a photographer, TWM will provide you with contact info about photobuyers.
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.
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.
mimi[at]travelwriterml[dot]com Phone: 571/214-9086
Travelwriter Marketletter… for writers and photojournalists.
Travelwriter Marketletter is a monthly publication available online
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
JUST FOR STARTERS -- The most important things to know about photography. Whether making photography a career or a hobby there are some thing you should know, be forewarned that photography could turn into a lifelong obsession. SOURCE: Arlington Photography Examiner Nicole Bartlett. http://bit.ly/1zPblb
WATERMARKING YOUR IMAGES – Nicole Young: “Whether or not you watermark your images is up to you, and I personally don't think that there is a right or wrong way of doing it. Ultimately it's a personal choice. SOURCE: Scott PHOTO FOCUS; Scott Bourne; Photo: Nicole S. Young.
http://photofocus.com/2009/10/30/watermarking-your-images/
TAKEAWAY: There’s no fun in defacing your images. Let’s not forget, they are works of art. –RE
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
RESUSCITATION -- Operation Photo Rescue – It’s a volunteer network of image restoration experts, professional and amateur photographers, designers, etc. whose aim is to restore important photos. If you're proud of your digital image restoration skill, it’s to volunteer with Operation Photo Rescue (OPR)..
http://www.creativepro.com/article/operation-photo-rescue
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
MARKETING TIP: You can copyright every one of your photographs, free. It's a gift from your federal government. It costs you nothing. Place notice of your copyright anytime you publish, post, or print one of your images. Décor says you should place the copyright symbol on the bottom right of your image. But it doesn’t matter. In fact if you don’t want to place a copyright notice on your photo, it’s not necessary. It still enjoys copyright. Why? Because the Copyright Law (USA) 1978 says at the moment you click the shutter and the picture is made, the resulting image is yours and can be registered with the Copyright Office in Washington DC. Only when you "register" your copyright does it cost you $45. (At this writing. Electronic registering is cheaper). So place a Copyright Notice on each of your photographs TODAY. (From Sell & ReSell Your Photos, Page 255).
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YOUR PORTFOLIO -- Wayne says: “I've spent some time over the past couple of weeks looking at photographers' portfolios in search of new talent for upcoming projects. Print portfolios, on the whole, are similar in format and presentation. The same can't be said for online portfolios. And this can present challenges in fairly judging the talent and experience of different photographers.” SOURCE: Wayne Ford in Business of Photography; thru Rising Black Star. http://bit.ly/qKphG
TAKEAWAY: Always ask, “What is my target market?” If you’re a commercial photographer…yes, this information works. If you are an editorial stock photographer, the “to-the-point” submissions you make to your specialized periodical or book publisher are at the top of the photobuyer’s list, not your prize-winning exquisite clichés or edgy website design.
BUSINESS IS WAITING -- Four Steps to Determine Your Rate as a Contract Photographer. As media organizations continue to trim staff positions, they are hiring contractors to do more of their photography work. For laid-off staff photographers, this presents an opportunity - if you know how much to charge for your services. http://bit.ly/3UIDGJ
DISPLAYING YOUR WARES -- Portfolio Updates - How often should a photographer update their print portfolio? How about the website? Does putting new work on a blog count? http://stone-thrower.com/2009/10/28/updating-your-portfolio/
TAKEAWAY: Editorial stock photobuyers are less interested in newsworthy photos and commercial stock photos (the kind you find on strictly microstock and RP (rights-protected) site) than photos (recent or archived)that are on-target for the readers (and advertisers) for their specialized publications.
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
CIRCLE STOCK IMAGES has announced the launch of its stock photography web site, circlestockimages.com, featuring stunning travel-centric images from around the globe.
The photographer-managed agency differs from traditional photo agencies by offering commission-free competitive pricing and the ability to contact and negotiate with member photographers individually. http://bit.ly/2jmHmB
RESPECT WINS POINTS – Tread Carefully When Photographing Religious Events. When visiting a country where religion is a visible part of daily life, you'll find that pictures of religious activities reveal cultural insights better than photographs of landmarks and landscapes. Rituals, festivals, and people dressed in religious garb personalize faiths otherwise unfamiliar to most photographers. http://bit.ly/3mJgtI
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
This week the discussion is about using a mobile phone* for marketing your photos to photobuyers at book and magazine publishers.
Join in.
http://board.photosource.com
To make a comment, all you need to do is register at the sign marked in red.
·* Ever wonder about the evolution of the mobile phone?
Here’s a video showing its evolution..
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More DIY videos at 5min.com
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHO’S IN CHARGE? Social Media-A New Sales Strategy; Today It Takes More Than A Website - The question is-how can it work for you? It is a very different means-one that you join and participate in rather than direct and control, as you often can with your traditional marketing media. New technology and the changing and developing expectations of your clients are driving this change.
http://shutterbug.com/columns/business_trends/1009business/
TAKEAWAY: In the past, no matter what the profession, it was me,me,me. The new social media is reversing the normal hierarchy to “us,us,us…” That’s where you come in, somewhere in the middle, or even at the top, depending or your career skills. This new process allows the wave of voracious newly-available technology to make it possible for the democratic plebeians to filter upwards. Bravo! -RE
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
THEIR THOUGHTS Some of the world's greatest photographers explain the creative thinking behind their iconic images. “Photography in 100 Words” Author -David Clark is a photography journalist. He was the senior features writer on Amateur Photographer magazine for nine years, during which time he met and interviewed many of the world's greatest photographers. - Focal Press ISBN: 9780240813004; Pub Date: October; Price: $ 29.95
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1257196100.html
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BACK AGAIN -- Crawl magazine, which caters to off road enthusiasts, has issued a press release to announce they will be back this month.
http://www.examiner.com/x-6807-OffRoading-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Crawl-magazine-reopens-their-doors
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A Phishing Scam is one of many email scams that appears to be a legitimate request for a financial information update based on your accounts with an institution.
The first time I got one of these was from my bank. I was instantly suspicious. When I clicked on the link, it took me to a web site to update my financial information,but when I looked at the URL, I spotted two problems, first itdidn't have https (the "s" stands for "secure") in the URL and the
URL was for a site that had nothing to do with the bank I use. Iimmediately contacted my bank and let them know about the scam.Within a couple of days, they put an advisory on their web site for
their customers.
Note: Even the "s" isn't necessarily foolproof. Some
scammers forge these icons.
So what happened here? First off, reputable businesses won't make such requests by email. Secondly, phishers will take you to a fake or "spoofed" web site. A "spoofed" web site is one where the scammer has copied a legitimate web site as "proof" to fool would-be
victims.
Here are some examples of common scams, the Nigerian Scam, email
419, fbi scams, security scams, lottery email scam, etc. All of
which lead to identity theft and or bank fraud.
Here's how to avoid the scam:
· Never respond to an email, text or pop-up message that asks for your financial information.
· Don't click on any of the links in the message.
· Don't cut and paste the URL into your browser, either. You might
get redirected without your knowledge.
· If in doubt, type in the URL directly or contact your financial
institution by phone.
· Don't call the phone numbers in the message. Only use the numbers
that have been given to you by your financial institution.
· Read the privacy policies of the companies you deal with to see
how they handle your personal information and how they protect that
information.
Questions? Write to me at: visualartist49[at]gmail[dot]com
PO Box 8 621 Discovery St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W2M1, CANADA
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
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04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
YES YOU CAN: The Copyright Attorney shows us our rights. After snapping some photos of the beautiful building, a library worker asked her, "Are you taking pictures?" and told her that she is not allowed to take photos in the library without permission from the marketing staff. SOURCE: Copyright, Photographer's Rights, Photography Not Allowed, by Carolyn E. Wright http://bit.ly/4hUuda
DOUBLE WEDDING -- Bad photograph pair 'marry' again (UK). A couple from West Yorkshire whose bad wedding photos became worldwide news have recreated their special day (with another photographer.) http://bit.ly/4DpuQl
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
A Book That Features You
PERSONAL PUBLISHING
Photographer Rick Smolan has always been in the forefront of ideas in the publishing world – especially when it comes to photography, and especially the kind we favor here at PhotoSource International: editorial stock photos. *
Rick’s newest idea is this. Stock photographers are always featuring people from around the world in their pictures –and getting those pictures published. Now the tables turn. You, the photographer, will be featured in a book that documents an event in history (the first ever election of a black person as our president) that will long be a treasured memory in your household. It’s called The Obama Time Capsule.
How are you featured? It’s fascinating, and has to do how Rick and his wife, Jennifer Erwitt, have adapted the now familiar technique called “print on demand.”
Here’s how it works.
After you answer a few questions on Rick’s order page and upload your personal photos (they can be you and your family in the backyard, at Disney World, or at an Obama event if you happened to cover one, -it doesn’t matter) a personalized copy of the book will be created just for you through the print-on-demand method. The process will seamlessly weave pictures of President Barack Obama’s presidential journey together with your own inserted photos, along with your name or the name(s) in the pictures you choose to include throughout your individual copy of the book. .
Rick and I have known one another
since the 1970’s when we each were
trying to figure out how we could
make a match between photography
and computers. Rick has captured
the seed of
self-publishing/print-on-demand
publishing and fashioned it into
a new industry for stock
photographers to capitalize on.
I can recommend this new-style book as a cherished historical memory for you where it will be placed alongside your favorite keepsakes for generations to come.
You won’t find this one in bookstores, but thanks to the Internet, you can find it even faster at Amazon. It’s easy to make your own personalized copy of THE OBAMA TIME CAPSULE. To get started and to purchase a book, go to:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=rick+smolan!
There’s plenty of instruction available at this site.
-Rohn Engh
*View examples of Rick’s publishing achievements with his many books ranging from the “Day in the Life” series featuring the USA and other countries, to works revealing insights into medicine and cyberspace by typing in, “Rick Smolan” in Google or Amazon.com.
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THE WAREHOUSE
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
COPYRIGHT ON THE WEB (the “copywebrightcan‘o”) -- The UK IPO's way ahead - The UK's Intellectual Property Office has published the conclusions of its year long report into copyright in a digital age - including opening the Big Can Of Worms that is Ophan Works. The full paper is here. SOURCE: John Enser
http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/copyright-uk-ipos-way-ahead.html
DO ARCHIVES COUNT? – Photographer wins landmark 'online' copyright ruling. . The British High Court has ruled in favour of a celebrity photographer who sued Mirror Group Newspapers for infringing his copyright in archived images that were subsequently published in digital form for newspaper back issues.
In a judgment issued on 16 October which has potentially important ramifications for the photography industry, the High Court held that Daily Mirror publisher MGN Ltd had infringed copyright in photographs included in back copies of newspapers it was making available online to paid subscribers.
http://www.epuk.org/Opinion/933/photographer-wins-copyright-infringement-case-against-mgn http://bit.ly/2qv8w9
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Just Starting Out?
Get up to speed, quick, with my new eCOURSE.
21 sections show you how other stock
photographers have learned how to tap
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markets.
"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
Learn the secrets other stock photographers have found in this course. Start seeing your work published in local, state and national publications.
click here:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2709904.htm
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
POCKET CHANGE -- Newcomer to photography? You’ve probably said. “What I need is a simple, informative how-to guide that fits in my pocket” Enter Nikon Learn & Explore, a new iPhone app that teaches photography fundamentals and offers shooting techniques for common situations. SOURCE: Rick Broida CNET Blog Network. http://bit.ly/odRYJ
NOTE: See the info in today's Kracker Barrel
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DOCUMENTING BY CAMERA -- Four thousand years ago, a government bureaucrat in Mesopotamia jotted down a tally of slave laborers on a clay tablet. The bureaucrat left behind the count in wedge-shaped symbols that proved hard to fully decipher with the naked eye. Until now. SOURCE: Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs2-2009nov02,0,7468773.story
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
UP, UP, AND AWAY -- Remote-control helicopter opens aerial photography to all. If you've been interested in aerial photography but held back by that inconvenient airplane aspect, New York-based SkyShutter has the gadget for you. http://bit.ly/2KMHTI
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
-LEARNING HOW -- New Lynda.com Courses on Photography & Social Media Marketing - Do you want to market your company on Facebook and Twitter? Try Social Media Marketing with Facebook and Twitter course.
http://www.creativepro.com/article/new-lyndacom-courses-photography-social-media-marketing
04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
DIGITAL CAMERAS - In this special interview from Incentive Insights podcast sponsor Nikon, OEM and special markets manager Scott Crawford tells Incentive Senior Editor Leo Jakobson his thoughts on the recent Motivation Show (very successful), where demand for digital cameras is trending in special markets.
http://www.incentivemag.com/msg/content_display/incentive/merchandise/e3i7906335d5f3231a273ae4f3bb23d1b1b
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTO MERGING -- '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. SOURCE: Chris Bergeron/Daily News. MetroWest Daily http://bit.ly/3miOhZ .
GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER -- PhotoPlus Expo 2009: Small Cameras, Big Sensors, Serious Challenges - One of the biggest trends at this year's PhotoPlus Expo in New York City last week was the increasing popularity of small digital cameras with oversized imaging sensors.
http://www.pdngearguide.com/gearguide/content_display/news/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0bb6c152ef9ae206eb
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
“The Rohn Engh ‘How to Market Your Photos’ eCourse is nothing short of excellent and is very informative and educational. If you have the ability to take photographs, this course will help you make photographs and sell them.” - Jim Olive, Stock Photo Agency Director, The STOCKYARD, Houston TX
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? -- Understanding Five Types of Photo Contests. They are all about judging photographs based on creativity, technical merit, and relevance to the contest themes. But different types of contests have different technical standards and different submission methods. It's important that you match your images to the type of contest you're entering. http://bit.ly/2Tu94k
TAKEAWAY: And it's also important for the judges to understand the direction and concept of each contest. It's disappointing to see an architectural expert judging a nature contest.
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
BRYANT AUSTIN: -- Stunning Whale Photography (photos, video). Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered whale species are touring the world and inspiring awareness about these amazing animals. SOURCE: Huffington Post | Eve Solomon. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/bryant-austins-stunning-w_n_338607.html
http://bit.ly/k0FQn
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
PHOTO WEEK 2009 -- Mediabistro's Business of Microstock panel, PDN's PhotoPlus Expo and a host of other related events took place in what is becoming known as 'Photo Week'. Here's some quick recaps from some of the friends of Microstock Diaries who attended the festivities.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/photo-week-2009-in-review.html
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
AWARENESS -- City Guide: Atlanta - Atlanta hosted 150 photo exhibitions, numerous seminars and lectures that are free. It's all part of the Atlanta Celebrates Photography festival, which every October takes over schools, museums and galleries across the city, highlighting the city's rich photo community.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/featured-in-print/e3i1af498fbe3e69d899097b7e60f60b2be
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
"The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe, I try to entertain, but above all, I want pictures that are emotional. "
- Elliott Erwitt
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
1924 - November 3rd - Photographer Robert Frank was born in Zurich, Switzerland.
1925 - November 20th - Photograph from an airplane at night was taken over Rochester NY, by Lieutenant George Goddard in cooperation with the Eastman Kodak Company, which supplied a photometer by which the intensity of light was measured. The photographs were taken from a 3,000-foot altitude and showed about 3 square miles of the city's area. A light bomb was dropped which made a flash lasting but one twentieth of a second.
03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn
Roy DeCarava, the child of a single mother in Harlem who turned that neighborhood into his canvas and became one of the most important photographers of his generation by chronicling its people and its jazz giants, has died at 89. SOURCE: LA TIMES, Mary Rourke http://bit.ly/1qCsFBhttp://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-me-roy-decarava29-2009oct29,0,860183.story
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