25 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



TRADING TALENTS -- Become a Star Photographer with Actors Headshots - Struggling actors are also an opportunity for photographers. To win parts, actors need headshots and to get those headshots they have to turn to photographers, creating a reliable stream of work at a price that ranges broadly around $225 for a two to three-hour shoot. It’s a realistically priced niche with plenty of opportunities. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/become-a-star-photographer-with-actors-headshots?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29
TAKEAWAY: But what if the would-be actor is penniless? USE THIS: “I’m an editorial horticultural (you supply the example) stock photographer and I need a model for many of the pictures I make. Spend an afternoon with me making pictures in local public gardens and I’ll barter with you to produce your professional portrait(s).



MONEYSWORTH -- Photographers – How To Stop Justifying Your Low, Low Prices. So let me ask you a question. Is it okay that a surgeon makes hundreds of thousands of dollars every year? He has educated himself in his passion; He studies continually; He works in a specialized industry that requires him to be good at what he does; He lives and breathes what he does; He uses his money to take care of himself and others. SOURCE: Virtual Photography Studio Newsletter. http://photographybusiness.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/photographers-how-to-stop-justifying-your-low-low-prices/



MONETIZING PHOTOGRAPHY Twenty Months of SEO and Monetizing Photography. John Lund: “What I think is happening is that as I get more material up I get more keyword possibilities for those long-tailed keyword searches.” http://blog.johnlund.com/2010/08/twenty-months-of-seo-and-monetizing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+johnlund%2FUkbR+%28The+Stock+Photo+Guy+-+John+Lund+Stock+Photographer%29

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18 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes





NO SALES -- Best Selling Stock Photos That Aren't. John Lund: “I have a number of best sellers that aren't. That is, I have created a number of
stock photos that I was sure would be best selling images that have either barely sold at all, or, indeed, have no sales at all. In the example here I went to quite a bit of trouble to gain access to the recovery room, have a body cast made (actually a plaster mock of one ), execute the shoot and spending the better part of a day using Photoshop to put the whole thing together (the visible patient parts-nose,eyes-fingers etc. are actually mine) and clean up the recovery room. But in this case there doesn't seem to be any traction (pun intended). SOURCE: John Lund ; http://blog.johnlund.com/2010/08/best-selling-stock-photos-that-arent.html



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21 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes





ANSEL ADAMS: BIG MONEY -- An auction of famous photographs using Polaroid film.
The auction record for an Adams work was set in 2006, when a gelatin silver print of his "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" (1941) sold at Sotheby's for $609,600. A mural-sized gelatin silver print of the 1941 "Moonrise," likely printed in the 1950s or 1960s, is expected to highlight this week's sales with an estimated price of 300,000 to $500,000.
Mr. Adams's breathtaking images of national parks and areas of the American West made him the most widely recognized landscape photographer of the 20th century. But few are aware of his unique connection with the Polaroid brand.
SOURCE: LAUREN FEDOR ; Wall Street Journal ; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704050804575318850950128226.html?KEYWORDS=instant+nostalgia+for+about+art+polaroid+lauren+fedor

June 22nd 2010: AND THE WINNER IS: Adams' "Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park," sold for $722,500 . It shattered the previous auction record of $609,600 for his "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico," from 1941, set in 2006.



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30 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




WHAT SHOULD I CHARGE? -- Pricing Guides - These pricing resources are offered as tools to help determine your fees. Pricing your photography is an art in itself — there is no one correct fee. http://asmp.org/links/32

FINDING ASSETS -- Polaroid Collection Auction Raises $12.5 Million, Sets Record for Ansel Adams Sale - The court-ordered auction of portions of The Polaroid Collection, which took place Monday and Tuesday at Sotheby’s, raised nearly $12.5 million for the company formerly known as Polaroid Corp. The funds raised in the sale will be used to settle debts with the bankrupt company’s creditors. http://pdnedu.blogs.com/pdn_pulse/2010/06/polaroid-collection-auction-raises-125-million-sets-record-for-ansel-adams-sale.html

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16 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



WORK -- Are You Looking Too Hard? - Skip Cohen meets new photographers who think they can take a lot of short cuts. They then become obsessed with how to "make it" in this industry. If you are wondering when the "Success Fairy" is going to tap you on the shoulder - relax and just keep working hard. Keep building your network. Keep fine tuning your skills. Stay focused on your marketing.but stop worrying about success. Source: Skip Cohen ; http://goingpro2010.com/?p=479

GET PAID -- The Most Overlooked Paid Photography Opportunities - There are however a number of fields which, although not as easy to enter as microstock, do offer real opportunities even for non-professional photographers, such as School Photography. Also Blurb has made it easy for photographers to create photography books, but it hasn't given people a good reason to buy them. SOURCE: Dean; Photopreneur; http://blogs.photopreneur.com/the-most-overlooked-paid-photography-opportunities-2?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29
TAKEAWAY: Be sure to read the first comment. –RE

PHOTO: TIM GLACIER

SELLING PHOTOS -- You can sell photos online and make pretty good money. However, this does not mean that you can sell any type of photos and make money. Understanding what can sell and what cannot sell is one of the key points that a photographer must understand about
stock photography. http://blog.royaltyfree-stockphoto.com/?p=3333
TAKEAWAY: Careful, there are some errors in this one, such as “If someone has hired you to take photos, then that person has the copyright over the images.” ANSWER: Only if a “Work-For–Hire” agreement:” has been signed by the photographer.

FIGURING FEES. What Should You Charge a Client Who Wants to “Go Viral” with Your Images? James Cavanaugh recently posed this question to members of LinkedIn’s ASMP group: “A client wants you to create photographs that they can use on social sites so they can ‘go viral’ to promote their company. It means potentially countless people may use your copyrighted work. How would you approach such a request?” SOURCE: Jim Pickerell. http://rising.blackstar.com/what-should-you-charge-a-client-who-wants-to-go-viral-with-your-images.html


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09 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



HOW MUCH? -- What are the trends for photographers income [survey] – Stock photography expert Jim Pickerell, founder of the newsletter Selling Stock is making an effort to get more insight in earnings in the industry and has launched a photographer income survey. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/archives/6893

GIMME,gimME -- It used to be that clients and their agencies would hire photographers to shoot an image for, for example, a print ad and then license the image for a year or two. If a client wanted to license the image for an in-store ad, for product packaging or for a billboard, that usage and the length of the license would be negotiated separately. Now, because images are being used in so many ways by advertisers, and because those usages aren’t always clearly defined at the outset of a campaign, unlimited or “all media” usage for a specified time period has become the first demand of many buyers and clients. SOURCE: Conor Risch ; PDNews http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i9eb4a08f2e77a795585decc6d963c03d


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02 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn




YOU PAYS FOR WHAT YOU GITS -- It's Time to Set a Price Floor for Rights-Managed Photography - Is it time to institute a system of floor prices for the use of rights-managed images for editorial purposes? Is there any price so low that the image creator would prefer not to make the sale? Given where pricing based on usage seems to be headed - particularly for editorial usages - it is time to start asking these questions. http://rising.blackstar.com/its-time-to-set-a-price-floor-for-rights-managed-photography.html
TAKEAWAY: Photo editors license images not because they like them but because they need them. No one has invented a substitute for imagery. Pictures have always been with us, even on the walls of caves in pre-historic times.
The days of small supply and great demand of the 90’s is gone. It’s reversed. Thanks to search engines and keywords, photobuyers can now efficiently find the specific picture they need.
Photographers will soon start realizing that if they build a deep selection of images in one specialty area of their choice that they love photographing in and are comfortable with and have knowledge about, buyers will rush to them worldwide whenever they require that particular specialty. This is called “brand marketing”. The old way of trying to sell all kinds of beautiful fruit from a single wagon is gone.


FOLLOW THROUGH -- John Lund: “A Little extra effort can make a big difference. I was perusing my sales database last night looking for insights into which of my images are selling the best. I noticed that an image of an audience, on a balcony in a theater, giving a standing ovation is doing quite well…over $500.00 in the last several months. I remember shooting the photo, and that it almost didn’t happen.”
http://blog.johnlund.com/2010/05/extra-effort-and-big-rewards.html





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19 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



HIGH STAKES -- New York Photo Auctions Total Nearly $18 Million
Representatives of the photography departments at Christie’s, Phillips
de Pury and Sotheby’s touted results of the spring photography auctions
last week as positive.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/fine-art/e3i7db724a2489ff4cc206aaf6895c073ce?pn=1&imw=Y


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28 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



MONEYSWORTH -- New York Photo Auctions Total Nearly $18 Million - Representatives of the photography departments at Christie’s, Phillips de Pury and Sotheby’s touted results of the spring photography auctions last week as positive. The sales signaled an improving economy and confidence in the value of photography. SOURCE: Holly Hughes, PdNEWS http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/
photoserve/awards/e3i7db724a2489ff4cc40896b969c8c1cf3


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21 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn




USAGE IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER -- Why Some Customers Will Pay More for Stock Photography - Jim Pickerell: “Photographers need to recognize that there is no precise definition as to what makes one image better than another. Henry Scanlon, president of Comstock said, “I want to find out what the customer thinks the image is worth, and what he has in his budget for this project. Then I want to get all of it.’” http://rising.blackstar.com/why-some-customers-will-pay-more-for-stock-photography.html


VALUE IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER -- Value, not usage, will determine picture pricing – Paul Melcher: “ Photography is an investment for the image buyer. A photograph, or a series of photographs, can increase the value of anything around it, like a multiplier. Once associated with words in a magazine, or slapped next to a product or service, it starts doing its magic. How do you price potential impact? Part gamble, part luck, part intuition, and part research.
SOURCE: Paul Melcher. http://www.fastmediagroup.com/archives/5687



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14 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Irving Penn’s portraits of trades people - Former Sotheby's Photo Head predicts prints from Irving Penn's Small Trades series, now selling for between $60,000 and $250,000, will reach $1m at auction. Pity they were printed so flat and lifeless. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ad2b3ece-32de-11df-bf5f-00144feabdc0.html


SETTING A FEE -- How to Price Your Photography – - Pricing photography is the second hardest thing you will ever do as a professional photographer. (Finding the right clients is the first hardest.) It’s very easy to make mistakes when pricing and once they’re made, it’s hard to recover from them. http://goingpro2010.com/?p=119


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07 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn




PRICING -- Writing Your Photography Marketing Plan: Marketing Mix – Price - Pricing is undoubtedly the most deceptively simple task that most photographers face. Setting prices too high will drive clients away, as we all know. On the other hand, setting prices too low leads to working too hard for too little. Source: Matthew Kauffmann; BlackStar/Rising http://rising.blackstar.com/writing-your-photography-marketing-plan-marketing-mix-price.html#more-10279

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31 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



TIMES THEY ARE A CHARGIN’ -- Times and Sunday Times to charge for new websites - The Times of London and its sister publication the Sunday Times are to launch new websites in May and start charging online in June, it was widely reported today. The News International-owned properties will be the first national general interest papers in the UK to charge for digital content. SOURCE: Emma Heald ; Editorsweblog. http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2010/03/times_and_sunday_times_to_charge_for_new.php

Build a Valuable Photography Collection - Daniel Grant explains that for old images, value is largely determined by the closeness of the photographer to the image. “Original” images — those whose negatives and prints were made by the photographer — are generally the most valuable. “Vintage” prints, those printed up to five years after the creation of the negative, also fetch higher prices. Images created later, in large numbers or by people other than the photographer him- or herself can be relatively cheap. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/build-a-valuable-photography-collection?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29


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23 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



GLAMOUR -- Auction of the World's Largest Collection of Original Vintage Glamour Photography. The multi-million dollar Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer collection, which contains tens of thousands of the best examples of Hollywood fine art, will be auctioned. http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=36904

THE RIGHT FEE – Pricing & Negotiating For Photographers – A new monthly column entitled “Pricing & Negotiating” is coming from the folks at Wonderful Machine. Since they price and negotiate for so many photographers they’re in a unique position to show us nearly any scenario you can think up. Here’s the first one: Tag-teaming with TV crews on ad shoots http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/03/18/pricing-negotiating-for-photographers-tag-teaming-with-tv-crews-on-ad-shoots/

THE PRICE IS RIGHT – 100 Free Stock Photography Websites - Buying photography is changing….fast, and it’s getting ever cheaper. 10 years ago you could have paid thousands of dollars for an image of a background, over the past years this has been reduced to tens of dollars. Over a100 websites have photography that is free to use, not Royalty Free (which still requires a fee), but really, truly free. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/?p=4669
TAKEAWAY: The new loss leader in the stock photo industry? In the retail business, a "loss leader" is a product sold at a low price (at cost or below cost to stimulate other, profitable sales); The price can even be so low that the product is sold at a loss.

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17 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



PRICING AND CONTENT -- The “Usage & File Size Dilemma.” How about this hybrid pricing model for photography? - There are a number of problems with pricing models currently in use. It’s a stab at a pricing model to replace royalty free and rights managed. In fact, it’s a hybrid of the two models using usage and file size to create a quick and easy pricing for all types of photography. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/?p=4546


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10 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



FINALLY, SOME DOLLARS -- Revolutionizing Photojournalism, Again - Since its 1947 founding, the legendary Magnum photography co-op “has never really been in the business of making money,” says its managing director, Mark Lubell. And for much of its history, he says, it “has done a very good job of not making any." But as a result of its recent sale of nearly 200,000 prints by more than 100 photographers — including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and Rene Burri — to computer billionaire Michael Dell's MSD Capital, Magnum, for the first time in its history, has a big chunk of money to spend. http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/34053/revolutionizing-photojournalism-again/

NEW MONEY -- 5 Tips for Reselling Your Camera - Camera bodies are probably the most difficult piece of photo equipment to sell, since new bodies and technology are released frequently. They lack the longevity of lenses and depreciate over time. http://www.petapixel.com/2010/03/06/5-tips-for-reselling-your-camer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29



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03 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



MAKING MONEY -- Promote Your Skills - There are two avenues you can pursue – you can sell the photographs that you take, or you can provide your photography skills as a service to other people. Either way you go, earning money with your photography is challenging and rewarding in this highly competitive field. SOURCE: Tiffany Joyce http://www.beyondmegapixels.com/2010/02/earn-money-with-digital-photography-promote-your-skills/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BeyondMegapixels+%28Beyond+Megapixels%29


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17 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



FINDING ASSETS -- Controversial Auction Sells Warhols From Polaroid’s Collection - As Polaroid, that once mighty photo giant, withers away in bankruptcy court, a chunk of its remarkable photography collection will be dispersed at a controversial sale set for June 21 and 22 at Sotheby’s in New York. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a49VdCIF36ZQ


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03 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



YOU PAYS FOR WHAT YA GITS: Pricing Issues: One Big Monster of a Problem - This issue on price, undercutting, ‘ruining’ the business all gets so dicey and tricky in the crazy light of the real world, I thought I would throw out some of my opinions. Here are a few subjects that keep coming up on forums and blogs all over the net. http://www.lighting-essentials.com/pricing-issues-one-big-monster-of-a-problem/


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27 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



FIGURING THE FEE -- Cutcaster’s Photo Pricing Algorithm – How to price stock photography? - Ever wonder how much one of your photos or illustrations is worth? Cutcaster introduced it’s ‘photo pricing algorithm‘ and ‘bidding for content‘ features to help sellers use get the most revenue in return per image and buyers find the best deals for stock photography. http://blog.cutcaster.com/2010/01/22/cutcasters-photo-pricing-algorithm-how-to-price-stock-photography/


ANSWERS -- Ask anything with Amanda and Suzanne – How Much Money Do Commercial Photographers Make? - Rob Haggart is excited about a great new column he is kicking off today called “Ask Anything.” Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers to gather a variety of opinions. http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/01/21/ask-anything-with-amanda-and-suzanne-how-much-money-do-commercial-photographers-make/


woman looking at photos on wall
ADDED REVENUE – Rockford photographer to share her craft. Photographers
says she has gotten over the fear of future competition by teaching her craft.
Instead of being scared of change, in the industry, she's decided to embrace it. She has started This week to offer classes to the public. She says , "I overcame the fear that if I teach someone else, I will lose business from it."
She has also found an affordable way to advertise her work through social networking sites like Facebook. It allows her to keep in touch with former clients and attract new ones.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=117710&catid=14



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12 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



PRICING DEBATE: -- Usage Fees vs. Hourly Rates - A PDNews reader voices a counterpoint to advice we published on estimating assignments, and two industry experts on artists' rights offer their views.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/featured-in-print/e3ia146767973020e6f75bbf4f403791768

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY ON A BUDGET - Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them - whether you're struggling through this recession or simply making your 2010 budget for photography and want to direct your resources towards achieving
the greatest results, try to evaluate the productivity of your photo location before going forward. SOURCE: Matthew Studebaker http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/articles/382


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06 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn




GET A GRANT – What It Takes To Win An Aftermath Project Grant - Aftermath Project founder Sara Terry discusses the judging process and what stood out about the 2010 grant winners and finalists. SOURCE: PDNEWS
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i4045046a22fd32ff72a5536b36dc7e18A

PRICING -- How I price a photographic assignment - A photograph is a one-of-a-kind individual object of art and should be priced according to its value to the end user ie how much money it will make them. Yet many recent photography pricing models would have you believe that you can buy them by or you can pay a photographer for a day's work and take every single photo he/she manages to produce. http://pauldymond.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-i-price-photographic-assignment.html



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22 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



DOLLAR TOOLS -- Eye on Image-Making: Financial Planning, Financial-planning tools that should be part of your business plan are the profit/loss forecast and the cash-flow projection. Let's see what these tools help you accomplish and how they differ.
http://rising.blackstar.com/eye-on-image-making-financial-planning-part-2.html


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15 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



BLOGGERS ALERT! -- Five Reasons Why Photographers Should Build A Blog Rather Than A Website - Scott Bourne visited 20 Flash-based photographer's websites this week. He was subjected to long load times, terrible - loud music, poor animation and a serious lack of good imagery. He was visiting to look at their entry into our Emerging Photographer of the Year Contest.
http://photofocus.com/2009/12/10/five-reasons-why-photographers-should-build-a-blog-rather-than-a-website/


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02 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn




GOOD INVESTMENTS. -- How to buy the greats like Weston and Stieglitz for as little as $10,000. THAT $30 MILLION REMBRANDT HEADED for the auction block may be out of your reach, but don't rule out all lionized artists. In photography, specifically, pieces by the great names of the field can be surprisingly affordable. http://bit.ly/5ly9si


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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

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30 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn



NIKON IS HAPPY -- Nikon Camera Earnings to Beat Forecast, Kimura Says
the second-biggest maker of cameras used by professionals, will probably earn more from its photography unit than the company had forecast, led by higher-than-expected exports.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aFW1OmsOc_Ro

MORE MONEY -- Kodak turns to KKR for injection of finance. KKR is buying up to $400m of senior secured notes in Eastman Kodak as the troubled photography company seeks to bolster its balance sheet.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ab4cbc8-a323-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1


REPRIEVE-- Annie Leibovitz buys back her copyright - Don't gamble with your IP assets. Steve Kuncewicz, IP and media lawyer at law firm Ralli, had this comment on the settlement: 'If Annie Leibovitz had been unable to get an extension on the deadline to repay her loan, she would have lost everything. Losing her properties would be bad enough, but if she lost her portfolio copyright, she'd lose the right to make any income from the huge amount of images she's taken over the years..." http://bit.ly/16o9S5



MUCHO -- Stock Photo Site Owner Claims Infringement Costs The Industry - a lot of money...Rose M. Welch points out that the CEO of a stock photo site is claiming that infringement costs the industry $10 billion per year. ... SOURCE: TECHDIRT.COM
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090921/0328456266.shtml


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22 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




MAKE-OVER -- Kodak says interest widens in its debt refinancing. Eastman Kodak Co. expects to draw $400 million of its $700 million in debt refinancing from qualified institutional buyers rather than from private equity fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. The photography pioneer, battling to remodel itself in the digital age, said pension funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors have showed stronger-than-expected interest in buying convertible senior notes, or unsecured debt, that will bear interest at 7 percent a year. http://bit.ly/reYUB


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16 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




GOOD NEWS REPRIEVE -- Art Capital Dropping Lawsuit Against Annie Leibovitz - Four days after the deadline expired for Annie Leibovitz to repay her $24 million loan to Art Capital Group, the two parties announced a resolution. Leibovitz gets to keep control of her photos and has more time to repay the money.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3id4e011604f3ec5829edbcaaddc080f82


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26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn



ROUGH TIMES. Markus Klinko and Indrani File for Bankruptcy. Beset by unpaid debts, New York-based celebrity photographers Markus Klinko and Indrani have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i91e05ffd5e045bf13287db53da8897e0

CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN -- How publishers can make web content pay - Some of the leading members of the Newspaper Consortium say they are fetching rates of up to $15 per thousand by selling advertising through a targeting system developed by Yahoo that, while valuable, falls short of delivering the level of detailed demographic and contextual information that could be provided by ViewPass. A system like ViewPass would help the industry sell more targeted advertising. It also would drive higher CPMs by delivering such prized, but previously unavailable, data as a specific customer’s authenticated Zip Code. http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/



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18 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn




SMOOTH SELLING -- Five Tips for Selling Your Old Photography Gear on eBay. With very little investment, you can create product shots of your old gear that look like they were made in a studio.
http://bit.ly/SlGXD


WHERE THE MONEY IS. Are luxury photography books recession-proof? Six figure sums are routinely paid for limited-edition photography books – and publishers tell us they've mined art gold.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/17/photography-books-limited-edition?commentpage=1


HOW MUCH? Judge's Ruling Sheds Light On Possible Value of Leibovitz Archive - A New York State Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for a trial on claims against Getty Images by Art Capital Group, the company that loaned photographer Leibovitz $24 million last year. ACG is now suing Leibovitz.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/08/judges-ruling-sheds-light-on-possible-value-of-leibovitz-archive.html


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12 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn





GAMMA TURNS TO BANKRUPTCY – Photographers trying to make a living from shooting the news are calling it a crisis. In the latest sign of photojpourmalism distress, the company that owns the photo agency Gamma sought protection from creditors on July 28 after a loss of $4.2 million in the first half of the year as sales fell by nearly a third. Gamma was founded in 1966 by the photographers Raymond Depardon and Gilles Caron. With Sygma, Sipa and, earlier, Magnum, it was one of the independent agencies that helped make Paris a world capital for photojournalism, attracting some of the best photographers the field has produced. SOURCE: New York Times, David Jolly. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/media/11photo.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1


IMPROVE YOUR SELLING CHANCES Twitter Photography Resources List - Twitter's limitations mean that it might not be a great place to show off a photo gallery, but the site can still be a valuable resource for photographers, both amateur and professional. We've scoured Twitter and produced a categorized list of all the accounts that can help photographers improve their picture-taking, and produce and sell their images.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/twitter-photography-resources-list


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04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn




WISHING WONT DO IT. From Tech Dirt: When the barrier to entry of stock photography is low, the supply of goods is large and the alternatives available to the buyer many, --the price is going to be low. Wishing it were otherwise, will not make it otherwise.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090730/0237125710.shtml


THE CHECK WASN’T IN THE MAIL -- Annie Leibovitz Sued Over Loan Payments - Leibovitz and her studio have been sued by Art Capital Group, a financial services company that loaned Leibovitz $24 million last year.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/legal-news/e3i6098aad6d9c8d3fbc6dd3db013ef33e2


BUT KEEP THAT DAY JOB -- Recession Proof Photography Niches - This might be a bad time to be a banker, an investor, a property developer, just about anything really, but a few branches of photography are still bringing in the cash. Stock photographers, and in particular microstock photographers though, are one group that do seem to be sitting pretty.
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/recession-proof-photography-niches


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16 Jul, 2009 | Posted by: psn




A BOOST FOR STOCK -- A new survey by International Communications Research shows that creative professionals are adjusting to today's tough economic climate, and one of the key ways they are cutting costs is to use more stock photography. http://www.napsnet.com/articles/61801.html

WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS? Photographer Learned About VIBE Shutdown in Mid-Shoot - David Anthony's photos of skateboarder Chaz Ortiz will never make it into VIBE, which folded Tuesday as the shoot was in progress. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/editorial/e3iff1672d639e4a430d7b1929d1ec9b0f0


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08 Jul, 2009 | Posted by: psn



YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT MAY BE VIDEO. Perpetual motion - How stills photographers are making money from shooting video as well. http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=864297


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17 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn



MORE STOCK BUYING In A Tough Economy, New Survey Shows Design Professionals Use More Stock Photography to Cut Costs.
http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20090609/NY2969909062009-1.html


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27 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn



TABLOID TRAIL – Bankruptcy Looming for Annie Leibovitz? Gawker is reporting today that the rental house that sued Annie Leibovitz may be preparing to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the photographer. http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/05/bankruptcy-looming-for-annie-leibovitz.html


WORKFORCE SHRINKING AT AP -- The Associated Press is quietly offering buyouts that include $500 for each year of service and increased pension benefits to several hundred veteran employees, according to AP and a News Media Guild statement. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/photo-news/photojournalism/e3ic8543054a8a9084d4bba1c9c5093a1a1


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19 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn



KEEPING UP -- Selling Through Galleries; Charting A Course For Making Fine Art Photo Sales - As the markets for both consumer and commercial photographers keep warping and changing, many photographers are looking for alternative revenue paths. http://shutterbug.com/columns/business_trends/0409business/


WEAK DOLLARS & POUNDS -- Alamy's financial statement for Q1 2009 - Alamy notes that "the decline in average price has been exaggerated in this report by the weakening of the UK pound (GBP) against the US dollar between Q2 2008 and Q1 2009".
http://www.stockphototalk.com/phototalk/2009/05/alamys-financial-statement-for-q1-2009.html


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05 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn




THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL -- Kodak quarterly loss doubles; halts dividend. Eastman Kodak Co's quarterly loss doubled, as the economic downturn continued to pinch demand, and the photography company said on Thursday it would stop paying its quarterly dividend. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/04/30/afx6360459.html

STILL GOING UP. Wall Street Journal Only Top 25 Newspaper To Report Circulation Increase - Newspaper sales have been declining since the early 1990s, but the drop has accelerated in recent years. Circulation revenue has largely held up, though, because of price increases.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/27/wall-street-journal-only-_n_191667.html


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29 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn



MEETING THE DOWN ECONOMY HEAD ON. -- Is it slow for you right now? If so,locating other avenues for revenue (within the field of photography) may be your next best solution. There are plenty of avenues for revenue aside from the ones familiar to you. The key is to be thinking several steps ahead.
http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/2009/04/your-piece-of-pie.html


THE RESULTS ARE IN -- PDN's 2009 Wedding Business Survey Results - Photographers say they're cutting expenses as they prepare for a drop in business this year. But they're not cutting prices. http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ida99bf36787f149ab1004b3334e81c75


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