So, are you wondering what to do next week- specifically Thursday March 10th, through Saturday March 12th? Wonder no more! The NPPA’s annual Northern Short Course kicks off three days of AWESOME programming in picturesque Warwick, RI. Not in the upper northeast? It’s worth the flight (especially via Southwest!) to see:Amy O’Leary teach you all … Read more
When Getty Images acquired iStockphoto, they said they did so to prevent iStockphoto from canibalizing their own business, at a time when the average price for a stock photograph was in the $900 range.Here’s a photo, on the iStockphoto website (here) of a nondescript fragrance bottle. Price? About $10.Where can you buy this exact same … Read more
I read with great interest an article on the web site “webcopyplus” – Legal Lesson Learned: Copywriter Pays $4,000 for $10 Photo – where the website admits to stealing a photograph “…frankly, we screwed up.” and then tells the tale of one of their copywriters who was “were under the impression that images on the … Read more
During FotoWeek DC’s annual PhotoFest, a group of concerned photography professionals brought together a series of presenters to talk briefly about what’s next in the industry. Jamie Rose, a seasoned photojournalist and well-established NGO photographer, and co-founder of the Momenta Workshops was among the presenters, and the presentations are now online on YouTube.Here’s the Highlights … Read more
During FotoWeek DC’s annual PhotoFest, a group of concerned photography professionals brought together a series of presenters to talk briefly about what’s next in the industry. Michael Lutzky, a former staff photographer for the Associated Press who now is a strategy and management consultant for media companies, was among the presenters, and the presentations are … Read more
I’ll admit that my speedlight knowledgebase is lighter than what I know about studio and location lighting that travel in large flight cases, and, in fact, the first time I tried wirelessly using a second speedlight that talked to the one I had on my camera, I was pleasantly surprised with the results. So, when … Read more
During FotoWeek DC’s annual PhotoFest a few months ago, a group of concerned photography professionals brought together a series of presenters to talk briefly about what’s next in the industry. I was among the presenters, and the presentations are now online on YouTube.Here’s the Highlights video (RSS readers see the video here):After the jump is … Read more
ASMP’s Strictly Business 3 seminar series roared back into the ethos last week with the launch in Los Angeles, and there are only 2 more cities left – February 25-27 in Philadelphia, and April 1-3 in Chicago. Last time around (SB2) when I was a speaker, we had attendees talking about how valuable it was … Read more
While one might consider it unusual that I would recommend and promote a book on the business of photography when I am the author of what could be considered a competing book, I genuinely believe that the more business knowledge that’s available, the better it is for photographers.It is to that end that I recommend … Read more
One of the biggest problems with the U.S. Copyright Office’s Electronic Copyright Office system of accepting uploaded content online is that they haven’t been able to take group registrations – that is, registrations of a group of published images made over a period of time (but within the same calendar year). Now, they seem to … Read more
