When is what you normally pay for a product or service fair? Way back in 2002, friend and colleague Mark Loundy, who writes the column “Common Cents” for the NPPA’s News Photographer Magazine, and the Digital Journalist online magazine, spoke with me about pricing and negotiating strategies. I told Mark that one of my favorite … Read more
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is suing the Topps trading card company in federal court in Los Angeles for the use of his likeness after they used what is arguably him inside a space suit doing the first walk on the moon.Aldrin, a very private man since his launch to fame, has been very protective of his … Read more
Back in August of 2009, with great fanfare, PicScout announced PicApp, and we took a critical (and dim) view of it, as we wrote about here – Silly Rabbit – PicApp’s Got Problems (8/19/2009). The concept was – free photos for your non-commercial blog/etc, and we’ll intersperse some ads among or overtop of the images, … Read more
Most people don’t know what the origin of “Black Friday” is. For those of you not in the know, the answer is – it is the date that most retailers go from being “in the red” to “in the black”, that is, profitable. So, the money they make from Black Friday until the end of … Read more
It’s often interesting and insightful to read what’s happening over at Photopreneur. Here are links to a few articles worth checking out!You Could be a Professional Photographer When… -You’re not ready to become a professional until you also have these elements of professional knowledge figured out:1. You Know the Legal Stuff2. You Understand Licensing and … Read more
Our colleagues (and, yes, advertiser) Livebooks does a great job over on their Resolve blog of posting timely and insightful articles on the realities of the business and marketing of photography. Here are a few:What is Branding – Want to build a strong brand that best represents your business? Sit down and define the following:What … Read more
For as long as my professional career has been ongoing, I have always held as the holy grail, Time, Newsweek, and US News & World Report, in the magazine industry, as the harbingers of the industry. Now, US News is looking more like a pallbearer. As we learned from the Huffington Post (here) , US … Read more
The evening of the PhotoPlus Expo Bash, on the USS Intrepid, it was announced by PDN that they (or, rather, their parent company, Nielsen) had acquired the publication Rangefinder, After Capture, and the trade Wedding and Portrait Photographer International (WPPI) trade show.I’ve had the opportunity to attend both trade shows, and they couldn’t be a … Read more
It’s the first of three days at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, and the 2010 PhotoPlus Expo is in full swing. Below are several interviews we did on the show floor with vendors we think you should check out!ThinkTank Photo – (RSS readers click here)PNY Technologies (RSS readers click here)APhotoFolio (RSS readers … Read more
It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of my latest book – Photographs from the Edge of Reality. The book tells the stories about a number of the assignments I have done over the past 20 years, and the challenges, logistics, and obstacles that were surmounted to bring images back. Why the … Read more
