Today’s Washington Post has an interesting article – Freedom of photography: Police, security often clamp down despite public right (7/26/10) whereby, yet again, a uniformed officer detained someone taking photographs. Yet, a directive from the New York City police reveals what common sense tells most of us already about photographing buildings like this – “practically … Read more
There are two stories to take away from this article – Vampire Weekend’s Cover Art ‘Contra’-versy: Model Sues Band for $2 Million. First – you have a model who did not sign a model release and who’s likeness was used in the marketing and advertising of a rock band. Her story – a Polaroid “snapshot” … Read more
When photographers working for corporate clients get a request to digitally alter an image, it gets done, plain and simple. Now, that photograph should never be presented as an unretouched image to editorial/news outlets, but if the purpose of the photograph is to have the image placed on a corporate website for marketing purposes, then … Read more
On the heals of the 12 Excuses for Shooting Photos for Free — and Why They’re Bogus post, comes a post from Advertising Age, demonstrating that even the ad execs that ply us with “shoot this one for free and the next one will be a big dollar job…” get hit with the same craziness … Read more
Every so often, I post over at the blog of my agent, Black Star. My most recent post is – “12 Excuses for Shooting Photos for Free — and Why They’re Bogus”. Below is #5 – and go check out the other 11 here.5. Every photography job I’ve ever gotten has been through word of … Read more
In October, I will be presenting a new program at the 2010 PhotoPLUS Expo, that discusses the challenges of delivering images on assignment, around the world, for a broad spectrum of clients. While PhotoPLUS hasn’t released the full program yet, I wanted readers of this blog to get a heads up to the new program … Read more
We’re a big fan of the Picture Licensing Universal System coalition, and they sent us this announcement, that is well worth looking into!PLUS Registry To Launch This FallWith core funding now in place, the PLUS Coalition is fully engaged in developing the PLUS Registry ─ a global online resource which connects images, rights holders and … Read more
Anderson Cooper does a great job of hitting hard at BP on their seemingly uncanny ability to override the first amendment to the Constitution. A follow up to the Anderson Cooper piece, below:(Another video, after the Jump)And Paul Melcher has a good take on things here.Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If … Read more
Time and time again, I get the “hey, what camera is that?” question, as if the camera brand makes my photos better. To the trained eye, you can see some differences, and to be sure, each brand has their feel and features. Yet, all to often, it’s not about the tool, it’s about the talent. … Read more
The good folks over at the Economist seem completely content to alter the reality of an image with some really bad justifications for doing so, as outlined over on the New York Times blog – On The Economist’s Cover, Only a Part of the Picture – and we agree that it’s just plain wrong to … Read more
