Over the years, there have been good elected leaders at the helm of ASMP, and less-than-stellar elected leaders. One of the great leaders is photographer Richard Kelly, and he most certainly should be re-elected, and also serve a second term as ASMP President. I first met Kelly when I travelled to the Pittsburgh ASMP chapter … Read more
It was great to learn last week that The American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA) has not only joined the PLUS Coalition, but has assigned their V.P. Harold S. Geller (LinkedIn: Profile) to take a seat on the PLUS Coalition’s Board of Directors. Good to see AAAA stepping up to the plate on behalf of … Read more
While Boston Globe staffers, believing the hyped up dire situation presented to them, last July, accepted an almost 10% pay cut (combined salaries and benefits) during tough contract negotiations with management. Amidst a down economy, these staffers felt they had no choice when presented with a deal that was repeatedly rejected in previous months. (Boston … Read more
With over 200 new features, Aperture 3 is a remarkable (albeit long overdue) update to it’s preceding version. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights (and low-lights) of the new application.In many ways, Aperture 3 (“A3”) is playing catchup like Windows is constantly playing catchup with OS X, when it comes to Lightroom.Aperture … Read more
For the last decade, I’ve supported the National Press Photographers Association Northern Short Course as a presenter. This year, for three days, we’ll be in New Brunswick, New Jersey (exit 9!) March 11th through 13th. I present on, what else? – the business of photography. Here’s the entire program, which includes William Foster on social … Read more
Naples Newborn and Children’s Photographer Nicole Zumaeta (known as Nicole Z) has reposted a really exceptional job that explains what the value and costs are associated with hiring a professional photographer, which was originally written by Marianne Drenth. So, rather than try to summarize what Marianne’s written (and which Nicole had the permission to re-post), … Read more
Pilfer: to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and againSource: Merriam-WebsterThere are scumbags, and then there are SCUMBAGS. In my book, when you are a “publication” whose sole existence is based upon stealing and exploiting work from all over the internet by creatives, then you are the embodiment of the word “scumbag”, and … Read more
Anytime people get together to focus attention on the critical matter of the business aspects of photography, even when they are misguided, I applaud it. I applaud even the misguided discussions because someone will come out and get it right, and others will alteast spend some of their otherwise mis-focused thoughts on business for a … Read more
Let’s get the upside out of the way here – SpiderPic is a great solution for the photo buyer, in the short term. SpiderPic is an aggregator that brings together search results across microstock sites, showing you your results, and in examples like at right, where there are identical images – which place has the … Read more
Charitable Giving is a cornerstone of a compassionate citizenry. Yet, it’s very important that you know what you can, and can’t give, and how to best give. First – legally, if you designate a specific disaster (for example, Haitian relief) the organization is obligated to spend those funds on Haiti only. Guess what? In a … Read more
