Over at Rob Haggart’s A Photo Editor, his article – Good News In Photography – Points out something quite interesting, which I’ve re-arranged for the sake of discussion:Here are other key points to why my business is growing:NON-Photo/Creative Related:Easy To Work With FlexibleHonesty Be Polite MarketingSurround Yourself With Good PeopleCreative-Related:People are really responding to my … Read more
The good folks over at PhotoShelter called the other day to ask what 10 things a current staffer should do to prepare for their inevitable “switch” to freelance, and also the 10 things a newfound freelancer from the “Staff World” should do, so I gave them a few ideas, contemplated after a long spell in … Read more
Gilbert Arenas, known by his jersey number “0” seems to have gone from hero to a REAL zero, and then (at least temporarily) non-existent. Arenas, after apparently breaking the law by not only possessing handguns in Washington DC, but, if some reports are to be believed, brandishing them, is, according to NBA Commissioner David Stern, … Read more
Much has been made of the controversy surrounding the use by PETA and the company Weatherproof of their use without permission of the likenesses of the First Lady and President respectively.No less than The Washington Post (PETA latest to use an ad with an Obama without permission, 1/8/10) and The New York Times (Coat Maker … Read more
It appears that Jim Mathis is teaching really bad business management skills if the message he is delivering to his students is that the price for an image should be the same whether it’s a family down the street, or a multi-national corporation looking to use the image as the icon of its business for … Read more
When does “saluting” women in an ad become an endorsement? When the anti-war groups used an image of Gen. Petraeus in their ad (here) being critical, was that fair to do without his permission? How about an and that is positive, saying “Fur-Free and Fabulous!” and directing people to the PETA website to “Read all … Read more
What right of privacy do you have to your cell phone? Well, for starters, what about your rights when a search warrant is presented? Most search warrants read something like this:You are therefore commanded to search:The Premises and building known and designated as and commonly called:1234 Main Street, Anytown USA, more specifically described as a … Read more
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a client was stirring, not even to grouse.The CDs were burned and shipped with consideration,in hopes that the photos would earn remuneration.The staff they were nestled all snug in their homes,with visions of days off, reading their tomes.and I wearing both the kerchief and … Read more
Recently I was breaking bread with a friend and colleague, who is a highly respected and well known photographer. For the sake of this story, we’ll call this photographer Asa. During the conversation, I turned to this photographers’ assistant, and asked “how did you come to be assistanting Asa?” What was shared was not, per … Read more
Who grades these grad school fantasies, Krusty the Klown? FocalPop – the latest incarnation of the idiocy of crowd-sourcing advertising photography assignments has apparently ozzed from the hot Summer nights of UT Austin. Here‘s the pitch:1. Seekers fill out a request describing the exact photo they need, how much they’ll pay, and how soon they … Read more
