The ACTA, or Anti-Copyright Trade Agreement, on its’ surface, and if all the leaks are to be believed, sounds too good to be true. The goal of the agreement is to fix the standards that are essentially broken in the copyright field. Frankly, from what little I have heard, it sounds great. The devil, of … Read more
After a week of a lot of production and assignments, yesterday, we had a break before we’re back on the road. A quick Sunday outing with the family to the pumpkin patch with my 5 year-old and 9 year-old, and an 8 month-old strapped to my chest got me to thinking that my youngest would … Read more
The second day of the PhotoPlus Expo in New York City was a little less hectic, but still very fulfilling. We were not so overwhelmed with all the things to see and people to talk to (and learn from) because we had our bearing by now. Yet, we still have a lot we want to … Read more
The first day of PhotoPlus Expo was filled with lots of interesting insights. Of surprising note was the abundance of camera strap solutions, which we hope to look into further just because it seems interesting that there are four solutions we’ve found on the show floor, one of which we demo from Sun Sniper in … Read more
In a bizarre turn of events, Canon USA has been taken out to the woodshed and given a whoopin’ by Canon Inc in Japan because – get this – Vincent Laforet’s Nocturne video showcasing the new Canon EOS 1D Mark IV was “too good” according to Fake Chuck Westfall, and Canon USA made Canon Inc … Read more
When it was learned that Getty Images was shuttering its’ entire wholly owned creative stock division, it didn’t come as a surprise to me, in fact, it was expected. What is really disappointing is the “kum-ba-yah” message that Dunce-In-Residence CEO Jonathan Klein wrote, and which we posted recently, about how proud he was of his … Read more
First there was Reverie from friend and colleague Vincent Laforet, which blew the doors off of video in the guise of a still camera. Then, like the wayward ingenue who makes her way to LA to become an actress, Laforet heads West to seek out visual stimulation in the form of motion pictures, yet he … Read more
Word matter. Fortunately, photographers have other creatives – musicians, movie-makers, and the like with far better organization that we can muster, and thus they can commission research about how to best convey the message that stealing intellectual property is bad. ASMP NY did a good job of illustrating the similarity between analog and online image … Read more
PLUS – the Picture Licensing Universal System, has been busy, of late, they just haven’t been tooting their horn. Despite Paul Melcher’s perspective on “Plus or Minus?“, suggesting they’ve been quiet, they’ve been busy. Unlike spotlight seekers, who tout the arrival of a 1.0.1 to a 1.0.2 release like it’s the second coming, PLUS continues … Read more
The common refrain from photographers with a few years’ experience lugging cameras with neck straps is how much their neck hurts. Sure, soft/plush/wide straps help, but the weight is still there, tugging at your neck.Friend and colleague, Northern Virginia Photographer Mark Finkenstaedt, turned me on to these two cool solutions – the Cotton Carrier, and … Read more
