Photo Business News archive, 2006–2026. New writing is at Substack.

Find A Photographer – iPhone Edition

Need to find a photographer for your assignment? The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) introduces its’ Find A Photographer (FAP) iPhone application making amazingly easy to locate, from within the palm of your hand, photographers all over the country. The application is free, and instantly connects to a photographers’ ASMP profile online, including their … Read more

The Value of ORIGINAL Assignment Photography

In only the way that Jon Stewart can, the value of a client commissioning ORIGINAL photography for a campaign is underscored in this brief clip, where Jon Stewart, while skewering major organizations that use microstock from sources like iStockphoto, also slam those who are selling out for $300 in perpetuity:Video archived — restoration pending. Thank … Read more

On Hiring A Wedding Photographer

For once, someone in the business of providing services to weddings that is NOT a photographer writes about what is needed when hiring a photographer to photograph your wedding. All to often, a writer who has no knowledge of what it means to be in the room for hours on end, behind the scenes, and … Read more

Simpsons Did It

Well, the Simpsons are always chock-full of humor, and here’s a few seconds of humor at the expense of the paparazzi (but atleast they’re compensated!):Video archived — restoration pending.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo Business Forum Flickr … Read more

Don’t Pay Lip-Service to Liability

Every day, people calculate what reasonable risk is, from crossing the street, to signing a contract where you agree to pay for the lawsuits that arise when you have indemnified your multi-million dollar corporate clients for their mis-uses of your photos beyond your control. A few weeks into a second year law student’s licensing class, … Read more

On failure

76 seconds of your life taking a look at how failure does not preclude future success:(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo Business Forum Flickr Group Discussion Threads.

Marketing is NOTHING like Dating

Contrary to what some people might mislead you to believe (Dating No 1), marketing is nothing like dating. In marketing, you are trying to establish a business relationship whereby you provide a service, for a fee, and the client gets to benefit from your creativity. In the dating world, this would thus be a “car … Read more