I don’t watch the Tonight Show much, but as I was doing some office work, it was on in the background, and Jay’s Monday Headlines feature was in full swing. I was only paying minimal attention, when he mentioned a photography business (that, by definition, when they’re in his headlines segment, is about to get … Read more
I spent some time Friday night yelling. First, I went outside, with my bullhorn, and facing east, started yelling at the top of my lungs. Then, I turned Northwest, and I continued to yell. You don’t want to know what I was yelling, but I was yelling at London, and I was yelling at Seattle, … Read more
(This is the second in a three-part series)One of the messages that arose in David’s comments, and was echoed with a contrary perspective on Vincent Laforet’s blog (Work for Free?) was the notion of working/interning for free. This gets into some sticky situations with those little things called laws.(Continued after the Jump)Next year marks the … Read more
(This is the third article in a three part series)Since so many people have come into this discussion on David’s site, I thought I’d highlight the sentiments of several posts, and respond to them/what they’ve written.The reason for this is that there are many perspectives to this, and almost all of them are either flawed, … Read more
It continues to be a head-shaker for me that the purveyors of stock can take such a disdainful position towards the actual people making the images. They seem to not realize that without those that produce the images, they have empty filing cabinets and idle servers with nothing to sell or license.First up is Photolibrary(PL), … Read more
While I grew up on an island on the Pacific Rim (Alameda, California, in the SF Bay, to be exact) two of my distant island colleagues – Baron Sekiya, on Hawaii, and Tim Clayton on Austrailia (actually an island continent) have departed the field of staff photographer recently. Baron wrote about his experience – Life … Read more
I was struck by the article in the UK’s Guardian recently, titled “Is a picture really worth £1,000?“, and sub-titled “A church and small businesses are just some of those accusing picture agencies of using heavy-handed tactics when pursuing payment”, and I thought – “heavy handed?” The article then goes on to attempt to diminish … Read more
There is a lot going on in the news world these days, and one of the things that struck me as remarkable is that CNN has decided to enter the wire service game. They have economies of scale to depend upon, bureaus in many locations, data networks, storage facilities, and so forth. In a “newspaper … Read more
Often we wonder “what’s next?” in our chosen profession, and the consensus seems to be “video”, in one form or another. I just finished a 25 minute Ken-Burns-esque video for a client that I am delivering this week, which uses 400 stills from 5,000+ images from a recent assignment. In addition, we’ve integrated video capabilities … Read more
Yes, as the costs of storage continue to decline, as well as the costs for server technology as well, it would stand to reason that your partner in stock image licensing would share in these cost savings by giving you, say, a greater piece of each sale? Then again, why bother. They’ve gotten to be … Read more
