Alleged no more, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News, (NM commission rules photographer discriminated against gay couple, 4/11/08) Albuquerque photographer Elaine Huguenin violated New Mexico’s discrimination law, according to a human rights panel. The panel ruled that Elane Photography, owned by both Huguein and her husband Jon violated the state Human Rights Act by discriminating … Read more
If I consent to being photographed while at an event, or for a portrait for a magazine, the photographer can do certain things with that photo, and cannot do other things. What they can do, is license that image, as stock, for editorial purposes only, provided that that editorial use is not libelous. What they … Read more
I’m sitting onboard a United Airlines flight from Savannah back to DC after an assignment down South. I was catching up on my BusinessWeek reading, and ran across a series of advertisements from Accenture. These are great ads featuring Tiger Woods. Interestingly, each ad runs double-truck, full bleed, with a single message point – one … Read more
One recurring conversation that I hear taking place is about photographers and second jobs – you know, the ones that make it possible to pay the bills.The problem is, this is bass-ackwards from how it should occur.Take, for example, the waiter. A waiter has figured a way out to pay their bills (even if just … Read more
So, you can add (as descibed here on the Time Life Archive page) to the “… iconic moments of the 20th century, where you will find Alfred Eisenstaedt’s sailor kissing nurse in Times Square, Margaret Bourke-White’s Chrysler Building gargoyle and Gjon Mili’s picture of Pablo Picasso “painting” with light, to name a few….” all of … Read more
It’s a crazy world we live in these days that some people believe whatever is in a “press release”. Today, the prankster’s favorite day, a prank was attempted on the stock photography industry.Norway and the US are among the countries that celebrate April Fools Day, and one Norwegian company has taken to spoofing those in … Read more
My colleague, Stan Rowin brought to our attention a Goldman Sachs slide about Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), sourced from GYI Management, which projects the future of Getty. Let’s have a look-see at these thoughtful projections, and be sure to check out the article on the WashingtonPost.com website – Getty Images: The Long Road To A … Read more
So many Idiots With Camera (IWC) go out, and make our lives more difficult. Whether acting up on TV, or being unprofessional in the execution of our photographic duties, the world sees us as less and less a professional, and more and more a nuisance.Recently, I received information on two separate, and distinct demonstrations where … Read more
All to often, I hear stories about shoots gone bad. Not bad as in, the photos were horrible, but bad as in “the model tripped”, or the lightstand crashed into that antique table…” bad. These are the kinds of incidents that turn the shoot from profitable to you into an expensive debacle that you’d just … Read more
I recieved a retort from a Chicago area photographer a week or so ago about an APA/Apple Store presentation he’d seen by Brittney Blair, Photo Editor of Chicago Magazine from back on February 11th. APA’s website reports the presentation as “…Brittney’s Pro Session discussion focused on the best ways to break into photography, how to … Read more
