I’m really getting tired of this. Colleagues, both highly respected and prosumer alike, who have no regard for copyrights. I recently watched an amazing presentation of work by a noted photographer, who’s work was enhanced by the aural addition of music by Enya. I know just how next to impossible it is to get permission … Read more
Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) is a lot of things. Right now, they are on the chopping block, having just left the auction block, with, as the AP reports (Regulators OK Getty Images’ $2.1B Buyout, 3/18/08), “Antitrust regulators have cleared private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC’s $2.1 billion purchase of Getty Images Inc., a federal … Read more
I know I’ve been absent, but I’ll have a post or two in the next few days, so, my apologies! In the meantime, Check out the following speedlinks:Photoshop Disasters – This site is awesome because is shows you all the mistakes retouchers make, and breaks them down for you!Carolyn Wright, over at PhotoAttorney reports: – … Read more
While I will have more later on the highly successful NPPA Northern Short Course (NSC), if you had your photo taken in the photo booth, shoot me an e-mail and I will get you an invite to view and download the images that were made.To prove you were there, you’ll have to tell me what … Read more
It’s 3am, Wednesday, and I am finishing the booking of air and travel for the next 10-day assignment which begins after I finish photographing Kermit the Frog on Capitol Hill, travels to Rochester NY, then Los Angeles, then Las Vegas, then Oakland, then Los Angeles, before returning to DC. It’s an exhaustive trip, and we … Read more
There’s an interesting footnote to the well-known Hillary Clinton ad about experience, they titled “Children”, but which is commonly referred to now as the “3am phone call commercial.” The short description for the commercial on YouTube reads:On March 4th, your vote will decide who will be in the White House to pick up the phone … Read more
Yesterday, while on a fairly straightforward assignment for a corporate client covering their day’s conference, the day was scheduled to include a brief meet-and-greet with the legend Cal Ripkin. I’d originally intended to do this with on-camera strobe, but the client wanted me to bring a background. So, I selected my favorite – Thunder Grey. … Read more
Awhile back, we wrote about how you CAN’T donate your time and services and claim fair market value for such as a deduction (An Original Picasso for $50? That’s what they say…, 2/10/07), and one potential solution that could get you a bit more credit for your donations, when you do (The Non-Profit Challenge, 11/19/07), … Read more
A brief note that now you can export from Flickr directly into PhotoShelter, and also export from PhotoShelter directly into Flickr with watermarks and all sorts of other protections, ensuring that you’re not one of the many people who have had their work stolen from Flickr. This Wired story – PhotoShelter Protects Your Images From … Read more
Today (actually, yesterday, as you are reading this) I was traveling with my post-production person and my intern and we were crossing a state-line or two en-route back to DC after an assignment. About half-way back to the office, my post-production person asked “so, explain to me what SEO is.” And the conversation started. And … Read more
