Below, our happless duck, over the past two days has been quite degraded by prospective clients, and those purportedly aspiring to be like the duck.What continues to make me roll my eyes is the notion that we photographers sit around doing nothing, and fortunately, the WTD strip is written by a photographer, so he knows … Read more
BULLSHIFT! Everyone’s afraid to talk prices. Everyone says “oh, we can’t talk prices because of anti-trust laws.” Again, I say, BULLSHIFT! Wikipedia has a pretty decent outline of price-fixing:Under U.S. law, price fixing is only illegal if it is intentional and comes about via communication or agreement between firms or individuals. It is not illegal … Read more
Excerpted from Their ArticleThe American Association of Advertising Agencies has two words of advice for agencies asked to give away rights to ideas they present in new-business pitches: Say no. The American Association of Advertising Agencies has come down strongly on the side of an agency’s right to own the ideas it presents when pitching … Read more
I became aware of a list on the Painter Creativity site that is directed towards Native artists and designers. Below are the top lies, but more importantly, if you’re curious about how this native-centric website encourages people to respond to each of the lies, click through to the link above as the responses are interesting.Top … Read more
So, the folks who are inspired to make and (essentially) give away their work for the joy of seeing their work out in the world are up in arms because people are further spreading their (supposedly) royalty-free work beyond where they were expecting. This istockphoto thread about the Flickr distribution of their work has got … Read more
When you’re not home, your voicemail is the only – and initial – interaction that your prospective client will have with you. Making sure that it is a professional and positive experience can easily mean the difference between a prospective client leaving a message and their hanging up. To that end, make sure your voicemail … Read more
So, the models are the latest to feel the squeeze. In the February 3-4 edition of the Wall Street Journal Weekend Edition Strike a Pose, Count Your Pennies, models are being hurt by reduced fees and foreign models coming to the US to take “their” work. The chance of becoming successful as a model was … Read more
The Question comes in often enough…I need a contract, or I don’t understand how to put a contract together. Well, here’s my solution: I will deconstruct my original contract, term-by-term, and parse what each piece of it means. Sometimes in excruciatingly painful detail. For those of you who don’t know how to write them, well, … Read more
Consider the friendly photo editor.They are the ones who fought for you, the photographer, so that you didn’t have to be presented with a WMFH agreement. They fought for you to be paid a fair rate, and you didn’t even know it. Sometimes, they are upfront with you, and tell you that, while they know … Read more
So, the question came in “How do I work as a semi-professional photographer without ruining the livelihoods of those who do it full time?”Boy, that’s a responsible question. (seriously).First, you must determine what your objective is. So, let’s make a few assumptions.1 – You really enjoy photography.2 – You’d REALLY enjoy seeing your work published3 … Read more
