One of the most hotly discussed issue among professional photographers, is “to combine, or to not combine? Whether ’tis smarter to join together fees for creative and use, or to separate them out.” Here, I shall endeavor to address this issue with several concrete examples, and some insights into the issue.Warren Buffett once said “price … Read more
Consider the license to a photograph a window of opportunity. For example, an image shot at a political rally this past weekend has, first, a window of a day as a news photograph for the daily newspapers. After that, the window of opportunity to generate revenue from this consumer of images closes significantly. For a … Read more
For a number of years now, I’ve been hearing the iStock-a-razzi congratulating themselves with atta-boys and high-fives when they see things like their images used on the covers of places like Time Magazine (here), and for all manner of uses that should have garnered thousands of dollars in stock licensing fees, but instead garnered less … Read more
In a 3-0 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday, the court said that companies that make and sell software can use shrink-wrap, or in the case of online downloads – click-to-continue licenses to preclude “owners” from the re-sale of the license. The ruling seems to be the first ruling by … Read more
We use a lot of different professional tools to deliver images to our clients, and among them are the ThinkTank line of rolling cases, both for air travel and for local location work. Over 5,000 of you watched our WHAT WE USE – Cases video where we showcase a number of cases, including our ThinkTank … Read more
In our “day job” as a professional photographer, we retouch photos. SOME photos, not all. Certainly, we do not retouch images that are going out to the news media on behalf of clients. We have a policy of not retouching photographs that we provide for editorial purposes to editorial clients. However, when providing retouched images … Read more
We here at Photo Business News have been hard at work on a number of projects, both personal and professional, including a few weeks of much needed R&R during August, so we went on temporary hiatus. Not to fear, we’re still here, and are moving forward with lots of things this month! In addition, I … Read more
Well, your government is at it again! The Transportation Security Administration, not content to make photographers lives miserable enough, has decided to use – literally – as their poster child – photographers, to illustrate terrorists.First – let’s get one thing straight – if a terrorist wants to see a map or other landscape around anything … Read more
Craigslist and the idiocy of what must be an intern at a PR company in NYC strikes again!Let’s parse this ad (red text is my commentary):Photographer Needed for High Profile Client (Idianapolis) (in other words, we’re willing to risk a high profile client’s happiness for a few thousand dollars in photographer fees we’d rather not … Read more
So often, I get calls from friends and colleagues about how to handle online marketing and social media. How do I set up a facebook page? How do I use social media to maximize my business? Most solutions are generally offerred, except one, now, just for photographers – The Linked Photographers’ Guide to Online Marketing … Read more
