Chase Jarvis has done something extraordinary – out of the blue, Chase is giving away a FREE trip and conference registration to SB2, airfare included! Check out WIN a FREE Trip To ASMP Strictly Business 2 – Chicago for the details.If you’re reading this blog, you should be there! (and you also will know that … Read more
Xerox (NYSE: XRX) seems to have a problem with a healthy respect for photographers copyrights. Namely, if you are a student, they want yours. I’ve been watching this latest in photo contest rights grabs. At first, Xerox wanted ownership and unlimited use of all entries, by both Xerox, and their undefined “designees”, and they wanted … Read more
My friend and colleague, Chase Jarvis, wrote on his blog, and article titled Free Photos and Artistic Vision, and, it’s worth a read. However, where he posits the notion for pondering that, possibly:The future of earning a living as a photographer lies not in your old pictures, but your next pictures. Sure, one-of-a-kind historical, documentary … Read more
There are lots of topics on the subjects of rights I could discuss, though this wouldn’t normally be one. But as it deals with the business of being a photographer, it deserves our attention. It’s when a photographer is alleged to have violated the human rights of someone else.What’s that you say? Aren’t we supposed … Read more
Yesterday was the day I had been waiting for for months years (well, 18 months to be exact). It was finally time to upgrade my Macbook Pro, as Apple finally delivered their overdue refresh of the product line. I’d done some shopping around, and the price for the one I wanted – 17″, 250GB HD … Read more
I spent a good portion of yesterday, the day that the Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) sale to Hellman & Friedman was announced, contemplating the ramifications. In between assignments, I fielded (and made) a number of calls about the aquisition.My first inclination was “oh, they’ll break up the company”, and then, I started doing some serious … Read more
Sometimes, it’s worth looking back and reminding folks of the great content that is on this blog that you, dear reader, may have missed because you weren’t reading, say, last January!At least the Hypocrite Knows Right from WrongI have a great regard for photojournalist P.F. Bentley. Back in 1989, when I was a young, inexperienced … Read more
I’ve been in the “website game” since about 1995, with my first website on my Compuserve webspace. My second website is still floating around the internet, housed on AOL’s servers. I recall switching between NCSA Mosaic and NetManage’s Chameleon. Each year, the web expanded, and I endeavored to keep up. Pre-Google, the game in town … Read more
If you’re reading this blog, you should be there! The second of what will be a total of four stops takes place starting this Friday, February 22, in Atlanta. If you missed LA, I did a video report on it (here) and it has been widely reviewed as a success, with people traveling to LA … Read more
One of the many problems for photographers is how those who couldn’t care less about the business of photography do damage to the business of photography. Often, these are people who have other jobs that pay the bills, and they look to photo credit to give them pleasure, acclaim, and notoriety, getting their satisfaction at … Read more
