A few years agoor so, Getty (GYI) introduced Photographer’s Choice, whereby Getty’s contributors were paying $50 to have their image considered for inclusion in the Getty archive. By paying this, you didn’t get premium page position, you just got included. A number of photographers justified this in their mind by looking at the average sale … Read more
The story first broke on Paul Melcher’s blog, where Paul reported:“Jeff Kravitz, President and Founder of Filmmagic, bought by Getty Images in the $200 million Mediavast deal, has officially resigned. Citing impossible working conditions within the Mega image distributor, antiquated distribution system, one of the most succesful, and influential, red carpet photographer is slamming the … Read more
Jonathan Klein, Getty Images Co-Founder and CEO said, during a Goldman Sachs 2007 Communacopia Conference quite a few interesting things:“the big difference between an image being used online and offline, is a requirement for quality for most online uses, the volumes are enormous, and a good enough picture does the trick.” Yet, their website says … Read more
Today’s Speedlinks are so cool that the top four are now daily visits for me!Anonymous Photo Editor – At first I was going to highlight JDK, but this blog – A Photo Editor, has so much more to offer, and potential assistance for people wondering about the mysteries of getting editorial work, so this one … Read more
This past weekend, PhotoShelter launched what I consider the final phase of their marketplace entry, launching the PhotoShelter Collection. Daryl Lang, over at PDN penned their first review PhotoShelter Launching Community-Based Stock Site (9/14/07). My thoughts on this new service are based having just been a speaker at PhotoShelter’s Atlanta Town Hall, just prior to … Read more
Getty Images (GYI) has reached a new 52-week low. It’s previous low of 27.05 was surpassed this morning plumetting to 26.52 midday. Forbes.com has an AP Story – “Out of the Gate: Getty Images”, citing “…a Kaufman Bros. Research analyst {who} said reduced prices for images to be used on the Web will cut into … Read more
Betsy Reid caught me at a good time. I had just wrapped up phase 1 of my 19 hours in Atlanta at the PhotoShelter Town Hall, and as I was running out the door to present at the ASMP meeting, she thrust in my hand the SAA white paper, titled “Infringements of Stock Images and … Read more
I recieved my September issue of Professional Photographer magazine this weekend that contained an article by David Bailey titled “Get Ready to Rock”. Fine piece, except David glossed over an important point. He writes:When you arrive at the concert venue, you’re sometimes required to sign a contract stating the planned usage of the photographs and … Read more
Aside from the “pit”, or “buffer”, mentioned in the So, You Want to Shoot Concerts? – Primer piece, there are, in some instances, multiple shooting locations, especially for large concerts. The credential to the left says “FOH”, which means “Front of House”, so, from that vantage point, you can actually photograph what’s going on on … Read more
If you have a VIP credential (like the one at right), you’re not a photographer, you don’t have photo privledges, and more than likely, if you try to take pictures with just it on, those people with the big yellow “Event Staff” polo shirts will yank your camera away, unless, of course, you also are … Read more
