Why and How to Hire a Photographer
I wanted to take a second and thank Amber Flowers of The Amplifier for her excellent article “Why and How to Hire a Photographer” She explains, very well I might add, that sure anyone can buy a camera but it takes a photographer to make a photograph I highly recommend you head over and give [...]
What the Duck: “Good Enough”
Here is a recent posting from “What the Duck” as you may remember the other day I posted on a recent article entitled “In Search of Good Enough” Thank you Aaron Johnson
New record with 70 Gigapixel picture
The race for the picture with the most Gigapixels is not over yet. The latest one is a huge panoramic image of Budapest. The record, set by 360world. via New record with 70 Gigapixel picture. Personal Note: Is it REALLY the largest photo if it is never actually printed?
In search of good enough
As I have stated numerous times. We are at a time when people are not taking their business as seriously as they should (or used to). Recently Fast Media magazine published an article “In search of good enough” in it they discuss the emergence of the amateurs into the stock photography world and how it [...]
What constitutes personal use of an image?
My boss has asked me to find some images for an internal presentation. Do I still need to pay for them? Yes, in most circumstances. You will still need to pay via What constitutes personal use of an image?.
Do you use photography?
Bravo to Smashing Magazine for their recent article How to Use Photos to Sell More Online If you are in business I HIGHLY recommend you take time and read this. Then take a look how you are using photography to sell your business. It might also help you if you were to print this out [...]
Who does your design work?
This is one of the funniest vids I’ve seen lately Scary thing is how many times I’ve seen this happen Thanks to A Photo Editor blog to turning me onto this As well as to “Why Design-By-Committee Should Die” at Smashing Magazine
How do you get your news??
This is a very compelling discussion on the fate of news and information When you come right down to it, we are all content providers. We all need to deliver good quality information to our readers, customers, clients, etc… Thanks to the internet, today, we are all publishers
How Good is Your Advertising?
The other day I was sitting in front of the Television. Watching a show recorded on my DVR. Of course I was hitting the fast forward button thru all of the commercials. Then in the blur of ads I saw one with Lance Armstrong for Radio Shack. Well of course I hit the play button [...]
TIME Magazine
Welcome to the new age of media. Printed News is Dead, LONG LIVE the Newspaper and Magazine Time has posted a video of what (they are planning) the NEW Time magazine will be. For all those who produce photography (Still and Video) this could very well be the beginning of a new Renaissance in imagery [...]
Can I see your photo permit?
Did you know that if you want to take a photograph in a Chicago park you need a permit? Seriously! A while back I was doing a portrait for a friend in Wicker Park, When a person came up and said that commercial photography in Chicago parks were not allowed. I asked, “What makes you [...]
I Wub U !
Ah Grover, you’ve done it again. First Grover Sanschagrin at Photoshelter wrote “Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor” then posted “Top 10 Ways to Piss Off a Photographer“. Now he has posted “TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE A PHOTOGRAPHER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU“. I’m only going to add a couple of points [...]
Don’t make me angry, You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry
Grover Sanschagrin over at Photoshelter has written a follow up to his blog post “Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor” with “Top 10 Ways to Piss Off a Photographer” I found it, in a way, kind of comforting to see that I wasn’t the only one who was bothered by some of [...]
What I do
Reading Chris Brogan’s blog last week, “What I Do“. In it Chris writes about his new logo and about people noting their dislike of it. That it doesn’t say, what he does. I then looked at my logo. Well, it says my name and Commercial Photography. When I think about it, does that REALLY say [...]
Photography doesn’t cost, it pays
Seth Godin not too long ago posted an article in his blog “Consumer debt is not your friend“. It has been my experience that too many business owners look at a photographer’s rate as “another bill” and not as the investment. I’ve said it numerous times here before, good photography sells your product, it promotes [...]
Facebook Privacy Issues
There has been a lot going around about Facebook and your lack of privacy. I only have one thing to say. WELL DUH!!! If you post private information on the web, then it’s no longer private. The photo above is another of Danielle, photographed in private
Too Cool: Time Lapse
Ya gotta check out this video Epic Kittez – Timelapse dolly proto v1.0 tests from MILapse on Vimeo. With all this new stuff coming out, the creative possibilities are endless. Here is how it’s done Dynamic Perception Timelapse Dolly Stage Zero from MILapse on Vimeo. Too Frackin’ Cool
Good, Fast and Cheap!
Pick Two You can either get product/catalog photography that’s Good and Fast, but it won’t be Cheap. Or Good and Cheap, but not Fast, Or how about Fast and Cheap. Guess what? it won’t be Good How many times have you heard that old business saying? Not just for photography but for any business? Quite [...]
Photoshop CS5 Extended Install Issue
If you follow me on Twitter then you probably would have seen that I recently got my upgrade to Adobe’s Photoshop CS5 The box arrived last Friday (I opted for the physical CD over just downloading it) and of course I rushed to my computer to install it Problem was, it wouldn’t install. It asked [...]
Shout Out to Rosh
Fellow photographer Rosh Sillars has just posted his 100th New Media Photographer Podcast If that weren’t his book “The Linked Photographers’ Guide to Online Marketing and Social Media” has just been published (Is there anything this guy can’t do?) Congratulations Rosh, I look forward reading the book as well as to the next 1000 episodes
A Public Service Announcement about Copyright
I just wanted to share with you the following PSA video which, to me, very perfectly sums up copyright infringement Forget that it’s coming from the Adult Entertainment industry and in your mind replace Adult Industry with Photography or Music or… well you get the idea Thanks to Fast Media Magazine
