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The wrong lesson

Picture: Overview of the Marin County Watershed as seen from Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, California I can understand why they're upset. Marin County is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's more affluent regions. The normal cursory thought of "Well, they can afford it" would usually draw little attention. Yet…
Gary Crabbe
February 25, 2010
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Back from NANPA 2010

Picture: High desert sage at sunrise in the Great Basin, near Wells, Nevada I spent the bulk of last week in Reno, Nevada, attending the 2010 Annual Summit Conference for the North American Nature Photography Association. Considering I had a book deadline coming up this next week, it was a…
Gary Crabbe
February 23, 2010
Photo ContestsRants and Raves

That’s not your photo… anymore.

Another *Really* Horrible Rights Grabbing Contest - Costco Beware of the 2009 Costco Photo Contest; it's especially bad considering how they treat you and your entry. Do they assert that they can do what they want with the winning images? No. Do they assert they can do whatever they want…
Gary Crabbe
July 6, 2009
Photo ContestsRants and Raves

Beware another rights-grabbing photo contest

Photographers Beware; There's another really bad photo contest out there being run by what most would consider a very reputable institution. Courtesy of Photo Competitions, I saw their recent posting advertising an upcoming photo contest being done by the Smithsonian Magazine. The catch: Just by entering the contest, (as opposed…
Gary Crabbe
June 17, 2009
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Now that’s good television

OK, not television per se, but some audio visual material well worth watching. Topping the charts this week is Attorney Nancy Wolff, who is the counsel for the Picture Archive Council of America. Nancy gives an excellent hour long presentation called, "Copyright Education" that is well worth taking the time…
Gary Crabbe
May 5, 2009
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