Over the week of Jan 17-21 I was fortunate to attend my first NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Assoc.) Conference in Palm Springs, California. It was also my first year as a NANPA member. To be honest, I had no idea what to expect, and I had some concerns. I’ve…
At the NANPA Conference Pro’s Meeting, a packed room was asked, “How many people are just using film?” Out of several hundred photographers sitting in on this session, only three raised their hands. That means almost everyone is now using digital. Not surprisingly, at the outset of this ‘revolution’, professionals…
I’m catching up on reading emails after having been gone for more than a week at the NANPA conference. (More on that later.) One of the emails referenced a signature line of a photographer that reads: “Getty (Images) cares about photographers the way McDonalds cares about cows.” – ’nuff said.
Picture: Toyota 4-Runner on the sand dunes at the Imperial Sand Dunes State Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area, near Brawley, Imperial County, California Who forgot the rake? One thing about taking pictures: Sometimes you see something after you took the photo that you wish you could have changed. Sometimes, maybe…
Photo: Self portrait at Font Point in Anza Borego State Park, near Borego Springs, California This was taken tonight. I am in Southern California for the North American Nature Photographers Assoc. Annual Conference in Palm Springs that starts tomorrow. Frankly, I’m not looking forward to leaving a place like this…
In the last few weeks, a very new, but long-discussed strategy to affect Rights Managed Licensing has finally been enabled by placing it’s first legs on the ground. In an attempt to answer the market-driven “easy” solution offered by Royalty Free licensing, the PLUS group has come up with “Plus…
Well it happened today, I wrote 2006; ugh. At least now it’s outta my system. Now for the first POM of 2007: Â Picture: Coyote in snow covered meadow in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. My 5 year old daughter chose this for her Christmas card to her Grandma. I…
PRESS RELEASE:Â From the makers that brought you the 110 format film cartridges, advantix, ektachrome and kodachrome, now comes “Glorychrome – the worlds best all-digital analog film for use in Kodak’s patented hybrid cameras – due for release in late 1997 .” Yes, this is how Kodak plans to bring…
Photo: Cracked Crab Omlette for New Years Day Breakfast, at my mom’s house. Some of you may know that in a past life I was a cook, and primarily a breakfast cook. For about 10 years off and on from when I was a sophmore in high school through the…
I often say of photographers that if you don’t value your own work, why should anyone else? To that end, I love it when people post serious ads on Craigslist looking for photographers who will line up to work themselves silly for little to no compensation. Here’s a prime example:…
Well lucky me… I seem to be on to a sort of new Holiday tradition, and hence the lack of postings for the last week. This is the second year in a row that I’ve been sick as a dog during the holidays. Yesterday was my first day of feeling back to…
Picture: Boogie board (skimboard) surfer flying through air over ocean wave, Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Southern California Coast. This has always been one of my favorite portfolio-worthy people shots from when I was working on my California Coast book. As such, I think this also a great image to introduce my…
Picture: Couple shares a romantic moment on coastal rocks watching the sunset over the Pacific Ocean from Scripss Park, La Jolla, San Diego County coast, California. And by way of another introduction, this image part of my new online image galleries recently posted to the site. This time the images are in…
Picture: Moonset at sunrise over vineyard in winter, Valley of the Moon, Sonoma County, California This photo has been in my Special California Wine Country Print Portfolio for this last year. But as a seasonal image, I thought this would be a great image to introduce my new 7-page Sonoma…
So that Royalty Free photo that you got way back when and not sure where… you’ve used for this and that without much thought, because after all, you were smart and purchased Royalty Free. But are your Royalty Free photos really free to use for anything, anywhere? Probably Not. Did…
Picture: Hot Air Ballon and storm clouds at sunrise over vineyard near Oakville, Napa Valley, California. As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve just completed an overdue update to my website, including a number of new online photo galleries. The first gallery I’d like to introduce is the Napa…
I’ve just gotten through an update of my web site, the full details of which will come in another post (for those who haven’t received my newsletter). Probably the most important change is that I finally replaced that decade plus year-old photo of me on the About Me page. The…
Picture: “Native Spirit” – Raven flying by El Capitan at sunrise, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. “Native Spirit” is an image of fortunate circumstance and fleeting moments combined. I shot this image last year in Yosemite Valley. A cold snow storm had swept through the previous evening, and the…
Geez! I was gonna post a photo, but this is much more important. It’s been out for the last few weeks that a journalist named Stacey Bradford wrote an article for SmartMoney.com where (s)he lists the Top 5 annoying school costs. (S)he then suggests some money saving tips for each…
This one is for the grown-ups: In the news this last week, CNET reported on a a case where certain types of pictures of kids may help reform and redefine federal child pornography laws. This link came to me via a posting in a professional photographers newsgroup. On the CNET…
Anyone who tried to visit the site in the last four – five days seems to have stood a pretty good chance of seeing a blank white page. If that has happened to you, or does happen when you visit, please be aware that this has been a bit of an…
First, I hope everyone here in the US, and Americans abroad had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday. I enjoyed a week off with my family. The Stock Asylum has posted the text of a speech given by Roger Ressmeyer, President of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) called, “The Storm…
Major stock photo player, Getty Images, has announced a new plan allowing photographers to place images on their site for two years. It’s a basic pay-to-play arrangement. But I’m not upset about this. I’m not even the one who is upset. After the announcement by Getty about their new program,…
The New York Times has reported on the troubles of a sports artist down ‘bama way. (That’s Alabama, btw.) It seems our esteemed artist has made a bit of a career painting scenes of “The Crimson Tide” university football team. He’s an alumni, he has several kids that attend the…
