Picture: Beam of sunlight at sunrise passing through South Window Arch and falling exactly over the window of Turret Arch, Windows Section, Arches National Park, near Moab, Uath. Â That last post I made was so important for me to write, at the same time so “Ugh” – that I…
This week, thanks to the honest reply of a photographer in the microstock agencies, I got my first real life look at some ‘average to better than average” returns, and I must say, the glimpse was quite “enlightening”. Last month, this photographer made jsut shy of $300 from approx 300…
To be filed under the new and continuing, “Ouch! That’s gotta hurt” series: Photo District News Senior Editor, David Walker, in this week’s Newswire has spun the sad tale of what happens when a photographer and his lawyer goes after the ‘Big’ prize for the wrong reason. In this case,…
If you’re like me and many others, you like your photos served up RAW, and the RAW’er the Better’r. The OPENRAW.org has released the results of their 2006 survey which is also in a PDF file on their web site. And speaking of RAW, I recently replied to a forum…
Thanks to my good friend Ross for sending me a note about the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejecting a patent assertion for the JPEG Standard. “What would make me use the upcoming Microsoft WiMP?” Well for one thing, if I had to start paying a license fee to…
Picture: Passenger jet in blue sky with contrail flying over the summit of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California. “Ladies & Gentlemen, this is your capitan speaking. For those of you lucky enough to be seated on the right side of the plane, if you look out your window, you’ll…
Another one of those annoying little birds has been seen tweeting it’s way around the Internet. In this case, it’s in the form of a very small little blurb on the Nikonians site, pre-announcing a June 2nd announcement from Nikon, announcing an upgrade to their D2x camera body. Of course,…
Picture: Pine tree and clearing storm clouds peel off the face of El Capitan in morning light, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California Another from my trip to the valley last month. I was actually shooting a different subject, and literally spun in my tracks to see this scene. I…
There’s a sobering dose of reality on Wired about the effect of the global network and the entry of millions of new providers into various markets. One market that is highlighted is the booming effect of the microstock community, where selling images for a few pennies is now fiscal glory…
Cnet News has a report out today that Microsoft is set to launch a new image file format to rival and replace the web and email standard, JPEG. The format, if I have this correct, is going to be called, Windows Media Photo. Umm, is it April 1st? WiMP? Oh…
I’ve tried to think about what would be a good photo to describe what I’m feeling. This is the picture I’ve come up with: Photo: Clouds and fresh snow from a spring storm shroud the sheer granite rock cliffs at Lost Arrow Spire, above Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California….
Photo District News reporter Daryl Lang reports in todays PDN Newswire about how a model is mad at Maxim Magazine for using a photo of her on the cover of it’s upcoming June 2006 issue. The photo was licensed to Maxim through Corbis Outline, an editorial division of the giant…
A couple years ago I shot an assignment for a regional travel magazine on The Valley of the Gods in southern Utah. Specifically, one of the things I was to be sure and get in my coverage was of The Valley of the Gods Bed & Breakfast. It’s an off-the-grid…
I’m really not a big fan of “Hallmark” holidays. But since I was working on this image last night, it just felt appropriate for the day. So to all the moms out there, and especially mine, “Happy Mothers Day”. Picture: Mother and chicks swimming near shore, Kiva Beach, Lake Tahoe,…
Someone posted a link in one of the newsgroups I belong to, pointing to a Buyer’s Awareness article posted at the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) web site. The article warns of some of the dangers buyers face when choosing between Royalty Free and Rights-Managed Photography. I’ve added a…
Picture: Merced River on a spring morning at sunrise, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California I posted this image today because a news report mentioned that the Valley could flood this weekend. Here in Northern California, Spring rains stopped 3 weeks ago, and now we are experiencing classic California sunny…
Photographers are best at showing only their best photos. It’s rare that a member of the outside community gets to see an entire take of a given photo shoot. If anyone bothered to calculate the number frames that never see the light of day in any given year, I’m sure…
There’s been a slew of comments on a half dozen professional photography and nature photography forums regarding shooting photos for commercial use while in our (US) National Parks. Every so often some poor landscape photographer raises the ugly spectre of “Ack, the Park Service wants a permit for any commercial…
This last week or so has been filled with all that “Life” stuff that makes you feel like you’ve just been run through a blender. So allow me please this one small chance to vent.  We own an older house, and the ceilings still had the old asbestos cottage-cheese type covering. Yuck!!…
Picture: Oak tree covered hills in spring below the snow covered peaks of the high Sierra, Tualre County, California I shot this image on assignment for the Nature Conservancy. We see image after image from the Eastern Sierra, showing the dramatic rise of the mountains. Rarely do we get to…
 Protect thy self and thy credit. We all have them; friends and family members that send us jokes or other email tidbits that have 10+ fwd notations. Worst are the ones where if you send it to 12 people your prayers for instant wealth will be answered. Being a business person and…
What do you get when you mix thoughts about the Big Bang Theory, God, and Edgar Allen Poe? Some Damn Interesting reading! Check out the related links, and don’t forget the comments.
This is a belated rant – good for a beautiful spring Monday morning. As many of us may recall, Earth Day was recently celebrated. Sitting in my email inbox was a mailing from photographer Michael Fatali. I just had a chance to read his email. It was a drippy, hippee-speak…
Picture: Morning sunlight on oak trees in spring, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California. This isn’t one of the images I referred to in my earlier post, btw. This was taken on the third or fourth morning, and I’d been hanging out near Sentinel Bridge when I saw the morning…
