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So long to the middle class

I just read via a link from one of my photo forums, a very interesting take on the vanishing middle-class photographers, and how technology has opened the flood gates for competition, and the lack of perceived value from the vendor side has impacted our profession. It's fairly long and packed…
Gary Crabbe
November 10, 2006
NewsworthyPhoto Business

So unprofessional…

Reporting from the far and wide regions, the PhillyBlurb.com has an article about a local photographer who has been busted for failing to deliver wedding photos to 25 couples; weddings where his fee ranged between $1,500.00 and $5,000.00 each. As I often say, anyone can call themselves a photographer, but…
Gary Crabbe
October 16, 2006
NewsworthyPhoto BusinessStock Photography

Ready for this?

Well... it's here. Getty's Rights Ready licensing model, that is. According to a report at About the Image, Getty unvieled it's new model with some slight modifications based on Photographer feedback. From my interpretation, it's a step in the right direction, but even for the prices, a 10 year license…
Gary Crabbe
August 29, 2006
Photo BusinessStock Photography

Careful how you handle that CC thing

Creative Commons Licenses (CCL) are one for people to give away use of their intellectual property rights, while still maintaining some small level of control. However, just like everything else, even an assigned CCL can be abused or ignored. Worse, most people who assign their works under a CCL never…
Gary Crabbe
July 21, 2006
Photo BusinessStock Photography

Your model has what kind of problem?

It's come to our attention that your attractive blond female spokesmodel has certain ... umm ... femine hygene issues. In a word, "Eeeww Yuck!" File under: More info than I needed to know. One reason companies investing in their corporate image, and spending big bucks designing and placing ads in…
Gary Crabbe
June 22, 2006
Photo Business

Great Value for your Most Important Day Ever

Imagine you're a bride about to get married. (Guys, just go with me on this one for a second...) You want everything to be perfect, but you also face the reality of keeping your costs under control. But you understand one thing with perfect clarity; You want this to be…
Gary Crabbe
June 21, 2006
Photo BusinessStock Photography

How Cliche

I'd seen a list of the Top Ten Stock Photography Cliches as assembled by the folks at Forty Media. (They're a design firm in AZ, and more about them to come in another post.) Then today, I was reading about how cheap and cheesy stock photos seem to pervade the…
Gary Crabbe
June 13, 2006
Photo BusinessStock Photography

Say that again

Sometimes I hear or read things that photographers say when discussing the Microstocks that, from my perspective, sound so absurdly insightful in a sad way that all I can do is giggle. This evening, I read a post about a woman photographer who was concerned because she had noticed the…
Gary Crabbe
June 5, 2006
Photo BusinessStock Photography

How many for how much

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…
Gary Crabbe
June 3, 2006
NewsworthyPhoto Business

Mad Max Model Release

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…
Gary Crabbe
May 18, 2006
Enlightened Images
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