I’m getting into a busy season again after a spring of no work, and a summer of little work. Not from the economy, but from my accident & kids home from school. I’m still interested in sharing these business links that catch my attention, but I can’t keep up the pace of doing them weekly as I did during the summer. I hope, and it would be nice to know that there are people out there that appreciate my posting these links.
From Photo Business News: How to Rip off 1000 photos. Posted earlier this month, this is a great report by John Harrington about a woman who planned to scheme her way into a collection of images from photographers that she could sell. This was done through the guise of baiting photographers with the *thrill* of getting their photos published in a book. The post has since been updated to show that her ‘project’ is now cancelled. That seems to prove that there is power behind a group of peeved professionals speaking out against such shallow tactics.
From Bryan Cave’s Art Law Blog: Copyright Myths Debunked. If you’re familiar with Brad Templeton’s 10 Myths of Copyright, you’ll certainly appreciate these as a great adjunct. In fact, Bryan one-ups Brad by providing us with eleven myths.
From APhotoEditor: What To Charge – Advertising Photography. Rob Haggart started this post with an absolutely fabulous idea, trying to give photographers a handle on what other working professional photographers are doing with regards to pricing out a commercial advertising shoot. Well, this first post turns into a bloody war of words with industry consultant Debra Weiss. Rob then goes on to continue the series with a couple other great posts, including an interview with Suzanne Sease about Estimating an Ad Shoot, as well as estimating National & Regional advertising shoots.
From ArtBistro: Portfolio Development for Artists. “Your portfolio is a valuable tool in your arsenal as an artist, and it is often the first opportunity you have to impress and influence those in charge of making the decisions and choices that affect you and your work. By developing and preparing a professional portfolio, every artist is taking a step towards ensuring her or his own success.”
From the Photographers Toolkit: The Best Response to Lowball Clients. John Mireles made this post last month, but it hits the nail square on the head on how to deal with clients that want you to give them a good deal (for them) / bad deal (for you).
From Rosh Sillars: Should photographers have blogs? Want the answer? Read the post.
From David Sanger: Creating Value in Travel Photography. David is a great travel photographer, and former President of the Stock Artist Alliance. In this post, he shares his wisdom highlighting what it takes to separate yourself from the crowd, namely by creating what he calls uncommon value.
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And speaking of Travel Photography; From the Matt Brandon’s Digital Trekker Blog: check out the two part interview with acclaimed photographer Nevada Wier he posted earlier this month, called Depth of Field. Part two is here.
Have you ever wondered what people *think* they mean when they use the word “Commercial” in a Creative Commons License? It took a professional study to figure out that people aren’t all on the same page. Is it “if you make money” like using a CCL picture in an editorial book, or perhaps a weblog that has advertising, or is it the more traditional industry interpretation, using an image to promote a product or service.
Thank you for including New media photographer in your links.
I agree APhotoEditor (Rob) has been doing a great job with his photography bidding, estimating and pricing for photography series. Every photographer should read it.
Rosh
Gary — yes, your links are appreciated!