tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54134957865951316692024-03-04T23:39:20.221-08:00Forum Photo Business Newscuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-43955914058828678652012-05-27T12:49:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:40.989-07:00Citizen Journalism Fails Viewers at the BBCFact-checking took a holiday at the BBC today, as a credit line of "photo from activist" was used to identify propaganda promoting the activist's cause, on the front page of the BBC's website for an article titled "Syria massacre in Houla condemned as outrage grows." The problem? Among the many, is that this photograph, purported to have been taken on or about Friday, May 25th, 2012 in Houla, cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-14630626674525065012012-05-22T14:01:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.008-07:00Getty Images Returning to the Stock Market with an IPO?According to the NASDAQ website (here) the Financial Times is reporting that Goldman Sachs has been retained to consider an IPO and other options. Photo Business News reported that federal regulators had approved Hellman & Friedman taking Getty private (Getty Images - Moving Forward, 3/19/08) at a rate of $2.1B (according to Forbes) and $2.4B according to the Nasdaq site. They are considering acuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-74824399201968196762012-05-14T15:49:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.034-07:00USA Today ≠ US Presswire at US Olympic Media Summit (And Beyond) When you think "olympic" the concept of "top of their game", or "monumental" comes to mind. While "Olympic" refers generally (and usually) to the Olympic Games, it is often used as a verb (no doubt much to the chagrin of Olympic Officials) to characterize the best. This year, when the Olympics arrives in London, it seems that USA Today is sending in the farm team rather than the best, when it cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-58726562233444689812012-05-10T18:08:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.051-07:00Copyright Small Claims Court - The Discourse of Benefits & Challenges The US Copyright Office held a roundtable discussion today in Washington DC, at the George Washington University Law School on the subject of how (and if) to propose implementing a form of a Small Claims Court for copyright infringement claims. The roundtable was filled with rights-holders from around the country who came to share their views on the benefits and challenges that a Small Claims cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-74575827305078942192012-03-23T06:36:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.153-07:00Getty Images: (Not) Looking for Cash in All The Wrong (Right) PlacesGetty Images seems to be talking out of both sides of their mouth when it comes to intellectual property. And the person doing the talking is their CEO, Jonathan Klein, who ventured down to to SXSW recently and was interviewed by TechCrunch TV.There are two videos of Klein, For Pinterest, Revenue Will Turn Copyright Questions Into Real Problems, as well as Getty Images CEO On Building A Company cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-55676741641328900532012-01-08T06:45:00.000-08:002012-06-06T10:02:41.171-07:00Nikon D4 - 5 Years in the MakingAs someone who has been a long time Nikon user, I have spent the last 5 years blissful in my use of the Nikon D3, and then, when I needed video, the D3s. I too have had (and still do) a line of Canon lenses and cameras for some time - which was my answer to the failings of the D2X until the D3 came out. I know that there have been some folks who felt a demand and desire for the larger D3x files, cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-77907393527349602992011-12-28T18:47:00.000-08:002012-06-06T10:02:41.187-07:00LicenseStream - Evaporating Into Thin Air?For several days recently, the LicenseStream website has been down. ImageSpan (Which changed it's name to LicenseStream in January of 2011), was the company behind LicenseStream, and billed the site as "the market-leading licensing and royalty payment automation platform for all media types and businesses." Yet, we have never really seen a functioning business model that we thought would work. cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-45612063718520008742011-12-26T18:10:00.000-08:002012-06-06T10:02:41.202-07:00Workflow Hardware Upgrade: Wiebetech SolutionAs technology changes, so do our needs as a photographer. This December, we've upgraded our boxes we use to store our images. Here's our system:When considering other solutions, we particularly do not like the Drobo boxes for several reasons, and want to caution you strongly before considering them. Problems abound, as reported all over the internet, however, I am sure that some people will sing cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-91962986259687023492011-11-29T08:29:00.000-08:002012-06-06T10:02:41.221-07:00Colbert's MeReporters Underscores Absurdity of Working for FreeSteven Colbert brings his satirical comedy to bear on the notion of "free reporters" who get paid nothing, like CNN's iReport, in the wake of the layoffs of 50 CNN photojournalists and other staff.Colbert notes CNN also launched an "Assignment Desk" where you an actually go out and report on things that CNN wants, and then goes further, saying "iReporters do not get paid, they get something even cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-46310712708476896332011-11-06T14:38:00.000-08:002012-06-06T10:02:41.236-07:00Groom Sues Photographer, Demands Re-ShootIt should be pretty clear by now that you can be sued for anything. Enter grudge-holding groom Todd Remis, who has decided to sue his wedding photographer 8 years after the wedding, and 3 years after the couple divorced, her whereabouts unknown. The New York Times reports on the whole fiasco here, where the ex-groom wants over $50k, which includes his money back plus the cost to fly his 40 or cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-48772976647871784512011-10-31T21:52:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.252-07:00PhotoPlus Re-cap: Seminars & TechPhotoPlus Expo was enlightening this year, for a number of reasons. Among them, a big hit at the show when it comes to continuous-light sources, but more on that in a minute. American Photographic Artists (Yes, that's the new name for what used to be referred to as Advertising Photographers of America, or APA) brought myself and Michael Grecco in for a rousing discussion about the value in cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-51303218564704295852011-10-10T17:47:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.354-07:00Contract Analysis: Gannett/US PresswirePhoto Business News has written extensively about the acquisition of US Presswire by Gannett. Recently, Photo Business News was provided this contract that outlines the proposed new contract between US Presswire and their contract photographers. Below is a review and analysis of the contract, as someone who is very familiar with contract language for photographers. As the laws in every state are cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-38141395375876006272011-10-06T06:21:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.465-07:00The Legitimacy of Schools Teaching PhotographyPhoto District News, about a month ago, posited the question "The Art Institutes: Legitimate Photo Schools or Accessories to Fraud?", and as someone who's been a guest speaker in their business classes, and given the commencement address at their 2009 graduation in Washington DC, I was a bit surprised. I know of many schools that couldn't care less about the future success of their freelance cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-44662817015563277292011-09-30T01:24:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.567-07:00Fearless Photographer: PortraitsFrom time to time a book comes out that challenges you to think differently about your portrait photography. To not just think outside the box (which is so cliche), but to really engage your subjects, and to get them to open up, be more of themselves that you're used to seeing (or they're used to showing), and really create some amazing portraiture. Fearless Photographer: Portraits - by Charlottecuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-37155941032860455632011-09-28T13:24:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.666-07:00UPDATE: US Presswire & GannettDespite the deafening silence surrounding Gannett (NYSE: GCI) acquiring US Presswire officially from Gannett, other tidbits of information are coming through the grapevine, and other interesting places.One such interesting insight comes from Photographer Thomas Shea, who's shot for USPW for some time. Shea posted this on his Facebook account:As such, it seems that Gannett is making good on all cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-57466532491894229092011-09-24T14:52:00.001-07:002011-09-24T14:52:35.066-07:00photocabinphotocabinUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-49340626462504936712011-09-12T05:38:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.769-07:00US Presswire Confirmed Sold to Gannett, Name ChangeAccording to the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations, US Presswire's mailing address has changed to that of Gannett (NYSE: GCI) headquarters in McLean, VA on September 7, 2011:Mailing Address7950 JONES BRANCH DRIVEMCLEAN VA 22107Changed 09/07/2011Also changed, US Presswire is now legally known as USPW Media Holdings, LLC, according to the same filing.What remains to be known is cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-71444948454261535562011-09-11T21:01:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.871-07:00One Gannett Photographers take on the US Presswire AcquisitionThe Gannett (NYSE: GCI) acquisition is sure to have an adverse impact on Gannett staff photographers. To be expected will be a reduction in the Gannett organization sending it's staff photographers to games when there are 2-3 photographers already there shooting the event for a fraction of the cost they previously had for a freelancer, let alone a staffer. One well known sports photographer (cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-67488928263427654252011-09-10T08:04:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:41.969-07:00The ACLU and Photographers RightsThe American Civil Liberties Union has come out with a remarkable - and timely - resource in their piece "You Have Every Right to Photograph That Cop" (ACLU website - 9/7/11). Ten years ago tomorrow, my ability to cover the attack at the Pentagon was cut short by an overzealous FBI agent despite my having been in the same location for over 5 hours and behind a fence line. That had not been my cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-57589104745202304742011-09-07T10:47:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.068-07:00Gannett Acquires US PresswireAccording to sources familiar with the deal, US Presswire has been acquired by Gannett (NYSE: GCI). In a conference call last night amongst contributors and US Presswire management, the details of their new deal were discussed.Among the details, US Presswire photographers, who previously shot on spec and had to cover all their own expenses, now would be compensated, albeit at a nominal amount. cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-41688661297408238162011-08-26T20:49:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.167-07:009/11: Looking BackOn September 11, 2001, I found myself outside of the Pentagon, on assignment. A few months ago, the Smithsonian asked if I would donate those images to the museum's collection, and I was honored to make the donation. As it turns out, they were doing a special on 9/11 for the Smithsonian Channel, and asked if I would sit down to discuss some of those images. Their special begins showing this cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-55385330561856828912011-08-11T10:42:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.274-07:00A Call-Out to Photography School Professors and DeansIf you are a professor at a photography school, or a dean of a department at a photography school, and are either now using, or would like to use, Best Business Practices for Photographers, in your curriculum, please send me an email.Thanks! (Comments, if any, after the Jump)digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL';digg_bgcolor = '#161d23';digg_skin = 'compact';Please post your comments by clicking the link cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-19182643473536570262011-08-11T10:32:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.428-07:00Wedding Photographer Convicted On Breach of ContractGreenville SC photographer Gerald Randolph Byrd was convicted of failing to deliver images to a wedding client - even though he had been paid - and recieved a sentence of 8 years in jail, suspended to two years of house arrest, according to WYFF television, as reported here.Byrd charged $2,450 to a wedding couple, and was paid. Because his breach of contract included fraudulent intent, his cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-66551221122622445902011-08-01T07:18:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.532-07:00Business Skills For the Wedding PhotographerAbsent from most workshop programs that teach photographers how to take better pictures, is how to earn a living once you are proficient with a camera. I submit that photographers that are mediocre in their talents and excellent in their business skills will succeed far and away better than the most talented photographer who hides under a rock when presented with the opportunity to learn more cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413495786595131669.post-20641202959421901352011-07-30T06:40:00.000-07:002012-06-06T10:02:42.631-07:00Copyright, Copyright, CopyrightWe here at Photo Business News encourage people to recognize the value of their copyright. These days, more and more people are crying that copyright shouldn't exist, or that people should be free to mash-up your work without your permission. In other words - once you put your work out for public consumption, the public owns it and can do what they want with it. Uh, no.Going into court is a cuzzzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16643577185493352571noreply@blogger.com0