Dec 07

Hillmann Curtis Featuring David Carson, Milton Glaser And Others

I'm a sucker for great design and an even greater sucker for documentary films. What could be better, in that case, than a series of short (5 min) mini, profile documentaries about some of the greatest designers of our times, by one of the great designers of our times, Hillmann Curtis.Hillmann on David Carson. Hillmann on Milton Glaser. (Those are both hosted on the AIGA site.) The whole series can be found on Hillmann's site... read more ›
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Dec 07

Please Feel Free to Forward Our Job Posting!

A few blog subscribers have asked if I mind if they forward the blog post about the position for which we're hiring. I don't mind at all, in fact, it's encouraged. Do consider that we're interested in reviewing not just any application, but applications from those folks in your life (you know who they are) who are outstanding. If you refer the person who we select to fill the position, we'll do something nice for... read more ›
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Dec 05

Chase Jarvis Photography – Hiring

Chase Jarvis Photography is seeking a talented individual to play a key support role in photo retouching, design and creative input, and digital asset management.Mission:To provide photo retouching, design and creative support, and digital asset management to Chase Jarvis Photography. This position typically reports directly to Studio Manager, Scott, and peripherally to Chase. Requirements: - Advanced Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Bridge skills (complex retouching, adjustment layers, actions, color balance, curves, RAW, batch processing)- 2-3 years... read more ›
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Dec 04

Getty Images Launches Into Fashion

Friends. Seems that there's been a fair amount of stir in the photo industry about Getty Images' recent stock photography paradigm shift. My earlier entry on this topic has been far and away the most popular post on my blog in recent weeks. I've received (and read) a lot of correspondence about this, and, based on all of the digital traffic, something has become abundantly clear to me: a lot of folks are unclear about... read more ›
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Nov 29

BlueEarth.org Accepting Projects

I'm on the Board of Directors for a kick ass non-profit called the Blue Earth Alliance. The BEA sponsors photography projects that do good things in the world: educate, save, help, fix, change, etc. They're now accepting applications for the next round of projects. Please forward this post to all your environmental photog friends who might be interested. The BEA statement is below:Blue Earth Alliance Call for Projects: Blue Earth Alliance sponsors photography projects that... read more ›
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Nov 23
Nov 23

Getty Images Changes the Stock Photo Game, Again

Getty Images is big. Getty Images has changed the game. Again.For those who weren’t paying attention a while back, Getty changed the stock photo game when they made the number one (yep, first, primary, numero uno), behind the scenes search return criteria ‘date uploaded’. What did that mean? It meant that if you went to Getty and searched for, say, images of “Paris”, that the most recently uploaded image of Paris came up on the... read more ›
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Nov 23

Apple / ASMP – Thanks for the Great Event

Thanks to all the folks at my NYC Apple talk. And thanks to Apple and ASMP for putting the event together. Seemed that, by the strong attendance (esp during the holiday week), the volume of enthusiastic questions at the event, and the amount of email I'm getting, that a good time was had by most. I certainly had fun. Thanks again to those folks who have sent me fun snapshots and video snipits from the... read more ›
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Nov 19

Chase Speaks – Apple/ASMP Photo Presentation is TODAY, MONDAY 11/20 AT 8PM!

REMINDER: I’m in NYC for a speaking engagement sponsored by Apple Computer and the ASMP. The event is MONDAY at the SOHO Apple Store theater (103 Prince Street; corner Prince and Greene); YES today, MONDAY NOVEMBER 20TH @ 8PM sharp! It’s a multimedia presentation where I’m showing a couple hundred images, talking about my work, the photo industry ins-and-outs AND I’ve got a live DJ (renown Sandman from Seattle) spinning downbeat grooves at the same... read more ›
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Nov 14

TEDTalks – Ray Kurzweil on the Future

I like to think of myself as a futurist. I enjoy living in the now (as much as we can do such a thing these days...) but I also enjoy thinking forward. I enjoy talking about the future too. Questions are often emailed and asked to me: "where's this headed, or that...?" While a lot of these questions are foggy ones about general "state of the industry stuff", and others are often technology or popular... read more ›
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