Dec
04
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...
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Nov
29
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...
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Nov
23
What a brilliant, simple idea for a viral campaign designed to benefit charity. Check out YourNameOnToast.com, have a laugh, and give if you can.See if you can find my toast!Thanks to Craig at CreativeTechs.com for the link!
Nov
23
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...
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Nov
23
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...
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Nov
19
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...
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Nov
14
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...
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Nov
10
Remember in the hilarious scene in the mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap by Rob Reiner when Nigel is being interviewed about his guitars and amps and he points out that his amps are better because instead of stopping at 10, where other bands' amps stop, "these go to eleven..."?Or from the Farrelly brothers' film There's Something About Mary, where the guy decides he could make a mint on 7 minute abs instead of 8...
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Nov
10
Select HP digital cameras can now make subjects look skinny. Seriously. Check out this link to the 'slimming feature' on the HP site.So let's contextualize this. In advertising photography image makers go to incredible (sometimes ridiculous) lengths to maximize how great a product or lifestyle should look. Put the zippiest finish on this image or that. Photoshop is the tool of choice here, noting it's ubiquity and massive success. Professionals use it all the time--nearly...
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Nov
08
This circulated online ages ago, but I was recently sharing it with a friend and it made me realize that I should share it here... The first 2 minutes are moderately slow and a bit bizarre for a few seconds here and there, but hang on for the big stunts in minutes 2-8. It's the real deal. If you're needing incentive to watch this and you don't know what parkour is, check out the wiki...
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