When smart people are combined with top end technology, something magical happens. Spiderpic is such an example. Brainchild of Ginipic,…
Category: prosumer
Like a thousand thunderstorms
Photography should be a revolutionary act. It should be a kick in the establishment, the common, the mundane. It has to…
The Cypress Model
It’s all about connection. Remenber, when you were a kid, people use to gather around a print photograph and talk…
Do not feed the animal
The current photo industry and newcomers apply a completely flawed logic to licensing images. It is too often believed that…
Ikea Photography
While everyone is searching for what commercial stock might become in the future, the Chinese might have one solution and…
About stock
So, as it reaches $200 million dollars a year in revenue, Istockphoto is pushing the production of stock photography to…
Full Frontal disclosure
The future of photography is exclusive content. Not exclusive as in no one else wants to shoot this, otherwise called…
Towards a common commodity
There is a lot of talk these days that photography has become a commodity. According to Wikipedia, “A commodity is…
The Many to many media
I was looking at this video of Clay Shirky presentation to TED TV today. It’s a little long ( 17…
The Future of Publishing
Web 2.0 and beyond is all about empowering the consumer. It is no longer a viable business to make a…
