There are newspaper websites, where a second staff of editors recapture what is in the print edition and put it on line, for free. Not really cost effective and a sure wait to shoot yourself in the foot. The recent massive layouts and bankruptcy filing are good indication that this hasn’t been a good idea. … Read More →
The Olympics seem far away but it is worth the trip back and see it through the eyes and mind of David Burnett. 20 minutes of pure delight : The Olympics You Didn’t See from David Burnett on Vimeo.
I was working on the US presidential elections and something came to my attention that is worth mentioning here. When everything was still slides and film, your cut-off time for stopping shooting was whenever the labs would accept the last bath or whenever the last flight was departing to where your agency was, or both. … Read More →
I usually do not post press releases but this one is too important to ignore: London & Los Angeles: Alan Berliner and John Selby are pleased to announce the merger of the Berliner group of companies and Rex Features North America operations. The two companies will work in partnership in the USA bringing a greater … Read More →
It is not really the photo industry that is in danger of extinction, but rather a weird and strange animal that appeared about 50 to 60 years ago out of pure greed. Let me explain: When photography became a job, the first photographers were troopers who would get up in the morning with the firm … Read More →
In a world gone crazy, crazy things happen. In an effort to streamline their cost, previously Holland-based stock photo agency The Cover Story is moving their offices to….Bangalore, India. Among the many reasons that TCS offers for moving half way across the world, the company sites the ability to ” ..communicating effectively with the market … Read More →
One idea, three companies. On the trail of the aggressive Gumgum and the smart Picapp, comes Fotoglif. The Canada base start up offers the same time of service as the two others, while it is not clear how. It is free to register, free to post. Somewhere in the equation, there are ads which are … Read More →
There is no doubt about it. Photography is a people industry. Photographers take pictures of events because they want other people to see what they see. They edit their images with only one intend, to share them with others. Same goes for photo agencies. They have great pictures that they want to see published. And … Read More →
This is a world dominated by wire service, subscription and no photo editors. Welcome to the Future. These are a few of the US newspapers covers the day the market crashed. All AP images. Great reporting guys !!! No wonder they are going down the drain.. from this great blog Inovation in newspapers
A recent press release just popped up that had me twisting. It is about blog provider PicApp and aggregator Newscom. The deal they announced is quite simple. Newscom will provide content to Picapp to license with their website tool. Simple. Yet the whole thing doesn’t make sense. Neither company own the photograph they license. They … Read More →