So, it seems that most people would consider that we have reach a turning point in our industry. Which one, no one is really sure. Let’s see if we can fix that. What happens when people are asked to perform the same task for less compensation they are used to receiving ? Well, they use … Read More →
Man I love what this guy has to say :
Stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about your clients. Here and there, and almost everywhere you hear, or read, photographers and photo agencies complaining about this or about that. Their complains can be resumed to : ” But what about me” Always starts with “I “. I used to make more money, I used … Read More →
( the issue with the player has been fixed) A great and insightful interview of VII Manager Stephen Mayes. You want to understand where the photo industry is going, you have to listen to him : Thank you Gerald Holubowicz
The Long love affair between photography and Media is over . Because the editorial world is replacing experience photo editors with journalistic background for inexperience pixel pushers that are ordered to select the cheapest images, regardless of quality, they are opening the visual airways for steep competition. A bit like traditional Royalty free opened the … Read More →
So, the French minister of Culture ( at least they have one) descends to the Arles photo festival like a conqueror and announces, probably very proud of himself, that he and his photo committee he created a while back, will create a photo portal. A French one, in three languages ( French , English and … Read More →
There is more than oil spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. There is also a veil of secrecy slowly being pulled upon the effects of the spill. In the pure tradition of “If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist”, more and more rules and regulations are being implemented in order to block photographers . … Read More →
It’s on the verge of a precipice and let’s face it, it will be hard to prevent it. No, not the photo industry; Ethics and photography. More and more we are seeing examples of photographers being caught altering their images. The issue is really affecting photojournalism and sports photography. Commercial shooters, Wedding “documentators”, Celebrity photographers, … Read More →
And you thought that the new features in the new release of Photoshop CS were impressive. Microsoft apparently does not want to be left behind and just showed to Techcrunch a sneak peek of the next release of Windows Live Essentials Photo Gallery upgrade, something called photo fuse. In a nutshell, Photo Fuse will take … Read More →
Photography, like most industries affected by a center of gravity shift to digital, has experienced more than a migration from film to data packets. One of the most fundamental shift, however, is how the decision process moved from quality of content to cost. Let me explain: For a long time, the key decision in purchasing … Read More →