Contemporary PhotographyA mashup of photography-related blogs that cover the subject of contemporary commercial photography.Jill Greenberg Is Not Afraid To Dump All Her Clients At Once- September 16, 2008 Jill Greenberg officially took herself off everyone&8217;s list with that little stunt she pulled with outtakes from her McCain cover shoot for The Atlantic (I&8217;m talking about all the photoshopping not the &8220;lit from below&8221; picture which felt like a nice try but not quite there) and made it a little more difficult for Photo ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/16/jill-greenberg-is-not-afraid-to-dump-all-her-clients-at... And Then It Was Over: Shoot! Takes its Final Bow.- September 15, 2008 Ok, so this picture is a metaphor of-sorts. You see, those are beautiful balloons. And we had a wonderful New Year's. But eventually the balloons floated to the floor. And then the cats ate them.And it's with this bit of knowledge that I sadly depart as stewardess of Shoot! The Blog. You know what We had a great flight. I bothered you six hundred and sixty four times with photography missives. Because photography is awesome, and photographers are too.And because I have loved this journey SO...http://blog.photoshelter.com/ Most newspaper Web sites just arent very good- September 15, 2008 I&8217;m enjoying this blog Recovering Journalist and found this post on newspaper websites spot on (here). &8220;&8230;But that&8217;s the problem: They&8217;re usually putting out online versions of printed papers. They&8217;re still pasting newspapers onto a screenand the state of the online art has moved way past that.&8221; &8220;Spend some time with an online newspaperand compare it to ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/15/most-newspaper-web-sites-just-arent-very-good/ 3M Finds The Joys Of Social Media and Will Now Discover the Pitfalls- September 12, 2008 A photographer takes pictures of people covering a coworker&8217;s car in Post-It Notes. He posts the shots on Flickr and they go viral. More than a year later 3M, maker of the Post-It decides to try and capitalize on the image and contacts the photographer about a license. The photographer asks people he knows in ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/12/3m-finds-the-joys-of-social-media-and-will-now-discover... Report From VISA pour lImage- September 12, 2008 Paul Melcher had this to say: &8220;The best and most incredible event of this year VISA was probably the projections open to everyone, on a giant screen, in the Place de La Republique. The attendance was spectacular. It seemed that the whole city of Perpignan was there, forgetting the comfort of their homes and TV, to ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/12/report-from-visa-pour-limage/ Photoshelter Stops Selling Stock- September 11, 2008 Effective 10102008, The PhotoShelter Collection will discontinue stock photo licensing. We&8217;ve made a strategic decision to focus our efforts on enhancing our original product, The Personal Archive. Explanation (here). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buying a new website My new company, APhotoFolio.com builds portfolio websites for photographers. Have a look (here).http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/11/photoshelter-gone/ A Good Resource For Finding Women Photographers- September 11, 2008 You probably know how much Photo Editors like their photographer lists and really any edited group of photographers is handy when looking for people to hire or looking for new people to add to your personal list. I think this Women in Photography website (here) will become a very strong group from which to find talented ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/11/a-good-resource-for-finding-women-photographers/ Wired, Really Pulls Back The Curtains- September 10, 2008 Wired continues to amaze me with their behind the scenes blog on the making of a magazine story. If you&8217;ve never seen the edit on the first draft of a story go have a look (here). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buying a new website My new company, APhotoFolio.com builds portfolio websites for photographers. Have a look (here). ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/10/wired-really-pulls-back-the-curtains/ Fair Use of Photography On A Blog- September 10, 2008 I&8217;d say most people writing about photography andor photographers on a blog are using the &8220;Fair Use&8221; limitation in copyright law (here) as a way to avoid having to get permission and possibly pay for the use. I use it sometimes and in turn I can expect to see things that I write about quoted ...http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/09/10/fair-use-of-photography-on-a-blog/ |