A Photo Editor - Frank W. Ockenfels 3 Interview
Friday, November 20, 2009
One of the best interviews I have ever read.
A Photo Editor - Frank W. Ockenfels 3 Interview:
"Rob: So, what do we do? Just say, “Screw it, we don’t need it?”
Frank: Everyone’s allowed themselves to be overtaken by the process, the imagery, the overdone insanity of making everyone happy and forgetting that there’s a subject."
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Some fun images from the Toronto workshop. iPhone madness... bwahahaha
Toronto was a ton of fun. I snapped few of these while running all around Adam's studio and incredible location. Thanks to all who attended... photographers, models and of course, Adam who made the thing run smooth as glass.
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Los Angeles News - Hollywood's Catered Stimulus - page 1
This should make EVERYONE mad. It isn't a blue/red thing... it is an American thing. Disgusting and criminal. It hurts ALL of us, regardless of party affiliation. And the economy getting back on its feet will help photographers get more work.
Los Angeles News - Hollywood's Catered Stimulus - page 1:
"But Hollywood is a different story entirely. Hollywood — the geographic Hollywood as found on Thomas Guide map page 593 — has received $23,338,327 in grants, loans and contracting. This money has created just 20.57 jobs. That’s $1,134,580.80 per job. And as interviews with recipients reveal, even that tiny jobs claim is clearly false, with many of the claims of newly created positions either impossible to verify or lower than reported.
Not even 20 full-time jobs have been created in Hollywood proper.
In fact, Hollywood’s portion of the stimulus package reveals an important factor of the Recovery Act: The money is not going to areas that would more directly stimulate the economy but instead to provide ongoing life support to deficit-ridden federal, state and local agencies."
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Kirsten Dunst: 'Wow, America Is So Poor' - A-Line: the celebrity style blog - omg! on Yahoo
Uhhh... shouldn't that be Kirsten Dunce?
Poor? OMG... a poster child for the idiocracy that is hollywood. Thanks for like the insight, Dunce. Go back to your protected coffin of ignorance and rest assured that most of us 'poor' people don't give a rat's shit about your opinion of us. Or you either. Like.
Kirsten Dunst: 'Wow, America Is So Poor' - A-Line: the celebrity style blog - omg! on Yahoo:
"'After we were done, I was like, 'Wow, America is so poor,'' she notes. 'You don't think about it. Just the towns you come across -- all that's there are restaurants and gas stations. There are beautiful stretches of pasture, but for the most part, people live simply. The East and West Coast are so different from the rest of America.'"
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Never Undervalue Yourself - ArtBistro.com
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Good advice to photographers as well.
Never Undervalue Yourself - ArtBistro.com:
"At this point you’re probably thinking to yourself, if working for free isn’t an option, then how much should I charge? Well, I can’t answer this question for you but I can point you in the right direction. To help you decide, let’s do a little math. How much money did you spend on your computer? How much money did you spend on software? Adobe Creative Suite costs a fortune but what about other software such as Microsoft Office or any third party plug-ins that you own? Do you have a big screen monitor? What about a pen tablet? And let’s not even forget the cost of your education. As I am sure that you know the cost of becoming a designer is enormous and at some point you will have to start making all the money you spent back. Working for free or for cheap will never help you succeed in that."
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Wizwow at 100. No, not my age, but how many images I have in Explore.
Thanks to everyone for this!
Wizwow at 100. No, not my age, but how many images I have in Explore. Thanks to everyone for this!, originally uploaded by Wizwow.
Well, I got to one hundred "Explores" on Flickr. Not sure how they choose, but I am very happy to have reached this milestone. Thanks to everyone who has ever looked at my pics!
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Tom Grill on Changes in the RM Stock Field
Tom Grill - stock shooter:
"In the current downturn in stock sales, shooting what I call “me-too” images won’t make the cut. To be successful a stock photographer will have to go back to RM roots to produce unique images. It doesn’t matter if the images are intended for placement in RF or micro. It only matters that they are produced with an RM attitude.
I used to tell potential RM stock shooters that they needed to picture the sales process involved in the selling of their images. The selling price of an RM image is negotiated between a salesperson and a client. If the image is unique, for whatever reason, the salesperson could demand a high price and stick to it. On the other hand, if the image was good but something similar could be procured elsewhere, the negotiation process would stagger and the sales person would have to back down. Both the sales person and the client know the uniqueness of the images. That uniqueness is the crux of the negotiating process. Successful RM is a unique image."
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Best of Business Stationary, Letterhead & Business Cards : Inspirational Corporate Identity Design : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog
If you are getting ready to redesign your identity for next year... check this post out.
Best of Business Stationary, Letterhead & Business Cards : Inspirational Corporate Identity Design : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog:
"Letterhead, envelopes, and business cards can be incredible works of art. Throw away the ideas of simple, plain white sheets of paper that you call stationary and look at these inspirational design pieces to move your concepts of identity design forward. Below you will find cool id designs ... feel free to comment about corporate identity design projects that we have missed."
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25 Awesome Tools for Choosing a Website Color Scheme | Design Shack
Well this is a wonderful list of tools for those who are looking for some color tools.
25 Awesome Tools for Choosing a Website Color Scheme | Design Shack:
"As a designer, color management should be an integral part of your workflow. A website’s color scheme helps shape its identity and therefore should not be carelessly thrown together. Here are 25 online, desktop and iPhone applications to help you live and breathe color management no matter where you are."
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Checkt out these 50 Awesome Examples Of Out Of Bounds Photos
Lets talk about Out of bounds photos (OOB). These are the photos in which the content of the photos are taken outside the boundaries and presented in 3D perspective. This 3D effect will give the photos a real touch and an ability to mesmerize its viewer. Here We are presenting 50 dazzling Out of Bounds Photos. These are the wonder creations of designers who used their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.
These are nicely done. Inspiration for the minds eye.
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Two New WP Site Themes for Photographers: Web Site Design with Portfolios and Blog
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
More a blend of websites and blog. We take the power of WordPress and make a fully functioning web site with a real HOME page, content pages, portfolio pages and of course the blog... all in one site. Design stays constant from website to blog. All are with the power of WP so widgets can be applied for stats, SEO, calendars and more. If you are a photographer looking for an inexpensive, totally cool site with a blog, take a look at our WP Themes for Photographers.
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Writers and Financial Woes: What’s Going On « Whatever
Thursday, November 12, 2009
I would imagine that photographers could be substituted for writers. I do. Read it all.
Writers and Financial Woes: What’s Going On « Whatever:
"8. Writers are often attracted to other creative folks, including other writers. Nothing wrong with this in a general sense, mind you. We all love who we love, and what’s not to love about another witty, smart and talented person? The problem financially speaking, however, is that other writers very often have the same basic financial issues: low, irregular pay, no benefits, poor finance skills, tendencies toward flakiness and risk-taking, and such. Two incomes are theoretically better than one, but two sporadic incomes accompanied by everything else that comes attached to the writing life isn’t necessarily as much better than one would expect. And don’t forget: Kids may happen. They often do."
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Image of Illia in Las Vegas: an interesting young man from Ukraine in some interesting natural light.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I love late day light... ya know.
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The Visual Science Lab: Combatting the Oppressive Sense of Isolation Many Freelance Photographers Feel
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Nice little post on being Isolated.
The Visual Science Lab: Combatting the Oppressive Sense of Isolation Many Freelance Photographers Feel:
"Our logic driven (but totally misguided) demand for the lowest price on everything we bought for our businesses effectively killed off most of the good camera stores. With the labs and the retailers gone we lost two points of intersection that were part of the fabric of the freelance life.
Now the recession has taken away a large percentage of our human contact with clients. I don't know about you but we're booking fewer jobs and the ones that come in seem to be produced and negotiated and delivered all on the web. Once again diminishing human contact."
In video form, Kirk tells us:
Read the whole thing. It will help you take back a bit of your life.
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Rob Galbraith DPI: Special techniques
Sunday, November 01, 2009
On working in a war zone with P&S cameras. Seriously.
Rob Galbraith DPI: Special techniques:
"He carried two C-5050 cameras on straps around his neck, with one strap cinched shorter than the other, so that the cameras hung at slightly different heights on his chest. The cameras were set for 3-shot burst mode. When a long sequence of shots was called for, Majoli fired a 3-shot burst with one camera, dropped it, grabbed the other and shot a burst with it. The first camera wrote its images to the card, thereby clearing its buffer, while Majoli shot with the second. He just kept rotating from one to the other for as long as the action in front of him continued.
'That was my way to shoot in Iraq,' he says. 'I'm talking about for news. In other situations, I don't need this.' Majoli says he can't think of any shots he missed while trading cameras and points out that the overall system is faster than manually winding a Leica, his pre-digital practice."
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