Category: Photography

Buzz displays your photos much more elegantly than they do on Flickr. As you upload your photos to Flickr, or Google’s Picasa (where I’ve started getting more active myself), your photos are imported into Buzz as a stream of nice looking large sized thumbnail images. But here’s where it gets better. Click on an image and Buzz loads up the image’s full large size, in all it’s glory. I don’t know about you, but I love looking at images really big *much* more than I enjoy looking at the medium sized 500 px default that Flickr shows.

Link: Photographers are Flocking to Google Buzz | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

Link: PicScout/PhotoShelter Webinar: Tues, Feb 22 at 3pm EST – A Picture’s Worth | PhotoShelter

We welcome you to have a look at Indian photo agency Trikaya, who been in touch with us to display some fine work from the subcontinent. “Trikaya Photos was founded in the year 2007 in Chennai, India, as a platform for photographers to express their individual vision in a journalistic way. This agency functions like a cooperative. It’s an association of photographers who have the liberty of choosing their subjects and the way of approaching them.”

Link: From the Mailbag: Trikaya Photos | dvafoto

His iPhone site was created to extend the reach of his regular site into the mobile community. “The easier and faster someone can find and access your work, the better,” he states. “The iPhone completely changed the digital landscape. Now, when Iʼm traveling or out to dinner and meet a potential client they can take a look at the site immediately, bing, bang, boom. It’s truly an incredible tool.”

Link: Kwaku Alston Adapts His Site for iPhones

The Four Corners: Prison Photos and Detainee Portraiture

Last week, Eliza Gregory at PhotoPhilanthropy got knee-deep in speculations about prison photography. Eliza was spurred by NPR’s On the Media which “did a story about a series of images that …

via Prison Photography: http://prisonphotography.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/the-four-corners-prison-photos-and-detainee-portraiture/

Times Are Changing – Less Books, More Video and Profits Are Up – A Photo Editor

Speaking with an agent recently (small to mid-size, top shelf roster) who told me that last year 20 or more books would go out the door each week and now it’s more like 2. Also, 80% of jobs now come with requests to see a video reel. They commented that i

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/02/11/times-are-changing-less-books-more-video-and-profits-are-up/

Ask Anything – Should Photographers be Unionized? – A Photo Editor

Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/02/04/ask-anything-should-photographers-be-unionized/

We’re fresh on the heels from a New York portfolio visit with Publicis, Esquire and Marie Claire. Philadelphia (where we’re headquartered) is actually close enough that we can easily do a long day and come back in time for dinner – though we usually stay for drinks with clients or photographers.

Link: Wonderful Machine Photography Blog » Publicis, Esquire and Marie Claire Portfolio Showings

Magnum Photos has sold its archive of more than 185,000 press prints to Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computer, and two other investors for an undisclosed amount

Link: Magnum Sells Press Print Archive to Dell Mogul, Other Investors

Link: NPPA-PhotoShelter Marketing Strategies Webinar On February 16

Ask Anything With Amanda And Suzanne – How Not To Blow The Face To Face Meeting – A Photo Editor

Former Art Buyers and current photography consultants Amanda Sosa Stone and Suzanne Sease have agreed to take anonymous questions from photographers and not only give their expert advice but put it out to a wide range of photographers, reps and art buyers

via A Photo Editor: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2010/01/29/ask-anything-with-amanda-and-suzanne-how-not-to-blow-the-face-to-face-meeting/

Tom writes that “The internet is a great tool for the distribution of content, but it is also a potential market place for goods. The buying and selling of goods and services is what generates revenue. To argue that journalism is a service is one thing, but you are not going to convince many wallets to open with that argument.” Oh yeah?

Go to your accountant to get your taxes done and then tell her/him that her/his argument that s/he needs to get paid for her/his services does not convince you to open your wallet. Any idea how well that will work?

Link: ‘Why information should remain free’ – Conscientious