We had a great time on Friday, October 19th, giving a 4 hour lecture to the photography students at Hallmark Institute of Photography. We always seem to do good in institutions. Students were great and asked a lot of wonderful, thought provoking questions. Topics covered were mostly copyright and release issues, but as usual, we […]
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Ed and Jack are at it again, this time doing a 4-hour lecture (or “The Ed and Jack Show”) at The Hallmark Institute of Photography in beautiful Turners Fall, MA on Friday October 19th, from 1pm to 5pm. Of course, we’re both quite comfortable working in an Institution. Here’s the bonus for all of you […]
For those that missed our terrific (if we say so ourselves) live NIK webinar a few weeks ago, the recorded version is now up on the NIK website here. We’ll be doing more of these with different photography website and will post any additional ones here. So stay tuned.
We often like to start and finish our real life tales from the photosphere by saying, “Ya’ never know”. We always suggest that photographers of all persuasions, specialties, hobbyists and professionals alike always try to obtain model releases on the spot, all of the time, no matter what. In stereo we implore our listeners and […]
If Not Now, When?
Aug 27
As many of you know, under the auspices of APA, Ed created with Prof. Nimmer, a proposed system by which the Federal Courts could hear “smaller” copyright infringement cases on an economical and expedited basis. After seeing so many straightforward smaller infringement cases becoming protracted legal cases where attorneys increased their fees by stalling, Ed […]
Great News! $27,000 Payday
Aug 27
We seem to be posting a lot of hard stories and it’s great to post an uplifting story today. It’s about a photographer who negotiated and got a $27,000 payday for one of his wedding photos. It was first reported to be $18,000, but photographer/blogger John Mireles who first broke this story (read here) later […]
There was a terrible workplace shooting today in New York City, near the iconic Empire State building. Within minutes, people who were nearby and witnessing some of the carnage immediately posted images and videos shot on their ever-present smart phones. Within minutes of the images being uploaded, various new organizations were contacting the people who […]
Jack here. Ed just posted to wonderful comments on a great industry blog, A Photo Editor, regarding the recent sale of Getty Images for $3.3 Billion dollars. I thought it would be good to post and share it here, along with any comments our readers might have. Below are Ed’s comments and I quote and […]
According to an article on PDN.com, photographers can use the “FBI Copyright Warning”. You know the one that appears before every movie you rent. Copy this photo and the FBI will hunt you down like the dog that you are. Well, not really. The FBI will not really come after you. Your best protection is […]
