An interesting article in the British Journal of Photography recently came across our path. Seems that Getty’s CEO Jonathan Klein is out doing some PR including addressing the ever plunging prices by charged by stock agencies including his own. The current state of affairs in the stock photography industry comes as no surprise to us […]
Stock Statements
Sep 15
Droning On DronePix
Aug 27
A “drone” by dictionary definition is a stingless male, honeybee that produces no honey and lives just to mate with the queen bee. Those are not the drones we’re talking about here. The drones in this piece can produce honey, for photographers, in the way of hard cash. The FAA has restrictions on the altitude […]
The almost reflexive cry of “fair use” is often employed upon receipt of a claim of copyright infringement. The response has the benefits of being short and sounding definitive. As we have frequently stated, most often the defense does not apply in the overwhelming majority of copyright infringement cases. The following case is not a […]
Doing It Again in Vegas
Aug 19
Hey all- Just a reminder that we are taking our act on the road again at Photoshop World. We have three fun filled, informative programs there. Copyright on Sept 4th. Model releases and “Survive and Thrive” on Friday Sept. 6th. Lots of new material. If you’re there, as always we will hang around and answer […]
One Size Does Not Fit All
Aug 13
We have both been getting questions from photographers looking for a one-size fit all answer to questions. Many people quote a specific case to support their flawed business practice or disregard of the law. We have always tried to emphasize that many examples and many situations are very much case dependent, meaning the answers are […]
Our new Kelby Training video is out! “Copyright Essentials for Today’s Photographer” Check out the intro video here, with Mia McCormick. We go over copyright issues, social media issues, and all sorts of thinks you need to know business stuff. All in the same easy manner we usually teach. We had a live audience for […]
Here’s a fun project that even photographers can now afford. Take a standard US Lincoln penny (like we said, photographers could afford this project) and flip it in the air 100 times. Statistically, it will average out about 50/50 with the penny landing almost evenly between heads and tails of the coin. Now take the […]
Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign
May 22
There was a “Top 40” song, years ago in the last century, called “Signs”. A Canadian group called The Five Man Electrical Band sang this counter culture classic. The lyrics included: … sign, sign. Everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery. Breakin’ my mind. Do this. Don’t do that. Can’t you read the sign? There […]
Or any other time of day or night for that matter. For those that don’t know, our headline was something repeated every night in New York City, before the 10 O’Clock News. Except they asked “Do you know where your children are?” Anyone who reads a newspaper or owns a television knows that there is […]
Not My First Rodeo
May 12
This is hardly the first time this has happened to me. A client wants to use photo of mine in a magazine – sounds great. Client specifies the photo, gives me the file specs, and I send the photo to confirm that we are talking about the same shot, etc. All is good and I’m about to send an invoice when they say: […]
