## PhotoRESEARCHER Newsletter for November

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Each month we report to you, moves among, within and between: publishing houses, stock agencies, photo buyers, photo researchers, agencies, and design firms.

PEARSON EDUCATION (One Lake St, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) former phone: 1 201 785-2764; current phone: 1 201 236-5817.

TENNIS LIFE MEDIA, former company name, address, contact and e-mail: TENNIS LIFE MEDIA, 12000 N Dale Mabry Hwy #270, Tampa, FL 33618, Lisa Wright, Editor in Chief, lisa@tennislifemedia.com ; current company name, address, contact and e-mail: TENNIS LIFE MAGAZINE, 14497 N Dale Mabry Hwy Suite 205N, Tampa, FL 33618, Wendy Hummel, Creative Director, wendy@tennislifemagazine .

REGENCY HOUSE, former company name, address, contact and e-mail: REGENCY HOUSE, 5525 Grove Place Crossing, Liburn, GA 30047, Allison Miller, Sales Manager, Allison_afs@yahoo.com ; current company name, address, contact and e-mail: REGENCY HOUSE FINE ART AND FRAMING, 2344 Lawrenceville Hwy, Decatur, GA 30033, Maddie Stapleton, Sales/Art Coordinator, maddie.stapleton@regencyhouse.com .

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION (PO Box 8139le Rd, Newark, DE 19714) former contact: Boni Nash, Design Coordinator; current contact: Annette Schutz, Design Coordinator.

SEA TECHNOLOGY (1117 N 19 St Ste 1000, Arlington, VA 22209) former contact: David Graham, Editor; current contact and e-mail: Laura Nesler, Assistant Editor, oceanbiz@sea-technology.com .

NEWBRIDGE (11 E 26th St 16th Fl, New York, NY 10010) contact person, Karen Barr, Photo Editor. Former e-mail: kbarr@newbridgepub.com; current e-mail: karenbarr@sutorius.com .

SEA KAYAKER (PO Box 17029, 7001 Seaview Ave. NW, Ste 135, Seattle, WA 98107) former company name and phone: SEA KAYAKER, 1 206 789-9536; current company name and phone: SEA KAYAKER MAGAZINE, 1 206 789-1326.

CAROL LEIGH DESIGN (9703 Cinnamon Creek Dr, Vienna, VA 22182) contact person, Carol Leigh, Owner. Former company name and e-mail: CAROL LEIGH DESIGN, cjleigh@mindspring.com ; current company name and e-mail: COMPASS, cjleigh@cox.net .

ADVANCED GRAPHICS (447 E Channel Rd, Benicia, CA 94510) former phone: 1 925 432-9259; current phone: 1 707 745-5320.

HER SPORTS MAGAZINE, former address and phone: 15979 Via De Las Palmas, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091; 1 858 337-6617; current address and phone: 540 Nobel Ct, Encinitas, CA 92024; 1 760 634-1996.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE (11100 Wildlife Center Dr, Reston, VA 20190) former contact and e-mail: Amy Leinbach, Editorial Associate, leinbach@nwf.org ; current contact and e-mail: Jill Stanley, Editorial Associate, JStanley@nwf.org .

CAPSTONE PRESS (151 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato, MN 56001) contact person, Steve Munior, Photo Researcher. Former e-mail: s.meunion@capstone-press.com ; current e-mail: s.munior@capstone-press.com .

DAVID TIETZ, Freelance Photo Editor, former address: 4411 Spicewood

Springs Rd. #905, Austin, TX 78759; current address: 8509 Daleview Dr, Austin, TX 78757.

MITCHELL & WITCHELL INC (6472 Deerwood Lane, Lino Lakes, MN 55014) contact person, Matthew Witchell. Former e-mail: witchell@inetmail.att.net ; current e-mail: sales@witchell.net .

HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS (3638 Executive Blvd, Mesquite, TX 75149) former phone: 1 888 217-5357; current phone: 1 972 289-0705.

MAXIM MAGAZINE (1040 6th Ave. 16th Fl, New York, NY 10018) former contact and e-mail: Matt Steigbigel, steigbigel@maximmag.com ; current contact and e-mail: Alisha Borth, Abroth@caximmag.com .

CRABTREE PUBLISHING CO (612 Welland Ave, St Catherines, ONTARIO, L2M 5V6, CANADA) contact person, Crystal Fox, Project Editor. Former e-mail: kelleym@crabtreebooks.com ; current e-mail: crystalf@crabtreebooks.com .

SAATCHI & SAATCHI (375 Hudson St, 9th Fl, New York, NY 10014) former contact, phone and fax: Jim Hushon, Art Buyer, 1 212 463-2559, 1 212 453-3184; current contact, phone, fax and e-mail: Patti Harris, Art Producer, Manager, 1 212 463-5047, 1 212 453-5064, pharris@asstchiny.com .

MOTHER EARTH NEWS MAGAZINE (1503 SW 42nd St, Topeka, KS 66609) former contact and e-mail: Lindsey Hodel, lhodel@motherearthnews.com ; current contact and e-mail: Megan Phelps, mphelps@motherearthnews.com .

POSITIVE ENERGY MEDIA (403-F Parkway, Greensboro, NC 27401) former contact and e-mail: Tracy James, tracy@positive-e.com ; current contact and e-mail: Gina Shilansky, Assoc Art Director, gina@positive-e.com .

FINE EDGE PRODUCTIONS LLC, former address: 19589 Clayton Lane, Anacortes, WA 98221; current address: 14004 Bizpoint Lane, Anacortes, WA 98221.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY To Us!

Oct. marked our 28th year as publishers of market information for photographers and photobuyers. In 1976 we established the PhotoLetter marketletter. In 1983 we pioneered going on-line with e-mail delivery of the PhotoLetter (using NewsNet) to better serve our subscribers. In 1984 and 1985 we launched the PhotoMarket and PhotoDaily marketletters; in 1988 we began fax delivery; in 1993 we created the PhotoStockNotes monthly informational newsletter. Five years ago we established our website (www.photosource.com), now the most extensive and comprehensive site on the Internet for stock photographers, receiving more hits per day (15,000 - 20,000) than all other stock photo sites COMBINED. In 1998 we established computer to computer (C2C) delivery of our marketletters, plus instituted the PhotoSourceBANK and PhotoSourceFOLIO, which provide photographers with their own web pages as a valuable marketing channel. In 2000 we launched the e-mail-delivered PhotoAIM newsletter for photographers, and PhotoResearcher Newsletter for photobuyers. In 2000, also, we developed PhotoSourceBOOK, an annual photographer directory for photobuyers. Today we reach photographer-subscribers and photobuyers all across the country and around the globe. Here's to more great things to come. -RE

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TRAVELERS ABROAD

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Photobuyers: Watch this column. For the e-mail address, phone or fax number of the traveling photographer, call the PhotoSource International office and ask for Jonna Zehm (1 800 223-3860). For an expansion of this list: www.photosource.com and press the Travelers Abroad button, to learn of past international destinations of our photographers.

Olivier Asselin

September 11, 2004 - March 15, 2005

Casablanca, Morocco

Don Couch

September 13 - September 23, 2004

San Jose, Costa Rica

September 24 - September 26, 2004

Arenal Volcano - Costa Rica

September 27 - October 2, 2004

Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

Susan Sheen

September 20 - November 16, 2004

Dusseldorf & Munich (Germany)

Doug Nurock

October 22 - November 3, 2004

Costa Rica

Sergio Vazquez

November 21 - December 3, 2004

Malaga, Spain

December 3 - December 18, 2004

Israel

Vincent Kocher

December 3 - December 20, 2004

Sri Lanka

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"I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul, and I think you have to be clear about that." - Mary Ellen Mark

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White Mailers

Sending a disk or slides? Stiff white cardboard mailers are available at: MAILERS, 575 Bennett Rd, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, Attn: Pat Pulver; http://www.mailersco.com . Phone: 1 800 872-6670. Fax: 1 847 731-2603.

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A Marriage of Phone and Camera

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The photokina exhibition last fall in Germany indicated that we are now experiencing a new stage in the Internet/Camera/Phone phenomenon. Both Nokia and Microsoft were present in full regalia at a photo show - the biggest in the world. It was Microsoft's and Nokia's first-ever photokina exhibit. Both convincingly presented that cameras and phones are merging. All of this for the benefit of the independent stock photographer.

The cell phone with a camera is becoming a camera with a cell phone.

Still cameras now shoot videos.

Video cameras now shoot stills.

Photographers can now print an image directly from the camera chip. And, these prints have a 100-year durability.

All of these technological innovations point to improvements in photographer and photobuyer relations and operating procedures in the stock photograpphy industry. -RE

Top Company Names in the Stock Photo Industry

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How do they rank webtraffic-wise? And how does PhotoSource International stack up in comparison?

Traffic Ratings

In the stock photography world, there are several "large revenue" companies. Their direct involvement with stock photography ranges from total focus, -- to stock being one segment of their operations. While PhotoSource International doesn't match revenues with these companies, we find it significant that our website is ranked near the top as documented by the rankings system of Alexa. com.

The following are listed from first ranked to last, as of October 2004.

859 Getty Images www.gettyimages.com

2,085 Clipart.com (Jupiter) www.clipart.com

3,088 Corbis www.corbis.com

3,272 Photos.com (Jupiter) www.photos.com

3,773 Fotosearch www.fotosearch.com

10,867 Comstock Images www.comstock.com

14,382 Alamy www.alamy.com

23,287 Megapixel.net (Jupiter) www.megapixel.net

26,449 Veer www.veer.com

29,061 Index Stock Imagery www.indexstock.com

42,233 PhotoSource International www.photosource.com

44,709 PictureQuest www.picturequest.com

46,619 MasterFile www.masterfile.com

53,977 A.G.E. FotoStock www.agefotostock.com

66,117 Creatas www.creatas.com

68,090 Digital Vision www.digitalvision.com

74,259 Photonica www.photonica.com

84,972 JupiterImages www.jupiterimages.com

89,078 Thinkstock (Jupiter) www.thinkstock.com

121,050 Iconica Limited www.iconica.com

131,181 Stockbyte www.stockbyte.com

134,911 ImageState www.imagestate.com

153,553 PDNonline (VNU) www.pdnonline.com

238,093 AGPix www.agpix.com

267,603 Science Photo Library www.sciencephoto.co.uk

306,539 HFP Photos www.hfmus.com

346,228 IPNstock (VNU) www.ipnstock.com

438,599 Mira www.mira.com

444,870 PhotoServe (VNU) www.photoserve.com

503,457 Orion Press www.orionpress.co.jp

538,456 Stockindexonline www.stockindexonline.com

1,025,008 a21.Inc. www.a21group.com

1,123,789 StockPhotoRequest www.stockphotorequest.com

1,151,330 Zefa Visual Media www.zefa.co.uk

1,306,532 FutureStock www.futurestock.com

3,493,001 StockPhotoFinder www.stockphotofinder.com

[There are many other fine companies out there that deal with stock photography. If you are dealing with one of them, or plan on dealing with one you've never heard of, you can make an analysis by joining Alexa.com. Alexa.com is a free service owned by Amazon.com. With an installed base of well over 10 million toolbars, the Alexa traffic rankings represent the largest and most global sample of Internet usage available in the world. The traffic rankings can be seen, on a per-site basis, for free at http://pages.alexa.com/prod_serv/index.html when you sign up for Alexa.com.]

On-Line Photo Management Software - Which to Buy?

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Photo sharing, --the ability to manage your stock photography, catalog it, exhibit it, present it, is an up-and-coming area that will be important for the stock photo industry to explore. But before purchasing any photo-sharing software, do your homework and learn just which software choice is best for you.

Dave Young is Director of Sales and Marketing at 3cim, Inc., a Web-imaging technology company that produces such a software product (SlideTour). We asked him for some insights on this growing area of photo sharing technology.

PSI: For the average stock photographer who doesn't care to (or can't afford to) build a website, what are the alternatives.?

DY: The good news is that there are lots of choices. The bad news is that an option suited best for a professional stock photographer, is difficult to spot among the several offerings out there that are targeted to the general consumer, the amateur or casual photographer.

PSI: Meaning?

DY: Many products might be suitable for family-friends-neighbors photo sharing, but fall short if you are trying to work with a professional photobuyer.

It's important to be able to readily identify a professional-grade product when you see one. When you locate such a professional tool, my advice is to put it on your short list, because the chances are that it will serve your needs far better than a product targeted to the general public.

PSI: What clues should the professional stock photographer look for?

DY: Here are a couple keywords to look for: If the promotion talks about "picture sharing," it's probably a general-consumer product. Look for the words, "presentation services," if you're a professional.

PSI: Why?

DY: Stock photographers should be seeking "industrial strength" products, not those aimed for "household use." Commercial software product makers aim their marketing language based on the audience it plans to appeal to. This usually breaks down to either professional or consumer-based. This should be an indicator to you of who that audience is. You'll hear or see the word "sharing" in the marketing of consumer products, because sharing is what the majority of the non-professional public wants to do with their pictures. Meanwhile, business-oriented services will most likely use the term "presentation services" or something similar. They will provide more professional-looking portfolio templates and interfaces. Many professional products are also e-commerce enabled, meaning that your portfolio actually becomes a storefront for the sale of high-resolution image files, if you choose.

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A comparison of seven photo management software companies can be found at

www.photosource.com/software.html

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PSI: Are there other clues to be aware of?

DY: Yes. Another indicator is the attention given to print-ready images. While the Internet is a wonderful way to view, sort, search, distribute, or manage large numbers of images quickly, it is an inferior way to present high-quality pictures. The consumer product will usually only offer snapshot print services. A business product will accommodate the storage, transfer, and sometimes offer the printing, of high-resolution images.

Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/gen662.html

ON-LINE

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Picture Stamps

The three-month pilot program that allowed you to order real U.S. postage with an image you uploaded to stamps.com has been terminated early by the Post Office. The Post Office is now re-evaluating the program. If you want to express your opinion about it, please write to the following address. The Post Office will be accepting public comment for about 90 days.

Nick Barranca, VP Product Development

United States Postal Service

475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 5012

Washington, DC 20260-5012

Any postage already printed under the PhotoStamps program remains valid U.S. postage. Stamps.com printed about 2 million individual stamps during the 7-week trial period. If you were unaware of this program, see the Sept. issue of PSN.

Adobe Digital Photo Format

Adobe, the folks that brought us the .PDF file format to allow sharing of documents in their original layout and format, and the ubiquitous PhotoShop photo editing software, is proposing a similar standard for digital images. This new specification is designed to make saving of files and editing of images compatible across all types of cameras and photo software (assuming camera manufacturers and software developers adopt the specification). Most consumer digital cameras capture an image in the .jpg format, which is a glossy compression algorithm. Some of those cameras and most high-end and professional cameras also offer a "raw" format, which is supposed to capture the image before any processing occurs by the camera's electronics. One problem is that different manufacturers use different, proprietary versions of the raw format. Adobe is proposing an industry standard for the raw format, calling it Digital Negative specification, or DNG. While there is no requirement that camera manufacturers support this new spec, some industry folks predict it will happen within 5 years, since "it is to everyone's advantage." Adobe is making the spec available for free.

Here a Patch, There a Patch, Everywhere a Patch Patch

We've always counseled our readers on the importance of keeping their operating system patched with the latest fixes and updates (this applies mostly to computers running the Microsoft operating system). Same applies to antivirus and firewall software. Well, one of the latest threats affects Microsoft Office. Did we mention that, while there are automatic updates for Windows operating system files (for versions of Windows after 95), no such auto update exists for Microsoft Office? It's true. To get your Office updates, you have to navigate to an Office Update website, and manually launch the update scanner. Further, if there are any updates, you generally need to have your original Office CDs ready to pop into the computer when requested or the update won't install. One way to get there is to click on the Office Update tab from the main Windows update page. One of the latest Critical Updates just happens to affect Microsoft Office. Problem is, this particular bug may also exist in other, non-Microsoft products that use Microsoft code! And the Office Update scanner does not identify non-Microsoft products. This particular bug is of great concern to photographers because it exploits a flaw in the way digital image files are processed. The bug could allow attackers to take control of a computer running Windows XP. So, if you're running Windows XP and have Microsoft Office installed, visit the Office Update site as soon as you can. The Office Update scanner only works for Office 2000 and above. However, there are downloads for earlier Office products; it's just not nearly as automated.

Bill Hopkins is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio* (www.photosourcefolio.com) and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments via e-mail to wh@photosourcefolio.com. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel at www.photosource.com/board.

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NANPA. The 11th Annual NANPA Summit, to be held in Charlotte, NC on January 19 - 23, 2005. The Summit is the focal point for those engaged in nature photography. By bringing professionals and amateurs together in an open exchange of ideas, experiences, and the newest technical information, the get-together provides an opportunity to communicate on the subject of nature photography. Contact: North American Nature Photography Association, 10200 W 44th Ave, Ste 304, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Phone: 1 303 422-8527. E-mail: info@nanpa.org . Web: http://www.nanpa.org .

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Ads We've Read

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A2Z KEYWORDING

Keywording Services & Software for Photographers & Stock Houses. Phone: 1 845 518-1152. Web: http://www.a2zkeywording.com .

COPYRIGHT OFFICE forms are available at the following sites: For the overall VA form to register images which have been published: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formvai.pdf . For first-time registrations (a VA short form): http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/forms/ .

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Oscar Williams, photographer and long-time PhotoDaily subscriber from Kirkland, Washington, captured The Grand Prize in the Smithsonian Institute 1st Annual Photo Contest. Oscar's prize-winning photo topped more than 12,000 entries. http://www.smithsonianmag.com

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Watch for developments in the field of stock photography in PhotoResearcher's

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS

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You'll be the first to know...

Note: If the URL is long, it may extend to two lines. In that case - clicking on it won't work. Instead, "copy and paste" the URL.

September Marks Fifth Month of Magazine Advertising Growth- Total magazine ADVERTISING GROWTH

rate- card-reported advertising revenue for the month of September 2004

closed at $2,286,636,158, an increase of +17.1% compared to September 2003,

according to Publishers Information Bureau (PIB).

http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/22069.html

Top TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER sees the world through multiple lenses - Blaine

Harrington III who tells powerful stories, but he doesn't utter or write a

word offers some photography tips.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041024/news_lz1t24photog.html

Clash Over INTERNET SPORTS PHOTOS - As the line between dailies and

television blurs on the Internet, England's dominant leagues, FA Premier and

Football, are seeking more control over sports photos posted on newspaper

Web sites.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/25/technology/25photo.html?ex=1099281600&en=4ab64eb05929bd14&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

Former White House Photographer Captures Images of War-Torn Afghanistan.

NikonNet and PDN to Showcase BARBARA KINNEY's Images of Suffering and Hope

in Kabul http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/22078.html

Interpretive photography - "As a photojournalist, I believe it is incumbent

upon me to try to keep a great deal of INTERPRETATION out of images. I shoot

for a newspaper. This means that the role of a newspaper photographer is to

try to accurately reflect the scene he or she is witnessing, regardless of

life experiences or biases.

http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/travel/1097928166288440.xml

Still Photographer Captures ' Great Plains' Images - Shane Brown, an Oklahoma

native travels the section roads and rural highways of the GREAT PLAINS ,

capturing photographs of forgotten places. Images that are steadily

disappearing from the American landscape.

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=71160

The Art of Business: Artist's Rep or Artist's Rip Off? - Artist's

representatives charge too much and won't even consider you unless you're

already SUCCESSFUL , so why even seek representation?

http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/22043.html

African winner of PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION - The first photography

competition hosted by the Science and Development Network has been won by a

researcher with the World Health Organization in Niger in West Africa.

http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/science/0,2172,90370,00.html

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