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Tennis Pro Loses Publicity Claims Against Photographer
by Joel Hecker, Esq.
Questions often arise as to the validity and extent of protection offered a photographer who obtains a model release as part of an assignment. A recent New York Federal Court had the opportunity to consider a number of issues raised in these circumstances, ruling in favor of the photographer on all claims.
The case was brought by Anastasia Myskina, a Russian citizen who won the 2004 French Open Tennis Championship, against photographer Mark Seliger, his studio, and Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
In July 2002, a Conde Nast editor contacted Myskina's agent to inquire whether she would be interested in being photographed in the nude by Seliger for the cover and interior of GQ's 2002 "Sports" issue profiling female tennis players. She expressed interest and her agent instructed his twenty-three year old administrative assistant to set up the appointment and go to the shoot with her.
On July 16, 2002 Myskina arrived at the photo shoot with the assistant and her coach. There was some confusion as to what was to occur. Myskina testified that she was unaware before the shoot that the cover photo would depict her as "Lady Godiva"- lying nude on a horse. In any case, she expressed concern about being photographed in the nude. She stated that according to her agent, she was to wear nude-colored clothes and have long hair taped on "appropriate" places.
Before shooting began, the agent's assistant was given a Conde Nast standard model release form for Myskina, to sign which she did. The release provided her consent to the use of her name and pictures taken of her on that date by Conde Nast and others it may authorize, for editorial purposes.
Conde Nast eventually published her profile and a "Lady Godiva" photo on the cover and inside two-page spread. She was not paid in connection with these publications.
The master agreement between Seliger and Conde Nast provided that Seliger was authorized to exploit all photographs taken on assignment after an exclusive period, for "editorial syndication." In addition, he could authorize publication "for any commercial, merchandising or advertising purpose" only with Conde Nast's express written consent.
After the embargo period, Seliger gave images from the shoot to his editorial stock photo agency. The stock agency licensed five of the images to the Russian magazine Medved for use in connection with an article entitled Nastya Myskina: The Champion's Private Life. The photos used included frontal nudity and two versions of the Lady Godiva photographs. The article included text from an interview Myskina gave to Medved.
Myskina sued, alleging violations of the NY Civil Rights Act and breach of contract.
Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/legal126.html
Can Photo Suppliers Sell Public Domain Images?
Most government documents (including images) are in the public domain, that is, they are free to be used by the public. For example, here at PhotoSource International, we often get offers for "how-to" pamphlets or reports costing $5 to $25, on subjects ranging from gardening to aerospace; or posters announcing new tax or minimum wage announcements. It turns out these are (free) government documents that have been re-packed by entrepreneurs and put out for sale to the public.
Photo researchers can do something similar.
In my book, "sellphotos.com," on pages 208 & 209 I write about the photographer/entrepreneur, Tom Carroll, who 'sold' a "Public Domain" image to DRS Technologies for their annual report, for $875.
A distinction to note is that Tom Carroll did not "sell" the image; he found the image for the market and charged a "research fee'.
Why are documents and government-owned images free? When you work for the U.S. government, whether you are building a bridge, landscaping a new park, or taking a photograph, you are working for the people. So, the reasoning is -- the people own the results. I'm surprised that more people have not come up with ways of selectively distributing the photos that are gathering dust in U.S. government archives. Tom Carroll's approach is certainly valid. And we'll no doubt see many photo researchers begin to use the advantages of the Internet to utilize public domain images that are available to the people for the asking. Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/gen695.html
CHANGES
Each month we report to you moves among, within and between: publishing houses, stock agencies, photobuyers, photo researchers, ad agencies, and design firms.
LATINA MAGAZINE (1500 Broadway, 7th Fl, New York, NY 10036) former contact and e-mail: Diana Santana, Photo Researcher, dsantana@latina.com ; current contact and e-mail: Deborah Hardt, Photo Researcher, dhardt@latina.com .
ARIZONA AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION HIGHROADS (PO Box 33119, Phoenix, AZ 85067-3119) former contact and phone: Rebeca Antioco, Publications Editor, 1 602 650-2733; current contact and phone: Eve Gonzalis, Publications Editor, 1 602 650-2738.
JEWISH MONTHLY (2020 K St. NW, 7th Fl, Washington, DC 20036) former contact, phone and e-mail: Richard Greenberg, Managing Editor, 1 202 857-6699, rgreenberg@bnaibrith.org ; current contact and phone: Mark Wright, Art Director, 1 202 857-6516.
VIRGINIA WILDLIFE (4010 W. Broad St, Richmond, VA 23230) contact person, Emily Pels, Art Director. Former e-mail: epels@dgif.state.va.us ; current e-mail: Emily.pels@dgif.virginia.gov .
CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM (6930 Carroll Ave, Ste 900, Takoma Park, MD 20912) former contact and e-mail: Eric Brown, Communications Director, eric@newdream.org ; current contact and e-mail: Sarah Roberts, Communications Director, sarah@newdream.org .
LERNER PUBLISHING (241 1st Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55401) former contact, phone and e-mail: Renee Weddle, Photo Researcher, 1 800 328-4929, rweddle@lernerbooks.com ; current contact and phone: Tim O'Regan, Photo Researcher, 1 612 332-3344.
THE POSTCARD FACTORY (2801 John St, Markham, Ontario, L3R Y8, CANADA) former contact and e-mail: Gerard Romary, Director of Photography, gerardromany@postcardfactory.com ; current contact and e-mail: September Hall, Director of Photography, shall@postcardfactory.com .
THE CREATIVE COMPANY (123 S Broad St, Mankato, MN 56002) former contact: Bobbie Nuytten, Photo Researcher; current contact: Cathy Tatge, Photo Researcher.
BOATING WORLD MAGAZINE (2100 Powers Ferry Rd, Ste 300, Atlanta, GA 30339) former contact and e-mail: Julie Baker, Art Director, jbaker@billian.com ; current contact and e-mail: Mathew Montgomery, Art Director, mmontgomery@billian.com .
HARVARD COMMON PRESS (535 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118) former contact and e-mail: Jodi Marchowsky, Production Editor, jmarchowsky@harvardcommonpress.com ; current contact and e-mail: Abby Collier, Production Editor, acollier@harvardcommonpress.com .
AVALON TRAVEL PUBLISHING (1400 65th St #250, Emeryville, CA 94608) former contact and e-mail: Deb Dutcher, Production Assistant, deb.dutcher@avalonpub.com ; current contact and e-mail: Stefano Boni, Production Assistant, Stefano.boni@avalonpub.com .
New Contacts
YANKEE MAGAZINE (1121 Main Street, P.O. Box 520, Dublin, OH 03444) Michael Carlton, Editor, Michaelc@yankeepub.com; 1 603 563-8111, http://www.yankeemagazine.com.
WHERE SEATTLE (1904 Third Avenue, Ste. 623, Seattle, WA 98101) Kimberley Stidell, Editor, Kimberley.stidell@where-magazine.com; 1 206 826-2760, fax 1 206 826-2676, http://www.wheremagazine.com/markets.htm.
VISTA MAGAZINE (1201 Brickell Ave., Suite 360, Miami, FL 3313) Carmen Roiz, Editorial Director, croiz@vistamagazine.com; 1 305 416-4344, fax 1 305 416-4344, http://www.vistamagazine.com/.
VERMONT MAGAZINE (P.O. Box 800, Middlebury, VT 05753) Joe Healy, Editor, jbhvtmag@sover.net. 1 802 388-8480, fax 1 802 388-8485, http://www.vermontmagazine.com.
TRAVEL BOUND (401 W. Main St., Ste. 222, Lexington, KY 40507) Herbert Sparrow, Editor, hsparrow@grouptravelleader.com; 1 859 253-0455, fax 1 859 253-0499, http://www.travelboundmagazine.com.
TRAVEL AMERICA (990 Grove Street, Evanston, IL 60201-4370) Randy Mink, Editor, rmink@centurysports.net; 1 847 491-6440, http://www.travelamerica.com.
SMOKE MAGAZINE (26 Broadway, Floor 9M, New York, NY 10004) Mark Bernardo, Editor, m.bernardo@smokemag.com; 1 212 391-2060, fax 1 212 827-0945, http://www.smokemag.com.
PURE WOMAN MAGAZINE (Box 545, 613 Boyle Street, Indian Head, SK, Canada S7N 4G7) Ann Jones, Editor, editor@purewoman.ca; 1 306 695-3526, http://www.purewoman.ca.
PLENTY MAGAZINE (250 West 57th Street, Suite 1915, New York, NY 10107) Ann Landi, Editor, editor@plentymag.com; 1 212 757-3477, fax 1212 757-3799, http://www.plentymag.com
ONE2ONE LIVING (9903 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite #175, Beverly Hills, CA 90212) Mary Spio, Editor, contact@one2onemag.com; fax 1 310 388 5289, http://www.one2onemag.com.
NEW JERSEY MONTHLY (55 Park Place, P.O. Box 920, Morristown, NJ 07963-0920) David Chmiel, Editor, editor@njmonthly.com; 1 973 539-8230, fax 1 973 538-2953, http://www.njmonthly.com.
MEN'S JOURNAL (1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104) Claire Martin, Editor, claire.martin@mensjournal.com; 1 212 484-1616, fax 1 212 767-8213, http://www.mensjournal.com, http://www.mensjournal.com.
MAGICAL BLEND (P.O. Box 600, Chico, CA 95973) Art director, editor@magicalblend.com; 1 530 893-9037, fax 1 530 893-9076, http://www.magicalblend.com.
KENTUCKY LIVING (4515 Bishop Lane, Louisville, KY 40218) Paul Wesslund, Editor, e-mail@kentuckyliving.com; 1 502-451-6372, fax 1 502 459-1611, http://www.kentuckyliving.com.
HIGHWAYS (P.O. Box 8545, Ventura, CA 93002) Dee Reed, Managing Editor, goodsam@goodsamclub.com; 1 805 667-4100, fax 1 805 667-4454, http://www.goodsamclub.com.
GORP (The Away Network, 702 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001) Alistair Wearmouth, Editor, editorial.gorp@away.com; 1 202 654-8036, fax 1 202-654-8081, http://www.gorp.com.
GOLF FOR WOMEN (4 Times Square, Fl.7, New York, NY 10036-5340) Jennifer Sample, Managing Editor, editors@golfforwomen.com; 1 212 286-3906, fax 1 212 286 -5340, http://www.golfforwomen.com.
FAMILIES MAGAZINE (485 Spring Park Place, Suite 550, Herndon, VA 20170) Marae Leggs, Editor, editor@familiesmagazines.com; 1 703 381-138, http://www.familiesmagazines.com.
EXPLORE MAGAZINE (54 St. Patrick St., Toronto, Canada M5T 1V1) James Little, Editor, explore@explore-mag.com; 1 416 599-2000, fax 1 416 599-0800, http://www.explore-mag.com.
ENDLESS VACATION (9998 N. Michigan Road, Carmel, IN 46032-9640) Julie Woodard, Senior Editor, Julie.Woodard@rci.com, http://www.evmediakit.com.
DELICIOUS LIVING (1401 Pearl St., Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302-5346) Jean Weiss, Editor, deliciousliving@newhope.com; 1 303 939 8440, fax 1 303 440-8884, http://www.deliciouslivingmag.com/.
CERCA TRAVEL PAGES (P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070) Mr. A.D. Hopkins, Special Projects Editor, adhopkins@reviewjournal.com; 1 702 383-0270, http://www.reviewjournal.com.
CARIBBEAN BUSINESS (1700 Fernandez Juncos Avenue, San Juan, 00909-2938) Angel Carrion, Managing Editor, editor@casiano.com; 1 787 728-9300 *2100, http://www.casiano.com.
BUDGET LIVING (665 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10012) Anya Strzemien, Editorial Assistant, editorial@budgetlivingmedia.com; fax 1 212 687-5222, http://www.budgetlivingmedia.com.
BOSTON MAGAZINE (300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-4598) Ms. Kim Atkinson, Senior Editor, editor@bostonmagazine.com, 1 617 262-9700, fax 1 617 267-1744, http://www.bostonmagazine.com.
BON APPETIT (4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036) Victoria von Biel, Executive Editor, Victoria_von_Biel@condenast.com, 1 323 965-3600, fax 1 323 937-1206, http://www.bonappetit.com.
BALTIMORE MAGAZINE (1000 Lancaster St., Ste. 400, Baltimore, MD 21202) Geoff Brown, Travel Editor, bgeoff@baltimoremagazine.net, 1 410 752-4200, http://www.baltimoremagazine.net.
ADIRONDACK LIFE MAGAZINE (Box 410, Jay, NY 12941) Mr. Galen Crane, Mary Gree, co-editors, gcrane@adirondacklife.com or mthill@http://www.adirondacklife.com, 1 518 946-2191, http://www.adirondacklife.com.
More on model releases…
Photo Exhibitions
A photographer has created a photo essay of dancers….children and teen dancers at a local dance studio. Now he wants to put them on display in a gallery. What can he do if he doesn't have model releases? Can he exhibit the images, and sell them? Can he even exhibit them?
There are several answers to this question, depending on whether you live in the USA, China or Iraq. I choose to be facetious because many American photographers, in these times, seem to forget that they still have First Amendment Rights. There are enough discussions exhibiting confusion about model releases in the Kracker Barrel Archives to fill several volumes. All of it, like all legal matters, is open to interpretation.
My comments on the subject of model releases are always directed to the use of photos in editorial situations.
Will it be used in a book, newspaper or magazine? How will it be used? Is it a sensitive subject or not?
Will the publisher be the entity who would be the target of a legal case?
A community art show or photo exhibit is not unlike your local newspaper publishing a feature photo in its Home Life section, or on its website. And in my forty years of observing editorial stock photography it's very rare that a parent (or the child) doesn't enjoy seeing their child's picture in an exhibit or published in a magazine or book. Another point, no attorney on a contingency basis would ever accept a case where real invasion of privacy is of concern.
YOUR PROTECTION
Our USA First Amendment covers this issue.
Frivolous lawsuits of this nature used to happen, it seems, more often back in the 70's and 80's. You'd think it would happen more now-- what with all the sensitivity and fear that's prevalent in our society these days. It may be that there are fewer instances -- that many stock photographers have become gun-shy. They believe that they will get some "grief" from parents if they photograph children in public, don't get model releases, and then exhibit the photos at a show.
What's the result if stock photographers, photographing in the area of child development, domestic violence, social issues, child abuse, child safety, child welfare, etc., don't feel free to capture poignant scenes of what's happening in their community?
What happens is, the other side wins. The pictures are not published and the corporate or governmental interests who would wish someone didn't expose their blemishes are happy.
Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/cb81.html
ON-LINE
by Bill Hopkins
The Cable Company, the Phone Company, the Power Company, Oh My!
Those looking for high-speed Internet access (broadband) generally have a couple of options. You can sign up to receive broadband from your cable company or your local phone company (and, yes, there are satellite options and free wireless in some communities). Another player is emerging, and that's your local electric power company. Granted, just as with DSL and cable, there are technical issues (signal loss over distance, interference in the ham radio spectrum, necessary equipment), and there needs to be a financial incentive (i.e., it will make money for the utilities). An added incentive for the power companies is that such technology can be used to quickly identify power outages, read meters remotely, and conduct preventive maintenance (by watching how the signal is degraded, possibly pointing to imminent equipment failure). It's called BPL (Broadband over Power Lines), and it is growing from small, isolated trials to a more general population. 50,000 homes in Cincinnati (OH) have signed up, and Manassas (VA) (pop 37,000) runs its own BPL service.
LoJack for Laptops
Its real name is CompuTrace, and it's a product of Absolute Software (www.absolute.com). According to Safeware (an insurance agency), a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. As with LoJack for vehicles, Absolute works with local law enforcement to assist in the recovery of your laptop. The CompuTrace product comes in several flavors. It is a subscription service (starts at $49.99/yr for the base version), can be purchased over the Internet or at CompuUSA stores (LoJack for Laptops version only), and is a software client that resides on the laptop's hard drive. The files and folders are hidden, and the company claims that their software will survive a reformat, repartitioning, and use of f-disk. The system periodically contacts their Monitoring Service whenever it is connected to the Internet (once a day if broadband, every 4 days if dialup). When stolen, you first file a police report, and then contact Absolute with the police report information via Internet or phone. Next time the computer checks in, it's placed on high alert status and then starts contacting the Monitoring Server every 15 minutes. It can even program the internal modem, when connected to a phone line, to automatically and silently call their Monitoring Server via a toll-free number. With the corporate version (suggested for those wishing to protect 10 or more laptops, or those wanting greater protection and features), you also get, in addition to other corporate-level stuff like asset management, a data delete function (additional fee when activated), and a $1,000 per laptop guarantee that your laptop will be recovered within 60 days. Be advised that LoJack for Laptops only works under Windows XP, and that the corporate versions, which can also protect desktop computers, works under more operating systems, including Macintosh. See their website for more details.
Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/onlin161.html
TRAVELERS ABROAD
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 Lela LaBree (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.
Jose David Cantu September 18 - September 28, 2005 Tuscany
Larry Tackett October 15 - December 15, 2005 Indonesia, Singapore
Go off? Come Back On…..?
Atkins Diet
Would you go off the Atkins Diet if it weren't working for you? Of course you would.
How does this figure in stock photography? I recently read a newspaper article that said a Mr. Jodi Gorran in Florida was bringing a court case against the Atkins people because the diet allegedly has caused his cholesterol to rise. Now here's the twist, what if he spread bad words about the diet but continued to stay on the diet regime? T'would be bizarre, wouldn't it?
A similar situation happened to me a couple years ago. A fellow posted a message on STOCKPHOTO (Joel Day's forum) to the effect that I was surreptitiously coaching photobuyers to insist on lower fees for photographers. Two things are important: 1.) The fellow put this spin on advice he read in the Photo Researcher's NEWSLETTER (which I write), and thought he was discovering privileged information. Actually, this newsletter is available on-line as a free newsletter and available to anyone who wants to read it. It always has been available to anyone who signs up. 2.) Just a month before the article appeared in PRN, I wrote the same advice in PhotoAimLITE, our free stock photographers' newsletter.
And what was the advice? Many of the photobuyers who call in to list on our PhotoDaily marketletter, do not have a budget to meet the minimum requirement of $100 paid per photo, to be listed on the Daily. I suggest to them to try our PhotoLetter market- letter, a weekly that is geared to emerging stock photographers and smaller markets. Fees from the markets listed there range from $50 to $75 per photo. Secondly, I suggest they can consider "bartering" with a photographer, or they can extend the press run of their book or magazine to send tear sheets to photographers, who can in turn use them as promotional flyers.
The fellow who made the post on STOCKPHOTO thought this was not good advice. But many of you reading this, know when a person first starts out as a photographer, or work with a regional/local publisher of books or magazines who themselves are just entering the marketplace, that these arrangements work well to help get entry level enterprises off the ground.
When someone from our office (Mike Karlsson) apprised me of the STOCKPHOTO post, he suggested I explain my side of the story. Subsequently, he posted an explanation for me at STOCKPHOTO.
I said to myself, "Well, that issue will die on the vine shortly, because my longtime readers and subscribers would find it untenable to think I would do such an "underhanded" thing as short-change photographers.
However, from time to time, I still get a nasty retort from a photographer who has read but not understood the feedback from the STOCKPHOTO post. I even got one recently saying that I had a "bad name" in the industry because of the way I favor photobuyers. Many of the responders on STOCKPHOTO said that they were going to cancel their subscription to our marketletter. One person even stated that he threw two of my books in the trash.
Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/gen696.html
Tax Tactics
By Julian Block, Esq.
Can I Deduct My Home Office Expenses?
The IRS allows you deductions for the portion of your house that you use to operate your business. However, if you are a salaried person working at your "main job," and your free-lance business is a part-time venture, you cannot use your office-in-the-home expenses to create a net operating loss. If the total of your other business expenses (not including home-office expenses) is greater than your income, giving you a loss, that is allowable. If your office-in-the-home expenses, when added to the total of your other business expenses, take you over the top to give you a loss, that's not allowable. Only that portion of your home-office expense that takes your total of expenses up to the amount of your gross business income, can be deducted, each year (there is a carry-forward provision). If the total of your home-office expenses added to the total of your other business expenses comes to less than your gross income, the full amount of your home-office expenses is deductible.
SEPARATE EXPENSE
Here's how that works. Let's say your independent business, operated out of your home, has a gross income (receipts before expenses) of $12,000. Your business incurs home-office expenses of $1,500 (percent of utilities, mortgage interest, roof repairs, and so on). Your normal business expenses, such as office supplies, postage, travel, film, memory cards, etc. total $11,500. Since your gross income was $12,000, you can use only $500 of your $1,500 office-in-the-home expenses as a deduction. However, you may carry forward the disallowed $1,000 to subsequent tax years; these carried-forward home-office expenses, though, are subject to the same restriction each subsequent year- i.e., they are not allowable if the addition of their total creates a net loss from the business activity.
Want to read more of this article? Go to: http://www.photosource.com/researcher/gen694.html
Watch for developments in the field of stock photography in PhotoResearcher's
PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS
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Photographer SUES TABLOID publisher over unreturned images from anthrax
building - A freelance photographer has sued American Media Inc., claiming
the Boca Raton-based tabloid publisher owes him at least $2 million for more
than 1,400 images that have yet to be returned to him after AMI's building
was contaminated with anthrax in 2001, according to a federal lawsuit filed
earlier this month.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pamisuit23sep 23,0,5189244.story?coll=sfla-news-palm
Magazine Publishers Now See Their Web Sites as the Top SALES Opportunity
http://www.trendwatchgraphicarts.com/fastfacts/fast297.html
Photographer offers rare view of CUBANS- The 22-year-old Newton-based
photographer traveled to Cuba with a group of fellow art students from
Appalachian State University. The school got an educational permit from the
federal government for the trip.
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=HDR/MGArticle/ HDR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031785281758&path=!news!localnews
IMPACT of digital photography craze on culture not yet known, one expert
thinks it could mean ?dark age?
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=f10213c9-aa49- 4b78-9993-71b50c9d5824
Belfast photographer snaps women for charity calendar - A NEW charity
calendar featuring 12 BREAST CANCER sufferers in vintage lingerie will give
hope to other women battling with the disease, a Belfast photographer said
today. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=662678
A photographer's view: Southern pride stands firm - Beacon Journal
photographer Mike Cardew spent 17 days covering the aftermath of Hurricane
KATRINA for the Biloxi Sun-Herald.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/12732873.htm
Digital Color PRINTING : It's Mainstream, Baby! - This TrendWatch Graphic
Arts report takes a detailed look at the growth and adoption of digital
color printing. http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/23409.html
Index Open reaches the 80,000 image mark in its SUBSCRIPTION (6 months) serivce.
http://www.indexstockimagery.com/archives/2005/09/index_open_reac.html
Lexar Professional LockTight CompactFlash Offers Card Level Protection to
Security-Conscious Photographers - Industry Experts Agree That Restricted
Access to Stored Images and Information is Vital in the Growing Digital
CAMERA Market http://www.creativepro.com/story/news/23432.html
With Picture Porters' compact 20GB and 40GB HARD DRIVE versions, you'll virtually never run out of MEMORY card space on the road again. http://www.thomas-pr.com/pressreleases/digitalfocipictureporterrelease.html
Digital Photography How-To: The Pros and Cons of LENS FLARE --
whether it's in the form of bright streaks, random polygons, or an overall
washed-out look -- is a hazard when you're shooting photos near a bright
light source. Learn how to avoid it, and even how to exploit it to make
stunning imagery. http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/23405.html
SuperStock and Art.com to Supply Consumer Market with Unique
Contemporary, FINE ART and Vintage Images-
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050926/265859.html?.v=1
150 years of SPANISH photography
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/sept/26/yehey/life/20050926lif1.html
Discount stores gain share in handling digital photography
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/sfl-ybphotos26sep 26,0,480905.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines
Photo CONTEST to depict naval life
http://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/20050926_4.htm
Photographer captures mystery of Taliesin West...
The relationship of ARCHITECTURE and photography is famously complicated
http://www.suntimes.com/output/nance/sho-sunday-taliesin25.html
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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio:
Gordon Swanson (http://folio.photosource.com/2582)
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Move over Library of Congress…
You Can't Hide
In addition to the remarkable advances for searching for information on the Web, search engines also offer vast "archives" of previously published material. For example, if you have written an article, or there has been one written about you (even one that you were not aware of), you have a good chance of locating it on the web. Understandably, the success of finding it is relative to the power and muscle strength of the search engine you are using. (Strongest search engines include Google, MSN, Yahoo.)
It's also possible to locate the use of images. Also the "misuse," if an "innocent infringer" happens to credit the photo to the photographer.
Using a search engine such as Google, type in "Your Name" + Articles. Notice the use of the quotes on your name (use your first and last names), and the use of the plus sign. You can also try spelling your name incorrectly in case it was typed wrongly on the web.
For a photo search it would be: "Photo researcher's Name" + photos.
How far back can you find these items? Many of the articles that I've written in years past have been re-published on the web. I found one from Mother Earth NEWS originally published back in 1978.
If you don't immediately find mentions of who you're searching for today, have patience. There is no doubt, as web storage units increase in size and capacity, that more and more information will be surfacing in the vast archives. -RE
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