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The Fair Use Quandary
Much has been written recently regarding Jay Maisel's enforcement of his copyrights, and especially of the demand that he made against Portland, Oregon-based Andy Baio, a self-described writer and tech entrepreneur, arising from Baio's unauthorized...
Misinformation: Camera Tech
It's amazing what Apple has been able to fit into its tiny iPhone 4S. It's amazing...
Vision To Visuals: A Moveable Feast
"I was hooked like a magpie to shiny things,"says Nicole Etienne, the dynamic young painter known for her "luscious" paintings, of her first encounter with print materials at Duggal.
Stay On Track
One of the inevitable realities that any business involved in image creation and/or licensing will encounter is discovering instances where the business’ copyrights have been infringed.
Misinformation: Business Tech
We know the familiar archetype of the photojournalist—the grizzled war veteran who has seen it all and captured it with his lens.
Vision To Visuals: Art And The Downtown Alliance
The 10th anniversary of 9/11 arrived in our city with grace.
Misinformation: Camera Tech
In early July, researchers at Cornell University were able to develop a lens-free camera that's literally pinhead-sized.
Vision To Visuals: Audacity!
Fashion photography and wildlife photography are such distinctly different genres that to imagine the two together in a single frame, one must attempt to reconcile the paradoxical imagery of fashion models in glamorous urban studios against the...
Under Fire
During the recent uprisings in the Middle East commonly referred to as the Arab Spring, the people of the region were able to circumvent censorship and bring governments to their knees, thanks in large part to cell phone and mobile digital technology....
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In mid-April, the field of photojournalism lost two of its most important luminaries, Tim Hetherington, photographer and co-director of the Oscar®-nominated documentary Restrepo, and Chris Hondros, a 2004 Pulitzer Prize nominee...
Vision To Visuals: Reconnections
Alfred Stieglitz, the father of modern photography, once famously remarked, "Claims of art won't do. Let the photographer make a perfect photograph.
Vigilantes
In this age of digital imaging, it's only a matter of time before anyone who distributes images, electronically or otherwise, will find his or her images used without consent and copyrights infringed.
Kickstarting Your Project
Gerd Ludwig is no stranger to the pages of Digital Photo Pro, and his history in the world of photography is long and storied.
Vision To Visuals: Aid Is In Fashion
How does a fashion photographer shooting for luxury brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Versace, Louis Vuitton and Valentino end up creating a body of photojournalistic work so moving that it rallies the entire fashion world in support of a...
Misinformation: Camera Tech
There are situations when it’s acceptable, and perhaps even encouraged, for pros to shoot on auto.
DPP Solutions: Perfect Prints
There’s no mystery to what it takes to make great prints. There are many things to consider before making them and many steps to take while making them.
Hi-Tech Studio: DSLR Rigs For Video
While filmmakers and videographers have enthusiastically embraced HD-capable DSLRs for their relatively economic pricing and superb video capabilities, for video, the form factor of modern DSLRs leaves something to be desired.
Vision to Visuals: Building An Aesthetic
There’s nothing like an economic downturn to spark the creative wheels of entrepreneurs in a city like New York.
It's Not A Winning Ticket
Over the last three years, I’ve been involved in the copyright infringement case Latimer v. Roaring Toyz, et al.
Misinformation: Business Tech
The median annual wage of salaried photographers was close to $30,000, with the middle 50% earning between $20,000 and $45,000, in general.
Hi-Tech Studio: File Format Decoder Ring
There seems to be no limit to the number of file formats photographers have to deal with. There seems to be no limit...
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
The reality of business breakups is that they’re generally far more complicated than simply facing another person and saying “goodbye.
Vision To Visuals: The SCAR Project
We live in a world of overwhelming statistics. Photographer David Jay and The SCAR Project at the...
The New Photojournalism Frontier
The great demise of print media and, subsequently, photojournalism, has been talked about ad nauseam for years now. ...
Vision To Visuals: A Moment In Time
A photographer, etymologically speaking, is one who “writes” (graphe) with “light” (photos).
Misinformation: Video Tech
Recently, RED Digital Cinema’s mercurial CEO Jim Jannard took to the RED forums to respond to a post asking if the company would ever go “head to head” with the DSLR market.
Creative Commons In Practice
Imagine you’re a photographer trying to get your work noticed. You’ve heard that Getty Images and some publishers are utilizing the photo-sharing website Flickr as a way of locating stock images, so you open a Flickr account and upload images.
The Photography Classroom
There’s no denying that the digital era has been a boon in the field of photography. There have been more advancements over the last decade than in the entire history of the medium, leading to more possibilities for exciting and dynamic imagery than e...
Vision To Visuals: Coming Up For Air
Lane Coder embodies everything that I love about the new generation of avantgarde photographers. ...
5 Tips For Avoiding The Rights Grab
Read the terms and conditions of just about any contract, website and even some venues, and it’s almost inevitable that you’ll find some form of the "rights grab." Even doing something as seemingly innocuous as posting images on social media...
