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Thursday, November 30
Tuesday, November 28
Antoher great What the duck strip
by
Francis Vachon
on Tue 28 Nov 2006 09:37 AM EST
Friday, November 17
The golden light
by
Francis Vachon
on Fri 17 Nov 2006 09:53 PM EST
A great night of shooting and it all happened in about ten minutes from 8:38 to 8:48. Absolutely amazing. The surprise sunset on the eyes on the road blog
Enhance your portrait with Photoshop
by
Francis Vachon
on Fri 17 Nov 2006 09:39 PM EST
Here is a quick Photoshop post-processing technique video for portraits by the guys at That's My Monkey website.
Wanna pay to get published?
by
Francis Vachon
on Fri 17 Nov 2006 07:19 PM EST
In a surprising move, Getty, the biggest picture agency, is now open to any photographer who want to work for them. It’s called “Getty Open”.
So you want to work for Getty? The catch is that you have to pay 50$ for every image you submit. In exchange, they give up 70% of the sale back to the photographer with a two-year exclusive. Allen at Photoshelter posted an article on his blog and a SportsShooter thread is open. Many people think it’s a good gamble by Getty Jim Leary: Seems to me that this fee setup is being done for two reasons. First, it will generate some extra revenue for those willing to pay and second, it may give Getty a lead or two to some unknown quality photographers. Let's face it, anyone willing to pay $50 per submission is either crazy or very good. This opens the door for some completely unknown photographers looking to get noticed. You get those diamonds in the rough once in a while and this might just find one or two for Getty Derek Montgomery: I would also guess that it acts to ensure that the quality of the photography submitted remains high. At $50 an image the quality of the collection would likely be higher on the whole than if it was a total free-for-all. Getty could probably market it as such and editors would have a resource that they could always depend on as having high-quality work. Clark Brooks: Imagine if just 30,000 of the probably 600,000 amatuer/part-time/student photographers buy into this concept and submit two images each. That would be $3 million in additional revenue plus whatever income they generate from the licensing of those images. Imagine that numer if on average wannabees submitted four images a year. The concept gives "stock photos" a whole new meaning. Basically the shooter willing to pony up $50 is now an investor in his own work. Submitting an images with the $50 fee would like purchasing a share of stock hoping that the value of the share will increase. In this model the photographer now hopes that the photo will sell so that he/she can recoup their initial investment plus additional income. May be a lottery concept is more accurate. You are buying a $50 lotto ticket when they submit a photo, in hopes they will license the image two or three times at $200-$300 each. The $50/image is a fee for newbies to dream just like a state or national lottery. The number of people who will enter will be big, the number who actually make back their annual submission cost will be very, very small. What's the logic? Using this model, Getty will not have to rely on seasoned, full-time professionals to refresh their visual inventory in a few years who have high expectations for what their work could/should fetch. They can offer the images to clients at rates far below the $200-300 mentioned in the PDN article. The plan is brilliant as it cost Getty absolutely nothing to implement and they stand to gain more than they would lose. Hand me another Guinness... BRILLIANT! Some are not so sure Getty is the winner: James Escher: It's certainly a gamble. The flip side is that this plan could backfire, and quality photographers whose first choice would have been to have their images represented by Getty will turn to other stock agencies, thereby potentially providing a bit more parity for those agencies trying to compete with them. And the bottom line for most professional: Steven E. Frischling: I shot a number of stories on securities over the past few years. From these stories I have about 300 in for stock sales now ..... and they sell and generate income for me. I am pretty sure at least 200 of them have at one time of another been licensed back out for various purposes. If I had to pony up $15,000 to submit the photos I would have just said screw it and they would have lived in darkness on my harddrive. Wednesday, November 15
A bird who saw too many photographers
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Francis Vachon
on Wed 15 Nov 2006 12:46 PM EST
Lyrebird Unbelievable Jungle Bird Mimics Bird and Human Sounds, even a shutter and a camera motor drive!
Wednesday, November 8
Steve Deschênes
by
Francis Vachon
on Wed 08 Nov 2006 09:43 AM EST
Steve Deschênes, staff photographer at Le Soleil in Quebec city, showcase some of his images that won some awards in Géo Plein Air and Québec Nature magazine. Look at the amazing light hitting the water on the third one!
Monday, November 6
Is that art or what?
by
Francis Vachon
on Mon 06 Nov 2006 07:59 PM EST
What does it look like when you fall down the stair, from the first step to the last one, when you have a turned on camera on your shoulder that you try to protect at all cost?
Some kind of art, I guess.  Sore neck and some bruise to the hand. How lucky I am? That was something like 20 steps on my back!
How to correctly expose with a grey card
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Francis Vachon
on Mon 06 Nov 2006 11:22 AM EST
This Apogee Photo Magazine article describes how a meter work, and why you can’t rely on them. Then, the grey card solution is explained. They should have mentioned that most grey card have a nice white back that you can use for a manual white balance! Thursday, November 2
Apple has released a demo version of Aperture
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Francis Vachon
on Thu 02 Nov 2006 05:01 PM EST
A 30 days fully functional demo of Aperture is now available on Apple’s web site. I’m downloading it as I type this.
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