PhotoShelter Discount

by Allen Sullivan on March 9, 2010

If you’ve considered using PhotoShelter for image backup, licensing, Web sites, galleries and more, you can save us both some money by using my referral code: http://www.photoshelter.com/referral/AL6SU65427 . Take a look at what they have to offer. I’ve been a member since 2005 and have always at least recouped my fees each year in licensing sales.

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Jacmel Rap

by Allen Sullivan on March 7, 2010

A camera was raised and an impromptu performance began at the Art Creation Foundation for Children in Jacmel, Haiti in early February 2010.

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The Blue in the Face List by The Copyright Zone

March 6, 2010

From the relatively new and positively illuminating site “The Copyright Zone,” by litigator Ed Greenberg and photographer Jack Reznicki–The Blue in the Face List:
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“3.  Your client is not your “partner”.  Your spouse is your partner.  Your client is a customer. And no matter how friendly your clients are, you dear friend, are a vendor. Trust [...]

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UnCLEAR

March 5, 2010

I’m going to try to post results from Speedtest.net runs every Friday for a while. I pay for CLEAR’s unlimited  service and so far it’s been pretty inconsistent, even unavailable a few days ago when I really needed it. When it’s fast, it’s fast. But when that is has proven unreliable for me. I’ll give [...]

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Luceo Images Announces Its Student Project Award

March 3, 2010

Luceo Images Announces Its Student Project Award
“Central to LUCEO’s mission is our belief in the importance of long-term projects. We also understand that developing photographers need support. To advance both of these causes, LUCEO has created the Luceo Student Project Award, which will be disbursed annually to a talented student photographer in support of a significant [...]

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APhotoEditor: “I can’t imagine a world without them.”

March 3, 2010

From APhotoEditor re: Magnum’s look to the future: “Some of my favorite moments working at a magazine have been getting shoots back from photojournalists. No one can tell a story, capture defining moment, thrive under duress and deliver the goods like they do. I can’t imagine a world without them.”

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Canon 5D MkII Firmware Update–Finally Coming?

March 3, 2010

Canon 5d Mark II users have been waiting for this firmware update for a while: Canon announces firmware update for EOS 5D Mark II. If it indeed comes out this month, I may be picking up my heavier Sony video camera a little less often.
One big factor that keeps me from using the Canon for [...]

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ZUMA Press’ The Word

February 23, 2010

ZUMA Press contacted me for a bit of background on some of my images from Haiti. They have a new site called The Word, where photographers give a little bit info on how or why they got certain images that the editors see as standouts. Here’s the page that contains a couple of mine.

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Zanmi Lakay Makes the NYT “LENS”

February 17, 2010

The talented, young Haitian photographers from Zanmi Lakay and their work graced the New York Times “LENS” today. I was honored to have witnessed them think, study, compose, laugh, smile and learn.

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A Real-World Example of Negotiating an Editorial Job

February 17, 2010

Bill Cramer, on his Wonderful Machine site, details how he negotiated and changed terms on an originally imperfect editorial contract.  A great lesson on how approaching a these situations in a calm, educated, respectful and business-minded manner works.
All contracts are negotiable or else they are not by definition a contract.
(Thanks to APhotoEditor for the link.)

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