Twenty passionate photographers, twenty interesting projects, twenty great interviews, all illustrated with inspiring images. The Best of ASMP 2010 is a fantastic online showcase, well conceived, smartly laid out, definitely worth quick five-minute browse, although you will likely get sucked in for a longer ride, and might want to bookmark this as a great resource for learning and motivation.
“You begin with on-camera flash and after one shoot realize how utterly terrible that approach is underground,” Bob Hower shares of the techniques he has developed over 35 years while recording mining operations. After beginning with Howser, Best of ASMP 2010 invites us into the worlds of Herbert Ascherman, Anne Hamersky and Jamey Stillings, then introduces us to twelve more photographers before ending with Matt Dayka, Tom Rossiter, Shawn G. Henry and Manjarmi Sharma.
“If you are not registering your work with the Copyright Office, you are not respecting your work either. Registering your copyrights is the professional thing to do.”
“When I first started registering my photographs with the Copyright Office, I cherry picked images or projects based on my own assessment of their value.
“It turns out that I am not the best judge of what the market will like or use. For example, I photographed a project 10 years ago for an architect. The license clearly states no third-party use. Fast-forward: I recently discovered these same images on various sub-contractors’ websites.”
Carr goes on to explain that:
“Without registering the work prior to the infringement, I simply do not have the big stick to bring to the table.”
The Reality
As Carr points out, there are some many factors working against photographers when in comes to copyright infringement in the digital era, especially:
“We are two people — a mother and a daughter — embarking on a journey around the world to document and film the stories of individuals — ordinary people who are following their own dreams, passions and ambitions and doing extraordinary things.”
This is a project worth keeping tabs on. For one thing, it’s Mooney’s latest personal project, which are always impressive, as she uses them to push her photography forward, both creatively and in terms of business.
“Opening Our Eyes” is particularly interesting to those of us in the industry because Mooney will be pushing her limits in terms of working in both still and motion, employing light and affordable equipment. In short, she will be heading into waters that many of us will heading into ourselves — still & motion — and she does so with the insights of an impressive background in traditional still and motion.
Mooney is in a perfect position to show us how to capture both great stills and motion, ensuring that both get put to the best use. (To see what Mooney’s capable of, check out her shorts for “The Delta Blues Musicians” and “Freedom’s Ride.”)
This is not to suggest that “Opening Our Eyes” will be about photography for photographers. Hardly. As always, Mooney will focus on the story — on her subjects — focusing on the task of best communicating that story to the most appropriate audience. Continue reading “Still, Video and Social Media: Gail Mooney Will Open Our Eyes”
Category: The Industry — Ethan G. Salwen @ 5:44 am
When commercial photographer Joe Pobereskin FaceBooked me to join the social media site’s “Photography is Not a Crime” cause group, well, I have to admit, I didn’t think much of it. I’m not a power FaceBooker, but I should have giving Joe’s ping more credit. Joe is well respected for his feverish, outspoken support of all manner of photographers, and “Photography in Not a Crime” definitely looks promising
Joe has done a lot of photography advocacy work through the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), but has shown his ability extend his reach using New Media. He started a photo-centric blog a couple years ago, and now he’s turning to FaceBook.
We’ve all accepted that working with the digital photography medium is a process of constant learning. Still, wouldn’t it be nice if there were one place we could go to find all the answers to all our digital imaging questions? Well there is. It’s a wonderful place called UPDIG.
The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines (UPDIG) are a set of very concise and well informed guidelines related to the full scope of digital imaging practices. Just a few of the topics covered include color management, monitor calibration, file formats, naming conventions, resolution, sharpening, file delivery and workflow. And there’s much, much more.
Twenty passionate photographers, twenty interesting projects, twenty great interviews, all illustrated with inspiring images. The Best of ASMP 2010 is a fantastic online showcase, well conceived, smartly laid out, definitely worth quick five-minute browse, although you will likely get sucked in for a longer ride, and might want to bookmark this as a great resource for learning and motivation.
