Today I heard from David Riecks, one of the industry’s leading experts on metadata issues. He informed me that he is working to figure out how social media sites are handling photographic metadata. (Stripping out all, some or none.) Clearly this is a critical issue. To learn more, check out Riecks’s “Photometadata.org” blog post of December 3 on the topic:
“Do Social Media Websites Preserve Photo Metadata?”
Hearing from Riecks motivated me to check out at Photometadata.org, which was not up and running the last time I wrote extensively on metadata topics. I strongly suggest you take a quick look at this important resource site and note how it can help in your specific metadata learning curve.
Photometadata.org is a comprehensive, valuable online learning resource for both quick reference and deeper background learning and in includes how-to tutorials in PDF and video formats. Essential links are listed.
Back in May 2008, in this blog, I reported on some metadata fundamentals in Continue reading “Find Critical Metadata Knowledge at PhotoMetadata.org”
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There, I said it. Stock photography is dead. Which is to say, from the photographer’s perspective, making and licensing stock imagery is no longer a viable way to earn extra income, let alone make a living purely through stock sales.
This opinion is not one based on deep research, and it can easily be refuted by any number of photographers who are still making big bucks from both old and new stock. But I think this “stock is dead” perspective is critically important for photographers to embrace so that they do not waste precious resources trying to squeeze money out of a dead industry.
Don’t get me wrong. Stock isn’t going away — especially not from the user’s point of view. Stock images are Continue reading “Stock Photography is Dead”
Tags: Betsy Reid, Image Licensing, Jim Pickerell, Rohn Engh, SAA, Stock Artists Alliance, Stock Photography
The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) has been one of the many photography industry associations heavily involved in working to alter the language in the so-called Orphan Works legislation, with the goal that final version of the law will have a less negative impact on creative professionals. Following is a press release the association issued today. It provides some up-to-date perspectives on the issue, as well as resources for better understanding Orphan Works.
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Tags: Industry News, Orphan Works, Press Release, SAA, Stock Artists Alliance
