Protecting Our Work
Because there are steps we can take to be on firm legal ground, we need to be on to take action when an infringement does happen.
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Business Of Photography Blog Posts
Business Of Photography Blog Posts
How do we make the most as photographers?
How do we make the most as photographers? How do we make the most as photographers? Because I’m interpreting this question in a couple of different ways, I’ll address both. As an avocation (hobby) All in all, Id’ say that the hobbyist makes the most as a photographer by simply enjoying the act of making
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How do freelance photographers earn a good living?
How do freelance photographers earn a good living ? The Background For This Blog Post Often, in my classes, it seems some of the people in the class are thinkin’ about trying to earn some money with their photography. What’s a good living? To start, lets define “what’s a good living”. But you
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What Is Fine Art?
What Is Fine Art? Fine Art, Fine Art Photographer and SEO I’ve got an issue with the terms “fine art photography” and “fine art photographer”. To be specific, I view those terms as an attempt to elevate the the work, or the worker, with words. In addition, I think that words are cheap
If Our Pictures Are Good Enough To Use …
If Our Pictures Are Good Enough To Use Then they’re good enough to pay for. The Way Photographers Make Money As professional photographers, we should be in this business to make money. Specifically, we’re paid for our time, expenses, and a fee for using our work (usage fee). In other words, if our pictures
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Photojournalism and Credibility
Not only have the reporters lost their credibility, but they news organizations that these reporters appear on have lost credibility too.
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Get In Crash Position
It’s going to happen.
It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.
Your computer, and any other hard drive or storage media that you use is going to fail. Yup, it’s going to happen.
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Our Stock (Photography) Options – We Gotta Know The Markets
If you are considering making a venture into stock photography what should you consider?
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Grab ’em By The Copyright
What If I asked you to agree to give me a photograph that you created?
Would you agree to give it to me if I put restrictions on how you could use It?
What if part of our agreement was that I could use your photograph to make money but I did not have to give you a penny of any money that I made, would you still agree?
What If I could let anyone use the picture for anything that they wanted, do we have a deal yet?
What If I could charge whatever I wanted for the photograph, effectively undercutting you on price, could I have it now?
What If by giving me your picture you agreed that your photograph would no longer be yours and you would have to get my written permission to use it for any reason, are we in agreement?
If you’re a professional photographer, you could clearly see how this is damaging to your ability to generate income with your work. Yet many photographers are agreeing to give away their work under such terms.
How could this happen?
Watch the following video
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Copyright-No Means No, UNLESS…..
A blog post based on conversations with participants during my photography classes. No Means No, UNLESS….. ….you say yes to those who can then say yes to those you said no to. If we’re gonna control how our work is used (and whether we get paid for the use of it) we’ve gotta be clear
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