Apr 6, 2015 | WRP Ed Zone
Yep, Moose is coming to London to talk and explore wildlife photography and much more with you! We have a whole bunch of things planned and only a few spots left … we’ve got for you …
25 April – Passion in a Click – Full day presentation (description below)
(form to register is below, price is $79, held at Hilton London Metropole)
26 April – Warbird / Aviation all day shoot
(Registration)
28 April – Take the Yank Photowalk
(morning and evening event, free)
29 April – Evening presentation in London
What am I going to be talking about at our Passion In A Click presentation? That’s all below. While I’m a Nikon shooter, this is a PHOTOGRAPHY day where everything is about visual storytelling. Ya, There will be a couple of Nikon references because that’s what I use but it’s all about photography. You are requested to bring your camera body and a basic lens to the presentation because it is very much a interactive day and you’ll be wanting your camera from time to time. Well, here’s the day:
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We can’t wait!
Apr 2, 2015 | WRP Ed Zone
I’ve been a Stacy fan for a longtime! She didn’t know that, but I’ve been entranced with her images ever since I first became aware of her work. Combat photographers are unique members of our armed services performing a role that is often thankless. Now I’ve not meet Stacy but I know her husband though it took a while for me to be convinced he really is her husband (he’s a really good guy too!). He was kind enough to offer to have Stacy sign one of her marvelous books for me and for our son Jake. Well, Mr FedEx delivered four books for us and they are a true treasure! A Photojournalists Field Guide is a magnificent book that ANY photographer no matter their genre will gain so much knowledge reading. I gotta a real kick of the exercise section … point taken! And while you might find the book geared towards the photojournalist or combat journalist, it really pertains to any photographer whose goal is to tell a story. That should be all of us! Her other book Shooter is a powerful look at what our young people who are serving in the arm services experience in what would be their daily lives. It will make you wanna say thanks to any service person you might meet! Pick up either or both of these books, they are a great read and you will be a Stacy fan too!
Mar 23, 2015 | WRP Ed Zone
Yep, Moose is coming to London to talk and explore photography with you! We have a whole bunch of things planned and only a few spots left … we’ve got for you …
25 April – Passion in a Click – Full day presentation (description below)
(form to register is below, price is $79, held at Hilton London Metropole)
26 April – Warbird / Aviation all day shoot
(Registration)
28 April – Take the Yank Photowalk
(morning and evening event, free)
29 April – Evening presentation in London
What am I going to be talking about at our Passion In A Click presentation? That’s all below. While I’m a Nikon shooter, this is a PHOTOGRAPHY day where everything is about visual storytelling. Ya, There will be a couple of Nikon references because that’s what I use but it’s all about photography. You are requested to bring your camera body and a basic lens to the presentation because it is very much a interactive day and you’ll be wanting your camera from time to time. Well, here’s the day:
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Mar 2, 2015 | WRP Ed Zone
For me, the vultures have been circling on this topic for some time. Three things happened last week to finally make me take action. I talked with a another photographer who does it and I have only the highest regard for her. I watched The Grid (you’ll need to watch the whole thing to understand). And then I lost a potential sale cause of it. So ya, I changed!
What happened to push me over me was, a photo that I had given permission to use on the web was used in a web column. Under the photo was the caption which clearly stated my name as the photographer. What in the past has always worked failed this time. That’s because the person looking at my photo DIDN’T READ the caption so didn’t see my name! It boggles my mind but this seems to be a growing trend. We have forgotten to or lost time to read. In my day, turning a magazine side ways to read the photo credit was a full day sport. Now, we don’t seem to have time to read captions. I have no clue if this change if implemented sooner would have made a difference. But I don’t want to always be wondering.
Then there are some out there always picking at the bones for a freebee. You have things like this that popped up over the weekend. We’ve had our run ins with newsmedia grabbing our images in the past. This makes it seamless. Will this stop theft? Not even and that’s not the point!
Now understand, I’m not running around the office screaming the sky is falling. I’m not really thrilled with the “panic” the copyright enlightenment discussion has caused amongst photographers. WRP has never had to go to court, ever, to solve any type of anything, avoiding it by simple good, solid, business practices. Ya, we’ve had our copyright infringed and it was dealt with it professionally and equitably for us. And those incidents don’t dictate our business decisions. Missing a potential sale, that most certainly does! So after this week, my name now is in white type, microscope in size, in the corner of my images at only 25% opacity. Will it make a difference? Only time will tell.
Feb 18, 2015 | WRP Ed Zone
I’ve been asked to be part of a very cool, private print exhibit featuring a whole bunch of my heroes. That’s cool and I’m honored! I’ve been ask to submit for this exhibit just one photo … one! OMG! And that’s scares the crap out of me! What this comes down to is, my picking the #1 photo that sums up my forty years as a photographer. How do we go about picking just one image, just one bloody image? Go horizontal to hog the most wall space? How about vertical to catch the eye of anybody of any height? Go the cheap out and just throw something red on the wall? That sucks all in no matter how bad the images might be. Go for the tear jerker or the slap happy humor? The photo above isn’t the #1 image. Or is it? What’s the criteria for #1? The favorite, the best, the biggest money maker, what the spouse likes best, what some editor liked best, what some online poll voted, the best? I have a folder where I’ve been copying those images that might be contenders in this self imposed selection contest. I keep staring at them and every now and then, I delete one slimming down the odds and making the field smaller and smaller. But as I look at them, one thought keeps going through my mind. My photography comes down to a lot more than one just one, #1 photograph. And that, I think is what it’s all about! But this still scares me to death!
