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As a follow up to yesterdays Copyright 2.0: Copyright In The Hyper Digital Age (Video) post… If you’re just now starting to hear about Orphan Works legislation read the link below on the Stock Artists Alliance web site to get up to speed. If you’re a photographer, even if you consider yourself an amateur, it is in your best interest to lobby your Senator or Congressperson. The second link below is t

Here in California during the Spring all the photographers go crazy looking for wildflowers. While wildflowers are great I can’t help but think a flowerless field is equally if not more attractive. A field such as this is quite a busy subject to photograph, yet due to our exposure to grass on an everyday basis we seem to lump it all together into one object. Back in college chemistry there was the concept of th

In mid-April there was an excellent panel discussion “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age” put on by ASMP discussing the changing landscape of Copyright law as it impacts photographers. A variety of discussions took place, but the most timely and interesting was about the Orphans Work legislation that is again being discussed in the US Congress and US Senate. No other legislation is likely to have as big of an impac

The 16th and 17th episode of EXIF and Beyond has been released. These episodes feature an interview with Jeff Sedlik, President and CEO of the PLUS Coalition (usePLUS.org), current Professor of Photography at the Art Center College of Design and also a past president of the Advertising Photographers of America (APA). Discussed is the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS). Although relatively young by comparison t

In the May/June edition of Digital Photo Pro I have an article featured on Creative Commons that was spawned from my EXIF and Beyond podcast interview with Professor Lawrence Lessig. Look for it at your local book store. In the mean time the online version of this article has just been released and I invite you to take a look. Creative Commons – Digital Photo Pro [tags]Creative Commons, Lessig, Digital Photo Pr

I spent a few minutes during my lunch today to view and listen to a feature on the New York Times web site titled “Ansel Adams’s Yosemite“. With in this article are 9 photographs of Yosemite National park from Ansel Adams along with a short narrated audio piece by Ansel Adam’s assistant Andrea G. Stillman. This is a must view and listen for landscape and nature photography fans. It took only a

A new photography podcast PhotoNetCast has been launched featuring (4) four photographers and bloggers. The podcast focuses on photography related current events, off and online. The photographers and bloggers involved in this podcast include Brian Auer of EpicEdits, Jim M. Goldstein of JMG-Galleries, Martin Gommel of Kwerfeldein, and Antonio Marques of Words: irrational. Episode 1 and 2 have just been released. Epis

Dark descending on Los Angeles is always a sight to behold. As noted in earlier posts the view from Griffith Observatory is always a favorite. My next trip to LA will be more beach focused, but I still can’t help but think of this view every time I visit. Griffith Observatory Sunset, Los Angeles II View more photos of Griffith Observatory [tags]Los Angeles, California, Griffith Observatory, sunset, photo, photo