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Strictly Business is an event put on by the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and is one of the best resources I’ve found to learn best practices and critical business skills every professional photographer should employ to excel in the business of photography. The last time I attended ASMP’s Strictly Business event I wrote up a quick review with in a few hours of the close of the event. Back

It’s hard to believe but it has been 3 years since I was in Los Angeles for ASMP’s Strictly Business 2 event as an attendee absorbing as much as I could about professional photography best business practices. 3 years later I’m returning to LA for ASMP’s Strictly Business 3 event as a guest panelist on new business models. If you’re in the area this weekend and serious about learning more

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

Thursday evenings ASMP NorCal chapter event “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age” as expected proved to be incredibly informative. The panel (see this post for the whose who of the event) was extremely impressive and spoke to copyright concerns that all photographers should be tuned in to. Not only was the panel great, but the questions asked by the audience were timely and gave a frightening snapshot to the

On April 17th ASMP is hosting a panel discussion titled “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age: Copyrights? Copyleft? What rights are left?” This event should be noteworthy for several reason but most notably because of the meetings tone (see below). This won’t be your father’s Copyright event. This isn’t a “How to fill out the Federal Forms”, or “Let’s complain about Evil Clients” event. This