Newslines
In between issues of the ASMP Bulletin, these news items from many sources will keep you up to date and informed.
Posted February 2006
David Alan Harvey featured at NikonNet
NikonNet’s Legends Behind the Lens series has added ASMP member David Alan Harvey. (The Legends page doesn’t make it easy to find anyone — Harvey is third from the left on the sixth row — but here’s a direct link.) Harvey tells an interesting story about how he works, and has chosen some fascinating images for the slideshow on his page.
Past “Legends” in the series include Kevin Gilbert, Nancy Brown, Joe Buissink, Steven Weinberg, B. Moose Peterson, Eddie Adams, Jay Maisel and Howard Bingham.
Aspen Photo Workshops sets summer schedule
At Aspen Photo Workshops, this year’s programs include locations in Utah, Oregon, Alaska and Great Smokey Mountains. Travel photographers may want to look into the Hawaii workshop. Aspen will also conduct its popular courses on Making Money in Stock Photography and The Digital Landscape. Space is limited; price varies by program.
In memoriam: Tana Hoban
On January 27, 2006, longtime ASMP member (and recipient of ASMP’s Lifetime Achievement award) Tana Hoban died at a hospice in Paris. She was 88 years old. She is survived by her husband, John Morris.
Hoban was born in Philadelphia and attended the School of Design for Women (now the Moore College of Art) there. In 1938, she traveled to England and Holland to study painting for a time. She then moved back to Philadelphia and began a career as a graphic artist and illustrator. By 1946, though, she had switched to photography. In 1949, her photographs of children were exhibited in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and, that same year, she joined ASMP.
She became very successful as an advertising and cover photographer. In 1959, she was named one of the top 10 female photographers in the U.S. In 1960, she participated in the White House Conference on Children and Youth. She taught at the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1969.
Beginning in 1970, she turned from making photographs of children to making photographs for children, creating a series of innovative books, starting with Shapes and Things (1970) and going on to win accolades for Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? (1978) and Take Another Look (1981).
The Washington Post ran a very nice obituary; here it is.
Agora Gallery opens competition
The New York City-based gallery will conduct its 21st annual juried competition through March 8. The juror is Manon Slome, chief curator of the Chelsea Art Museum and an independent art consultant in New York. Roughly 15-20 honorees will be exhibited in the gallery and, in addition, cash prizes of $500, $300 and $200 will go to the top three contestants. Entry fee is $35 for up to 5 visuals. Full details on entry procedures are at Agora’s contest web site.
Register early for Photoshop World
Going to Photoshop World Conference and Expo? If you register by February 17, you’ll save $100. The conference runs March 22-24, 2006 in Miami, Florida. For more details, visit www.photoshopworld.com.
Blind photographer tracks building sites via blimp
You think you got it rough? Morton Beebe, co-president of ASMP NorCal, sent us a clipping from SFGate.com about how photographer Matthew McNutt has prospered in spite of blindness.
February issue of Double Exposure features ASMP members
This month’s issue features an interview with Lois Greenfield, illustrated with several striking images of dancers in the air. Elsewhere in the online magazine, a contest is offering Barbara Bordnick’s Searchings: Secret Landscapes of Flowers, Vol III as a prize. You can also see some favorite images of Photoshop guru Julieanne Kost, whom you may remember as a featured speaker at the ASMP 2005 member meeting.
Casting call: fashion photographer to star in reality show
Making It Big, a prime-time television series seen across North America, is looking for three talented, up-and-coming fashion photographers. All three young professionals will be showcased in the Making It Big Fashion Photography episode — but only one will land the career opportunity of a lifetime.
Making It Big provides the thing money can’t buy: access. For example, the winner of the Entertainment Reporting episode flew to L.A. for meetings with Extra host Dayna Devon, executives at Dick Clark Productions and a top William Morris agent. The Fashion Design winner flew to New York where his work was displayed in the window of Saks Fifth Avenue’s flagship store. Meetings were also booked with the chain’s fashion director, its buyers and New York designer Cynthia Steffe.
Will it be you in the Fashion Photography episode?
To qualify you must have:
- Professional experience and a portfolio of your best work
- The talent and drive to make your mark as a fashion photographer
- Interest in telling your story on television
- The ability to cross the Canada/United States border and your residence in North America
Applications are available at the Force Four Entertainment website.
Robert Currie named IRIS Communicator of the Year
The New Jersey chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators has bestowed its “Communicator of the Year” award on ASMP member Robert Currie. The award was presented at the NJ/IABC’s annual IRIS Awards fete on January 26.
Insurance seminar for NY-area photographers
Aaron Schindler, a former photographers agent turned financial advisor, will present a free seminar, “Navigating the Health Insurance Maze.” The focus will be on insurance plans for sole proprietors and small groups. The seminar will be at the 57th St. offices of Schindler’s Wealth Advisory Group on February 22. (Please RSVP by Feb 17; seating is limited to the first 30 people.) Phone 212-261-1897 to reserve a place.
LA Center for Digital Art opens juried show
LACDA is now promoting its “TOP 40” juried competition for digital art and photography. Submissions may include any style of flat artwork or photography in which digital processes were integral to the creation of the images. The contest is open to all geographical locations. Forty winners will receive one print up to 24x36 on museum-quality paper, which will be shown in an international group exhibition in the LACDA gallery from March 9 till April 1, 2006.
Deadline is February 26, 2006. Entry fee is $30 for up to three uploads. The complete contest rules are posted at the LACDA web site.
X-Rite, GretagMacbeth to merge
The two leading makers of color calibration hardware (spectrophotometers and colorimeters) have agreed to a merger. Under the agreement, Michigan-based X-Rite Inc will acquire Amazys Holding AG, the parent corporation of GretagMacbeth, for about $280 million. We don’t expect any immediate change in the two companies’ product lines.
Text database puts member’s stock online
ASMP member Saxon Holt wanted to market his stock archive online, but did not need an image database — his archive is mostly film. His solution: “As I become more involved in stock photo sales I have decided to use a fairly unique approach because I have a 20-year text database (Hindsight’s StockView) cataloging my 200,000 images. At PhotoBotanic, my new website, we have created a text-oriented online database for editors and buyers to search my entire catalogue. All my work pre-dates digital and, while I am now scanning my best images, I can never scan them all. This website provides a way to find everything.
“I am fortunate to have a good reputation in my niche, horticulture market, so clients know that if they can find a photo captioned in my text database, the actual film will be high quality. This approach may not work for photographers with generalist files, but many of my photos are unique botanic subjects, so I am hoping this on-line database will be useful.
“There is still much work to do to promote my work in the digital world, including participating in our own Find A Photograph feature, but having built a text based catalogue with Hindsight’s StockView I believe PhotoBotanic has a firm foundation.”
ACDSee Pro is shipped
ACD Systems reports that ACDSee Pro Photo Manager has been shipped. Key new functions include RAW viewing and batch processing, support for the latest DSLR cameras, and ICC-based color management. Lesser features such as configurable shortcut keys, metadata display and custom workspaces are also present. ACDSee Pro outputs prints and contact sheets, creates slide shows (with music), and burns CDs and DVDs.
The Pro version costs $130 and runs on Windows 2K and XP. Upgrade pricing for owners of earlier versions is available, and we’re told that French-, German- and Italian-language are ready to go. Full details are at the ACD website.
‘Honeymoon’ exhibit in North Miami
“Deborah and Bill’s Fourteenth Honeymoon” is an exhibition by ASMP member Deborah Gray Mitchell at The Gallery at 12345 West Dixie in North Miami, FL. On display (through March 31) are 43 digital images taken during a driving trip around the Catalonia region of Spain and the South of France during May and June 2005.
Panorama seminar for Bostonians
Panoramic photographer Ron Pepper will host a seminar called “The Digital Panorama and Virtual Tour Workshop” at Zeff Photo Supply on February 8. Learn the ins and outs of creating stunning panoramas for virtual tours or high resolution prints. The event is sponsored by Realviz, Nikon, Kaidan, Apple and Adobe.
To register, call 617-489-3311 or visit Zeff U (scroll down a bit). Fee is $20.
NAPP starts Photoshop Tips daily video podcast
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has begun “Photoshop Killer Tips, an exciting new daily video Podcast featuring Photoshop Guru Matt Klowkowski, one of the co-hosts of the top-rated weekly Adobe Photoshop show Photoshop TV.
This new video Podcast is short and sweet, with each daily segment only one to two minutes in length, but each episode is packed with nothing but the coolest Photoshop tips, tricks, timesaving shortcuts, and easy-to-follow step-by-step tutorials. Subscribe (for free) to Photoshop Killer Tips. New episodes are posted each weekday.
PhotoAssistant.Net to offer Digital Technician Boot Camp
On February 25, NY-based photographer and technician Von Thomas will offer a one-day seminar called “Digital Technician Boot Camp.” It’s aimed at the assistant with two or more years of experience. Topics include: digital back setup, sensor cleaning, maintenance (Canon, Phase One); capture and conversion software and techniques (C1 Pro, Photoshop CS); calibration and profiling of displays (Eizo); white/gray balancing digital captures; essential location tools and more.
The cost of the seminar is $350. To register, contact Von Thomas by email or phone 212-929-3646.