Cross-posted from Light Stalking [by JasenkaG] Storing RAW photos in the cloud can be quite problematic because various photo storage utilities don’t accept RAW files, such as Flickr for instance. There are also cloud services which let you preview RAW files, while others don’t have this useful option. Before choosing your storage utility, you should make sure to research all the options and understand what’s best for your needs. The cloud services listed below are…
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a new community-based project called “Faces of Freelance” on Freelancers Union. Cross-posted from Freelancers Union Blog Meet Nicholas Mc Millian. He is a Brooklyn-based freelance videographer, filmmaker and photographer who hails from Trinidad and Tobago. You can check out his work here, here and here. Tell us about your work. I’m the founder of Millianvision, a film and video production company committed to creating socially responsible content that uplifts, informs and inspires our…
Cross-posted from Fstoppers [by Nils Heininger] Have you ever heard the argument that photography isn’t art, because everyone can do it? That’s bull. All forms of photography need artistic thinking to some extent. It seems like an unspoken agreement that photographers don’t like to talk about it: Everyone can create decent images on a modern smartphone. The technical act of taking a properly exposed picture is no rocket science anymore. In fact, it gets easier and…
Cross-posted from The New York Times and ProPhoto Daily. [By John Leland and Maureen Cavanagh] “Jill Freedman, a hard-working, hard-living photographer who immersed herself for months at a time in the lives of street cops, firefighters, circus performers and other tribes she felt were misunderstood, died on Wednesday at a care facility near her home in Manhattan. She was 79.” “In seven books and numerous gallery exhibitions and journalism assignments, she specialized in finding people…
Cross-posted from Freelancers Union [by Tyra Seldon] In August of this year, I celebrated my freelancing anniversary. As with many anniversaries, it was a time of reflection, celebration, and planning for the future. Amongst an avalanche of memories, I started to recall how timid I was about payment expectations when I first started. I did not have clearly stated expectations— I was just so happy to freelance that the opportunity itself often slightly outweighed my…
Cross-posted from SLR Lounge [by Alice Houstons] Jason Lanier recently posted a video on what photographers should do when companies steal and use their images without permission from them of their clients. How does he know how to handle this? Because it happened to him, and he fears it’s going to be happening to more and more photographers in the coming future. The company Jason is referring to in the video is called Rory Lights. Back in…
Cross-posted from The New York Times. [By Katherine Q. Seelye] “Known chiefly for her portraits, Ms. Soames, a rare woman in the testosterone-fueled world of Fleet Street newspapering, was a purist. She shot exclusively in black and white, considering color a “vulgarity,” and relied as much as she could on natural light. The results were celebrated portraits of prominent people of the second half of the 20th century — Margaret Thatcher, Sean Connery, Rudolf Nureyev, Margaret…
Cross-posted from Fstoppers [by Christopher Malcolm] This is a short story about a brief moment and the significance of a photograph. Today, I’d like to tell you a story that may or may not be true. It’s a small story, seemingly insignificant aside from the parties immediately involved. But the brief moment in time stuck with me for some reason, and I thought I might take a few words to share it with you. Last…
Editor’s Note: David Hume Kennerly is an ASMP Professional Member. Cross-posted from AZCentral [by Rachel Leingang] The archives of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist will join the University of Arizona’s collections, the university announced. The images and artifacts of David Hume Kennerly, 72, who has photographed 10 U.S. presidents and leaders from around the world, will be part of the university’s Center for Creative Photography in Tucson. In total, Kennerly’s archive includes nearly 1 million “images, prints,…
Editor’s Note: Andy Batt is an ASMP Professional Member. Cross-posted from andybatt.com Recently I came across a blog post that essentially blamed professional photographers for creating boring stock photos, and that boring stock photos are the key reason that companies should be using User-Generated Content. To sum up: stock photos are bad/boring, therefore companies and marketers are forced to look elsewhere. Deep into the article, we get this gem: “People whose work is used don’t…