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Weekend Reading 7.7.2022
by Frank Rocco | Weekend Reading
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. (Image: Tracy Boulian) ‘The Bézier Game’ Will Improve Your Photoshop Pen Tool Skills The Megapixel Wars and Its Long-Awaited...

What It’s Like Shooting 50 Portraits on 32 Sets in Just a Few Hours
Featured images: Clay Cook Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Anete Lusina] Photographer and filmmaker Clay Cook and his team were given a challenging task: shooting visuals for the successful businessman and former CEO of YUM! Brands David Charles Novak and the...

Apply to Become a Mentor for The Bridge Discussions
by ASMP | The Bridge
The Bridge is a mentorship program for emerging photographers, combining real world experience with group discussions and in-person mentorship. We are seeking working artists and creatives, as well as other professionals essential to the photography industry, to be...

PRESS RELEASE: The ASMP Bridge Mentorship Program Returns for 2nd Year in NYC, Launches Nationally
by Thomas Maddrey | News, Press Release, The Bridge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Thomas Maddrey, ASMP General Counsel & Head of National Content and Education maddrey@asmp.org San Francisco, CA, July 6, 2022 -- The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), with its NYC-based Chapter ASMP NY, and Bridge...

Photographer Sues LA Lakers Player for Cropping Out Photo Attribution
Featured image: All-Pro Reels and licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Cross-posted from petapixel.com [by Pesala Bandara] Los Angeles Lakers player Kendrick Nunn has been sued for copyright infringement by the same photographer who recently settled a copyright infringement...

Weekend Reading 6.30.2022
by Frank Rocco | Weekend Reading
Interesting/useful/fun stories to check out over the weekend (Warning: Highly Bookmarkable). A weekly roundup of links curated by Frank Rocco. (Image: Tracy Boulian) Marilyn Monroe Is Digitally Reimagined To Front Fashion Magazine Shoot “So TikTok Got Me Fired”: Woman...