Monthly Archives: August 2009

Menuez.com one of liveBooks’s “Sites of the Week”

August 12, 2009 – 3:23 pm

…. …. As we previously reported, Doug Menuez recently unveiled his brand-new website, which he created through liveBooks. Now Menuez.com is being featured as one of liveBooks’ “Sites of the Week.” Click here to see his site and the two others that made the cut. …. ….

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Photojournalists in “a crisis”

August 11, 2009 – 9:15 am

Well, there’s bad news, and there’s good news. Let’s get the bad out of the way first. In The New York Times, David Jolly reports that photojournalism is in “a crisis” because the proliferation of amateur photographers and the slashing of newspaper and magazine photo budgets have created a perfect storm in which skilled photojournalists [...]

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So you think you can advertise?

August 11, 2009 – 8:15 am

…. ….. Advertising Week, the ad industry’s trade show, is coming up next month, and the event’s organizers have come up with a novel way to promote it: “The Big Ad Gig,” in which art directors and copywriters compete to win a month-long stint at an agency. Like many advertising concepts, this one borrows from [...]

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Is Flash bad for you?

August 7, 2009 – 9:42 am

I’ve been reading a lot about new and better approaches to Web design at various sites, specifically as it relates to photographers. Photoshelter, for example, has posted some excellent advice about topics like SEO and the importance of giving each of your site’s pages an individual title. Flash, and why it might actually be doing [...]

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A PhotoPlus seminar that will scare the crap out of you

August 6, 2009 – 10:04 am

PDN has just announced the lineup for this year’s PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo, and among the 100-plus seminars listed, one in particular caught my attention: “How to Work From Ad Agencies.” (By which I think they meant “How to Get Work From Ad Agencies.”) The seminar will feature three panelists—Sara Galkin, an art [...]

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The Studio Manager Questionnaire: Meghan McNeer

August 5, 2009 – 4:00 pm

…. …. Meghan McNeer, the studio manager for Liz Von Hoene, on making good playlists, drinking shocking amounts of coffee, and having a “vocational mullet” … …… How did you hear about this job? I met one of Liz’s old camera assistants through a friend of a friend and was his assistant for two years, [...]

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The seductive power of photos will never die

August 5, 2009 – 9:08 am

Matthew Rolston recently wrote a column for American Photo magazine called “Digital Future,” but the title is somewhat misleading. Matthew’s piece is a sort of overview of the changes in the magazine industry, how publishers are responding, and what readers now expect from imagemakers. It’s both a wake-up call for his fellow photographers as well [...]

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It ain’t easy being an art buyer

August 4, 2009 – 8:05 am

And now, if we could take a moment to appreciate all the art buyers out there—the people who daily put themselves in the line of fire, dodging bullets both from photographers and clients alike. Reading Heather Morton’s post this morning at HMAb, “Defending the Art Buyer,” I got a new perspective on what art buyers [...]

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The debate over CGI

August 3, 2009 – 11:05 am

The Creative Review has published a provocative article titled “The Traditional Studio Photographer Is About to Die,” on the increasing popularity of CGI and what it means for photographers. If you’re a commercial photographer and haven’t added CGI to your repertoire, you might want to read it. “We’re fast approaching the tipping point,” car photographer [...]

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Walter Iooss: Athlete

August 3, 2009 – 9:18 am

Last year, Sports Illustrated published Athlete, a collection of 150-plus photos by Walter Iooss. I was at “The Digital Journalist” today, a monthly online magazine for digital journalism, and I saw that they’ve posted the introductions written for the book by Michael Jordan and Terry McDonell, editor of Sports Illustrated Group. Did you know Walter’s [...]

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