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Wired.com’s photo department wants to help you

June 30, 2011 – 12:57 pm

Raw File, the photo blog of Wired magazine, has just launched a series of posts called “Assignment Wired,” in which Wired.com’s photo department will be giving out assignments and posting and critiquing selected submissions at the blog. “You’ll learn firsthand what it’s like to be on assignment for Wired.com,” according to Raw File, which describes [...]

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What kinds of images should stock shooters aim for?

June 23, 2011 – 11:25 am

What kinds of images should stock shooters aim for? Jim Doherty, senior art director at Blend Images, shares his suggestions in an interview with John Lund, a.k.a. The Stock Photo Guy… . John Lund: As stock shooters we are often advised to “fill the holes” in agency collections. Are there still holes, and if so, [...]

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A camera that will focus for you—after the fact

June 22, 2011 – 8:04 am

Have you heard about the Lytro? Its standout feature is that you can correct the focus of a shot, including changing the depth of field, after you take the photo. We’re not talking autofocus, nor is this fix-it-in-Photoshop. This is intended to be a major step up from that. “The Lytro camera captures far more [...]

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Life.com’s first annual Photo Blog Awards

June 15, 2011 – 7:50 am

. Last week, LIFE.com announced the winners of its inaugural Photo Blog Awards, “the Web’s 20 most compelling, most consistently insightful and surprising photography blogs. ” The honorees, which were chosen from nearly 300 popular blogs, “deliver a thrilling, clear-eyed picture of the state of photography and photojournalism today,” as LIFE.com notes. Curious about why [...]

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Looking at a job from a client’s point of view

June 8, 2011 – 8:29 am

Over at the blog for Campaign Brief, the Australian ad-industry trade mag, there’s an excellent essay on what can be learned from looking at a job from a client’s point of view. It’s sort of a confessional piece, almost a mea culpa, by Jason Rose, who worked for a long time as a creative and [...]

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Riding the waves last weekend with Steven Lippman and Surfers Healing

June 7, 2011 – 11:30 am

Twice a year, Steven Lippman goes out with his fellow Surfers Healing volunteers and spends a day enabling kids with autism to experience the thrill of riding the waves. “The disease of autism has a way of imprisoning children inside their own minds. Surfing seems to unlock those doors in a very special way, granting [...]

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The case against day rates

May 27, 2011 – 10:19 am

If you’re a photographer who’s been wrestling with how to establish a day rate, you’ll want to watch this video. Freelance photographer John Harrington, president of the White House News Photographers Association and author of the book Best Business Practices for Photographers, says “you never need to use the word day rate in communicating with [...]

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Ad Age names “creatives you should know”

May 23, 2011 – 2:41 pm

Advertising Age‘s recent “Agency Issue” spotlights “creatives you should know,” a list that spans eight agencies from around the globe. The mini-profiles of each person reveal just how prevalent digital is today and how much the definition of advertising has broadened. One agency’s promo for Mitsubishi involved inviting people to drive a real car through [...]

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Want to host a fund-raising exhibition of Jason Hindley’s Japan photos?

May 17, 2011 – 1:17 pm

. This week, theprintspace in London will open an exhibition of 100 photos by Jason Hindley that he took during various trips to Japan over the past 13 years. Proceeds from print sales from the show, titled “Familiar and Distant,” will benefit the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. (In fact, the Japan Society of [...]

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Meet Ace Tan, Stockland Martel’s Asia-based rep

May 12, 2011 – 11:33 am

Stockland Martel is pleased to welcome Ace Tan to our team of seasoned photo reps. Ace, who is based in Singapore, will be covering all of Asia, with the exception of Japan, and while she will be the point person in Asia for all categories of our photographers’ work, her focus will be on what [...]

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