Rip Off: - noun. exploitation, esp. of those who cannot prevent or counter it. If you wanted to get yourself 1,000 free photographs that are royalty free, and a printed catalog for ease of browsing, what would be the best way? Why, call it an "opportunity" to be published in a book, and pitch it to unsuspecting students. When submiting "up to five photos" to the proposed book "Stocked Up: 1,000 Ro...

I decided to move the updates from the post on “How Much Money Do Commercial Photographers Make?” here and add a few more that have been submitted:…  — APhotoEditor Source and : aphotoeditor.com Technorati Tags: Commercial Photography

In this episode Kerry sits down with the world famous commercial photographer Chase Jarvis to talk about the world of commercial photography. Chase explains some of what goes into a large commercial project and what ...

There is a lot of interest among photographers exploring traditional as well as historic chemical printing processes in producing digital negatives. Tim Gray,  who does Platinum printing and who reported on this here last year, now provides us with a tutorial on Using QuadTone RIP (PC version) to Create Digital Negatives. ____________________ If you wern't too deep in your cups early on ...

Over at the Photobox blog they are complaining today after Flickr has apparently cut off their commercial API access. Photobox is a commercial photo printer in the UK who had previously been able to use the Flickr API to help Flickr users print photos with them. From the Photobox blog: “At PhotoBox we passionately believe in

Sometimes when you are doing marketing copy being painfully honest is the best approach. This marketing copy is brilliantly simple and unforgettable. This little commercial is a kick, but it’s just the “tip of the iceberg”. This commercial was done by Rhett and Link over at ilovelocalcommercials.com. These two guys show the power of a video

I don't know if you realize this yet, but there are some holidays coming up later in the month, some of which customarily involve gift-giving. A brief commercial advertisement, then: Our friends at B&H Photo have created three pages of shoppers' bargains for the season, with some good prices on popular stuff. SLR holiday specials from B&H Point-and-shoot holiday specials from B&H Video/Camcorder h...

As I announced last week, I had the incredible opportunity of shooting a Fall Ad for Tamron USA using their award winning travel lens (the 18-270mm) on my Canon 40D. For the Tamron Lens Commercial shoot, I had the following goals: - Scout a location where in the middle of summer (end of July) the scene would

Increase download speed with Samsung dongle : Samsung Electronics has announced the commercial availability of the Samsung dongle or Long Term Evolution (LTE) dongle, in Sweden and Norway. TeliaSonera begins offering commercial 4G Samsung dongles (Samsung GT-B3710) for customers in Stockholm, Sweden and in Oslo, Norway. The introduction of the commercial dongle follows the announcement in October ...

Commercial photographer is rated one of the fifteen most stressful, lowest-paying jobs in the United States, according to a Payscale.com survey published on CNNMoney.com. In alphabetic order here are the top 15. 1. Assisted living director 2. Commercial photographer 3. Curator 4. Film/television producer 5. Fundraiser 6. High school teacher 7. Marriage/family therapist 8. Membership director 9. Mi...