photography
Tired of "aggregators" stealing his pics, a photographer sues Paid Members Public
One photographer has had enough of a viral content site nicking his photos [http://petapixel.com/2015/07/31/this-is-what-it-looks-like-to-sue-a-viral-clickbait-site-for-photo-copyright-infringement/?curator=onemanandhisblog] : > California-based photographer Jeff Werner has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular website ViralNova for publishing (and profiting from) his photos without his permission. Theft is
New toy…uh…investment Paid Members Public
I managed to take a little time in a frantically busy day to escape my desk for the pleasure of playing with my new little business investment [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00T9OEYO6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00T9OEYO6&
The death of the one hour photo lab Paid Members Public
Sometimes we in media think we’ve been hit hard by digital. Be profoundly glad you don’t run an independent one-hour photo shop: > No other business over the past 15 years has died off with the near-totality of the all-American photo shop. There are now just 190 left
Is the quality of professional photography discernible to average readers? Paid Members Public
On professional photography versus reader-contributed photography: > Not only did viewers know what they liked, but they were able to accurately identify which of the 200 photos and captions they were asked to view were shot by pros, and expressed a distinct preference for the professional over the user contributed
Flickr embraces the public domain Paid Members Public
This is an interesting move: > But we’ve heard from our community that we’re missing two important designations: Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0). Many members of our community want to be able to upload images that are no longer protected by copyright and correctly tag them
The origin of the selfie stick Paid Members Public
The selfie stick actually predates the smartphone: > My daughter, Sage, and I were travelling. She was young, and we were actually in Italy, at the Pontevecchio, and she was taking a picture of me. I was taking a picture of her, and then [we were] trying to flag down
Luck of the light Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/adur-ferry-morning-light.jpg] Sometimes photography is about luck. This morning, I was in the right place at the right time, just as the light shifted. And this is the shot I got. One of the best of the year. Pure
Non-operatic males shouting at each other Paid Members Public
It’s been a geological age since I last linked to Brian Micklethwait – and I suspect some of my current crop of readers might find his brand of libertarianism somewhat unpalatable – but I keep on reading him after what must be a decade now because he’s always interesting, and
