Aperture X? WWDC This Monday? Lets Hope The Sign Says It All
There have been numerous signs of Apple getting ready to release an updated version of my favorite photography program, Aperture. WWDC, the World Wide Developers Conference is this next Monday and Apple has been preparing the Moscone Center in San Francisco with graphics that are hinting at a redo of… Read More »
Flickr’s CEO Marissa Mayer Inserts Foot and Twists!
A couple of days ago I wrote about the new changes taking place at Flickr. Overall pretty positive other than the fact Flickr removes Metadata/Contact Information from all photos other than the largest, high resolution version. Then yesterday Flickr’s CEO Marissa Mayer stuck her foot in her mouth and gagged out… Read More »
The New Flickr ~ Stripping Your Photo’s Contact Information
Yesterday Yahoo announced they were improving their photo sharing site Flickr, giving every Flickr user one Terabyte of free cloud storage for photographs. “Wow” I thought. “What a deal”. I’ve had a Flickr account for a least a couple of years but I’ve never used it. So off I went… Read More »
Fix Your Photos Without Photoshop – 10 Options
This past week Adobe announced their new Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service that will force Photoshop and Creative Suite users to pay a monthly fee for the use of Adobe’s software. The idea is to get Adobe users to accept the idea of paying for software on a subscription plan.… Read More »
UK Photogs, Petition Against New Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2013
UK photographer Martyn Chillmaid recently made me aware of a petition being circulated on the internet taking a stand against the new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2013. My only disappointment is you have to be a UK resident to sign the petition. So if you are from the UK you… Read More »
Hunt’s Photo & Ilford Present Fine Art Print Making Free Webinar
I’ve known Gary Farber since way back in the days of film. He’s a great guy and works hard for his customers. He and I recently reconnected at the NANPA conference and he sent me some information on a free webinar Hunt’s is hosting on March 29 at 1:00pm EDT.… Read More »
Open Invitation to Photo Industry Players – Metadata Roundtable at PhotoPlus Expo 2013
I’m currently working with ASMP on a program to highlight the issues of Contact Information, known as Metadata, being stripped from our photographs when uploaded across the web. We’re planning to have a roundtable-like discussion this fall at PhotoPlus Expo 2013 in New York City. I’m interested in contacts representing any… Read More »
Watercolor Workshop With Mom – Boca Grande Art Alliance
One of my dreams has been to share a workshop with my mother who’s been a fairly prolific artist dating back to my earliest memories. I proposed the idea to her a couple of years ago. The idea would be to team up in order to help her art students… Read More »
New York Photographer Goes After DKNY For Illegal Photo Usage
I recently found this great article on the US News Bblog about photographer Brandon Stanton who was approached by DKNY to use his photos of street people from New York. As the article describes, DKNY offered an unreasonable fee for the use of so many images, so Brandon declined the… Read More »
Getty Gets Nasty With Photographer Who’s Finally Had Enough
Awhile back I wrote about Getty Images sealing a deal with Google that was announced on their Blog as “5,000 new photos of nature, weather, animals, sports, food, education, technology, music and 8 other categories are now available for your use in Docs, Sheets, and Slides”. 5000 images handed over to… Read More »