February 2010
Issue 02/10
“Building Community among Image Professionals”
117 South Saint Asaph St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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NEWS FROM THE HEAD OFFICE
Cathy D-P Sachs, Executive Director
NATIONAL
2010 has begun with a renewed effort from our National Board and the main office to increase our membership while also striving to stop any attrition of existing members. With this in mind, we will be putting in place some real and specific membership benefits, while also exploring other opportunities for our ASPP community. If there are specific items that you would like to see us explore, please be in touch with our ASPP vice president, Holly Marshall, at hollmarsh1@aol.com. Likewise, if you there are any offers or opportunities that you would like to present to our members, please let us know.
REINVENTION WEEKEND, Boston
I have SO MUCH more to tell you about our exciting conference in Boston in April. We do pretty much have our speakers in place now, with their sessions, so let me outline the program for you:
Thursday, April 15
- 10AM – 5PM industry Trade Show in the Hotel Ballroom. Separate registration required for exhibitors at http://tinyurl.com/aspptradeshow
- Excursions to PBS’ WGBH all-digital studios and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Offered at different times so you can do both
- Demo of the newly launched pacaSearch Mega Meta-search Engine
- Evening reception
Friday, April 16
1. Story Telling in the New Media Age
Speaker: Lou Jones
2. Click, Tweet, Repeat: SEO, Social Media and Brand Management
Panel: Allen Murabayashi and Andrew Fingerman/PhotoShelter; IliseBenun/www.marketing-mentor.com; Caitlin Jewell/www.silverscape.com
The evolution and ubiquity of the Internet has altered the way we market and sell our products and services online. This session will cover SEO/analytics techniques and its relevance to the picture industry, social media and brand management, and how technology continues to alter the business of photography. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion of industry professionals who have "rebooted" their businesses by embracing change.
3. Giving Back: Creative Collaboration on the World Stage
Speaker: Ian Ginsberg/VII Photo Agency
4. NEW BREAKOUT SESSIONS: Career coaching/branding/portfolio and website reviews.
In keeping with our theme of Reinvention, these breakout sessions provide you with free, one-on-one and small group make-over meetings with leading business experts. On board are Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor, Photoshelter’s Allen Murabayashi and Andrew Fingerman and mentors from the Boston Chapter of SCORE, a nationwide organization of volunteers who provide small businesses with counseling and training. SCORE members offer, “straight-from-the-shoulder wisdom that puts you on the right path toward the future you’re working for.” This mix of valuable career boosting opportunities ranges from portfolio reviews, website critiques and resume building to marketing strategies and re-branding techniques. With all of this brainstorming power available, you’ll be certain to discover bright new ideas for any aspects of your career that need a boost!
Saturday, April 17
5. The Future of Content Licensing: Open forum with moderator
In this open forum, participants will help define the challenges ahead and posit solutions for the future of educational photography licensing. Together, we will consider the nuts-and-bolts of working in a changing environment:
- What rights do end users want in their licenses so they can produce competitive products?
- What licensing language and terms will work to protect content while still allowing some flexibility?
- What new systems are needed to protect content as it is licensed and re-licensed when rights are transferred solely via electronic transaction?
- Will agents, portals and middle-people become obsolete if technology advances to a point where content producers are more able to work directly with end users?
- What effect will new license models have on image producers?
Even if we can’t completely answer such questions, we can begin to test parameters and define structures for new methods of licensing so that ultimately all parties win.
6. Keynote Speaker: Brian Storm
Multimedia Storytelling
Storytelling opportunities continue to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age is giving documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary new ways to tell stories. With this new ability, you can also exercise a greater level of authorship with your work. How can the long-form, in-depth visual storyteller satisfy both their journalistic and financial needs in this environment? Learn how to disseminate your work to create an impact on the subject, issue and hopefully society.
Join Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm (http://mediastorm.org), to see how some of the top photojournalists have redefined their storytelling capabilities to include audio reporting and an eye towards publication in multiple media. Their work is capturing acclaim around the world in a time when reader’s attention spans are running short.
7. Predicting the Unpredictable
Panel: Brian Storm; Nancy Andrews/Detroit Press Press/; Rick Smolan/Against All Odds ; Dane Howard
Join a panel of experts in the photography industry as they attempt to predict the future. From new sophisticated technologies on the horizon, to the evolution of the still photographer in a wired world, these topics and more will be discussed and explored. What is new in new media? Does multimedia really have a definition? Will video still kill the photograph? Visual search, metadata perfection, smart crowd sourcing, new business models, who knows, who cares and more!
Evening reception
Sunday, April 18
ASPP Board and General Membership Meeting
Picture Archive Council of America: PACA is our conference partner in Boston. During Trade Show hours on Thursday, PACA is providing a demonstration of their newly launched pacaSearch (www.pacasearch.com). This mega meta-search engine is setting a new standard for stock image searching, taking hours out of your image search time.
Thursday’s Special Excursions: Attendees will be offered the opportunity to go on two excursions on Thursday, April 15. You will be taken on behind-the-scenes tours of WGBH (http://www.wgbh.org/) and the ICA (http://www.icaboston.org/). A fee of $10 will be charged to cover transportation costs.
Hotel Information: Our weekend will take place at the beautiful and historic Omni Parker House Hotel www.omniparkerhouse.com in downtown Boston. Special room rates of $199 per night (not including taxes) are available for all Conference attendees from April 12 through April 18.
Trade Show information and registration
http://tinyurl.com/aspptradeshow. Or, go to http://www.aspp.com/images/stories/documents/trade_show_booking_form.pdf
for a PDF of the booking form.
Reinvention Weekend information
http://www.aspp.com/index.php/education/2010-conference
Registration
http://tinyurl.com/ASPPReinvention. To download a PDF of the registration form, go to http://www.aspp.com/images/stories/documents/aspp10_regform.pdf
Hotel booking
http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/BostonParkerHouse/MeetingFacilities/ASPP4.aspx.
But hurry! The cut-off date for accepting reservations into our room block is Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sponsorship opportunities
Are you interested in being a sponsor of the conference? Either in an overall sense, for either of the receptions, for individual sessions etc. I would love to hear from you – cathy@aspp.com. Some of this information is available at our website at http://www.aspp.com/index.php/about-us/sponsorship-opportunities
The conference committee has been working hard to keep our costs as low as possible to make the “weekend” as affordable as possible. ASPP and PACA members can attend the entire conference for $495. So what are you waiting for? See you there I hope?
And finally, something to make you sit up:
COPYRIGHT, COPYRIGHT, and THEFT
This came in to me the other day which I found absolutely astonishing. I will let Patrick Ross, the Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance, tell you about it in his own words. He writes:”
If you haven’t heard yet of Pilfered Magazine, which encourages theft of high-quality visual works to be shared with humanity, read about it here on my latest blog post:http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2010/02/pilfering-copyrighted-images-mock-freedom-and-respect/
I never cease to be amazed at the audacity of some of our opponents.”
Your comments please….
Cathy D-P Sachs
Executive Director
MEMBER BENEFITS & INFO
WEBSITE...ASPP Pros. This is repeated owing to its potential as a member benefit. Every month we add more member entries. That's great. To your benefit, and to ours. Thanks. If you are not there and have a need to advertise your expertise, why not list right now? It is a free marketing opportunity for you. Statistics show that unique visits to our site are growing nicely. We are very well positioned through Google search. Can you afford not to be listed appropriately?
REINVENTION Why not take a five-pronged approach to marketing yourself through ASPP? Four are free (or nearly so). These are things you can do NOW, even before finding additional secrets from the real pros at our REINVENTION Weekend.
- local chapter involvement and networking
- post your capabilities on ASPP Pros on ASPP Pros
- Submit monthly, a PR piece on your achievements, plans etc for publication (FREE) in eNews. Name recognition.
- Join ASPP's LinkdIn for a professional BLOG and other networking benefits
- Advertise in The Picture Professional
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS. Just a quick reminder. You get an automated 45, 30 and 15 day reminder (from domain MEMBERIZE) as your membership approaches its expiration date. Yet many seem to be ignoring or forgetting these. We now have emailed directly from our ED recently to about 150 unrenewed memberships from 1 July 09 thru 31 January 2010, ; the "reup" or promise therof response has been significant, about 35% so far. Additionally, to date, the responses have all been very well received, and the refusals generally are from those who have changed careers or have retired.
FINANCIAL MEMBERSHIP ISSUES. We do NOT want to lose you, even temporarily. Our letter to each of you makes the point which I reiterate here. We recognize that times are tough, both for the economy, and in particular for our industry in the economy.
We here at National ASPP stand prepared to deal with you individually and confidentially re: your membership dues. We can do a spread payment option if that would be helpful. When times are tough is precisely when ASPP membership offers even more: networking; a helpful phonecall to or referral from a peer; our ASPP Pros section of the website (name removed as membership lapses); access to the jobs bank; loss of the quarterly magazine; loss if the increasingly informative eNews monthly; and the list goes on. Call us before you decide to lapse for pecuniary reasons, please.
Greg
Who also looks after admin side of membership
INDUSTRY NEWS IN BRIEF
(See below for more details)
Industry news in brief:
- PhotoShelter releases free Social Media kit
- HOW conference – 2 elements
- Photolibrary acquires Peter Arnold Inc.
- ASMP holds one-day Copyright Symposium
- ASMP’s dpBestflow seminar schedule
- Getty launches Thinkstock
- Creative Freelancer Conference
NEWS FROM MEMBERS
This section is compiled by Greg Ogden.
Please send your news by the 30/31st of the month to gregaspp@comcast.net.
We rigidly adhere to the 31st cutoff date.
Call Greg at 703.299.0219 or email if you have a special need regarding submission of time sensitive copy.
Readers Please Note
We publish eNews monthly. Our purpose is to provide you with more depth, in a timely manner. Cutoff date for ALL information is the last day of the preceding month. We endeavor to have it electronically on your screen by the 7th of the following month. eNews is yet another very effective way you can spread your corporate/professional news. Too few now capitalize on this. Members’ business news and accomplishments go to the entire membership monthly. And it is FREE. Use it. eNews is a major member benefit, and we are making it even better for you.
Photographers
BARBARA SINGER
www.barbarasinger.com
BARBARA SINGER WINS ACTING AWARD. Congratulations, Barbara from us all.
Winner of Best Actress Award at Tropfest 2008 For her role in the short Film Mrs. JONES!
refers. Don't miss this folks. You can even watch the film here.
Here is an excerpt of Barbara's comments that sums it up nicely
“It was a privilege to be in Jonathan Emmerling’s wonderful film. I am grateful for my study of Aesthetic Realism and all of the consultants and teachers at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation here in New York City, and particularly my acting teacher, Anne Fielding, for making it possible for me to have this new career in acting, which I love. I am grateful to Jon Polson and all of the judges and Nicole Kidman for this wonderful award. I shall be grateful for all of these things for the rest of my life.”
JASON LAURÉ
www.africatrek.co.za
MANDELA and TUTU IN SHOW
Jason Laure is exhibiting many images of Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and the Obama inauguration in a show at the San Francisco Art Exchange, the most important gallery on contemporary issues in the United States, from February 20 through April 4, 2010. This exhibit marks the progress of the civil rights movement not only in the United States but also in South Africa.
Previously, on October 18, 2009, at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica, Jason Laure sold 17 Woodstock Festival photos at an auction. This marked the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival in 1969.
In 2009, he also had 30 Woodstock Festival images published in the major book commemorating the Festival, called "Woodstock -- Three Days That Rocked The World," published by Sterling.
Further in 2009, he and Ettagale Blauer were co-authors of "Mauritania -- Cultures of the World" published by Marshall Cavendish.
They are also co-authors of two books, just published in 2010, one on Uganda and the other on Ghana, published by Scholastic.
Photo essays in two other Marshall Cavendish titles, "Angola," and Democratic Republic of the Congo."
New website: www.africatrek.co.za
RE: Woodfin Camp: Jason asks that you note this business announcement:
Any licensing agreement made on behalf of Jason Laure by stock photo agency Woodfin Camp & Associates should be relicensed directly with Jason Laure, 8 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011. Tel/fax 212 691-7466.Email: Africatrek@aol.com
JULIEN MCROBERTS
www.julienmcroberts.com
McROBERTS WINS MAG COVERS
New ASPP Member, Julien McRoberts was awarded the cover for the winter issue for
The Santa Fean Magazine as well as
Native Peoples Magazine.
Julien is recognized for her colorful, bold imagery of the Southwest and for specializing in Native American imagery. Her images allow you to take a unique look into this special and private world not accessible to most non - Native Americans.
For a quick journey to another world, click the link below to view a personal project
captured of the rare Comanche dances shot New Year's Day in New Mexico.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPh3Q6-Vt0
LAURENCE LEVIN
www.LLLevin.com
LARRY CHAIRS PHOTO CONTEST
The contest deadline was February 5, 2010. New contest rules, including important category definitions, can be found on the contest page.
New this year, the contest will be judged in Washington, DC, at American University on February 20, 2010. Judging will be open to the public. Contest Chair Larry Levin and NSC Board members will organize and administer the judging. Exact times and room location will be posted on the NSC web site nearer to the judging.
NSC Chair Michelle McLoughlin said “ we are excited to have Larry Levin onboard with us as the new chair to expand on an already successful contest.” Including helping to move the judging to an academic institution and judging prior to the NSC, Levin has developed new categories this year including:
Documentary/ News Value
An image or series of images that defines a problem or situation that moves your readers to action. In the tradition of Louis Hine, Jacob Riis and the Farm Security Administration, documentary photography still is a vital tool to communicate an injustice, a social problem or other current issue.
Self-promotion - An image or series of images that helps to promote the individual photographer. In today’s turbulent economic times, photographers need to be market their work to prospective clients and employers. Making creative and attractive work generates buzz.
GRACE NATOLI SHELDON
www.gracenatolisheldon.com/
Magazine Cover won
I am new to ASPP and I am interested in meeting you all. I specialize in food photography and have been working as a professional for 25 years. I have tons of stock images which I sell on my own but am interested in stock representation. You can check out my work on my website or contact me and I will link you to my Flikr portfolio.
In the last few months I have photographed for Reader's Digest Taste of Homeand Healthy Cooking Magazine, catalogs for O&H Danish Bakery, cover for Food Technology Magazine to name a few.
Agencies (Member name in parenthesis)
ARCAID (LYNNE BRYANT)
www.arcaid.co.uk
ENGLISH HERITAGE
Arcaid presents a collection of English properties on behalf of English Heritage. Click here for more info.
BLEND IMAGES (ROBERT HENSON)
www.blendimages.com
FRESH BLEND
Here is a Fresh Blend of imagery: www.blendimages.com/portfolio_view.shtml?393|Fresh Blend V49
GREEN STOCK MEDIA (MIKE KAHN)
www.greenstockmedia.com
FOOTAGE COMING in 2010
Greenstock will be expanding into the stock video footage market this year. Video has always been part of our vision, hence the word Media in our name. We see significant opportunities to meet many of our clients' needs better by having both photography and video on environmental sustainability subjects. Let us know if you have particular video topics you would like us to carry or if you are a footage supplier interested in distribution. By the time this announcement goes out you will also be able to view our very latest featured stock photos from our homepage:
http://www.greenstockmedia.com
IMAGE SOURCE (CHRISTINA VAUGHAN)
www.imagesource.com
Drawing for World Cup Tickets
Image Source announces a prize draw for customers to win a pair of tickets to Cape Town, South Africa for the World Cup.
Customers purchasing any product directly from imagesource.com from the 1st January to the 31st March will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win flights, tickets and accommodation to Cape Town, South Africa. To tie in with the launch of the new Image Source Cross-Media product, customers will additionally gain an extra 10 bonus entries with each purchase of a Cross-Media Pack containing matched still images and motion clips, a special bonus which is exclusive to customers purchasing via imagesource.com as opposed to through an Image Source distributor.
The winner, to be drawn on the 19th April 2010, will be flown with a companion from London to Cape Town, where they will be accommodated in a top hotel. Once in Cape Town, they will receive two pairs of Category 1 seated tickets to a Round 16 and Quarter Final match at the new Cape Town Green Point Stadium.
NATIVESTOCK PICTURES (MARILYN ANGEL WYNN)
www.nativestock.com
WINTER RELOCATION
Nativestock Locates To Arizona For Winter
NATURE PICTURE LIBRARY (RACHELLE MACAPAGAL)
www.naturepl.com
CUTE, FUNNY WILDLIFE
The Nature Picture Library is a great source of images that inspire. Whether it's a new idea, a picture that says it all, or just a picture to entertain, the collection has something to suit everyone's tastes from atmospheric landscapes and abstract compositions to cute and funny wildlife images. To view some selections, please browse the galleries below.
Abstracts
Graphic Plants
Moody Scenes
Pets
Quirky
SCIENCE SOURCE/PHOTO RESEARCHERS (ANNE MANNING, ANITA DUNCAN ET AL)
www.photoresearchers.com
ART WOLFE PHOTOS
Art Wolfe treks the world to capture these exotic, colorful and poignant images of wild animals, remote landscapes, and indigenous people. Whether it's a yawning leopard, a misty glacier, or the smiles of Maasai women, Art Wolfe has been there and photographed that -- to dazzling effect! Check out this sample of his images!
STOCKSHOP LLC (MAGGIE HUNT)
www.stockshop.com
EXCLUSIVE IMAGES & DISCOUNT
Tired of seeing the same images everywhere you search? Our rights-managed images are exclusive to StockShop so you won't find them on any other site. Check out the demographically diverse lifestyle images in our RM and RF collections. Make it your new year's resolution to license an image from us and receive a 20% discount at checkout with keyword "Exclusive," valid until February 10, 2010.
The Granger Collection (LILA DLABOHA)
www.granger.com
Obit. William Charles Glover
GLOVER--William Charles, age 76, of New York City and Nevis, West Indies, on January 12, after a brief battle with brain cancer. William Glover was the Director of The Granger Collection, a leading historical picture library, which he founded with his wife Erika in 1964. He was also a keen photographer, naturalist, and horticulturist with a particular interest in cacti, succulents, and palms. He was born in Wyoming in 1933, read history at Balliol College, Oxford, and after a short stint in the US Army, settled in the 1950s in New York City, where he worked first at Dover Publications and then at Culver Pictures.
He is survived by Erika, his wife of 47 years; daughters Johanna Wasylik of Alberta, Canada, and Lorna Abungu of Nairobi, Kenya; sons-in-law Rick Wasylik and George Abungu; and grandchildren Charlotte, Nicholas, and Alexander Wasylik, and Ajuma Abungu.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The George Marshall Institute
(www.marshall.org) or The American Indian College Fund (www.collegefund.org).
ZUMA PRESS (SCOTT MCKIERNAN)
www.ZUMApress.com
GOLD TRADERS of KABUL
Slide Show and story here: www.zreportage.com/GOLD_KABUL/GOLD_KABUL_Slideshow.shtml
Other (Member name in parenthesis)
SELLING STOCK (JIM PICKERELL)
www.selling-stock.com
NEW LAUNCH
I want to let you know about a new web site I've just launched(www.PhotoSellingOptions.com). It is designed to supply businesseducation for photographers at all levels of experience and expertise.I would like for you and some of the people who write or ASPP tobecome contributor. Some of what appears in The Picture Professionalcould be useful to non-members and at the same time might draw somenew members to ASPP.
Stories do not have to be original. Writers have a chance to make some money and most of all promote their other activities. Because readers pay each time they read astory the writer also get a sense of how many people really care aboutthe subject of the story. The site is a great opportunity for bookauthors to excerpt small sections of their book as a way of promotingthe entire book.
Here's some information on how the site works. It will contain stories, not just on stock photography (my area of expertise), but onevery conceivable way photographers can earn money selling theirpictures. Customers will pay to read each article. I hope to have manyindustry experts contributing articles. Contributors will receive 75%of any fees collected when someone reads one of their articles.
The site is focused on the business aspects of photography, not the creative. Rather than breaking news, we're looking for commentary,analysis, or explanations of strategies photographers have used orshould use to earn money. As much as possible, in this rapidlychanging business environment, stories should be timeless.
You can check out the site by going to www.photosellingoptions.com. Once there you'll see a list of some of the articles with briefabstracts. You'll want to read "How This Site Works" and "ContributorInfo". If you click on any story except those in "Free Stuff" you willget a message that you must buy credits in order to read the fullstory. The credit system will be activated in the near future.
However, if you go tohttp://www.photosellingoptions.com/authors/SignupBeta.aspx, fill outthe form and submit it I will set up your account with unlimited freecredits for a couple weeks so you can get a better understanding ofhow the site works. I will send you an email when your account hasbeen activated.
INDUSTRY NEWS
ASPP makes a concerted effort to inform our membership of the good works and opportunities offered by our sister organizations.
PhotoShelter has just released another free resource to the photo community at large, although it is titled Social Media Guide for Photographers. It is available at
http://www.photoshelter.com/mkt/research/social-media-for-photographers or you can request a 55-page PDF. Whether you need to know more about Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or blogging, this is a very thorough guide, from how to get started, to in-depth profiles of experienced users of different social media outlets.
HOW has combined its industry conferences into one huge event in June 6-9. See http://www.howdesign.com/GeneralMenu/ for general information. One particular element is the Creative Freelancers Conference, which will offer advice on managing your business, contracts, pricing process and more.
See www.creativefreelancersconference.com for more information
Photolibrary has acquired the Peter Arnold Collection, which will enhance the company’s science, medical and natural history offering.
Photolibrary plans to maintain the Peter Arnold Web site, investing in an upgrade within the next few months. (Long-time ASPP member Peter Arnold has run his agency since the 1970s, when he first established the collection with a focus on photomicrography and natural history. Remaining independent for more than 35 years in business, Arnold expanded the library to encompass nature, wildlife, medicine, environmental issues, weather, microscopy, underwater and the developing world.)
ASMP is holding a one-day symposium entitled “Copyright and the New Economy: Issues & Trends Facing Visual Artists” to address the sweeping changes in the way images are used and distributed. Find out more information and register at http://asmp.org/content/registration-counts. The event will take place on April 21 in New York City.
ASMP will bring together thought leaders representing different points of view on the subject of copyright to explore its significant issues, challenges and trends. They hope to establish a dialogue among representatives of the visual arts community, legal and governmental experts, and the publishing industry. This symposium is intended to seek sustainable business solutions by engaging in an important conversation about economic shifts in the industry, the current state of copyright, and what the future holds for those who produce and use visual works.
ASMP’s dpBestflow is launching a whole schedule of talks and seminars in the next few months, either as stand alone or at different industry conferences.
To see all of its comprehensive resources and to register for these seminars, go to http://www.dpbestflow.org/
February 4, 2010
Digital Bootcamp 2010 at International Academy of Design and Technology, Tampa, FL: 6 pm: A dpBestflow Seminar with Peter Krogh
February 18, 2010
Createasphere / EXPLORE Digital Asset Management conference and expo Universal City, CA : A dpBestflow session with Peter Krogh
February 19, 2010
Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA) in conjunction with PMA, Anaheim, CA : A dpBestflow Seminar with Jay Kinghorn
March 4, 2010
Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Two 70-minute ASMP dpBestflow Sessions with Judy Herrmann, Jay Kinghorn and Patti Russotti
March 7, 2010
WPPI, Las Vegas
Presenters: Jay Kinghorn and Judy Herrmann
March 24, 2010
Photoshop World, Orlando, FL
Bonus Class with Peter Krogh
Thinkstock is the new royalty-free subscription product that represents content from the Getty, iStockphoto and Jupiterimages brands. In addition to monthly and annual subscriptions, the site will offer image packs based on total downloads
The company also stresses “world-class legal protection,” which has been a popular theme in the industry in recent months, Thinkstock will protect customers against copyright claims and will defend and be responsible for damages and expenses up to $10,000 per image.
Creative Freelancer's Conference.
TREAT YOUR BUSINESS LIKE A BUSINESS. No matter how long you've been freelancing, managing your business can be an ongoing struggle. You not only have to keep up on contracts, marketing, client relations and pricing, you still have to do the actual work.
Luckily, the 3rd annual Creative Freelancer Conference will teach you how to effectively manage your business without sacrificing the creative work you love.
You'll learn:
* simple ways to streamline your pricing process and make more money
* which online resources—from portfolio sites to Twitter—are right for you and your business
* what to include in a contract to protect your work
* tips for managing your clients and their expectations
Plus you'll save when you sign up by the March 12 Early-Bird deadline!
Details here: http://www.creativefreelancerconference.com.
ADVERTISERS
Support our faithful advertisers, with hot links as shown. Consider joining them. These 55 individuals and companies advertised in The Picture Professional, our quarterly professional journal, in the last 4 issues, Issues 2008.4 through 2009.3
COMPETITIONS
TWO COMPETITIONS: info from pdn
New This Year
The Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation and Maine Media Workshops Scholarship and Prize for New Directions in Creative Photographic Portraiture.
Photographers are invited to enter portrait photography for consideration in this new category. The winner will receive $15,000 and a solo exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.
The Marty Forscher Fellowship.
The Marty Forscher Fellowship recognizes students and young professionals with a talent for humanistic photography. The fund will award two grants in 2010. Photographers are eligible by entering humanistic documentary images to the PDN Photo Annual. The Fellowship is sponsored by Parsons School for Design and Photo District News.
UPCOMING DATES
- FotoFest 2010
March 12 – April 25, 2010
Houston TX
www.fotofest.org
- SPE National Conference
March 4 – 7, 2010
Philadelphia PA
www.spenational.org
- Exhibit: Princess Grace of Monaco
London's Victoria and Albert Museum
Opens April 7, 2010
www.TopFoto.co.uk (has more info)
- ASPP Bi-annual Education Conference
"Reinvention Weekend"
April 15-18, 2010
Boston, MA
www.aspp.com
- ASMP Copyright Week
New York, NY
April 19 – 23
http://asmp.org/content/registration-counts
- Picturehouse (Germany)
Hamburg, DE
April 29, 2010
www.picturehouse-events.de
- BAPLA Picture Buyers Fair
London, UK
May 19-20
- HOW Design Conference
June 6-9, 2010
Denver, CO
http://www.howconference.com/GeneralMenu/
- CEPIC Congress
June 9 – 12, 2010
Dublin, Ireland
http://www.cepic.org/
- PACA International Conference
New York, NY
Oct 15 – 17
www.pacaoffice.org