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Key words in this issue: Training Photobuyers | Dinodia | Low Pay | Digital Reality | Transferring Rights | Digital Guide | Photo Search |
NEWSWORDS: Early Photography | New iMac | Master File and Zefa | National Parks | Plane Spotters | Street Photos | ACLU Suit | PDF |

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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource
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ISSN 1530-0511

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Should you "hand-hold" your photobuyers through the process of accessing your website? Yes, says Jagdish Agarwal of the Dinodia Picture Agency in India.

The ever-changing advances in computer operations and software have made some photobuyers wary of learning to use the Web as a source for their photo needs. To overcome this dilemma, a stock agency in India, Dinodia, has come up with a free unique customer service: They enlighten photobuyers on the benefits of the Internet.

Jagdish Agarwal, owner of Dinodia, invites photobuyers to a one-hour free consultation at his agency. Clients not only learn of the newest software but, 1.) how to access sites and locate subject matter; 2.) which are the sites that offer them maximum variety; 3) how to judge quality of pictures; 4.) how to access specific pictures at lower cost and buy them on-line through one's international credit card.

Agarwal says, "All this is so easy, photobuyers wonder why they never made maximum use of the Internet in the past."

THE RESULTS

Jagdish Agarawal reports that the response to his invitation has been positive.

"But there's a bit of psychology involved here," says Agarwal. "Some photobuyers are intimidated by the Internet, others know more than I do, so I have to be careful not to sound like a teacher, but like a friend who is there to help."

Some of the comments I have received:

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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio: Lee Snider:
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Why Low-Paying Markets?

A photographer recently asked on our chat section, the Kracker Barrel >http:/www.photosource.com/board<, why our marketletter, The Photoletter, listed low-paying book and magazine markets. Here was our response.

PhotoStockNotes (May 2002) featured our annual list of photography-oriented sites available on the Web, posted in order of ranking as compiled by Alexa.com. There were 152 companies listed.

In that April issue we also separated out the 26 websites that appeal directly to stock photographers, listed in ranking order as per Alexa. PhotoSource International is listed Number One, with the highest ranking. Our site gets 15,000 hits per day.

Within our site, we are always curious to know which section receives the most traffic. Of our 57 sections, the most popular, other than the Home Page, is Stock Photography 101.*

SP 101 is designed for photographers just breaking into the stock photo industry. Its popularity reflects that there are many photographers out there who are new to the field, and who are hungry for how-to information.

IN THE ARTS, RARELY DO YOU START HIGH

Few photographers just starting out or starting over in stock are going to break in at the top. They work their way up. They choose magazines to work with initially that are on the low end of the payscale, markets that the pros don't work with. A newcomer will accept the lower pay from these outlets, for the promotional benefit of the chance to showcase their work and get tearsheets of their published photos. A published picture acts as strong evidence of credibility for a photographer making new potential photobuyer contacts.

Why Two Market Letters?

This is the reason we have two marketletter services here at PSI. The PhotoDaily, for the pros, lists only photo needs that pay above $100 per image. Lower-paying markets are listed in a second, weekly marketletter called the PhotoLetter. These markets don't have a substantial budget for photography, yet they don't wish to resort to rock-bottom Royalty Free images. Average pay range in the PhotoLetter is $25-$50 per image.

PhotoLetter features such publications as American Fitness Magazine, and other special interest, regional, or non-profit publications, or those which have an audience so small that their budget won't allow professional rates. For photographers new to the field, these markets are equivalent to the farm teams in major league baseball, or to summer stock opportunities for actors just breaking into the field of acting. And we all know that many a Hollywood star got his or her start in low-budget movies.

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Shackleton 'Endurance' Pictures Make Online Debut on Alamy Images. Rare Shackleton selections are available for purchase on the Internet for the first time, as of April 30, 2002. Alamy Images (Abingdon, UK), a leading online provider of specialist images and general material from the world's major picture agencies and photographers, is offering 40 images from the Shackleton collection. They are available on alamy.com, and consist of scenes of the crew engrossed in day-to-day tasks, the barren landscape, and the ship trapped and listing in ice, during the 1914 - 1916 Antarctic expedition. For more information: Monica Hart, Alamy, monica@alamy.com .

Lynn Goldsmith is opening a gallery of her photography, in Basalt Colorado - A show of Lynn's Portraits of Rock Icons from her book PhotoDiary will open the gallery on July 12th.

Bob DeWeese of DeWeese Arts is the Grand Prizewinner of the 2002 National Dance Week Photography Contest for his entry of a hand-manipulated SX-70 Polaroid photograph of a ballerina.

Digital Reality

There's no doubt that digital technology in the stock photography industry is advancing constantly. But how far has it advanced, where is it going to, and when will it get there? Having recently finished a survey of editorial stock photography buyers, I've come closer to understanding where we are when it comes to digital submissions.

Most photobuyers welcome digital previews with open arms. But many are still reluctant to accept digital images for the final submission. Most editorial photobuyers have been disappointed with digital submissions from stock photographers in the past. They say they are not getting the digital quality they want and the way they want it.

How You Submit

With digital images - be they from a digital camera or a scan - the accuracy in how you submit to a photobuyer is crucial. A slide is a slide is a slide, but a digital image can be saved in the wrong format, the wrong size, the wrong resolution and so on. If one of these is wrong, that might be enough to make the image unusable for the photobuyer, and the photobuyer is forced to scramble to select a different picture for publication.

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Transfer of Exclusive License by Licensee Requires Consent

When you, as the owner of copyrighted photographs, grant an exclusive license for the use of these photographs to a licensee, there is an expectation that the licensee will be the only entity that uses the photographs for the intended purpose. There is also an expectation that the licensee will not transfer these rights to someone else without your consent.

The United States Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit has confirmed that, in fact, this is the law, and that any such transfer without the consent of the copyright owner may constitute copyright infringement.

The facts in the case, Gardner v. Nike, Inc., are relatively simple. Nike entered into a written license agreement with Sony Music Entertainment Group, which granted to Sony the right to exploit a cartoon character called MC Teach, on and in the packaging of phonograph records and other merchandise, and exploitation of MC Teach in connection therewith, in exchange for a percentage of the profits earned. Nike retained ownership of the copyrights. The agreement was silent as to Sony's right to assign its rights under the exclusive license.

Thereafter, Sony in fact assigned its rights in this exclusive license to Gardner in exchange for a share of the proceeds derived from use of the MC Teach character. After Nike threatened legal action because of this unauthorized assignment, Gardner commenced litigation seeking a judgment declaring the transfer to be valid. (Sony, which interestingly made no representations to Gardner about its rights, took no position other than to agree to abide by any Court decision.)

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GREAT BARRIER REEF, by David Doubilet, is a breathtaking journey through the coral labyrinth that stretches more than 1,250 miles along the east coast of Australia. This coffee-table book is Doubilet's personal documentary of a place he calls an Eden, miles of coral dreams where "on every dive there is something new and perfectly wonderful." Doubilet is a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society. ($40.00; ISBN: 0-7922-6475-4) Contact: National Geographic Books, 1145 17^th St, N.W., Washington DC 20036-4688.
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0792264754 .

BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL IMAGING, for Photographers and Other Creative Types, by Rob Sheppard. Beginning with equipment, the reader will learn what to look for in a computer, a digital camera, scanner and accessories. Information on Zip drives, memory card readers, CD burners and hard drives is given, along with recommendations for optimal sizes and speed for imaging. ($29.95; ISBN: 1-58428-078-6) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298.
http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584280786 .

"Do not condemn the judgement of another because if differs from your own. You may both be wrong."
-Dandemis

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The innovative work of Le Gray, France's most important 19th-century photographer, is featured in this exhibition covering the artist's career from the early 1850s through 1867
http://www.getty.edu/

Apple Computer served up a new iMac model with a larger flat-panel display at the Macworld Expo trade show.
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-942608.html?tag=fd_top

Digital photography's road ahead
http://news.com.com/2008-1082-940868.html

After Getty Images and Corbis, German-based, zefa is the third-largest stock photo agency. Masterfile, of Canada, has offices and affiliates in 25 countries. They have formed a five-year strategic alliance.
http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/index.html

Summer At Our National Parks - AAA is unveiling for the summer season its newest publication: National Park Photography, written by veteran nature photographer, Tim Fitzharris.
http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20112973-0.html

Big Bird Watching Plane Spotters Running Into Difficulty After Sept. 11
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33768-2002Jul6.html

Hirshhorn's Gritty "Open City Street Photographs Since 1950" is the first major group photo exhibition in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's history.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24103-2002Jul4.html

A university sophomore says the ACLU invaded his privacy by publishing his photograph depicting him as a convicted criminal in one of its issue advertisements.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/9/7/154354.shtml

Printers Becoming Less and Less Challenged by PDF
http://www.trendwatchgraphicarts.com/fastfacts/fast179.html

Dot-com Shutdown Pace Slows. Nearly 100 Internet Companies Closed This Year.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1536584

Stillborns Re-Touched by an Angel - A mother who digitally enhances photos of her son finds herself in demand from other parents of stillborns. "It's much easier to share pictures if it looks like a normal baby."
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53624,00.html

Digital cameras' prints will come, industry hopes
http://www.iht.com/articles/63522.html

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