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Key words in this issue: Royalty Free | Shooters | Advantage | Spam Blocker | Photo Search |

NEWSWORDS: Digital Transformation | Child Photographers | Digital Standards | Wireless | Cuban Photos | Kodak Growth | Manuel Alvarez Bravo | Digital Photo Software | Schatz Book |

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## PhotoAIM weekly newsletter for 10/26/02 ## 385d

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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource

ISSN 1530-0511

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If it looks like a duck, if it walks like a duck. . . .

LOOKING BACK ON ROYALTY FREE

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Ever since Royalty Free stock photography came into the market back in the mid '90s, I've received numerous e-mails from photographers asking me not to mention or promote Royalty Free in my writings.

Since PhotoSource International is an organization whose purpose is to help both photo suppliers and photobuyers in their sales and search of illustrative photography, I'm committed to reporting on every approach to stock photography, from the perspectives of photobuyer as well as photographer.

Today we can discern more precisely what markets Royalty Free can serve, now that the dust has settled and RF photography has made a place for itself. RF reveals itself as putting forth photos that fall into the commonplace, not very unique, run-of-the-mill categories. RF photos easily fill the needs of regional and local advertising, calendar, and post card companies.

The reality of the stock photography business is that not every photobuyer needs a blockbuster image every time. More importantly, many photobuyers, whether in the commercial or editorial field, are not prepared to pay premium fees for stock photography. Their budgets do not allow it

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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio: Steve Allen:

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SHOOTERS

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LEE SNIDER recently had photos featured in YANKEE MAGAZINE, CHEVRON ODYSSEY MAGAZINE, and HISTORIC TRAVELER.COM, among others.

SALLY McCRAE KUYPER sold (thanks to a lead in the PhotoDaily) 2 color photos for use in the college textbook: Sociology: A Global Perspective. The images are of advertisement signs on a highway.

BUSINESS NOTEPAD

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ANOTHER ADVANTAGE to specializing. As your stock photo files grow in your chosen areas of specialization, so does your knowledge. You become more valuable as a resource to publishers. You’ll find that they’ll be asking you to write articles based on your know-how in your specialization areas. Whenever you can offer both writing and photography to an editor, you go to the top of the "Available Freelancers List." Don’t feel comfortable stringing words together? Remember that you can start with brief articles accompanying your photos. Take advantage of the writing course(s) available on the Internet or at your local Votech school or college. -RE

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform."

–Mark Twain

FREE THIS WEEK

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MailWasher Free. This software program allows you to view incoming e-mail before it is downloaded to your computer by your e-mail program. You can also have the option of "bouncing" messages so that your e-mail address appears to be invalid. (The spammer will then delete your address as "not worth the trouble." Try out "MailWasher" at (http://www.mailwasher.net) is an anti-spam tool that allows you to view incoming messages on your POP3 mail server before they're downloaded to the computer by your e-mail program. Not only can you preview and delete unwanted messages right off the server, but you have the option of "bouncing" messages so that your e-mail address appears to be invalid.

Theoretically, this should eventually result in less spam, as your "inactive" address gets removed from bulk mailing lists. MailWasher "learns" over time to recognize junk and will make suggestions about messages that should be deleted or bounced. Support is planned for Hotmail and AOL Mail. The download is free for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. You have the option of making a donation to the developer if you find the program useful.

THIS WEEK'S WEB FEATURE

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Display your photos on your own personal web page on our PSI web site. Visit the PhotoSourceFolio and see how other photographers are displaying their work.

EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 30th

Watch for developments in the field of stock photography in PhotoAIM's

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS

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Digital Is Rapidly Transforming Consumer and Pro Photography

Young children show aptitude for photography -Children as young as four years old can show an aptitude for photography and are capable of framing a portrait shot.

Digital photo print standard progresses - The Common Picture Exchange Environment (CPXe) announced earlier this year will consist of an online directory maintained by I3A that will help consumers quickly find photofinishers in their neighborhood that process digital photos, plus software standards to enable cameras and photo.

Photo companies focus on wireless - The technology industry thinks it has the answer to keeping digital photography on its steep growth track—first do away with the PC, then dump the camera. Instead of focusing on staples such as cameras and PC software, companies were more excited about pushing digital-imaging capabilities into cell phones and other devices, and viewing the images anywhere but through the traditional PC setup.

Greetings From Cuba: Photos Span The Spectrum of Life – These black-and-white and color photographs shot by nine Washington area photographers during a visit to Cuba last year are solid but uneven. A good number could illustrate a tourist brochure; others capture gritty urban life

Kodak's third quarter seen beating estimates - -- Eastman Kodak Co. said yesterday it expects third-quarter earnings to significantly beat Wall Street estimates as streamlined operations offset slack growth in its traditional camera and film business.

Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Photographer, Dies at 100 - Mexico's greatest photographer and a world master of his art, died on Saturday at his home in Mexico City. He was 100.

Making digital cameras a snap - Chao has spent years studying what photographs mean to people. They're a lot more than snapshots. Chao's solution is Picasa, a new $29.95 software program slated to reach stores next month. It is just one of a new cluster of products being developed around the increasingly popular field of digital photography. It solves the most basic problems for digital photographers.

New book out by Howard Schatz, famed people photographer, "Athlete".

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