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Key words in this issue: Traveling Digital | Airport Security

Organizer | America 24/7 | Indemnification | Photo Ownership | Zoo

Photography | Stock Photo |

NEWSWORDS: Time Protest | Cartier-Bresson Back in It | Largest Project

| Comstock Catalog | Skygazing | Agricultural Survey | Pop

Photographica | Crime Photography | Kodak Racing |

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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource

International. <http://www.photosource.com ==

ISSN 1530-0511

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TRAVEL NOTES

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Digital For Travel?

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked over the last couple

of years about whether I’ve moved to digital yet, I’d be a rich man.

The answer is ‘no,’ but the truth is that I’d very much like to, but

only when the hardware is up to it for what I do, and is good enough

the markets I supply. For a travel photographer, digital will be good

when the quality is right. I’d love to see immediately if that sunset

was the exposure I liked, right or "wrong" (a matter of personal

taste). Professional video cameramen operate with an electronic

viewfinder and judge exposure by experience, so expect to see this one

day in high-end still cameras.

There was a brief flirtation with half-frame cameras back in the

1970s, and today history has repeated itself with their digital

variants. Personally I like lenses to be as they should be, not

doubling the focal length on a half-frame. New developments in chip

technology mean that hardly a week goes by without some improvement.

So the digital future is just over the horizon for me with more new

cameras that are full frame; it’s just a question of time before the

price hits the area my pocket can stand.

OUT OF DATE?

So although I haven’t even used digital I get asked about what to buy,

and recently recommended to friends that they buy a compact Canon or

Nikon. For them I suggested anything with 4 million + pixels should be

good and future proof for a while hopefully; anything in the shops

today could be out of date tomorrow. As an example, Canon’s digital

D60 pro SLR body has been on the market for just twelve months and has

now ceased production.

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ADS WE’VE READ

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SECURITY CHECK POINTS ORGANIZER. The Flight Organizer has a clear

window that exposes your driver’s license, and a sleeve that holds

your boarding pass, the two important documents that must be shown

numerous times at all airports. The Flight Organizer is also

accompanied by luggage tags that you attach to the handle of your

luggage. With credit card, driver's license and cash in your Flight

Organizer you can breeze right through your car rental and go to your

hotel. Express ID has added 3 cards, labeled Car Rental, Hotel and

Flight. You put your confirmation numbers on them and your frequent

flyer miles. When used to its fullest the Flight Organizer system will

be the most efficient tool to travel with. To order go to

http://www.ezidtags.com or phone at 1 866 800-3943.

AMERICAN LIFE

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Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen, creators of the original "Day in

the Life" book series, have teamed together again to produce "America

24/7". They will be selecting 1,000 photojournalists for a project

documenting life in America. The photographers will be shooting during

the week of May 12-18. Photographers are asked to propose assignments

in their local communities, and will have use of Olympus digital

cameras. For more information: http://www.photoaim.com/wanted.html

HOW TO AVOID THE INDEMNIFICATION CLAUSE

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Some magazines, organizations, and publishing houses for a number of

years have been sending out a "consent and release" form when they

purchase photos. The form is actually an indemnification clause,

which, if signed, can indemnify them of all liability even in cases

where they could be at fault.

Since you'd like to deal with these buyers, try this: place the

following sentence at the end of their CONSENT AND RELEASE statement,

just before your signature:

"...as long as the pictures are not used in such a way that would

shock the normal sensibilities of ordinary people." (You can omit the

quotes.)

This throws the ball back to them, protects your First Amendment

Rights, plus calls attention to their duty to responsibly use your

pictures so as not to discredit you, your model(s), or their own name.

This would be a rarity, of course - - for them to make such an error

of publishing judgement (and they know it).

For the past few years, I have suggested to photographers that they

use this approach, and haven't heard any repercussions from buyers or

subscribers. Seems the organizations and publishers can live with such

an addition to their consent form.

Good luck! –RE

KRACKER BARREL

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Who Owns That Photo?

Need the answer to a stock photography question? At our website

<www.photosource.com/board you'll find our Bulletin Board, called

"The Kracker Barrel." Check it out. Our staff answers marketing

questions; fellow photographers offer their input and experience. The

following is a typical exchange.

I work for the U.S. Postal Service and have been assigned to take

photos as part of my duties. Since I'm the "author" of these pictures,

can I also add them to my stock photo collection and sell them?

William Fellet

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Yes, you can sell them. Actually, anyone else can sell them, too. If

you have produced photographs for a federal government agency, they

become public domain, unless an agreement for you to own the copyright

has been made in a signed contract. Works prepared by federal

government officers and employees as part of their official duties are

not protected by copyright. For example, even the Copyright Act

document and other federal government regulations are not protected by

copyright. Remember, though, this rule does not apply to works created

by state government officers and employees, in any of the 50 states.

Uncopyrightable works and works for which copyright protection has

ended, are referred to as "public domain" works, and can be copied by

the general public.

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NATURE

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Zoo Life

The debate about zoos being good or bad for the animals that live in

them has gone on for a long time. Just about everyone has an opinion

about them. The fact is, most major city zoos are working hard, with

the resources they have, to give their animals the best possible

living conditions. Plus, today most zoos have active breeding projects

which are the last hope in saving some of the world's endangered

species from extinction.

In My Opinion

I personally think most zoos and wildlife parks do have their animals'

best interests at heart. With education and preservation as the major

concerns, zoos have taken an active part in the planet's environment.

Today's zoos are not just places where wild animals are put on display.

ZOOS AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Today's zoos are wonderful places to take pictures. Where else, but at

a zoo, can you photograph dozens of wild critters from all over the

world, in one day, on the same roll of film? Not long ago zoos kept

animals in heavy cages with iron bars. A photographer may have been

able to get close to a Siberian Tiger, but the photos never looked

natural. The pictures almost always showed the concrete floor, the

cage walls, and/or a stressed out cat. Today zoos still use cages, but

they are built to look like natural environments without metal bars.

Photographers now have open areas with short telephoto accessibility

to the wildlife. Sometimes it is impossible to tell the difference

between a zoo photograph and a wild "in the field" one.

LOOK FOR THE SHOT

When shooting pictures at the zoo, try to shoot from angles that don't

show any manmade objects, like fences, in the background. Zoom in.

Close-ups of the face and eyes bring personality to the animals. Don't

hesitate to show people in the picture. Sometimes the people visiting

the zoos are better photographic subjects than the animals. Use the

wildlife as background for portraits.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I

don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world

are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want,

and if they can't find them, make them."

–George Bernard Shaw

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THIS WEEK'S WEB FEATURE

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

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS

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You'll be the first to know…

Note: If the URL is long, it may extend to two lines. In that case -

clicking on it won't work. Instead, "copy and paste" the URL.

Photographers and writers protest Time Inc. contracts - Several trade

organizations held a press conference at New York's City Hall April 23

to protest what they say are unfair contracts imposed on freelancers

through coercion by Time Inc.

http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/ - 3

Photojournalism great going strong at age 94 - Almost a century after

his birth and thirty years after he gave up photography, legendary

lensman Henri Cartier-Bresson is back in the spotlight with a major

retrospective and the opening of his foundation in Paris.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030430/people_nm/

arts_france_photography_dc_3

Olympus Partners with America 24-7, The Largest Photography Project in

History

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/

stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK8.story&STORY=/www/story/04-25-2003/

0001934112&EDATE=FRI+Apr+25+2003,+03:48+PM

Comstock Images announced the release of its newest catalog, "RF

Volume 9," featuring five new royalty free disc volumes that emphasize

ethnic diversity in a variety of subject categories.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/

cb_headline.cgi?&story_file=bw.043003/231205343&directory=/

google&header_file=header.htm&footer_file=

Sky-gazing with the king of nature photography.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0318/arts-wolfe.php

Aerial photography used in new agricultural survey

http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=124979

Photography event set for Toronto venues

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/

20030426/TRGLOB-3/TPTravel/TopStories

The Art Gallery of Ontario invites visitors to see photography in a

fascinating new light with Pop Photographica: Photography's Objects in

Everyday Life, 1842-1969.

http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2003/04/25/30970.html

National security expert details impact of aerial photography on U.S.

foreign policy

http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2003/blanton042403.html

Nifty PDAs boast the look of luxury - The NZ90 is worth lusting after.

Sony's upper-income Clié comes with a lovely color screen and the

most capable digital camera built into a PDA to date. The Palm has

enough memory to store roughly 200 images, or you can save pictures on

an SD card.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030430/

tc_usatoday/5115047

Kodak Racing to Debut Kodak EasyShare Car at Richmond - Eastman Kodak

Company said that it will debut, through its Kodak Racing program, the

new EasyShare race car at Richmond International Raceway on May 3, the

company's latest effort to increase promotional activity for its

digital products as part of a broader NASCAR-based marketing push

http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-21172039-

0.html

Photog Catches Bank Robber on Film - On assignment for a college

alumni magazine to photograph a Virginia bank executive April 1,

photographer Wayne Scarberry ended up photographing a robbery in

progress instead.

http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/ - 1

Photographer's imagery balances lyricism, documentation -"Bill Brandt:

A Retrospective," a selection of 155 vintage gelatin silver prints

from the Bill Brandt Archive in London, spans the length of the

photographer's career. Brandt made each print himself, sometimes doing

his own retouching in pen and pencil.

http://www.zwire.com/site/

news.cfm?newsid=7839482&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7563&rfi=6

Fashion Photographer Fonssagrives Dies at 92

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030429/people_nm/

people_fonssagrives_dc_2

Maid Of Honor Is Frowning After Photo Bill Goes Unpaid

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ucda/20030425/lf_ucda/

maid_of_honor_is_frowning_after_photo_bill_goes_unpaid

Megapixel Madness,

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/fo/20030424/bs_fo/

9e180295cc3fcd51bde4d64664fe0ae7

Local photographer raises money for Red Cross - Local photographer

Renee McLaughlin is hoping babies and the flag will inspire Ames

residents to give money to the Red Cross. McLaughlin created

customized note cards at her Distinctive Images studio adorned with

her clients' children wrapped in, holding and posed with the American

flag. The cards were traded for donations meant for soldiers stationed

in Iraq

http://www.zwire.com/site/

news.cfm?BRD=2035&dept_id=238095&newsid=7827055&PAG=461&rfi=9

Seeing life through a lens: Photographer makes time hesitate while he

creates - Veteran photographer Arnie Schneider has just taken another

stunning scenic picture of the untouched woodlands found only feet

away from his home. Schneider, 80-something years old and a resident

of The Meadows senior retirement community, has been interested in

photography for nearly seven decades. While retirement for many

individuals often means fewer hobbies, this is not the case with Arnie

Schneider.

http://www.townonline.com/marlborough/news/local_regional/

me_newsphotospics04252003.htm

Physician snaps to photography at City Hall

http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~1355992,00.html

Shelby photographer is national finalist - A Shelby photographer who

captured a sunset behind an old church in northcentral Toole County is

a rural photography contest finalist in "Country" magazine. Dean

Hellinger's photo, "Port in the Storm," appears in the May edition of

"Country," a Reiman Publication about rural America with roughly 1.2

million subscribers.

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20030429/localnews/

204227.html

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