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Key words in this issue: Royalty-Free | Tax | birthday | Antique |

PhotoSourceBOOK 2004 | Creative | Light Streaks | Outlook

Express | Exhibits | Africatrek |

NEWSWORDS: Wildlife | Jail | Free Photoshop | Polaroid |

Ban On Photography | Animals

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How Reliable Are Internet Photos From A Royalty-Free Website ?

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The following recent news story gives food for thought for photo researchers who depend on large corporate royalty-free agencies to supply them with photos.

In Ames, Iowa, the Iowa State University Press last month published a collection of Pulitzer prize-winning journalism. Joseph Pulitzer, the famed newspaper editor and renowned namesake of the Pulitzer Prize for journalism, is featured in a photograph on the cover of the book.

Or is he? One mistake. The freelance graphic designer who researched and found the cover image did not double-check the accuracy of the photo, furnished by a stock photo agency. Editorial proofing on the part of the Iowa State University editorial staff somehow missed that the picture on the cover of the book was not of Joseph Pulitzer, but the classic writer Joseph Conrad, author of Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, and other novels. The Pulitzer book is already in print. The cover photo will be changed if the book goes into second printing. -RE

TAX TACTICS

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Family Fun

As a stock photographer you have the ultimate tax breaks when you include your family with you on your business trips. Your spouse and your children serve as models going, returning, and while in the place of your assignment. In addition to receipts for the costs they incur, you also have documentation that they were working on the trip: your photos. Your family members are your models in your editorial and commercial photography.

How much can you deduct?

An accountant familiar with intellectual properties can guide you in the answer to this question. A good rule of thumb is to measure the time your family spends on business activity during your trip. Your spouse need not work more than eight hours, and the children, four hours, to be eligible for business deductions. Again, a knowledgeable tax person can help you determine the percentage of your expenses you can deduct for their services.

Reminder: Before you became a stock photographer, none of these expenses were deductible. Now you have a distinct advantage, to enjoy the benefits of our tax laws that allow you reasonable deductions.

Rohn Engh is director of PhotoSource International and publisher of PhotoStockNotes. Pine Lake Farm, 1910 35th Road, Osceola, WI 54020 USA. E-mail: info@photosource.com . Fax: 1 715 248 7394. Web site: www.photosource.com .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY To Us!

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This month marks the start of our 27th year as publishers of market information for photographers and photobuyers. In 1976 we established the PhotoLetter marketletter. In 1983 we pioneered going on-line with e-mail delivery of the PhotoLetter (using NewsNet) to better serve our subscribers. In 1984 and 1985 we launched the PhotoMarket and PhotoDaily marketletters; in 1988 we began fax delivery; in 1993 we created the PhotoStockNotes monthly informational newsletter. Five years ago we established our website (www.photosource.com), now the most extensive and comprehensive site on the Internet for stock photographers, receiving more hits per day (15,000 - 20,000) than all other stock photo sites COMBINED.

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KRACKER BARREL

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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.

PERMISSION FOR ANTIQUE PHOTOS

Q: I have recently purchased photos and negatives from an estate in California. I believe that these photos have been taken from "photo albums" and are not "professional" photographs.

The subjects are people, animals and buildings photographed during the 1930's and 1940's.

My purpose, in purchasing these items, is to use them in paintings, photography and other artwork I intend to create for sale.

Should I worry about any copyright infringement?

Can I place a copyright on the photos and negatives myself?

How far does my ownership of these items carry me in regards to copyright issues? Copyrighting Antique Photos

A: The situation you describe falls more into the "Law of Probability" than the Copyright Law.

The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 retroactively extended the duration of copyright to life of the author plus seventy years. The European Union provides protection for a term also of the author's life plus seventy years.

As an example, the photographs you mentioned, based on the Copyright Act revision of 1978 and the extension of 1998 would be in effect until (guessing, based on lifespan actuaries) 2050.

The spirit of the Copyright Law says that once you "click" the picture, the copyright is yours. So, anyone with a camera going around taking pictures is actually acquiring copyrights to those pictures. No formal registration of copyright is necessary. Practically speaking, unless the photographer is a professional, no attention is paid to copyright. The probability of the heirs or the author of the photos in your possession seeking copyright protection is close to non-existent. But, you should make an earnest search to find the author of the photos, and record your efforts (in case of litigation).

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by Mikael Karlsson

Getting Those Creative Juices Flowing Concerning editorial photography, what is your most useful tool? Your Imagination.

Editorial stock photography is all about illustrating. You illustrate a mood, a place, a city, a flower or whatever it might be to aid a magazine article, book chapter, brochure, etc. To successfully illustrate you need to know as much as you can about your subject. As you know, this is a powerful confirmation of the advantages of specializing, and you've no doubt experienced that it's a lifelong process to continually add to your knowledge in your special interest areas.

But sometimes knowing a lot about a topic or area isn't quite enough. Sometimes your imagination, not only your knowledge, can be your most useful tool.

Inspiration From The Web These days, there is help available to get those creative juices flowing, swiftly and cheaply, and it's right at your fingertips. Search engines are fast becoming the photographer's most powerful idea tool.

If you find that you are running low on new creative ideas, browsing the work of others might be just the thing you need. In the past this would require a trip to the library and countless hours flipping through books and magazines.

Not so any more.

These days, all you need to do to browse the work of hundreds, if not thousands, of photographers, is to fire up your computer, get online and let a search engine such as Google work it's magic.

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While in the past it was common to say that inspiration was lurking just around the corner, these days it might be more fitting to say that inspiration is waiting for you just within your next Web-search.

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Go to www.google.com and select the "Images Tab". Then key in whatever special area/topic you photograph. Click "Search" and you'll soon see what I mean. You will encounter a huge number of images from photographers in all corners of the earth. Find inspiration

"Is this legal?" you ask.

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TRAVEL NOTES

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by Jeremy Hoare

It's Happened!

It was that call that all photographers dread, the one from the processing lab telling me there was something wrong with the films. Not all of them, thankfully, but enough to go check on at the earliest opportunity.

I'd just returned from Italy, and these films were the results of three weeks work shooting in Rome, Naples, Capri and the Amalfi coast. It had been very hot so the temptation was not to do much, but I'm a freelance travel photographer and have to work. That is the real difference in many ways between the amateur and professional -- the amateur does it when he/she feels like it for fun, whereas the professional does it because he has to even when it's the last thing he wants to do.

I got to the lab the next day and on about 18 of the 60 films I shot there were light streaks across some frames. Not all of them, at least, as it was intermittent. At this moment the Nikon F100 camera body is being looked at by my repair shop, and I suspect it must be the shutter. I have become so accustomed to the sound of the camera over using it for four years that I thought I would have heard the difference had there been one, but there was no indication of anything wrong that I could tell. TWO CAMERAS

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ON-LINE

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Outlook Express Users

One way to combat SPAM in your inbox is to not even open e-mails unless you know the sender, otherwise delete them straight away. Outlook Express can make that difficult since the usual mode is to automatically display the contents of each message you view. Depending on your version, you can set your view to be only headers, making it easy to delete suspicious e-mail without ever opening it. The best way to do that is to add a button to your OE toolbar so you can quickly switch between the headers-only mode and the preview mode (generally OE6 with SP1 and later). To set it up, right-click on the toolbar and select Customize. In the left pane, select the Preview toolbar button and click on the Add button, and close the toolbar customize window. Now you can easily toggle between the header-only view and the regular preview mode by just clicking on the new Preview button. Another option is to stop OE from displaying HTML code, which can cause programmed beacons to fire (automatically alerting the message sender that they've just found yet another valid e-mail address even before you open the e-mail), scripts to run, and images to download (which on a dial-up connection can be a real pain in the posterior!). To prevent display of HTML code, click on Tools, Options, and click on the Read tab. There is a setting for "Read all messages in plain text" which will display your incoming e-mail in plain text, with none of the graphics. Of course, you may actually end up seeing very little, as most SPAM e-mail consists almost entirely of graphic images, the better to get through anti-SPAM filters.

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Do they need permissions...? Photo Exhibits

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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.

"Does an art exhibition, or photo exhibition, fall into the editorial category? I am creating a photo essay of dancers. I have photographed children and teen dancers at a local dance studio. Now I want to put the photos on display in a gallery. What can I do without a model release form? Can I exhibit and sell them or just exhibit them? Thanks, Mary."

This is definitely a gray area, depending on usage of photos. For editorial usage, this concerns your First Amendment Rights, which allow you to publish or exhibit photos you take in places open to the public, and at public events.

There are further details about model releases in the Kracker Barrel Archives. All of it, like all legal matters, is open to interpretation. My comments on the subject of model releases are always directed to the use of your photos in editorial situations, i.e. to inform, educate, or entertain (not to endorse or advertise or be associated with a commercial product or event).

A community art show or photo exhibit is not unlike your local newspaper publishing a feature photo in its Home Life section, or on its website, and falls into the editorial category.

WHAT DO PUBLISHERS DO?

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GOODSTUFF

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Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, 2nd edition, by Katrin Eisman and Doug Nelson, New Riders, 2003, ISBN 0-7357-1350-2, $49.99, 366 pages. Since its publication 2½ years ago, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching has become one of the classic Photoshop books for photographers. Now Eisman has given us a new edition, updated for Photoshop 7 and with almost 100 additional pages. Chapters 1-4 cover correcting tone, exposure, and color, while chapters 5-10 cover restoring old or damaged images and retouching. This book probably shouldn’t be your introduction to Photoshop, but if you’ve been using Photoshop for a while, Eisman 2, with its clear explanations, relevant examples, and step-by-step tutorials, will catapult you—and your photos—to new heights. – David Arnold & Gail Rutman http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0735713502 .

LEGAL ASPECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND PERMISSIONS. An American Society of Picture Professionals Seminar, Saturday, October 11, 2003. New York attorney Joel L. Hecker, the country's leading specialist in photography law, and Jane S. Kinne, ASPP Legal Chair and one of the photo industry's foremost advocates of photographer's rights, will conduct this landmark three-hour seminar on contemporary legal issues regarding the use of photographic images in print and electronic media. Location: Raleigh Studios (the historic movie studio), 5300 Melrose Ave, Hollywood, CA at the Chaplin Theater & Raleigh Café. Time: 9am to 10am for Registration & Breakfast; 10am to 1pm for Seminar & Questions; 1pm to 3pm for Luncheon & Networking. Cost: $75 ($50 ASPP Members) includes catered luncheon. RSVP: Advanced registration is required, as seating is limited. Questions: contact Debra Lemonds, Phone: 1 818 563-2928; E-mail: asppwest@msn.com .

AFRICATREK, AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER’S ODYSSEY THROUGH AFRICA, by Jason Lauré with Ettagale Blauer. In a new book called "Africatrek," Jason Lauré shares his experiences working as a freelance photojournalist in Africa over the past twenty-five years. In his book, he captures the political and social progress and upheaval of the continent we call Africa. He has been privy to authentic ancient ceremonies of many of Africa's cultures, including the Kuomboka of the Lozi people in Zambia, and a Samburu circumcision ceremony in Kenya. If you are a beginning stock photographer, there are many lessons to be learned from this compact book (6x9) with nearly 200 color photos. ($14.95; ISBN: 0-620-29212-1) Contact: Jason Laure Photography, 8 W. 13th St, New York, NY 10011. Phone/fax: 1 212 691-7466. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0822529513

NAVIGATION FOR THE INTERNET AND OTHER DIGITAL MEDIA, by Burkhard Schmitz, Nicolai Neubert, Carola Zwick, and Claudia Plikat. Unless navigation is efficient, understandable, and user-friendly, chances are your visitor will move on to another site. Web designers who want to orient surfers more efficiently will find out exactly how. This guide presents virtual settings that show how navigation can become simpler, thanks to users’ predictable behavior, or through interaction and association. ($34.95; ISBN: 2-88479-011-X) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 805-5489. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#288479011X .

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has."

--Margaret Meades

FREE THIS WEEK

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FREE CAMERAS Make your own choice of any professional level digital camera on the market and Desktop Digital Lab offers to show you how to get it at no cost. The program requires use of Desktop Digital Lab. For more information go to: <http://www.freedigitalcameras.net>. Let us know if this works! -RE

FREE CANDLE. Many fragrances to choose from. Offer valid for US residents only.

http://www.drewcandle.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/free_votive.html

THIS WEEK'S WEB FEATURE

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PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS

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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.

Manning wildlife photographer publishes book - " My specialty is waterfowl,"

Doug Gardner said. "I really love to photograph them and their habitats."

Longer Jail Sentence for Sex Attack Photographer - A seven-year jail

sentence on a glamour photographer for a series of sex attacks on young

models at his agency was increased to eight years by the Court of Appeal

today. http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2038929

Adobe offers free Photoshop Album

http://news.com.com/2100-1046-5086198.html

Reborn Polaroid Betting on Digital Kiosks - Now Polaroid is back,

reconstituted and trying to refocus under new ownership by Chicago-based

BankOne. And it's betting its future on digital - on printing kiosks, that

is.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031012/ap_on_hi_te/polar

oid_s_kiosk_bet_1

After Death Of Founder, Rwanda Project Lives On - Contact Press photographer

Kristen Ashburn, ad agency partner Joanne McKinney and R. Todd Hoffman,

Jiranek's brother and a professional photographer himself, will lead the

project through its next phase.

http://www.pdnonline.com/photodistrictnews/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu

_content_id=1998685

MacCallum is in full flight with seagull photos - Walking amid the 8,000 or

so nests that invariably dotted the landscape from April to June of each

year, MacCallum watched intently, listened carefully, and made photographs.

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20031011/GALLERY

11//?query=photography

Web Site Covers Low-Cost Road Trips The New Trend in Vacations

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/articl

e_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1979724

Ban on photography at airports lifted - The Civil Aviation Ministryin New

Delhi has decided to remove the ban on photography at airport terminals and

entrances.

http://www.ndtv.com/topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=Ban+on+photography+at+airports+lifted&id=12931

Photographer shares his journey - Subhankar Banerjee wasn't looking for

controversy when he embarked on a photographic journey across the Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge two years ago.

Topics in Greek photography

Kythera Photographic Encounters is aimed at promoting the study of the history of Greece's photo-imagery

Kythera is an island of dispersed small towns, with varied landscapes and deserted, almost ghostly sites in between. It is a beautiful and strange place, at times austere but enticing, an island with impressive changing skies and rapidly moving clouds, especially at this time of the year.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ_&xml/&aspKath/civ.asp?fdate=13/10/2003

Pet pose

Photographer perfects art of capturing animals at their best

It's the pig noise that gets them. Dogs simply don't know what to make of David Jensen's brilliant impression of a startled porker. They're further baffled by the photographer's bird whistles, his squirrel chatter, his high-pitched squeals and goofy barking.

http://www.adn.com/life/story/4153479p-4167430c.html

Smoking on a fire escape -- a railroad brakeman's rule book stuck in his jacket pocket -- Jack Kerouac looks as though he just stepped from the pages of "On the Road." The image is seen in a 1953 photograph taken by fellow Beat writer Allen Ginsberg.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/10/08/beat.photography.ap/

Polaroid's place in history has already been secured by its trademark cameras with their signature instant prints.

But bad investments and the digital imaging revolution buried that business, sending the company spiraling into bankruptcy two years ago as it failed to evolve gracefully in a new instant photo world.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/13/polaroid.kiosk.ap/

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