NOT A PIECE-A-CAKE -- Still/Video Convergence: Stephanie Rausser Shoots and Directs a Pharma Campaign - Stephanie Rausser, who specializes in commercial shoots involving lifestyle and kids, says that just about every other client who now calls her with an assignment to shoot stills ends up inquiring about video production, too. However, the "anyone-can-shoot-video" hype surrounding the DSLR’s that shoot video is way more complicated than people perceive it to be. SOURCE: PDOnline.com ; http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i3639278d2189e4efee7bac0914d6d0b6
When photography first collided with digital technology, photographers suddenly had a new learning curve to ascend. Chances are, you’ve been working with digital for a while now, and you’re probably feeling relatively comfortable with all the new tasks digital introduced to your photographic workflow. Choose the right service for getting your video out into the world where prospective clients can see it. http://www.digitalphotopro.com/business/dpp-solutions-now-showing-your-masterpiece.html
Ask an Art Buyer: Targeting and Evaluating your Promotion – Heather Morton’s answer via video to Ryan Roger’s question, I have an account with agency access, and have been sending out printed promos. My response has been lackluster. I wonder if I’m sending to the wrong people though. Do you have advice on who exactly to send my promos to? http://www.heathermorton.ca/blog/?p=6572 TAKEAWAY: Mailing list marketing is shooting in the dark. Heather would say, Don’t”. The reality: Commercial photobuyers stand over a wastebasket when they review incoming promotional mail. It's important to target your list as Heather says.
JUGGLING THE WORK -- Still/Video Convergence: A Documentary Team Goes Behind the Scenes at Miss USA - Multimedia journalists Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman describe how they landed a major beauty pageant account, and how they juggle video and still photography to document the events. SOURCE: David Walker http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3ic25a0caf931c89240ea31cead9a6f950
PHOTO LEARNING -- AdoramaTV Educational Videos - Adorama (www.adorama.com) announced the launch of AdoramaTV – a new video channel featuring an ongoing series of free weekly educational videos designed to help everyone interested in photography become a better photographer. The weekly schedule:
• Monday: “Digital Photography 1 on 1”
• Tuesday: “How’d They Do That?”
• Wednesday: “Product Reviews”
• Thursday: “iPhone and iPad App Reviews”
• “Behind the Scenes” segments will be posted as they become available. http://shutterbug.com/news/061410adorama/
LIKE A WHISTLE -- Moose Peterson: Cleaning the Gear - Moose is fastidious when it comes to cleaning his gear. In this four-part video series, “Cleaning da Gear,” Moose walks through his post-shooting nightly cleaning routine. http://www.photofidelity.com/blog/moose-peterson-cleaning-the-gear.html
GETTING STRAIGHT ABOUT “Fair USE” – Very often, photographers get upset when they might see their photo used as an example in a blog. Before you boil over and feel violated and cry “foul” be sure to understand how the “Fair Use” provision of the Copyright Law works. Here’s a video about it. SOURCE: Abby Johnson, American University; WebProNews; http://videos.webpronews.com/2010/04/16/what-is-fair-use/
PREY -- Leopard seal teaches photographer how to catch penguins (video). National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen's encounter with a giant leopard seal in Antarctica who, over the course of four days, fed penguins to his camera and tried to teach him how to catch prey. http://bit.ly/5m45lr
CLASSIC PHOTOS ON VIDEO -- Time Warner: Life.com Partners Animoto To Present Online Galleries. LIFE.com has announced that it will now feature animated video galleries of some of its most iconic and powerful photography, including collections featuring Marilyn Monroe and the first lunar landing, powered by video creation platform Animoto. http://bit.ly/W2EAx
MOVE OVER STILL CAMERAS -- Radical cameras. Two new innovations in personal cameras: the Samsung DualView with screens on both the front and back of the camera, and Nikon's S100PJ, the first camera with a built-in projector. SOURCE: David Pogue. NY TIMES. http://bit.ly/Ru2Ns
VIDEO -- In the New Media World, Photographers Who Embrace Change Will Succeed - It was predicted at the recent Online News Association conference in San Francisco that by 2012, 95 percent of all online content will be video. Even if that figure proves optimistic, that is certainly the direction we are heading. And that presents opportunities for photographers. http://rising.blackstar.com/visual-creativity.html#more-7067 TAKEAWAY: It’s time now to study the art and techniques of video production.
BUILDING TRAFFIC -- Google Analytics for Photographers: Landing Page Strategy - A landing page" is the page where a visitor enters your Web site. In this
video in my Google Analytics series, I show you my strategy for optimizing
multiple landing pages on my site to attract more traffic - and more
prospective customers. SOURCE: KIM LARSON http://rising.blackstar.com/google-analytics-for-photographers-landing-page-strategy.html
TILT-SHIFT PHOTOGRAPHY DISNEY STYLE. -- Disney in tilt-shift photography. (Video) http://bit.ly/lYjdu
MODEL RELEASE. As an editorial photographer, will you need a model release pad in your photo bag or back pocket ? No, you won’t, and this video explains why.