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I’ve heard and read the rant (from pro and semi-pro photographers) that the “rise of the amateurs” will destroy photography. Photographers complaining about how flickr will destroy photography. Mostly, the rant is about stock photographers’ loss of a business model. The argument I’ve heard goes like so: “Amateurs and enthusiast will take millions of pictures. Every once . . . → Read More: From amateur to amateur I’m sure I’d seen this before, but here it goes. Some photography . . . → Read More: Beatiful time-lapse photography People have lately been talking about “computing in the cloud”. I hate that sentence. Nonetheless, what I’m guessing they’re referring to is “using the internet as an infrastructure design component in computing systems”. I’m not happy with that either. For one, as a scientist, the word “computing” has a rather precise definition which can’t be equated . . . → Read More: The Cloud and the Dreamer I’ve just seen this (new?) ad for the discovery channel, and I think it rocks! People don’t really watch advertising anymore. With all the (illegal) downloads, the Tivos and DVRs, there’s no reason for people to watch advertisement. In light of this, I’ve often said that businesses should start to make art-advertisement (maybe I should call it . . . → Read More: The Discovery Channel Artvertisement It’s no secret that I love the photography magazine “Lenswork“. The only thing wrong with this publication is that there would never be enough issues in a year. I received a one year subscription as a christmas gift this year and this second issue and was pleasantly surprised when I read the editorial. The staff of Lenswork . . . → Read More: Lenswork goes green The sequel to shit, Shift 2 . . . → Read More: The sequel I’ve been reading the new music strategies blog by Andrew Dubber and have been enjoying my read lately. The blog is about the world of online music and the interaction of musical artists, the internet and the fans, to a certain point. I’ve been finding a lot of parallels between Dubber’s world of online music and . . . → Read More: What’s this internet thing, now? (The science version) If you’ve ever posted anything on a forum, you’ll enjoy this beginner’s guide to the internet. If you’ve ever gotten addicted to an internet game, the shift game is one you don’t want . . . → Read More: Geeky stuff of the day I was on vacation in Québec for 3 weeks over the holiday period. I took some of that time to go back to my home town of Rouyn-Noranda and visit friends I hadn’t seen in a while and introduce them to my fiancée. One of these people is a photographer I worked with about 8-9 years ago. She has her own photography business and has recently had to deal with some competition copying her style. What I found interesting through our short discussion was that whe now sells away the rights to the images with the contract. What does that mean? Well, you hire her for a photo shoot. She comes over/has you in the studio, takes all the images she needs, prints whatever you’ve ordered and calls you back to pick up your order. You then walk awway with whatever prints you’ve ordered and a CD of high resolution images you can print off as you like and use as you like with her blessings. Her competition doesn’t offer that. My first question (which is probably what everybody who’s interested in photography asks) was:
Her answer was interesting. Basically, yes, one ends up making less money on some contracts. With wedding contracts, people usually want a lot of prints so you lose some money on that. With a lot of other contracts (I’m guessing stuff like commercial contracts, taking portraits of all the employees), where the client isn’t interested in getting 12 million extra sets of prints, you don’t lose that much money. I’m spending the holiday period with my family in Montreal (Québec, not Missouri) and, as usual, the computers and network here need some tinkering with. Along with the computer, my father also needs some clarification on how to use the computers. Somehow, because I use matlab in my everyday life (ok, I do more than that, . . . → Read More: A new approach for a new year |
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