I have always been someone who stood up for my rights in my copyrighted images as well as the moral right to be acknowledged as the author of the work. What can you do when you find your work used by someone else online? Here is one thing you SHOULD do, but mind you that if you want to shoot, shoot don’t talk. If you intend to go after such copyright thieves you should get in touch with an intelectual property lawyer.
“No budget” is a euphemism for “we think photographers are mugs”. This offensive interpretation can easily be verified by trying the phrase at your local restaurant, eg “I have no budget for dinner but I’d like to eat”. Adding a promise to tell all your friends where you ate will not deflect your head from the kerb as the manager throws you out.” Photographer Tony Sleep
It was said by a photographer (and thanks for John Stanmeyer for reminding) that showing contact sheets is like showing someone your underwear. An interesting way to put it but surely there is a great interest in the contact sheet that shows the photographer’s thinking process behind the shot. The Contact Sheet I was in [...]
I usually write for photographers but this post might actually be slightly different in the sense that it is meant more for the person on the other side of the line who is looking to hire the services of a professional photographer. As in everything else this is a two sided thing and as photographers [...]
There is of course no shortage of photography-related material on the web but at times finding the really useful ones can be a tiring task. Here is a list of blogs from around the world that are worth your attention. I left a few incredible blogs out of this list simply because they are already featured on other winning lists while trying to include some that are not on any list but deserve to be.
While there are thousands of photography books in the market it is not such an easy task to make a list of ten books on the subject of photography. I could think of four or five off the top of my head but the rest were a problem. Starting with the books I’ve already read I asked friends and colleagues about their own favorites.
You must strive to find your own identity as a photographer in order to create your own visual style. Your style will be a reflection of who you are as a person and will certainly be unique.
I have recently come back from a visit to Ladakh where I was traveling with my daughter Liah for ten days. I wrote a whole post about this trip and posted some of the images I shot there with the iPhone camera (see the post HERE). There was one particular image that I took on [...]
This Zen post with a photo of sexy girls in the toilet of a cinema hall is actually more about photography and the art of letting go as it is about anything else. Believe it or not but the idea for this post started with a hat I got as a present from my wife [...]
My recent post about the question of originality ‘What is an original photograph? Do you create original work?‘ showed a couple of examples of similar images shot by different photographers raising the question of influence and intent. The comment thread on this post brought up some new angles and questions about originality and creativity that [...]
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