Social Media for Photographers
In the show we frequently approach the topic of social media and how we are using it. Even here on the show, PhotoNetCast is active on twitter.
My guess is that besides the common downfall of "wasted time", there aren’t many disadvantages for a photographer to be active with social media networks and share their knowledge with a wider audience.
To help us with our discussion, we invited Jack Hollingsworth (@photojack on twitter). Jack, a photographer for over 30 years mainly in the stock photography business, is one of the most active photographers on the popular social network, and explains how he uses it, shares some tips on how to best use it, and why being absent will mean "not existing" in the near future.
Before we got into the main topic, we had the opportunity to discuss some relevant news topics like the announced acquisition of Picnik by Google, the fact that Canon was absent from PMA and the polemic disqualification of an awarded image from Word Press Photo awards 2010.
If you enjoy the show and appreciate our effort, help us spread the word about PhotoNetCast.
And thanks once again to Jack for his time on this one.
PhotoNetCast #42 - Social Media for Photographers [87:17m]:
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Copycats
A photographer from Vancouver, David Burdeny, has recently been challenged by Sze Tsung Leong over the similarities of Burdney’s series "Sacred & Secular" with his own "Horizons".
Despite the fact that Leong’s images were taken from very popular scenic viewpoints, the resemblance between the two series of works is quite alarming and has led to "copying" accusations and even to the removal of "Sacred & Secular" from the gallery representing Burdney.
You can judge for yourself by looking at the images. You’ll also find a more complete story there.
The issue is not new to photography, and while copying works by previous artists can be a rich source of knowledge, taking the works to exhibition might be considered a different matter, and ethics apart at least denotes a blunt lack of originality and creativity.
Join us for this episode with David Sanger and William Burrard-Lucas as we discuss this story and answer some of our listeners’ questions.
PhotoNetCast #41 - Copycats [50:23m]:
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- Brenda O’Neil – I love to take photos of people and I was thinking of offering an on-location photo service to potential customers. The problem is that I don’t have enough photos that actually look taken on a portrait session to illustrate my site with. Usually I go more for the candid approach. My question is, would it be acceptable to offer a few photo sessions to clients just to be able to use their photos on my site? Is there any alternative? Thanks for any help.
- Eddie S. – Whenever I switch lenses I have the bad habit of misplacing my lens caps and have lost a few. This makes mad. What tips can you share not to lose the caps?
- Matt – I’ve recently upgraded from a P&S to the T1i. Other than shooting full auto (what I used to do with the smaller one), what shooting mode do you recommend to minimize the difficulty of getting used to the new camera?
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Including copyrighted works on your photography
We’ve all been there – photographing a nice street scene only to find out later that the art installment on the background is indeed copyrighted by the artist.
While for editorial use this might not be much of a problem, for any other use that photo is pretty much out of bounds. Still, once in a while some horror stories of photographers getting sued for copyright infringement come up.
So, how to deal with this issue? What is fair use and what isn’t? While the definitive answer is too much of a gray area even for the courts, from our discussion you might be able to get a few pointers on what is allowed and what you should avoid.
Many thanks to David Sanger (@davidsanger, David on facebook) and William Burrard-Lucas (@willbl, Will on facebook) for their insights on this discussion.
As you’ll probably notice, the conversation was going and going and I didn’t want to interrupt just for time reasons. In any case, I know that not many people have over one and a half hours for just one episode of PhotoNetCast, so we’ve decided to break the conversation in two. The remaining part (including answering some listener questions and our Selected from the Web) will be released in a few days.
As always, your comments are very much appreciated. Drop them below or use our re-opened Listener Voicemail.
PhotoNetCast #40 - Photographing copyrighted works [49:33m]:
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