Tag: Copyrights

PhotoNetCast #46 – Cameras in the mouth of lions… and other stories

A quick intro to BeetleCam, Corbis and the latest copyrights issues, iPad, Flash and HTML5, film chemicals, and of course our very own Selected from the Web… PhotoNetCast #46.

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Cameras in the mouth of lions… and other stories

 

 

Joining us on this episode we have once again William Burrard-Lucas, co-inventor of the BeetleCam. Although we didn’t spend much time on BeetleCam, I could not pass the opportunity to at least ask for a small introduction and letting you guys know about the first field experience of the "little buddy".

Never heard of BeetleCam? Take a look at the teaser video.

BeetleCam Project Teaser from Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas

And here’s an example of what BeetleCam can do. Pretty amazing.

 

We also discuss the latest copyright issues coming out of Corbis and how this affects photographers represented by that agency.

After a short dip into film chemicals (pun intended, but not funny) we progressed to newer technologies and talk about the iPad and its uses for photographers. Still with Apple, we approach the potential problem that thousands of photographers will have with their flash websites not loading on the iPad. Time for a re-design? Let us know what you think.

Our photography assignments are progressing and following the first topic (we’ll publish the results in the next days) here comes the second one: Landscapes in Black & White. Go out, enjoy the spring time and photograph some beautiful B&W landscapes or go through your library and find what you have. Submit your entries to the PhotoNetCast Flickr group. To help us distinguish submissions for this assignment from regular submissions, please tag your photos with "PNC46".

Enjoy the show…

 

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Photo and video Copyright Burrard-Lucas. Used with permission.

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Selected From the Web

PhotoNetCast #41 – Copycats

Continuing our conversation from episode #40, we discuss the matter of copying photographic subjects and compositions.

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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.

 

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Show Notes

 

Intro

Listener Questions

  • 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?

Selected from the Web

PhotoNetCast #40 – Photographing copyrighted works

What is considered fair-use and copyright infringement when dealing with public artwork? The legal case in Seattle opens the discussion. Find out more on this episode of PhotoNetCast.

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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.

 

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Show Notes

 

Intro

Copyrighted Works in Photography