Tag Archives: ASMP

How One Photographer Is Beating the Economy

Written by . Posted on October 4, 2011. Filed under Negotiating, Networking, Sales. Tagged , , , , , , . 2 Comments.
Michael Albany
On one of the professional forums I read daily, there is a conversation about the lousy state of the industry, how clients are hiring based only on price, how protecting one’s intellectual property rights has cost clients, how competitors are charging less and giving more, and blah, blah, blah. It’s the usual bitching and moaning [...]

Don’t Let Your “Joes” Hold You Back

Written by . Posted on September 22, 2011. Filed under Negotiating, Sales. Tagged , , , , , , . 5 Comments.
Joe the Mechanic
Most emerging photographers consider themselves generalists if for no other reason than that they want to work and any paying job coming their way sounds like a good one. But if this is where you’re at in your career, you’ll need to at some point do two things: first, become more of a specialist and [...]

Book Excerpt: “The Art and Business of Photography”

Written by . Posted on August 8, 2011. Filed under Book Reviews. Tagged , , , , . 6 Comments.
carrBook
Susan Carr is the Education Director of ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers. Her latest book, The Art and Business of Photography, has received critical praise from both photographers and scholars for its candid look at the changing photography industry. It’s quickly become required reading in many university photography curriculums and I consider it [...]

It’s Not Personal, It’s Business

Written by . Posted on May 20, 2011. Filed under Guest Posts, Negotiating. Tagged , , . 3 Comments.
Jim Cavanaugh
It’s time for another guest post and we’re fortunate to have an excellent article by Buffalo Architectural Photographer Jim Cavanaugh. Today’s entry is excerpted from two posts Jim made as part of a conversation regarding standing up for one’s rights when negotiating with a client. Jim is currently the President of the American Society of [...]

ASMP Strictly Business 3 Next Week in LA

Written by . Posted on January 14, 2011. Filed under Ramblings & Observations. Tagged , , , , , . 1 Comment.
sb3
ASMP is bringing Strictly Business 3 conference to Los Angeles on January 21-23, 2011 over in downtown LA at Sheraton. [And I'm going to be a part of it!] Interesting part is instead of a set list of classes, you are free to choose 6 of the following : The Agile Photographer: A Multimedia Partner [...]

Flickr Image Stolen in Less Than 24 Hours

Written by . Posted on May 23, 2010. Filed under Feature, Web Marketing. Tagged , , , , , , . 7 Comments.
Paola185x185
It took less than 24 hours from "upload to illegal download" for the daily Mexican newspaper Frontera to steal an image posted to Flickr by Illinois-based photographer Mike Boatman.  The newspaper serves the conurbation of Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California. That's the image over to the left, but shown here small enough so as [...]

Yes, People on Your Website Need to be Released

Written by . Posted on February 20, 2010. Filed under Web Marketing. Tagged , , . No comments.
jmdBlogArt
Many photographers forget that their websites are a form of advertising and as such the individuals in the images must be released. Put another way, if your website is used to attract potential clients or customers, it is a commercial advertising vehicle. Your use of the likeness of any person on your website would likely [...]