Picture: Side by side comparison of my “Native Spirit; Bird flying past El Capitan in Yosemite Valley” photo and a screen capture of a derivative use painting. On top of all the other stuff that’s been keeping me busy lately, guess what I found? While re-writing a section of my current book project, I wanted [...]

Picture: Elk in river during wildfire, Bitterroot National Forest in Montana; credit: John McColgan / Alaska Fire Service Several times in the last few weeks, I’ve watched as photos have gone ‘viral’. In the Internet age, that means that photos receive immediate and widespread recognition and distribution on web sites across the globe. If you’re [...]

From Art Wolfe and Outdoor Photographer Magazine: Get into the Stock Market. In this article, famed photographer Art Wolfe shares his wisdom with aspiring outdoor & nature photographers who are starting down the path of wanting to sell their images. While he discusses many of the fragmenting and frustrating changes in the industry, he does [...]

New York City Attorney and Photographer Rights Advocate Edward C. Greenberg was nice enough to send me a note and pdf file that contains a one page Operations Order memorandum issued by the New York Police Department (NYPD) to its patrol officers detailing the position and behavior of police officers toward photographers in the Big [...]

Picture: Fountain Garden at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Cotswolds Region, Oxfordshire, England A couple legal tidbits worth noting: First; Are you an author? Do you have a book of your photography or writing that’s been published before Janunary 5th, 2009? If so, you may want to look over the following pdf about the Google Books Class [...]

And now back to our regularly scheduled business programmig: First is an announcement for those living and working in the Southern California region, and following that is a strong suggestion for everyone who dabbles in stock photography The West Coast Chapter of the ASPP (American Society of Picture Professionals) is hosting an event in Culver [...]

Thanks to a recent thread in a newsgroup forum, I found this very useful link about State Laws and Guidelines for photography or videography of voters, voting, and polling places. Please note the disclaimer on the web site saying that the information is not meant to be interpreted as legal advice. If you are interested [...]

In the modern visual world, some people want to use their photography to do more than just tell a news story, they want to make up a story using their photo. For editorail journalism, there is a fairly clearcut set of guidelines, while in the world of parody and opinion are much less defined. Two [...]

How many reasons do you need for a celebration? For me, right now, it’s two; the recent successful server upgrade and my blog upgrade to WordPress 2.5 both of which seems to be working. (Knocking on wood.) However, I’m shorted by a mere 11,999,998 reasons when compared to photographer Liz Ordones-Dawes who has been awarded [...]

A storm is brewing again in Washington DC, and this battle is important for all visual artists to pay attention. Orphan Works (OW) is legislation that will allow someone to use an image without penalty provided they “tried to locate the author / creator”. The idea stemmed from museums and historical collections wanting to include [...]