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Thursday, July 08, 2010

Photo Editor and Art Buyer Survey

Great survey from the A Photo Editor blog that photographers and artists should check out:

There are a couple large membership controlled groups of Art Buyers and Photo Editors that I have access to, so I thought I’d do a small survey to see if that might be a good way to find some answers to questions photographers have.

View the article here

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Media Phone Book

I ran across the Media Phone Book wiki site today which bills itself as "...the best place on the web for photographers to exchange information about media companies. The primary use for this wiki is for Media Companies to tell photographers the best way to contact them and for photographers to exchange contact information.". The list is very small, but I've verified that the information provided for magazines that I have worked with is accurate. Presumably the rest is as well. The site has a good list of freelance photo editors.

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Michael Clark Newsletter

From his blog:
Michael Clark is an internationally published outdoor photographer specializing in adventure sports, travel, and landscape photography. His editorial and corporate clients include National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Men's Journal, Outdoor Photographer, Digital Photo Pro, Climbing, Nike, Nikon, Adobe, Patagonia, Pfizer and DuPont to name just a few.
Michael has just published his awesome, 21-page Spring 2008 Newsletter in PDF form. It packs some great photography and great writing. Check out the back issues too.

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Monday, March 03, 2008

Photo Contest Rip-Offs

Most photo contests are absolute rip-offs and money-making schemes for the contest promoters. The latest example of which is Xerox's photo contest as described by Photo Business News & Forum blog.
By entering the contest you sign away ALL rights to your own images, whether you win or not. You can't even use your own images for anyting except self-promotion for 5 years! Even worse, the contest is specifically marketed toward college students who may not read the fine print and/or know any better. Oh, and you also agree not to sue Xerox for anything either.

It's pathetic.

In all honesty I've lost count of the number of photo contest junk mails I've received in the past few weeks. Each of which only costs $25-$40 each to enter. I've been meaning to blog about them, but I really don't want to go back through my emails and count them all! So I'm using this latest rights rip-off to share my thoughts on the matter.

Here's my advice. Don't enter photo contests.

You are not going to get famous from a photo contest. You are not going to "get known" as a photographer. You are not going to win great prizes and get rich, quite the contrary in fact given then normal entrance fees.

For aspiring professionals and pro photographers/illustrators the only "contests" I recommend, as exceptions, are those put on by Communication Arts and American Illustrator and American Photography. Neither of these will get you rich either, but do offer valid, respected notoriety. Publication in either will get your work in front of thousands of art directors and creatives and possibly lead to other opportunities.

As far the rest, don't bother.

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Terry Smith is a professional photographer in Little Rock, Arkansas whose work is widely licensed as stock photography by a diverse mix of commercial, publishing, and editorial clients.

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