I had a quick look at my stock image sales earlier today and to be honest I wish hadn’t. The results were very disheartening. Continue reading Red Alert – Stock Market Crash »
Category: Journey
Cameras don’t take pictures…
That really resonated with me. It’s the first half of a quote the other evening by Bambi Cantrell (amazing photographer, go check her out then come back and read this). I heard it yesterday evening but it’s the second half that holds the true meaning.
Cameras don’t take pictures. People take pictures. Click to Tweet
I think it goes a bit deeper than that though and here’s why… Continue reading Cameras don’t take pictures… »
SOPA and PIPA – What’s all the fuss about???
Earlier on today I was introduced to the terms SOPA and PIPA. They’re accronyms for two bills in the USA and are rapidly becomming very hot topics indeed. If you’ve not heard of them, there is more information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more
SOPA stands for “Stop On-line Piracy Act” and PIPA for “Protect Intellectual Property Act” and taken at face value both appear to be very good things to do. Especially in light of the fact that I myself have been the victim of on-line image theft through my main website last year but I’m not going to gripe about that here.
As far as I can tell most of the resentment stems from the implementation of what is proposed rather than the concept. The objetions are also gathering a lot of momentum amongst the internet community with some very large and popular sites holding blackouts by way of registering their protest. Will it have an impact? It’s still way too early to tell for certain but with headlines such as these Continue reading SOPA and PIPA – What’s all the fuss about??? »
2011 – The Year That Was
Since starting this blog (with the exception of 2011) I’ve written what I like to call call my Janus Post. it’s a post that looks back over the past year and forwards towards the next. In 2011 I didn’t do this for several reasons I’m not going to explain here. But now, as we enter into 2012 I feel it’s time to revive the tradition albeit with a slight twist: this time it’s going to be split into two parts, this one looking back over the last 12 months and another looking forwards to the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013.
2011 – The Year that Was…
2011 was, without doubt, simply amazing. Continue reading 2011 – The Year That Was »
A new landmark in Social Media
Today saw a new first for me in the realms of social media, but it was one that I very nearly failed to comprehend. In fact, it wasn’t until I was actually driving home after the shoot that it hit me: the entire photo-shoot was arranged and booked using Twitter.
Now that has to be pretty cool. Continue reading A new landmark in Social Media »
