Here are some great links for your Thursday!
- You can now apply for the Arts Writers Grant, which is “designed to encourage and reward writing about contemporary art that is rigorous, passionate, eloquent and precise.” Bloggers, authors, and “short-form” writers are all eligible for the $3K-$50K award (via Zoe Strauss)
- Speaking of Zoe Strauss (one of The Photoletariat’s favorite contemporary photographers), the “Zoe Strauss: 10 Years” retrospective, celebrating her career thus far and her incredible I-95 project, is slated for early 2012 at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Congrats, Zoe!
- A Photo Editor has a great article up this week with tips for young creatives, including, but not limited to “When you meet new people, remember Dale Carnegie.”
by Zoe Strauss
Every year, the National Association of Broadcasters holds the NAB Show, one of the year’s most important events for people in the film industry.
Even though film makers technically don’t qualify as broadcasters, this is the event where many manufacturers debut the newest technology and support equipment. And now that video-enabled still cameras have penetrated the market, this year really featured something for everybody.
NAB Shows offer a mix of notable personalities and very intriguing pieces of kit, and NAB 2011 was no exception. Here’s a quick run-down of the things I saw last week. [click to continue…]
A top-selling from London-based image library Photofusion.
Picture libraries may not make you rich, but they can still generate welcome royalty checks.
So why not put quiet work periods to constructive use by shooting for these collections? [click to continue…]
The Union, forever. Photo credit Gregg Segals
For a final post of the week, we thought we’d assemble some links for you. [click to continue…]
Photographic creativity ebbs and flows like a tide. And what contributes to those ebbs is a combination of your own complacency and something I call the “What’s worked for me lately” factor.
It happens like this: You stumble upon a new technique or method that works well for you, and when you find that it gives you great results, you throw it in to your bag of tricks for the next time. And the time after that. And the time after that.
Pretty soon, you’ve shot nearly everything for the past two months with the same approach. Your imagery starts to get stale, or at the very least you find yourself running out of inspiration because you’ve suddenly grown tired of the same old method.
That’s when you know it’s time to break out and try something new! Here are 20 techniques that might spark your creative inspiration and propel your photography into a whole new realm. [click to continue…]
One of the most common questions I get asked by other photographers is, “Do I need a model release?”
The reason for this confusion is there are usually a number of qualifiers to go along with that question: “…if I’m not charging,” or “…if I don’t plan to sell the image as stock,” or ”…if it’s only for editorial.”
So here’s the scoop: [click to continue…]
Lots of empty wall space in this chiropractor's office. Where are your pictures?
Whenever I am out and about, I can’t help but notice artwork that is hung on display. Sometimes it has a price tag on it, other times it doesn’t, but it’s someone art nonetheless.
Those kinds of displays are often how most aspiring photographers get their start. [click to continue…]
