http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/04/19/DigitalRights/?utm_source=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190410
A friend of mine passed this link along to me. It's very informative as well as being testament to the way photography is perceived by creators and non-creators alike in this day and age.
While I'm a firm believer and staunch supporter of copyright and rights retention by creatives, articles such as this make me wonder more and more about the medium as a viable career choice, at least in the way it was when I graduated from college, as well as what a successful imaging business model might look like in today's 'free' society (Google, Wikipedia, Flickr).
Compounding the stress on the medium... photographers knuckling under and giving their images away for next to nothing continue to push the medium's value down. The market continues to be flooded with substandard images that people accept as 'professional' because they just don't know any different. Clients offering what amounts to less than minimum wage for projects because they KNOW some photographer out there will take the gig. It ain't pretty.
I spend more and more time these days trying to come up with a business model that will cater to the way images are used (and abused) in the current marketplace yet maintain my professional ethics and moral integrity AND keep the dog fed. Jury's still out...
Stand out. Focus your vision. Get noticed. Offer great value for client dollars. Create what you love. Success will follow.
These are the thoughts I repeat while rocking myself to sleep in the fetal position every night.
Image of the Week
Image of the Week: Set still from 'The Last Supper', actor sitting behind light scrim.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Fast Food
Super Size Me
Finally had the opportunity to watch Super Size Me last night. It's a documentary of a man who decided to eat, as an experiment, nothing but McDonalds food, 3 meals a day, for 30 days. If you haven't seen it, give it a look.
Remarkable what this type of sustenance does to the human body, right down to ADDICTION!
Unbelievable.
20 days in he had done very serious damage to his liver, not unlike the damage copious amounts of alcohol will do. The doctors he had examining him and his progress strongly suggested he give up his experiment after about 25 days citing irreversible internal organ damage and health issues.
Know what's in your food. Seriously.
Next up, Food Inc.
Finally had the opportunity to watch Super Size Me last night. It's a documentary of a man who decided to eat, as an experiment, nothing but McDonalds food, 3 meals a day, for 30 days. If you haven't seen it, give it a look.
Remarkable what this type of sustenance does to the human body, right down to ADDICTION!
Unbelievable.
20 days in he had done very serious damage to his liver, not unlike the damage copious amounts of alcohol will do. The doctors he had examining him and his progress strongly suggested he give up his experiment after about 25 days citing irreversible internal organ damage and health issues.
Know what's in your food. Seriously.
Next up, Food Inc.
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