Posted in Fun DC events, Grants + Awards, Professional Organziations on May 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
WPOW members enter your images for WPOW’s annual exhibition, deadline extended through May 15.
The exhibit travels to LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, FotoWeekDC, and to universities across the country. Don’t miss this great chance to get your work seen!
http://womenphotojournalists.org/blog/call-for-submissions-for-wpows-annual-juried-exhibition
Posted in Grants + Awards, Professional Organziations on May 8, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Image13: Contest deadline is now Friday, May 10
Due to a late surge in contest submissions (and a three-hour system outage on the contest website this morning) the submission deadline has been re-extended until Friday.
What is it?
Image13 is an international photo contest run by the New York chapter of ASMP. It is open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers.
First-prize winners in each category (professional and student) will have their winning image published in a full page ad in PDN magazine as well as in a promotional email to be sent to over 30,000 art directors, art buyers and photo editors in New York and other major cities throughout the United States.
Full details about the contest — judges, sponsors, additional prizes, contest rules, galleries of past winners — and entry forms are online at image-ny.org.
Posted in Fun DC events, Lectures & Gallery Openings, Professional Organziations on May 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Real Business, Real Estimates, Real Life: Surviving and Thriving as a Working Professional
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Join John Harrington, author of the best-selling ‘Best Business Practices for Photographers’, for an insightful and solutions-oriented presentation on how to generate more revenue from the assignments, through pricing examples and discussion, negotiation strategies, and demystifying licensing of your work.
Unlock the mysteries surrounding how to price your work, and learn ways to negotiate from a position of strength. When it comes to licensing, how do you write a license that gives the client the permissions they paid for, without leaving loopholes you could drive a truck through?
Through a series of actual negotiated assignments, we will break down the negotiation and explain how to plan for the questions you’ll get, and to know the best ways to answer them. When it comes to pricing, there seems to be a world of secrecy around rates. We will discuss solutions for stock and assignment pricing, as well as discuss tools for you to establish your own. When it comes to licensing, we’ll discuss and explain the standardized licensing solution that is the Picture Universal Licensing System (or PLUS), and how to write a license, where to put the licensing language, and what the best format will be.Throughout the program, all of these elements will be integrated into each assignment discussed.
Bio:
For over two decades, John has covered the world of politics, traveled internationally, and negotiated contracts and licensing along the way. John grew up in the Bay Area before moving to Washington DC in the mid-80’s. A 2007 recipient of the United Nations’ Leadership Award in the field of photography, Harrington’s work has appeared in Time, Newsweek and Rolling Stone, and his commercial clients have included Coca-Cola, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Lockheed Martin, and the National Geographic Society.
John has produced three commissioned books for the Smithsonian and the second edition of his book Best Business Practices for Photographers, remains a best-seller. In the Fall of 2010, a retrospective of the first 20 years in the profession – Photographs from the Edge of Reality, revisited highlights of his career. John has lectured across the United States to events for the American Society of Media Photographers, Advertising Photographers of America, Professional Photographers of America, and the National Press Photographers Association. John concluded serving his second term as the President of the White House News Photographers Association in May of 2011.
Costs
$10.00—ASMP member
$20.00—non-member
$5.00—Student
When
May 7, 2013
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
(Social time starts at 6:30 PM)
Where
American University
Wechsler Theatre
Mary Graydon Center
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
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Posted in Grants + Awards, Professional Organziations on April 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Deadline is May 1 — this Wednesday
All ASMP members in good standing are invited to submit a project to be considered for publication in the Best Of ASMP issue of the ASMP Bulletin. Both still and motion imagery are welcome.
All the details — what to submit, what the judges are looking for — are at http://asmp.org/bestof2013.
Send your submission to bestof2013@asmp.org.
Got questions? You can ask webmaster Pete Dyson.
Sorry, there cannot be any deadline extensions. Thursday will be too late! Deadline is Wednesday night, May 1.
Posted in Fun DC events, Lectures & Gallery Openings, Networking, Professional Organziations on April 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
http://apadc.com/events/upcoming-events/the-new-stock-an-evening-with-jon-feingersh/
Stock has historically been thought of as the ugly step child of the photo world. But many highly skilled photographers work exclusively in stock, producing much of the most exciting and compelling images used in advertising. Jon Feingersh’s work has been at the forefront of the stock world for many years. Join us for a surprising evening of images that will make you rethink your concept of stock photography.
Through examples of his work and personal anecdotes drawn from 25 years in the stock industry, Jon will share with us his thoughts on where stock has been and, more importantly, where it will be in the future. We’ll see images that span the genres from lifestyle to conceptual in a variety of styles that will make you ask yourself, “Is that really stock?”
Jon is one of the most successful, yet locally unknown, photographers in the DC area. Quitting assignment work around 1986, Jon has been doing stock photography exclusively ever since. In the stock world, however, Jon’s production group is one of the best known, most prolific, and most highly respected stock photography production companies in the country. On average, each business day, the rights to more than 15 of his images are licensed somewhere around the world.
He is a founding member/principal of Blend Images, the first photographer-owned stock agency specializing in multicultural images. His work is represented by Gettyimages.com, Blendimages.com, Masterfile.com, Superstock.com, ImageSource.com, as well as hundreds of their sub-agents around the world. In addition to all of this he has also found time to teach master classes at the Maine Photographic Workshops, shape minds at CDIA at Boston University, and participate in panel discussions at PDN’s Photo East Expo.
April 24th, 6:30 – 8:30 pm. (Program begins at 7 pm and will run until 8:00 pm. There will be time for questions afterwards.)
Closest Metro : McPherson (Orange and Blue) ; Farragut North (Red)
Posted in Lectures & Gallery Openings, Professional Organziations on April 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Ideas Over Easy is ASMPDC’s continuing series of informal get-togethers to catch up and talk about issues we all share.
This month’s program is all about the photobook. Larissa Leclair from the Indie Photobook Library will bring a selection of the collection for us to look at, be inspired by and ask questions about. It’ll be like a book club but without the homework!
About the Indie Photobook Library:
Founded by Larissa Leclair in 2010, the Indie Photobook Library is an archive of self-published and indie published photobooks. This includes DIY, photobooks independently published and distributed, photography exhibition catalogs, print-on-demand photobooks, artist books, zines, photobooks printed on newsprint, limited edition photobooks, and non-English language photography books, etc. The iPL promotes and showcases the books in the collection through international pop-up and feature-length exhibitions, articles, conferences, guest lectures, and also preserves them as a non-circulating public library. Having a specific collection dedicated to this contemporary movement in publishing allows for the development of future discourse on trends in self-publishing, the ability to reflect on and compare books in the collection, and for scholarly research to be conducted years, decades, and centuries to come.
http://www.indiephotobooklibrary.org
RSVP to info@asmpdc.org
When:
April 16, 2013 9:30 – 11a.m.
Where:
Northern Virginia Community College – Alexandria Campus
Tyler Building – Tyler Art Gallery – Room 270
3001 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22311-5097
Campus Map: http://www.nvcc.edu/about-nova/maps-directions/alexandria/campus-map/index.html
PARKING: Please use the Beauregard Street Garage which has Hourly Visitor Parking. Do not park in Student/Faculty lots or you will get ticketed.
Posted in Professional Organziations on April 3, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Join us for a members only webinar…
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
1:00 pm Eastern time
http://asmp.adobeconnect.com/e3g3rhlaw6j/event/registration.html *
You are invited to a live online webinar to discuss proposed changes to ASMP Membership Categories. After considering the changes in our industry and how they have affected our constituency, the Membership Committee has made some important recommendations.
Join ASMP Membership Chair Jenna Close, President Shawn Henry, and Executive Director Gene Mopsik to discuss your thoughts and questions about the proposal.
You can view the proposed membership changes here.
The session will be recorded, and the recording will be available a day or two afterward.
* If you have previously registered for any Business As unUsual webinar, it is necessary to use the same password for this webinar.
Posted in Lectures & Gallery Openings, Professional Organziations on April 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Releases, Trademarks & Privacy Rights
Model & Property Releases, Trademarks, Privacy & Publicity Rights — we’ve all heard the urban legends; it’s time for the real story! Join ASMP past president Richard Kelly for an entertaining yet informative look at the facts surrounding these all-important issues. You’ll learn:
when signed releases are (and aren’t) necessary
what you can (and can’t) do with unreleased images
what releases should cover
what to do about trademarks that appear in your photographs
how ASMP’s Releases App can help you get the job done
Packed with real-world tips and advice for getting your subjects comfortable with releases, this program will help you add value to your photographs and money to your pocket!
When:
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Social time starts at 6:00 PM
Where:
Candela Books, 214 W Broad St.
Richmond, VA
Cost:
0.00 — ASMP Leader
25.00 — ASMP Member
50.00 — Non-member
40.00 — Professional Association member
10.00 — Student
The Speaker
Richard D. Kelly is a Pittsburgh-based corporate and industrial photographer who creates environmental portraits of real people in real places with real passions. His portraits have been published in Fortune, People, Adweek, USA Weekend and other magazines, and his photo essays have appeared in Parenting and Pittsburgh magazines. In addition, his images have been exhibited at Concept Art Gallery, the Nikon House, the United Nations and the Silver Eye Center for Photography.
Formerly the Director of Photography at WQED Multimedia, Richard is now the president of Indigo Factory, Inc, a multimedia production company. He is also a past president of ASMP and currently serves as member of the ASMP board of directors. He lives with his wife Jennifer Pesci-Kelly and daughter Grace Ann on Pittsburgh’s Southside.
Posted in Lectures & Gallery Openings, Professional Organziations, tagged asmp, business, hiring, photographers, self promotions, skills, webinar on March 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
ASMP’s Business as unUsual Webinar
Featuring:
Michael Bilbrey, Sr. Production Consultant
Leo Burnett USA
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
1:00 – 2:00 pm eastern
Additional Q & A at www.facebook.com/asmpnational from 2:00-2:30
For over 20 years, Michael Bilbrey has hired and worked with countless photographers to develop advertising campaigns for Leo Burnett — the 9th largest global ad agency and one of the most awarded creative communications companies in the world. Our conversation will focus on photographers’ self-promotion and how you can effectively communicate your vision, showcase your professionalism and address all those intangibles that go into the hiring decision. Full of visual examples, this program will help you develop marketing and sales strategies that work. Join us for an unprecedented opportunity to learn what top advertising professionals are looking for.
This exciting webinar is free for live attendees.
Join us Wednesday, March 27 — REGISTER TODAY!
Note: This live event will be recorded. Access to the recording will be:
- free for ASMP Members and webinar registrants
- $4.99 for non-Members who don’t register
Recordings of prior webinars are available at: www.ASMP.org/webinars.
ASMP’s Business as unUsual Webinar Series
With an emphasis on open and honest dialog, the Business as unUsual series focuses on providing information professional photographers can use right now to build or expand your business.
We provide the experts, you provide the questions. Come join the conversation!
Our April webinar features Frank Meo of ThePhotoCloser.com who will show us how to shift the focus of the creative call away from price towards value and win the job without being the lowest bid. Get ready to sharpen your sales and negotiating skills!
April 24
1:00 -2:00 pm eastern
Register Today
