Photo Industry

by Grover SanschagrinHistory is made in Spain, and one PhotoShelter member has images that document it; another combines tattoos and infrared photography; Harry Potter images are still popular; Americana is vanishing; and another photographer gets an image selected as "Photo of the Day". These things, and more, make up... Grover Sanschagrin http://blog.photoshelter.com

MarkLoundy: Many irrationally hope. RT @nicolehollway: I don't understand why we still think that people will pay to read news online. There, I said it.

MarkLoundy: RT @jdlasica: Thanks to Andy Smith (@kabbenbock), co-author of The Dragonfly Effect, for his talk at today's Social Media Breakfast East ...

MarkLoundy: One in a series of commercial hiphop music videos that I produced for (of all things) an office chair company. http://bit.ly/bIaxGe

by Andrew FingermanSeems like we're all spending a ton of time online these days "promoting" our businesses through social media.  So, is social media working for your photography business as a viable marketing channel?  If you're not sure, you're probably not alone.  We're connected with thousands of photographers on... Andrew Fingerman http://www.photoshelter.com

The photographer/writer team will use the $20,000 prize to continue their project on the lives of prostitutes in Morocco.

MarkLoundy: I'm attending Social Media Breakfast East Bay: July 29 -- http://smbeb-07-10.eventbrite.com

MarkLoundy: @Westendorf There's a lot to complain and whine about - somebody's got to do it. @jayrosen_nyu happens to be pretty effective at it.

by Grover Sanschagrin Aaron Johnson is the artist who creates the popular What the Duck cartoon strip. I've been following his work for years, and have found myself regularly consuming his sense of humor - the central character being a duck photographer (a "shooting duck?") Johnson comes up with... Grover Sanschagrin http://blog.photoshelter.com

MarkLoundy: @Digidave I prefer to call journalism an activity - one worthy of protection without regard to its practitioner's day job.

MarkLoundy: RT @PBSMediaShift: Patch editor: A lot of days I'd get up in the a.m. and start working and wouldn't be done until after midnight. http: ...

by Grover SanschagrinOne PhotoShelter user scores big with images in a Ken Burns film, another shoots haunting images in an abandoned asylum, another goes back in time to the 50s, and we found the best t-shirt ever. These are some of the things we're shouting about this week. Shout-Outs are... Grover Sanschagrin http://blog.photoshelter.com

MarkLoundy: Updated MediaWoorks demo reel. Pass it on to anyone who needs video services in the SF Bay area. http://bit.ly/a3Odem

MarkLoundy: @howardowens Has there been any buzz about Patch coming to Batavia?

MarkLoundy: @hrheingold Go to www.ICANN.org and click on "Dispute Resolution." Or you could contact the squatter directly and ask them to give it up.

MarkLoundy: @SocialMedia411 Did you reverse the references to "active" and "registered?"

I've been to Kansas City before, er, on the Kansas side -- and it wasn't so pretty. So as I touched down into the KC Airport after multiple flight delays, the only thing I was thinking about was dinner. But Michelle and I were in town for a two day... Allen Murabayashi http://www.photoshelter.com

MarkLoundy: Should journalists learn programming? (flowchart) - http://bit.ly/cQumtP

Last week the official PhotoShelter WordPress plugin was born - a free, public download that allows PhotoShelter users to streamline their blogging workflow by embedding photos and slideshows directly into the body of a blog post without leaving WordPress. Here's a rundown of the main features of the plugin,... Chris Owyoung http://www.onelouderphoto.com

MarkLoundy: RT @dangillmor: RT @tomstites: If you care about the future of democracy and journalism, this reframing by Doug Muder is a must read: ht ...