Dear music photographers,

I would like to create new portfolio/gallery and I'm looking for tips or reccomendations. Do you now any good sites with user-friendly templates, I can use for create web?

(easy to update, change, with some tags problebly etc. I'm doing about 5 concerts/monthly.....)

I have my own web on http://www.barkafabianova.net but I need to have something more "professional"....

Thanks for your advices and good light to all

Barka Fabiánová

Invite to the private View. December 2nd

26 Castle Lane, Bedford The gallery is based in Bedford just 37 mins from London Kings Cross.

Rock City Art is the UK's first dedicated music photography gallery run soley by a collective of music photographers.

Mick Hutson, Andy Willsher and Andy Fallon have launched the gallery after several successful group and solo exhibitions in 2011.

Legend music photographers from around the world have been signed up for some exciting exhibitions in the next twelve months.

Hi guys,

There's a free exhibition of "Gibson" music photographs running at The British Music Experience (inside the O2 Arena).  From 7th November to 21st January

http://gettothefront.co.uk/2011/11/free-music-photography-exhibition-at-the-bme/

http://www.musicphotographers.co.uk/rising-talent

Rising Talent

We are looking for music photographers aged between 16-24

Bruce Springsteen's website posted a notice that at 7pm Saturday June 18, 2011, Clarence Clemons died of complications from a stroke suffered a week ago. SPIN Magazine's site covers the story.

E Street Band's Clarence Clemons Dies at 69

Walter

www.theimageismusic.blogspot.com

all professional feedback is welcome @

London's Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) is looking for a photograph of Elton John live in 1974

See this article for details.

http://www.eltonjohn.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110510&contentid=18879496

Anyone have any contacts that could help me acquire a pass? :)

I would be extremely grateful! :)

For UK based people:

A series of evening talks have been arranged at the British Music Experience (inside the O2 Arena).

http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/andywillsher/

Getty Images continues the race to the bottom with the price point for their own vault of imagery. They say it is intended for "the value driven customer". There is no such thing as a value-driven customer using their philosophy. It should be called the "value-less driven customer" who would prefer to pay absolutely nothing if at all possible.

http://news.dphotographer.co.uk/news/photographers/getty-images-unveil-photos-com/

Charity gigs.

Do you ever offer your services for free to help a charity (i.e. let them have the results of your work, either in whole or for partial use)?

What issues has this caused with other Togs who are covering the event "normally"?

What are your views on the issues surrounding the question?

Roger Goodgroves

There are thousands of concert and music artist blogs on the internet. They host millions of images of music artists. Are you one of these blog owners? Are you getting paid to TAKE your photos (ie. assignment)? If not, how are you monetizing your photos? Are you displaying blog ads? Are you leveraging something like Google Adwords? Are you charging a subscription fee like a legitimate publication? Are you licensing your work via editorial stock licensing and using the blog to attract clients? How well is that working for you?