What bands or concerts are on your shooting schedule? Are you shooting a live performance, band promo shots, or an editorial job? I have some local band promo jobs I'm currently negotiating.

Yahoo has released a new utility to crunch down the size of image files and convert them between formats. Part of how this utility achieves file size reduction is through removing all color profile and copyright management information. That second part is what really creates a problem. The DMCA explicitly forbids the removal of any CMI (Copyright Management Information). Read more details about this on John Harrington's blog "Shame On You, Yahoo!".

Hi,

I came across this site in my search for some advice on any possible photography career that I may have. A quick brief history:

I have always had an interest in photography but the gift of a Canon 400D really helped me develop as a photographer and take it more seriously. My job involves travelling a lot and this has also helped. A website of my general shots is at:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/oasis

Recently I have taken up my interests in concert photography and had some reasonable success. I started with getting some shots with a point and shoot in concerts.

So, how much does it suck to be turned down? Its a fact of life when shooting concerts, we've all dealt with it. Here's my issue with it; When you ask 2 weeks prior of the show, the label/publicist/manager responds to the first contact with a "looking into it, we'll let you know" response. You wait patiently, but its getting closer to the day of the show. Emails are not being replied to, maybe you have even received a "I'll be out of the office....." canned response. Then, hours to the show time, you get a "sorry lists full" email.

DRM-free music is being offered on MySpace music service in an effort to compete with iTunes. The catch is that the music can be played only on computers connected to the Internet, and listeners have to tolerate advertising splashed across the screen. If you want to transfer a song to your iPod or other portable device, you will have to buy the music through Amazon.com's download service.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkQ9OjsswXQjzuG7mLk8lhbzdYbgD93DNH480

This article suggests Apple is working with artists to provide applications containing more album artwork and other material for consumers. If this happens, we need to consider how we price photographs for a record. Imagine more of your photographs being distributed via iPod or iPhone via more album artwork.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10029892-27.html?tag=bnpr

thought some of you may be interested in this...

Music Photography Seminar and Workshop with Jeremy SafferThe workshop will take place on Saturday September 27th in, and around my studio in Chicopee, Ma.Tickets are available for $250 (this includes food and beverage).