Apple has sold more than 160 million iOS devices and there are no screaming, angry hordes of users breaking down the doors at 1 Infinite Loop demanding Flash on their devices.
LOL.
I love the point about not getting to sites that don't come up in Flash...
Yeah - try looking up graphic designers and photographers... that'll get you a big ol' steaming pile of blankassscreen. Go on... try it!
Any business owner who uses largely unpaid labor, with a handful of underpaid, nonunion employees, to build a company that is sold for a few hundred million dollars, no matter how he or she is introduced to you on the television screen, is not a liberal or a progressive.
This is a wonderful takedown of the idiocy that was the Huffington post sale. You should read it all.
"... is not a liberal or a progressive."
Well, no... actually she was showing the exact traits of the liberals and 'progressives' that I see everyday. She spoke about all the little people and kept the big pot to herself.
You know, kinda like actors and directors and sports players and NYT Financial columnists who spew forth a disdain for capitalisim while exploiting every possible nook and cranny for ways to EXPLOIT capitalism.
To hear an actor mumble on about the horrors of capitalism makes one who actually knows what capitalism is nearly want to puke.
A movie is made with other people's money... invested in a project with an expected return of more than what was invested. Capitalism. To listen to the blusterings of these idiots reminds me of the guys on the corners in NY... trying to hoodwink the tourists with sleight of hand tricks. They will continue to make astronomical earnings while at the same time 'hatin' on the rich people and specially them Republitards...' Yeah. We call the suckers rubes.
Huffingtons supporters say the people who were contributing did so by choice. Yes, they did.
But like the suckers on the street, they were unaware of what the game really was. The contributors thought they were 'making a difference' and 'helpin' right the injustices...'
NOPE... the rubes were building an empire for the head bitch what is... and she knew it.
Here's a choice she could have made:
"wow... 115 Million dollars.
I am going to take 100M of that and get it shared between all the contributors and my staff. I would be happy to only get nearly 215 million."
But she did not choose that choice. That could have netted her contributors a nice little windfall.
But she did not choose that choice. That would have been the decent thing to do.
But she did not choose that choice.
Just as her pals in the movie industry never share their wealth with the people who work for them. Bigtimeasswipe actor makes 10Million for a move. Grip makes $25k for same movie. Bigtimeasswipe actor ever offer to share some of the proceeds... EVEN IF THE MOVIE DOES $300M and the bigtimeasswipe actor makes an additional $30M...
Have you ever heard of it happening? Have you ever heard of a grip getting a check in the mail because the movie made more than expected?
NO. Neither have I.
So don't complain to me that this behavior is not liberal or progressive, sir. I have seen some of your most ardent liberal and progressives doing the exact thing. For decades.
As for disowning the bitch... she left the conservative side to play with you liberals for a reason.
315 Million of them.
We don't want her back. You can keep her and the bigtimeasswipe actors too.
There’s more crap coming out of the art world than there is coming out of the commercial one.
-- Andrew Ptak
... from the comments in the APE article.
And yeah, I think he may have a point.
Or three.
There’s plenty online dedicated to clichés, hopefully more people seize the opportunity to make more bridges.
"If it requires more effort to consume, many will not bother with it. Think about a story crammed with words you don’t recognize."
Yeah. So terribly true.
I’m tempted to remark on the wisdom in general of taking human rights lessons from professors steeped in European and United Nations law, but I’m more interesting in a shorter question: What can Karin Calvo-Goller possibly be thinking? Already, a search of her name on Google yields in third place an entry linking “Calvo-Goller” to the phrase “an idiot and a fascist jerk”, thusly:
Given that Calvo-Goller’s actions threaten to injure her reputation by making her look like an idiot and a fascistic jerk, I am hereby charging her with criminal libel against herself.
Really. Someone probably should let Karin Calvo-Goller know how the Internet works and about, you know, Google and stuff. Because if she’s worried about her reputation, suppressing book reviews in the European Journal of International Law is just the beginning of the job she’s cut out for herself.
Equally unsurprising, no one is buying full albums any more:
My friend, Tim Smith at Canon USA, said recently “NO camera is better than its user.
I wonder if Jake thinks a new guitar would make him a better player too...
Naw. I don't think so.
Guitars don't make great guitar players, guitar players make great guitar players.
It is not hard, when everybody is just in one big database controlled by Mr. Zuckerberg, to decapitate a revolution by sending an order to Mr. Zuckerberg that he cannot afford to refuse,” Mr. Moglen said.
Few American cities have suffered as acutely as Rockford, Ill., where unemployment reached nearly 16 percent last summer.
Interesting use of audio as well as compelling portraits.
BTW, Soth has a set of images named "the last days of W".
I guess we'll call these "O at two... and counting"...
Or something...
Ya know...
The rise was much larger than economists had expected.
These 'experts' get it wrong month after month... just google it. It is either unexpected, or surprisingly, or unforseen...
To have a group of people who are categorically wrong month after month seems to be a terrible indictment of their profession.
To keep going to them for predictions and advice seems the very definition of insanity.
Of course, we are talking about the MSM...
So... yeah...
Nevermind.
Rather than squint and try and see the details on the camera’s lcd, they can zoom in on the iPad and request us to make changes.
And keeping the customer, and clients, happy is job one for a photographer.
When I look back at this stuff, I really wonder how it all got done…
Great story, Robert. Good shot too.
It has never been easier to make a great living doing what you love. But to make it happen, first you need an EVIL PLAN.
Get out your super double secret journals and begin making your plan to dominate the world (the one you live in) as soon as possible... they're watching, you know... just waiting to pounce on your dreams and suffocate your future.
But with a plan... an EVIL plan, you can change your world and be all the richer for it.
Seriously.
When I go out for my walks I'm drawn to scenes that show what it's like to be human.
Sports Illustrated is quitting the business of selling print-only subscriptions.
And that you know he will nail it because he’s super focused on this style, and his book reflects this.
Yep... that one line says so much.
Confidence is earned, and shown and built in to so much of what we have to do as photographers.
G’head and blame the gallery, blame the collective, blame the attendant who let the guy take a leak, blame whomever. The point is that I’m blaming the perpetrator and you should too. Stealing is bad, stealing one of a kind art is worse, and that the thief is amongst us…
Now–after several days and a $25,000 reward–Lee’s Polaroid is still missing. The gallery is facing the prospect of going out of business, the cops have little resources to sink resources into finding the culprit and recovering the loss. Wouldn’t it be nice if we in the photo, art, design, pop culture community could track this photo (and this criminal) down?
Citizens arrest. Call Jeremy Weiss at 323-747-5301 or this@thislosangeles.com if you have any tips.
I hate thieves. I hate IP thieves and I hate analogue thieves.
I have been ripped off.
A few small things, and one huge 3/4M one.
I hate them.
I hope we find the perp.
If I find the guy, I promise he will give it up. I really do.
Really really.
(Jack Bauer had it right...)
"Discover From Insider Experts the Secrets to Thriving as a Photographer in our free teleseminar."
It's ON now.
Still time to register for free.
I sold nine prints. Nine. And I got invited to show at a local gallery.
Stop listening to the naysayers. They do NOT have your best interests at heart. People who do support you when you want to break out and do something a little out of the box. Or totally away from the box... or take a boxcutter and carve the box into something totally different.
Something totally yours.
This is an older post, and Stuart is moving steadily along in his career.
(Project 52 is an ongoing set of real world assignments for photographers who want to grow beyond the ordinary, and work toward the real world of commercial photography. It is not a glamour site, nor will we be treating every shot like something from a major award winning art director to appear in the most prestigious magazine in the world. One should ALWAYS do one's best. And to continue to excel at what we do is something that MUST be in the forefront of our minds. In reality, the photographers in small/mid market must be able to perform to the highest levels of the profession in assignments that may not be as glamorous as that presented on most blogs and sites. OK. And those sites are important to follow, and learn from.
I want the Project 52 to be as real world as possible. I made this post earlier this morning on the Flickr group, and I am adding it here.)
Reprinted from the post at Flickr this morning:
I spent a morning last week looking critically at the other sites out there who are teaching or suggesting, and blogs that talk about being a 'professional' and there are some really good ones. And there are a lot of fun sites that can be so interesting with glimpses into the working world of photography at the top of the game. And there are... others.
The criteria I was using - and this was a quickly put together set of specifics - was this: Was the information something that a real world, small/med market shooter could use. I found some good ones in the wedding/portrait industry. And there are some good ones in the 'girl shooter' categories. But there were few in the real world of commercial photography... where a photographer is someone who is working - commercially - and for a diverse set of clients. Magazines(Project 52 is an ongoing set of real world assignments for photographers who want to grow beyond the ordinary, and work toward the real world of commercial photography. It is not a glamour site, nor will we be treating every shot like something from a major award winning art director to appear in the most prestigious magazine in the world. One should ALWAYS do one's best. And to continue to excel at what we do is something that MUST be in the forefront of our minds. In reality, the photographers in small/mid market must be able to perform to the highest levels of the profession in assignments that may not be as glamorous as that presented on most blogs and sites. OK. And those sites are important to follow, and learn from.
I want the Project 52 to be as real world as possible. I made this post earlier this morning on the Flickr group, and I am adding it here.)
Reprinted from the post at Flickr this morning:
I spent a morning last week looking critically at the other sites out there who are teaching or suggesting, and blogs that talk about being a 'professional' and there are some really good ones. And there are a lot of fun sites that can be so interesting with glimpses into the working world of photography at the top of the game. And there are... others.
The criteria I was using - and this was a quickly put together set of specifics - was this: Was the information something that a real world, small/med market shooter could use. I found some good ones in the wedding/portrait industry. And there are some good ones in the 'girl shooter' categories. But there were few in the real world of commercial photography... where a photographer is someone who is working - commercially - and for a diverse set of clients. MagazinesFirst lets clarify the name – I think if you move beyond the still image, you really need to embrace motion, not video.
On the first visit, right after shaking your hand, she unrolls plans for a house. "Here are some sketches...
Being unremarkable is painful and depressing and that alone should be enough to work to create and to be something more
Yes, Trudy... it is.
"... leading lives of quiet desperation..." I mean... that actually sounds less tragic than it is, and it sounds so terribly tragic.
Isn't it amazing how photography has advanced without improving?
Quote by Charles Sheeler.
I saw this on Kirk's blog this morning. It is too amazing not to share here as well.
I have been pondering and thinking about this for so many years. Not only the craft itself, but my work as well. It is so easy to make a photograph... and so goddam hard to make a good one.
6. Ditch your TV. I hear screams at this suggestion but hear me out! Four years ago, the TV was banished from our house and since then I have written four books, started a business and now have a Top 10 Blog for Writers! (as well as a day job and home life). TV is a time suck, the programs you want to watch are padded with adverts and you end up watching other shows just because they’re on. I still watch programs I enjoy (Glee, Fringe, Bones and Castle!) but I download episodes on iTunes so it takes 45 minutes instead of hours of distraction. This leaves more time to be creative or to spend time blogging/social networking.
Yep... number 6 is an awesome tip. While I didn't totally throw it out, I can tell you it is on less than 4 hours a week.
Three if it is off season of "The Closer".
Alright. So you might be thinking, “What’s the big deal? Isn’t it a good thing we’ve gotten past this archaic gender segregated stuff?” Yes… and no. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all in favor of the progress we’ve made, but again, the pendulum has arguably swung too far to the other extreme, leaving men without their own space.
We often underestimate the effects our surroundings have on our psyche. Architects, interior designers, and feng shui experts understand this profound impact. Even famous feminist writer Virginia Woolf understood the importance that space can have on an individual.
In her 1928 essay A Room of One’s Own, Woolf passionately argued that the reason women hadn’t produced as many great literary works as men was because they were denied the same opportunities afforded their male counterparts. The central argument in her essay was that women needed a room of their own in a world that was predominantly male so they could be alone and connect with their true identity and creative impulses.
Eighty years later, it’s the men asking for a room of their own.
I love having my own space. My home office is mine. MINE.
The wife pops in every once in a while to shake her head and smirk, but I gave in on the 'old timey, back woods with frilly lace crap" bedroom set, so she is OK with my choice of decor.
Only thing we agree on in my office is no cigars to be smoked there.
That I reserve for the patio and a Corona.
Letʼs begin with the harsh truth. If an organization does not believe that it will generate some form of a return on an investment (financial or otherwise), then it should not have a website. In other words, if the website doesn’t pay its way, then we have not done our jobs properly.
Despite what we might think, our primary aim is to fulfill the business objectives set out by our clients. Remember that creating a great user experience is a means to this end. We do not create great user experiences just to make users happy. We do so because we want them to look favorably on the website and take certain actions that will generate the returns that our clients want.
The challenge is figuring out what your business model is. Not only for your designer, but many times for yourself.
"I take pictures and want to get rich" is not a business model. "Stock" is not a business model. "Chicks in stripper heels wrapped in caution tape and standing on railroad tracks" may be cool for you MM portfolio, but it ain't a business objective.
Find what your business objective is. Work it out. Discover through self evaluation and hard work... what is your business really about.
Then find a web designer who can help you realize that.
And not by spinning your logo or making your thumbnails race around the page.
I mean... really.
Fourth, paper is dead. Moribund. Lifeless. Electronic delivery can provide color, motion, sound, interactivity.
Well, yeah... there is that.
The Daily is the first "paid content" for a news source online that is totally created FOR online reading - specifically for the iPad for now - Android and 'Readers" coming very soon.
It is full of lovely, gorgeous photographs. That is good news for photographers... of all genres. Much more interesting than Time, Newsweek, or USNWR... all tired, slow, terrible magazines these days. I am totally excited about this prospect. Better photographs lift us all. We can make the case for better imagery easier. I think more and more of these are gonna be poppin' up. I just paid for the year's subscription... just to support this brave new approach to delivery. Will they succeed or fail? I have no idea... the market is very fluid right now. But if I have to bet, I am going to bet that it WILL succeed... and bigger than any of us can imagine.This may also push some of the dinosaurs to get out of the way, get a tech crew who 'gets it' and get online the right way... not a lameasssortakinda html approach. It may also push the existing magazines to realize how damn important the images are to the magazines. Photographers get treated like 'crazy unka joe' while the magazines keep getting lower and lower subscriptions and readers.
So they tell us "people don't want news anymore... sniff sniff" - whining stupidity and wrong. Very very wrong. People WANT news... they just don't necessarily want it from the traditional media anymore. Understanding that people want great images to go along with solid news and information would take a massive re-education of most media moguls. They just don't get it.
We all talk about game changers... things that come along and change stuff before most of us even realize they were changing.
I remember my first Mac... And the first time I saw images (Kodak) on digital I knew that film was in its last days. The affordable digital DSLR created a vast tidal wave of interest in the hobby/art/profession. The internet brought us knowledge and access that was of incalculable dimension over the decade previous. Netscape (Mozilla) brought us graphical layout of information online, google lets us find stuff in an unordered world. The pad presentation of information, media, graphics and audio is one of those game changers. My first cell phone was a brick and I paid hundreds of bucks in roaming charges a month. My current Android has more computing power and memory than my original mac, and I can make calls across the nation without additional charges.Game changers all.
I think this will be a large leap for the publishing world. And I think that will be something we in the content creation world will look back on and say... something changed that day.
Maybe I am a little melodramatic, but I think it is very very important for us photographers/content creators. More will follow... and fast. I for one cannot wait.Recently a forum questioning whether a photographer should buy learning DVD's started going toward the "don't waste your money, shoot more pics" direction and I found that to be terrible terrible advice. Not that taking photographs will not increase one's ability to simply 'make photographs, but taking photographs 'correctly' may increase ones ability to make BETTER photographs. (Referring to DVD's by D. Hobby and J. McNally)
I posted the response below on Flickr this morning.
1. When told that spending $150 on a DVD is 'too expensive' I immediately shelve that person in the "don't get it" group. Expensive? Really? Maybe photography is not the right foray for a person who wants to learn, but finds that spending money on it will be painful.
This is not a put-down or a 'diss' - it is a fact of the photographic life. 2. The calls for 'take more pictures' instead of buying a DVD seem arrogant and a little closed minded. People do different things to learn... they learn information differently as well. Some learn by doing and some by listening and some by seeing. Telling those who learn by seeing that the ONLY way is by doing is terrible information. 3. The DVD's that these two guys are offering for a very small sum offer information that is audible and visual. Some people learn a lot from that form of information. "Just read it in a book" is way lame, folks. We could do away with schools then, and just charge folks a couple of hundred thousand for a library card. I wonder how anyone can say things that simply are not reflected in the world we live in. Have you read any books on photography that do not include photographs? (I have.) They are not about learning the techniques, but deal with other questions an aesthetics. Technical books do have photographs because they reinforce the text. To teach. 4. if you have never been on a professional shoot, it is damned hard to know what is going on at a professional shoot. You can 'read' about it. (That would be a real snoozer...), or you can view it from afar. Not much context to that. But a DVD can give you that opportunity to be 'on set' so to speak. To see and hear and see some more. And you can watch it more than once to see things you may have missed the first time. 5. While I believe that it is very important to practice, practice must be based in correct technique and context. "Practice makes perfect" is not necessarily true if one practices something wrong. It is an unfortunate phrase which should be "Perfect Practice makes Perfect Execution". Watching consummate pros like D and J do what they do is worth so much more than a lousy couple of hundred bucks. It may prevent someone from continuing to practice imperfectly. To learn the inside scoop so to speak, is so invaluable as to be worth much more than what it is costing. Photographers would work 12 hour days for $50 as assistants back in the day - just to see what the hell goes on at a shoot. It isn't 'taught' as it is too fluid to be hierarchical or to have a lexicon... it is somewhat dynamic with many moving parts and personalities. But, in the end, it comes down to someone telling you how you should learn, and what you should spend your money on, and how you should spend your time. Bullshit. No one who does that has your best interest at heart. No one who makes those kind of global statements has anything but a personal agenda. The DVD's will have nuggets of info that many "super advanced beyond technique" shooters will find invaluable. Hell, most of us SABT'ers would spend twice that for ONE tiny nugget that makes our work easier, or a technique that can be adopted into our work. Those who are not in the SABT club may find more than nuggets... they may find a ton of stuff that would change the way they are practicing now. To tell you not to invest in these opportunities would be a disservice. YOU know if you need the DVD's. YOU know if you learn that way. YOU know if you can afford the ROI. Constantly amazed that people seek advice from those who are not capable of giving it, but amazed more that those who are incapable are so willing to give it. My opinion is that learning costs less than fuckups. Always has. Always will.12 years ago, I made a conscious choice to allow my fears rental space in my life. They didn’t bust down the door and take control of me. I let them. I handed them the key, opened the door and said, “Come on in, boys! Drinks are on the house!”
The most destructive talent we have is the talent to become afraid of things that won't hurt us. Most fears are irrational and based in a reality that doesn't exist.
Make photographs that are yours to make. To hell with anyone one else. They are probably just as full of fear as you are.
It was a beautiful day in La Jolla this past Monday. The clouds had blown away and the blue sky, warm sun was absolutely perfect.
People were out walking, jogging, and generally soaking up some of the most incredible weather anywhere. While not as crazy busy as a Sunday in the summertime, there were still a lot of people and parking was scarce.
The young woman began setting up her T-Shirt stand at a very rich crossroads of paths. One going along the cliffs and the other meandering up toward the Valencia Hotel and the center of the city.
Location: Great.
Weather: Great
Tourists: LOTS
Potential: Great
Boxes at the ready, she began building her store. She made no eye contact with the little girl who was patiently waiting to buy a T-shirt. Money in hand. You could see it money in hand. The girl continued to build her store and very slowly and deliberately lay the T-shirts out across the small folding table.
After a few minutes, the parents grew impatient. A few more minutes and the little girl became impatient and simply walked away.
The young woman never acknowledged them. She lost a sale.
Eventually she got her umbrella set up, her table set and organized, her chair in position and her iPod set to the playlist of the day.
She sat at the table and pulled out her book. iPod in place, sunglasses on, and head buried in her book she began her day.
I sat and watched people come by and "ooh and ahh" over the shirts without nary a smile or a word unless the 'customer' would ask a question. She would slowly pull the iPod from her ears, set her book down and answer the question in single, monosyllabic words. She didn't acknowledge any compliments on the merchandise, and instead would cut the conversation short by a terse question: "You want to buy something?"
I watched for a good hour while my wife and daughter made a long sojourn on a short beach in search of sea shells for the 'collection' growing in a neat little pile in the garden.
She never made a single sale.
What would have happened if, instead of burying her face in a book, with earbuds in and sunglasses on, she had engaged the visitors with eye contact and smiles, maybe even a little pro-active "Hello... beautiful day - what brings you to La Jolla?"
What if she had actually paid attention to that little girl waiting patiently with the $20 bill clutched tightly? What if instead of acting as if she were no more interested in selling a T-shirt to someone as she was in throwing herself over the cliff?
I don't know the answer, but she didn't get at least four sales. Mine and my families, and the little girl. The couples who stopped and looked at the T-shirts were in the dozens and not a single sale.
If this was her own business, I guess it would be no problem but hers. But I saw these shirts all over San Diego, so I imagine there must be someone who owns/manages/supervises the sales.
Time for an intervention of the pink slip kind.
Currently, Lake Mead provides 90 percent of the region's fresh water through two intake pipelines. As the drought continues, water levels threaten to fall below the intake levels, potentially cutting off water supplies to millions of residents. The current water elevation of 10,090 is dangerously close to Intake No. 1 at 10,050 feet.
Nope.
This would make me hesitant to locate business there.
Bishnu kept his peace while the gang snatched cell phones, jewelry and cash from other riders. But then, the thugs grabbed the 18 year-old girl sitting next to him and forcefully stripped her naked. Before the bandits could rape the poor girl in front of her helpless parents, Bishnu decided he had enough.
A real man? Yep.
A hero? Definitely.
Role model? Absolutely
Rare these days? Yeah... real rare.
Thanks for being you, my man.
Well done.
