FREELA NCE P H OTO GRAP HY MAD E EA SY
NEWSL ET TE R A UG UST 2008
Copyright chaos for photographers Heineken Ireland are facing allegations of copyright infringement after using copywritten images off sites such as Flickr. The problems began back at the beginning of July when photographers from all over the world noticed that their images were somehow appearing on the Heinekenmusic.ie website, without them even clicking a button. Hundreds of images, which were being used to promote the Irish music festival Oxegen, were taken from a number of sources, including Flickr, and used without permission of the photographers. Heineken Ireland’s spokesperson, Pat Walsh said: “Heineken Ireland take the issue of Intellectual property very seriously and as soon as Heineken became aware of the potentially unauthorised material appearing on the site we made sure it was taken off.” Heineken Ireland have said they will pay the
Screenshot of Heinekenmusic.ie
photographers 15 Euros for each photograph, which they say is a fair amount as they believe the photos were used only in a temporary nature. Many photographers are now taking legal action against Heineken Ireland.
Microsoft say sorry for mistakes Microsoft have apologised to photographers and accept full responsibility for the outrage caused by their Iconic Britain photography contest. The site and competition was designed to provide a platform for photographers to showcase work and to have users praise the photography via a votes system. However, due to concerns over copyright this didn’t go entirely to plan. The competition asked for people to use the Live Search function to look for photographs and the terms & conditions said the entrant must check whether the photo they selected infringed the photographer’s intellectual property rights.
Nikon D90 News Last month SLR author, David Busch hinted that a new Nikon camera was in the pipeline and now he’s been talking about the specifications of the Nikon D90 on his website. He wrote: “It will Virtually be the same compact size as its predecessor, but with a $1299 price tag when equipped with the new 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR lens. The D90 offers 12 Mp of resolution, Live View (with video recording), a faster continuous shooting frame rate and a larger LCD screen.” His speculations about the specifications are very similar to those of another writer and photographer Thom Hogan who also mentioned Live View, information buttons and doors that reveal HDMI and GPS connectors. FPME will be keeping an eye on this story and will let you know when we hear more about it.
But this didn’t happen and many copywritten images appearred on the site. JK Weston, from Microsoft’s legal and Corporate Affairs department said: “Microsoft is a significant holder of intellectual property and we do understand the importance of intellectual property and the need to respect its integrity. What happened was a mistake and we accept full responsibility.”
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to the first edition of the new FPME newsletter. My colleague Dan and I are editing and designing the newsletter and we hope you like the layout and enjoy reading the latest news and tips from the photography world. In this issue we have advice from a pro fashion photographer, we share in a members’ success story and we also have the latest image leads from the UK’s magazine market. We want you to get involved as much as possible with the new newsletter so send us an email or drop us a line and tell us about your life as a freelance photographer. We will also be featuring the Money Makers section where the best entry can win Reallusions’ FaceFilter 2, worth £30. So go on, send us your money making images and share your freelance successes.
See you next time, Nikita and Dan.
PRO TIP This issue’s tip is from Gene Kiegel, a fashion photographer who was born in the Ukraine and now takes pictures for some of the most famous fashion magazines in the world. Here he shares some of his fashion photography tips with us. “Do not overlook the editing process. It shapes the final image and gives it virtually the last input prior to its existence on a printed media.” “Make your portfolio something you want to do not what you can do. Then when people hire you it will be because of your work, not you imitating work that you’ve seen around. This way you will be noticed.”
visit his website at www.genekiegel.com
NEWS & IMAGE LEADS
Out of the box landscapes Country Publications are back to take your images off you once again. This time they need late autumnal and winter shots for their November through to February publications. “We would love more photographs that show the beauty of late autumn and some nice full-on winter images will also be of use for our later publications,” said Phil Sootheran, Editorial Designer for Country Publications. They would love to see a selection of images that shows classic views and locations, such as lakes and mountains, from a new perspective or angle. Country Publications have three magazines that require these images, they are Dalesman (which covers Yorkshire), Cumbria (which is all about the Lake District) and finally the Countryman (which covers all of the UK). You can send in images for all of the magazines, but please limit the number to thirty images per magazine. “For covers we want portrait-format images, with a uniformly strong blue sky in the top quarter so that the magazine logo stands out and a neutral, plain area somewhere in the composition (usually the bottom third) for us to overlay the barcode and straplines. We also use photographs in our centre spreads, which demands a landscape format,” said Phil. Digital submissions are preferred (hi-res 300dpi, 22cm x 16cm, TIFF images, either on CD or DVD with a referenced thumbnail sheet.) The magazine also asks if you could tag your images to make it easy to identify them and a detailed description is always helpful if you are submitting a landscape shot.
NEWS IN BRIEF Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book Peachpit have announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book. This completely updated and expanded bestseller was written with photographers in mind. Author Martin Evening describes features in Photoshop Lightroom 2 in detail from a photographer’s perspective. As an established commercial and fashion photographer, Martin knows first-hand what photographers need for an efficient workflow. He has also been working with Lightroom from the beginning, monitoring the product’s development and providing feedback on the public beta. As a result, Martin knows the software inside and out, from image selection to image editing to image management.
Rates start from: Dalesman and Cumbria - £20 half page, £30 full page, £50 double page, £100 front cover Countryman minimum £20 half page, £50, full page, £100 double page, £150 front cover These are single use licenses, and you, the photographer, retain copyright on the image. The magazine archives all images received so your work could be used in a future publication. Submissions should be made to: Phil Sootheran, Editorial Designer, Country Publications Ltd The Water Mill, Broughton Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AG. Tel: (+44) 01756 701381
Winter wonderlands are wanted Lake District Life is a monthly up-market country magazine all about the Lake District and they need your seasonal images now. Currently they require images that represent winter in the Lake District, but if they like your work there could also be opportunities to submit for further seasons. They have not specified any particular location, just as long as your images represent winter. So get looking through your files for snow-covered hills, frost-bitten trees and cobwebs shining in a morning frost. The magazine covers contemporary life as well as past heritage, so it also features local shows, environmental issues, features about villages and even nationally-known personalities with a local connection. If you want your work to feature on the cover then make sure you have some well-taken regional shots. All images submitted need to be in portrait format and of a high enough resolution for magazine publication. Digital images are also preferred. Anyone interested should contact Ian Homewood at: ian@photodimension.co.uk.
NEWS & IMAGE LEADS
New viewpoints Outdoor Photography have a balance of features, tests, techniques, travel and environmental stories. Each issue features an array of landscape, wildlife and travel features. Outdoor photography suggest you look at a copy of the magazine to see which section of the magazine your work best fits into. Editor, Tracy Hallett, says, “Our November issue is now almost complete so we are looking for images for our December and Christmas issues. Pictures of viewpoints of locations would be ideal”. Outdoor Photography ask that you send no more than 15 images on a CD in a tiff or jpeg format to: GMC Publications, 86 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1XN. Please be patient, it could take up to three months before you here from the magazine and if they want to use your work they have to keep it for at least 10 weeks prior.
Happy Campers Camping Magazine don’t want ordinary caravans you see in many of the camping publications, they want to see your tents. “We are always looking for portrait images of tents on UK campsites,” said Clive Garrett, Editor of Camping Magazine. Clive wants to see family type tents with happy, smiling people around them. “I like happy people who are having a good time,” said Clive. Although the family shots are the ones the magazine are generally looking for Clive said he may also consider other images of tents that aren’t family related. Always consider the composition of your work as it may be used on the magazine’s front cover and they need room for cover lines etc. The magazine also uses action type images which demonstrate the types of activities you can take part in when on a camping trip. Shots of tourist attractions and landscapes are also used in the publication. Assignments sometimes come up at the magazine and you need to contact Clive to find out more about this. Digital files are again preferred referred and the magazine currently pays £100 per image use. Email Clive at: cliveg@warnersgroup.co.uk
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Olympus Awards
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Olympus has picked up two impressive titles at the recent EISA Awards. The honour for the best “European Advanced Camera 2008-2009” went to the E-3 – the flagship in the Olympus D-SLR range whilst the best “European Ultra Compact Camera 2008-2009” was the waterproof and shockproof µ [mju:] 1030 SW from the Olympus Tough line-up. Both could find their way into the FPME member’s kit bag.
INTERVIEW & MONEY MAKER
Business and pleasure can be mixed photography but I am flexible and switch between types. When I worked for the advertising agencies I had to produce work that the client wanted, not what I wanted to shoot. That’s why I take a variety of pictures and that’s why I don’t really have a favourite subject. My least favourite is when I have to take pictures for the libraries as often I am shooting pictures that don’t require a creative process and that’s not as enjoyable.”
Peter Bolton is an FPME member who used photography as part of his graphic design career, but has now found photography has become much more than that. Here he tells FPME his story. How did you get into photography? “I was very good at art at school, (I still paint now in-fact), and photography was a way for me to reference my art work and then eventually it just took over. I have my own graphic design business and I did buy photographs in for it but one day I decided it would be easier if I just shot my own.” Tell us a little bit about your favourite type of photography and why? “I don’t really have a favourite type of photography. I go out, take photographs, work hard at it and get satisfaction from that. You could say I specialise in landscape
What equipment do you use? “I’m all Nikon. I use the D300 now and I also work on a computer every day using everything from Photoshop to darkroom. I always have a camera on me, even if it’s a small compact as you never know what could happen. On several occasions I have missed a good photograph because I didn’t have a camera with me. I’m sure many people have done that. Most of the time I have a plan too, I never shoot off spec.” Tell us a little bit about your career as a freelance photographer and how you combine it with your work as a graphic designer. “Well they’re both creative processes so they fit well together. I combined the careers about 30 years ago. I was a designer to start off and then photography slowly took over. Photography was originally there to fill a need, a means to an end really. When I design I have blank pages to fill and photography was there to fill those pages. It still does that but I also enjoy taking pictures in my spare time too, it has turned into something that I really enjoy. I never get bored with it and I work for several publications as well as the NH. I also supply work to picture libraries too.” You have your own website, tell us a little bit about it and if you have any plans to develop the site in the future. “I do have a website but I don’t use it for business, as I have built my business contacts up over the years. I think it is important to have a website. Everyone should have one. It acts as a quick
Money maker JAMIEE HA JAMIE JAMI HANC HANCOCK NCOC OCK K was paid id £ £90 90 ffor an im image taken take ken near Newport in South Wales. The image appears on a double page spread in the latest issue of Photography Monthly magazine. The image was used to illustrate an article about filters and was taken on a Canon EOS 5D with a 24-105mm lens. Jamie used a Lee Filters ND 0.9 Neutral Density filter to ensure a dramatic sky in his landscape photo. James told us: “PM contacted me. They found my portfolio on ePHOTOzine and asked if I could supply them with a range of images I’d used filters on. I’ve been a “serious” photographer for about five years. I have always fancied playing with photography, I just never really had the time or the money.
ARE A RE YOU YOU A M MONEY ONEY M MAKER AKER Are you already making cash from your camera? If so we’d like to hear from you. We’re interested in seeing images that have successfully sold, and hearing the stories behind them. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve sold your first shot for £10 or your 100th for £1000. We will be featuring one image in the September newsletter and we have a copy of Reallusions’ FaceFilter 2, worth £30, to give to the owner of the chosen image. For more information on FaceFilter or any of Reallusions’ products please visit: www.reallusion.com To enter, use the Money Makers link on the FPME image leads page on www.fpme.co.uk.
INTERVIEW & GIFTS CONTACTS point of reference for people who are busy. I try to show a range of work on it and in the future I would love to start a photo library.”
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Do you have any success stories to share with the other members? “I have lots of success stories, all because I was persistent. If you want to be successful, don’t give up.” The work you produce means something will come around because of the work you have done yourself.”
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are doing and listen to advice. I read a lot of magazines, I find extracts that I like and keep them so I can dive in and out of them for advice. I also The views expressed in this newsletter are go online a lot too. My other piece of advcie is try those of individual contributors and do necessarily represent the views of the to be original., It’s ok to see what others are doing not publisher, unless otherwise stated. but don’t copy them. Listen to yourself. Most of the The publisher accepts no responsibility for errors contained within the publication. time I feel it’s right before I shoot anything and you any We welcome articles or photographs in digital or traditional form. must stick with that feeling. Every care will be taken with any material “People will tell you, submitted, but neither the publisher nor any of its employees, members, contractors or that’s wrong, you need agents accepts any responsibility for loss to do it like this, but don’t or damage to photographs, illustrations, manuscripts or any other material listen, do your own thing submitted, however caused. and be persistent. Also Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope for any material that is to be don’t get too tied down returned to sender. with shooting what other All advertisements are accepted, and all material is published in good faith. No part people want. If you’re of this newsletter may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission shooting for a client and from Magezine Publishing Ltd. they want blue spots on a August 2008 picture then you do it, but don’t forget what you want. Subscription rate: subs@fpme.co.uk Enjoy your photography 12 issues per year £10 and be true to yourself. “ See more of Peter’s work at www.peterboltonphotoart.com On that note do you have any advice for fellow freelancers? “As I said, never give up. I was knocked back several times by the big libraries but eventually you learn how they think and what they want and you can succeed. Look around too. See what other people
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