When does fair use of a photo become copyright infringement?

photo credit: bloomsberries
Good question.
I saw a statistic somewhere on the number of blogs that are created each week and it’s mind boggling. The number that make it to any sort of maturity is only a small proportion but its still, on a global scale, quite a few! Now imagine those [...]

Is the stock photography bubble about to burst in 2008?

photo credit: Jeff Kubina
Doom mongers and naysayers have been predicting the collapse of the stock photography industry almost as long as Nostradamus has been predicting the end of the world.

So who is right?

Tags: Comment, microstock, Photography Business, Stock Photography

BANNED!! from DPReview.com forums!

photo credit: Daquella manera
Hmmm….not sure what’s going on here.
Went to log on to www.dpreview.com forums area just now and got a response saying I’d been banned. I try and log on a couple of times a week and as those of you who read this blog who also post there know – [...]

Five types of Professional Photographer – which one are you?

photo credit: William Hook
As we wend our way gleefuly into the abyss (only kidding folks!) that is the ever growing, ever increasing pool of “professional photographers” (cough splutter) chasing less and less work, I took a look around an identified five types of photographers working in my area today.
Which one are you? [...]

The difference between an Amateur and a Pro photographer

photo credit: DetroitDerek
I’ve lost count of the number of times this one comes up. Usually in photo forums. I wrote this post today on a forum. Thought I may as well copy it here for posterity!
So you think you want to be a Pro? All fast cars and naked [...]