Bits and Bytes Bouncing in My Head

Some days, my mind seems hyperactive, bouncing from one thought to another. Is it a mood? A result of caffeine (I haven’t ventured off my norm)? The weather? I don’t know, but I do want to jot down some thoughts careening throughout my cranium today:

1. Been reading some comments about photo editors and art buyers being tired of viewing portfolios on the iPad. The way I see it is if an editor is hung up on the how I show my portfolio instead of the work itself, then my images aren’t getting it done.
2. Do blogs and websites routinely post copyrighted written material (say, from a substantiated author), or do they know that’s illegal? If so, why do most claim they didn’t know a photo was similarly protected by copyright? Because they do know, they just mostly try to get away with it.
3. Five months to receive payment for work done for a large, respected law firm, yet my smaller, relatively unknown clients pay extraordinarily fast. Hmmmmm……
4. How’s the iPad working out for magazines?
5. Seems a few years ago the saving grace for photographers hoping to gain assignment work was a quick transition into video. Now everyone seems to be a multimedia specialist and I’m not so sure the quantity of assignment work is measurable for the vast majority.
6. I enjoy the mix of work I get from non profits, magazines and teaching.
7. Rights Managed images appear to be licensed for a mere fraction of what they were just a decade ago.
8. You may not see their work as much in mainstream media these days, but many of my friends and colleagues continue to make meaningful, beautiful and important images.
9. Met and photographed a well known, award winning author recently. We traded emails and he’s going to read a book I suggested. How awesome is that? Not the typical behavior of the rich and famous.
10. The Social Media experiment: I’ve been using Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook for a year now (LinkedIn longer) and as the fine folks a Photoshelter assured in the guide they produced, it works to raise awareness of your work. Like anything, use it responsibly!