WIN-Initiative is back with their 10 Best 10 competition, this time on an international scale. I received word of the competition the other day in my mail box and wanted to follow up since I had posted regarding the first 10 Best 10, specifically because it was a free to enter photo contest, and I [...]
A few months back Rachel Hulin visited my class at SVA to talk about blogging and at the time mentioned a top secret project she was working on with a few other people. At 5:00 pm yesterday that project, a website dubbed The Photography Post (thephotographypost.com)officially launched. I’m certain the site is going to very quickly [...]
The buzz around town of late has been a positive uptick in assignments and even gasp* budgets for photographers. I must say a very nice change from the terribly somber fall we had here in NYC. Perhaps it really is true, things are on the mend, or perhaps attitudes are adjusting and we are all [...]
D day is here. The announcement that many claim could save the publishing industry is upon us. Today Apple unveils the rumored device almost certainly to be a digital tablet. Wether this is truly the earth shattering device its been built to be, I doubt it. Will I buy one, probably. Either way the future [...]
Contest entry season is upon us, and as I sit here calculating entry fees the costs are quickly adding up. I’m really frustrated with rip off like tactics that have been tacked onto photo contests removing any dignity associated and turning them into cash machines, ie. late fee entry periods set up well in advance. [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’re probably well aware of the pending unveiling of the Apple tablet in the coming weeks. Can’t wait to see the future of publishing? Well today Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to unveil their tablet manufactured by HP at his keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. [...]
I was just made aware of National Geographic Adventure’s closing via aphotoeditor. While I’m continually saddened by the barrage of magazine closings, this one hit particularly close too home. I had just wrapped an assignment the day before Thanksgiving for an incredibly well written and conceived article that we see far too little of these [...]
Last week an announcement was made that four of the big publishing companies were forming a digital distribution company, Time Inc being one of those players. Well Tech Crunch has an article detailing a demo shown to them of Time Inc’s foray into digital publishing using Sports Illustrated as the guinea pig. The demo was [...]
Esquire has recently taken several different forays into blending new media with traditional magazine fair. Most notably a couple Red Camera covers and the Digital Ink anniversary issue. The success of any of these was debatable and not overwhelmingly exciting. Well the magazine took another step forward with their “Augmented Reality” issue hitting the [...]
Today is the day Time Inc. is suspected to begin announcing the nearly 600 layoffs that have been looming over the horizon the past week or so. Time Inc. has seen its ad revenue drop 22% and subscription revenue drop 13% over last year. Here in NYC I’ve heard the whisperings of a more positive [...]
