Category Archives: The Photo Business Publishers have developed a bad habit of begging, over the last few years. They’ve taken to contacting photographers, seeking to use their pictures without paying. It’s not just the underfunded start ups, or those tottering on the edge of bankruptcy. In this environment of global financial crisis and increasingly commoditized photography, many of the biggest...
 Do you have a great photo? Are you thinking of entering it in some contests, trying your luck? . Before you do, there’s something important you need to know. Many photo contests that seem free to enter actually come with a steep, hidden entry cost: they grab rights to the photos you enter. In some...
 [Editorial Note: This is an article originally published on photo.net, on June 30th, 2003. I am reposting it, here, for you readers with professional aspirations. It remains mostly as topical, today, as it was when originally written. I hope you enjoy.] I’ve been an avid nature photographer, both for pleasure and some income, for several...
 [Updated on 5 January, 2011, to include information about how to find and contact copyright violators, and how to send notification to Google, Amazon, and Flickr.] If you’re a good photographer, and you show your pictures online, then – sooner or later – your photos will probably get grabbed and misused by copyright violators. It...
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