Yeah yeah, I have failed for the second time in 101 days in taking a photo. So you'll have to live with this screen shot and semi-excuse for my failure. I've been knee deep in web related projects including work for other clients and re-doing my own site. Stay tuned as I continue to refine my own personal photography site to better suit my services and fine art projects.
Got another nice nod from the folks over at the New West Photo Blog today, this time on their specific Snow Blog. Have a look!
http://www.newwest.net/snowblog/
http://www.newwest.net/gallery/
I am happy to announce easier ways to keep up with my photographic hijinx, shenanigans and endeavors! There are now Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and RSS buttons right on my homepage for easy following.
Also once you get into those nice looking galleries, there are individual buttons for quick sharing via Twitter or Facebook. Simply click on your favorite social media outlet and share your favorites with the world!
I wanted to pass along some valuable information for my fellow photographers and future photogs as well. Be very careful when entering photography contests with respect to your copyright. I was about to enter Outside Magazine's South African photography contest when I noticed a little blurb in the fine print... [bold added for emphasis]
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Submission of an entry grants Sponsor and its designees the right in perpetuity to publish, use, adapt, edit and/or modify the Entry in any way, in commerce and in any and all media worldwide now known or hereinafter developed, without limitation and without further consent, consideration or notice to the winner. Submission of any entry further constitutes the winner’s irrevocable assignment and transfer to the Sponsor any and all rights, title, and interest in and to the Entry, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights.
Seeing how I am not an attorney or adept in IP law, this still raises a big red flag to me. I follow Carolyn E. Wright's Photo Attorney blog and upon reading a lot of her posts I have decided to heed her advice and be choosy in the contests I enter. I suggest you do the same! While it would be great to enter as many contests as possible, giving up your copyright and IP rights is a deal breaker for me. Especially for some of my best work which I do not want to even come close to giving up any part of my ownership to some corporation.
So be careful and read the fine print! Cheers!
