Tuesday Night Links

I was very surprised to read in the New York Times about a photographer (how many stories do you really see about photographers?). It was even more surprising to find out it was a photographer that virtually put up the rights to her images as collateral for a couple of loans. It was especially surprising to find out that the photographer was none other than Annie Leibowitz. (If you didn’t click on the link to the story above, here it is again: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24artloans.html?_r=2.)

HOLY COW!!! Annie, you did what? Your rights to your images? Some of the most famous images of all time? Now, in all respect toward Leibowitz, we can’t be sure unless you hear it from her as to the very specifics of why she did this and what she has in the future to pay the loans off. That’s not my business, and who’s to say you or I wouldn’t do the same thing if we deemed it necessary. But, whoa!

I didn’t find this on my own of course. Thanks to the power of Twitter (I can be found @jerodfoster), and Rob Haggart’s wonderfully resourceful blog, A Photo Editor, the story came to my attention. This story just makes my skin crawl (like the scary movie kind)! Annie, I hope everything goes well for you, because we all want to see your name next to your images for as long as we can.

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On a more happy note, check out Joe McNally’s blog to get the most up-to-date information on his upcoming publication, The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light From Small Flashes. I own his first book, The Moment It Clicks, and the guy just does a bang-up job of writing about his experiences as a daily to big assignment photographer, with some technical jargon to spice it up enough, that if you are a serious photographer, or aspiring to be one, you just have to have it! The stories remind me so much about sitting down with Wyman Meinzer, as I still do often, and just talk about photo “war” stories (I can share a few of mine now with Wyman)!

The Moment It Clicks can be found here, and even though you might be a technology junkie and want to go straight for The Hot Shoe Diaries, read his first publication with as much fervor. He really ties together, in that particular book, what it is characteristically that describes his success, and that is ultimately the meaning in each shot, lights or no. This doesn’t mean I’m not excited about the new book, because I am, and anyone that I have ever photographed has seen some McNally influence in the way that I shoot!

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On a personal photographic interest, take the time to skip over to Andy Biggs’s blog, The Global Photographer. I really enjoy reading this classy looking blog about Andy’s experiences around the globe on his photo safaris. Definitely check out his post about his special collection of photographs from the Dark Continent! These images really are outstanding, and the man knows his stuff about printing and showcasing a body of work!

Also, while there, be sure to check out the link to Andy’s other venture, Gura Gear. This bag has me so interested it’s crazy, I just haven’t found the time to buy one yet! I read and hear nothing but good things about this gear bag, and if you are into bags, like many photographers are, you can see why. The bag weights approximately four pounds unloaded, and it is made out of sail cloth for crying out loud! That beat’s the hoohaa out of toating around a 10-pound (dry weight) shoulder bag all day long, especially when loaded with gear, you pack on another 25-40 pounds (believe me, six pounds can make a huge difference)! It’s a no-nonsense bag, and a no-brainer if you are the right kind of photographer that would fit the bag (wait, isn’t that supposed to go the other way around?)!

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That’s it for today! More to come in form of portraiture soon!

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