Thursday it was leaked that the Mavericks Big Wave Surf Contest is being called to take place on Saturday January 12, 2008. If you’re in the area and are thinking of witnessing the spectacle for yourself read up on access restrictions and alternate locations to view the surf contest such as at AT&T Park on the big screen. Odds are unless you have a mammoth lens and can tolerate sitting in mud on a precariou
Join me at the Media Web Meet Up III: The Producers where I’ll be a panelist with fellow photographer Lane Hartwell, legal expert Jason Schultz from the Electronic FrontierFoundation (EFF) and announced last night Heather Champ from Flickr. Event Details Subject: The Producers – people creating content for the Media Web Speakers: Lane Hartwell, Photographer – http://fetching.net Jason Schultz, Lawye
When people think of places that exemplify the holidays New York city often comes to mind whether because of movies past or just because many of the morning news programs are filmed in downtown New York city. This past weekend my wife and I returned to Manhattan to take in all that New York had to offer for the holidays. As always it proved to be quite a bit of fun from watching the kids and adults a like being awed
Last week in my post Here Comes Another Fair Use Dispute I discussed the on going dispute between the Lane Hartwell and the Richter Scales over the unauthorized use of copyrighted imagery. The latest update is that the dispute has gone unresolved. The Richter Scales rather than dealing with their actions and seeking resolution with the artist have chosen to turn their back on the issue and have re-released a new vers
Self-admittedly I am a statistics junky. If I employ a service, I like to monitor the traffic and trends. I’ve done this since the day I launched my web site and I’ve done it for my Digital Railroad, Photoshelter, and PodBean (for my podcast) accounts as well. I’ve found some tools for Flickr but they’ve been pretty limited. I’ve regrettably been monitoring the numbers by memory. Today F
More coverage has surfaced on Creative Commons licensing this time specifically in relation to Flickr on Wire.com. Check it out… Creative Commons Licenses Are Permanent — Except on Flickr – Wired An added perk… I was quoted in the article as a result of my blog article on the topic. What licensing do you use? Take part in my poll [tags]Creative Commons, Flickr, Wired, photo, pohtography, [/tags]
Back in July I attended and reviewed a lecture on “The Legal Landscape of Street Shooting” put on by Fotovision.org. I have been chomping at the bit to share this with my blog readers, so much so I took it upon myself to assist in producing the podcast of it. It’s taken some time to get out, but it’s finally been released. This podcast is just shy of 2 hours long, but I can assure you it is we
After talking with my best friend by phone today I decided to mix two posts into one. Its rather fitting considering recent developments. My best friend lives in Houston, Texas and in our discussion he had not heard about the November 7 oil spill here in San Francisco. Likely because I live here I was shocked that news of the event hadn’t reached my friend who is also a native Californian. The oil spill is deva