In mid-April there was an excellent panel discussion “Copyright in a Hyper Digital Age” put on by ASMP discussing the changing landscape of Copyright law as it impacts photographers. A variety of discussions took place, but the most timely and interesting was about the Orphans Work legislation that is again being discussed in the US Congress and US Senate. No other legislation is likely to have as big of an impact on photographers in recent years as the Orphans Work legislation. Mr. Vic Perlman, ASMP General Council, gives an informative description and update in this video that was recorded a week before Orphans Work legislation was reintroduced in Washington D.C.
This video is 24 minutes long and I highly recommend watching it in full. I guarantee you’ll find it of value if you’re serious about providing full protection to your photographic work. After this discussion there were additional comments provided by each panel member. I will be posting individual videos of each panelists comments tomorrow. Stay Tuned. ASMP should be releasing a podcast and/or videos which covered this portion of the event.
Update: This video covers only the first two speakers. Additional videos of the other speakers will be added shortly. Update #2: The remaining videos are now available after the jump.
Vic Perlmann, General Counsel ASMP and Mike Linksvayer, Vice President Creative Commons
For other Orphans Works legislation discussions check the following sights:
For the techies out there this video was taken with a Nokia N95. I’ve been amazed at how well the video on this phone works. The resolution on videos taken with this phone are incredibly good. Too good for online hosting services. Stay tuned for more I got a lot out of my limited time with the Nokia N95 and have more videos from the phone coming. Read more… »
I decided to pull my camera bag from the back of my car today to put together a short video detailing what I carry in it. From the look of this video you’d think I’m a pack mule when it comes to what I carry in my camera bag. In actuality this is what I have with me when I head out, but not necessarily exactly what I’ll hike with. Granted there are times I’ll hike with all of this, but in many instances I’ll pare down what I carry based on what I’m photographing. As you’d imagine 90 seconds isn’t a lot of time so there are a couple things I missed mentioning including a spare battery for my cable release, another circular polarizer and a lens cloth. Also for the record since I seemed to have misspoke, my back up camera body is a Canon 1D Mark II.
A little on the video… it was recorded with a Nokia N95 cell phone on loan with surprisingly great image quality. The reason for the 90 second limit is I wanted to try out Flickr’s new support for video.
A friend tipped me off to this video of Joe McNally photographing the changing of the light bulb at the top of the Empire State building. This was too cool not to pass on. Enjoy!
I think this may be my favorite April Fools Day prank this year. The BBC released a TV advertisement for a new documentary on a newly discovered colony of flying penguins.
For over a week now I’ve been fighting off a really bad cold. A couple doctors appointments, a trip to the ER, lots of coughing, asthma attacks and walla! I’m back after a bit of being hibernation to recover. For those who’ve yet to get this bug do your best to avoid it. I’m still going to be shaking off the effects for a week or two I’m sure.
So with all this drama I’ve fallen way behind on my blog reading, my photography and tracking anything of interest online. Today I stumbled across a video tip on Joe McNally’s blog about holding your camera. I’ve read and seen several tips on this to date but this one is different and therefore worthy of passing on. Enjoy.
Jim Goldstein is an independent photographer specializing in landscape, travel, environments, nature and event photography for advertising and editorial use.
A member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Jim produces the highest quality photography for both commercial clients and fine art photography collectors. Jim's photography has been featured in the Washington Post, Sierra Club, Future Snowboarding magazine, Surfmag.com, SFGate.com, and a variety of other publications
