SAA Survey: Overview

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 366 Words | Posted 9/8/2010 | Comments
The results of the Stock Artists Alliance February survey paint a familiar picture of the past 18 months: declining revenues and continued division over microstock.

Going Pro: Marketing

By Jim Pickerell | 2620 Words | Posted 9/7/2010 | Comments (2)
If you have decided on a career as a freelance photographer, your vocation will be marketing and your avocation, or sideline, will be photography.

PACA Congress Focuses on Content

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 90 Words | Posted 9/3/2010 | Comments

Sylvan Promises Money in Microstock

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 130 Words | Posted 9/3/2010 | Comments
Though Ellen Boughn got there just a few months sooner, photographer and veteran iStockphoto inspector Rob Sylvan has authored Taking Stock: Make Money in Microstock Creating Photos That Sell, available from Peachpit.

Trends in Newspaper Circulation and Advertising

By Jim Pickerell | 301 Words | Posted 9/3/2010 | Comments
The World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publisher has released its annual World Press Trends report covering 223 countries.

ASMP Announces Strictly Business 3

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 161 Words | Posted 9/2/2010 | Comments
The popular Strictly Business conference series from the American Society of Media Photographers returns in January 2011.

Picturehouse: New Name, 2010 Image Expo

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 126 Words | Posted 9/2/2010 | Comments
Visual Connections—the freshly rebranded Picturehouse Marketing US—is hosting the 2010 Image Expo at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on October 13.

Alert: Avoid Under-pricing Textbook Print Run Extensions

By Jim Pickerell | 915 Words | Posted 9/2/2010 | Comments (3)
Photographers should be alert for textbook publisher requests for new image licenses to extend print runs on books that have already been printed without obtaining such licenses. In many cases, image owners may be entitled to high retroactive usage fees for copies already printed and distributed, as well as a fee for the new books the publisher intends to produce.

Succeeding as a Stock Photographer: Way Forward

By Jim Pickerell | 606 Words | Posted 8/31/2010 | Comments (3)
Recently on Linkedin Jacintha van Beveren observed that “The old photography business model is gone,” observed and asked if the road to survival and future success is through “creativity and flexibility or stubborn protection.” Neither.

YPA Announces Scholarships

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 81 Words | Posted 8/31/2010 | Comments

About Michael Masterson

Michael Masterson has a broad range of experience in marketing, business development, strategic planning, contact negotiations and recruiting in the photography, graphic design and publishing industries. In addition to his long experience at the Workbook and Workbookstock, Masterson owned and was creative director of his own graphic design firm for several years.

Masterson has been a speaker or panelist at industry events such as Seybold, PhotoPlus Expo, Visual Connections and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) national conference. He is currently the national president of the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). He also serves on the board of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in his Los Angeles community. He chaired the marketing committee for the Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic preservation advocacy group, for many years.

He currently heads Masterson Consulting, working on projects ranging from business development for creative companies and sourcing talent for them to promoting and marketing industry events as well as providing resume and professional profile services for job-seekers. He can be reached at zvpunryqznfgrefba@tznvy.pbz.