Access Is Everything

By Norman Sklarewitz | 1209 Words | Posted 2/24/2010 | Comments
If you're a photographer shooting fashion, products or doing other commercial work for brochures or print ads you will often need access to good locations. Getting "access" to good locations generally requires considerable effort and often fee payments. This story provides some hints on how to solve the access problem.

Tscheltzoff Launches DIY Video Site

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 164 Words | Posted 2/23/2010 | Comments
Fotolia founder and chief executive officer Oleg Tscheltzoff is also the CEO of Flixtime, a new free Web site that allows users to create their own custom production-quality videos. In addition to providing tools to turn users' own images, clips and text into 60-second videos, Flixtime is also a licensing outlet for royalty-free images from Fotolia and AudioMicro's audio.

Footage.net Distributes Getty Images' Motion Content

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 51 Words | Posted 2/23/2010 | Comments

Getty Images Launches New SmartMedia Products

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 137 Words | Posted 2/23/2010 | Comments
The Seattle stock leader continues to develop products and services to address online publisher needs in ways that far exceed still-image licensing.

Katy von Brandenfels Wins €100

By Jim Pickerell | 161 Words | Posted 2/23/2010 | Comments
Katy von Brandenfels, of BigCheesePhoto won €100 our May/June PhotoLicensingOptions’ contest designed to encourage those interested in the business of producing and licensing rights to images to sign up for this FREE weekly email every Saturday.

Corbis Reps NGS

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 153 Words | Posted 2/22/2010 | Comments (1)
Corbis now represents archival material from the National Geographic--a collection that dates back to 1900. The company has announced a new partnership with the National Geographic Society.

The Stock Photo Lottery

By Jim Pickerell | 903 Words | Posted 2/22/2010 | Comments (7)
Usage-based pricing is not going away; there will always be some demand for exclusive uses, for which customers will be willing to pay significant amounts of money. The question is how much and whether or not it is wise for most photographers to chase these customers.

SAA Seeks Survey Participants

By Jim Pickerell | 101 Words | Posted 2/22/2010 | Comments

ImagesBazaar Founder Receives Star Youth Achiever Award

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 134 Words | Posted 2/19/2010 | Comments
Founder of ImagesBazaar.com Sandeep Maheshwari has won the 2010 Star Youth Achiever Award from the Global Youth Marketing Forum, which honors achievements in youth-centric marketing, advertising and branding.

Getty Images Distributes GreenScreen Animals

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 96 Words | Posted 2/19/2010 | Comments
Getty Images now distributes high-definition footage by GreenScreen Animals. The Los Angeles-based company produces motion stock of trained animals shot against a green screen.

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.