ASPP, PACA Host Reinvention Weekend in April

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 98 Words | Posted 1/28/2010 | Comments
Hosted by the American Society of Picture Professionals and the Picture Archive Council of America on April 15-18 in Boston, participants of the Reinvention Weekend will attend presentations and panels geared to help reinvent, reimagine and reinvigorate the photography business.

Creative Trend: 'Rise of the Real Mom'

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 306 Words | Posted 1/27/2010 | Comments
November research from Ad Age says supermoms are a dying breed. "Rise of the Real Mom," a new white paper sponsored by Meredith, profiles this key consumer demographic and offers valuable insights to those planning production.

SpiderPic Opens to Public

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 60 Words | Posted 1/27/2010 | Comments

Getty Images Renews with PGA, Signs Gracenote and Hello

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 315 Words | Posted 1/26/2010 | Comments
Getty Images has announced sports and music deals that included an extension of its partnership with PGA TOUR and new agreements with Gracenote and Hello Music. Chief executive officer Jonathan Klein announced the digital music deals during a keynote speech at the MIDEM 2010 conference in Cannes, France.

Google Integrates PicApp into Knol

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 83 Words | Posted 1/26/2010 | Comments

Connecting The Dots: Writing A Photo Estimate That Gets You The Job

By John Martin Lund | 642 Words | Posted 1/25/2010 | Comments
How to create estimates that get the job and build your business.

Interview with Photographer, Art Director and Editor Sarah Golonka On Succeeding In Stock Photography

By John Martin Lund | 3670 Words | Posted 1/25/2010 | Comments
Photographer, Art Director and Editor Sarah Golonka shares with us her knowledge and tips on succeeding in stock photography.

Idée Calls Stock Collections to TinEye

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 118 Words | Posted 1/25/2010 | Comments
"We want to make it easy to attribute any stock image to its original author, and facilitate sales," reads the Idée announcement that urges operators of large image collections to add them to the company's image search engine TinEye.

Corbis Trend: One World

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 173 Words | Posted 1/25/2010 | Comments
The latest trend to come out of the Corbis creative intelligence team is "One World:" an interconnected global culture.

PhotoShelter Releases Social Media Guide

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 284 Words | Posted 1/22/2010 | Comments
The New York-based photographer Web site specialist PhotoShelter has released yet another free resource: the photographer guide to social media. The 7-megabyte 55-page PDF is available upon request and delivered via email.

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.