Kursiv Exhibits at Swiss Publishing Week

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 33 Words | Posted 9/3/2009 | Comments

Corbis Uses Twitter to Promote 'Storied' with Trip to France

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 104 Words | Posted 9/2/2009 | Comments
Corbis announced a contest that offers Internet users a chance to win a trip to France or one of five Olympus EP-1 cameras.

Image Warehouse to Shutter

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 185 Words | Posted 9/2/2009 | Comments
New Jersey-based Image Warehouse is exiting the stock-image business in a fashion reminiscent of the demises of Digital Railroad and the Photoshelter Collection. The company sent its customers a 30-day notice of intent to cease operations on September 30, reports Photo Business News.

Reinvention: Small-Market Video Opportunities

By Jim Pickerell | 982 Words | Posted 9/2/2009 | Comments
While the transition from still photographer to television commercial producer is difficult, David Scott Smith's odyssey illustrates that an image creator and storyteller can find satisfaction in shooting and producing video.

Contour by Getty Images Reps LA Times Celeb Content

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 118 Words | Posted 9/1/2009 | Comments
Getty Images, through its Contour brand, now represents celebrity portraiture of the Los Angeles Times.

Corbis Bolsters Photojournalist Roster

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 126 Words | Posted 9/1/2009 | Comments
Corbis has announced the addition of several prominent news and sports shooters to its contributor roster. The announcement was made during this year's Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan, France.

iSyndica Launches Vector Platform, Third-Party Login Support

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 212 Words | Posted 8/31/2009 | Comments
New Hampshire-based iSyndica, an automation service that allows photo and video producers to batch-upload content to multiple stock-selling and photo-sharing Web sites, has launched two service enhancements: a separate iSyndica Illustrations platform and access to all of iSyndica from six popular social sites.

Masterfile Distributes Alaska Stock

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 39 Words | Posted 8/31/2009 | Comments

Too Young To Go Pro

By Jim Pickerell | 129 Words | Posted 8/31/2009 | Comments
With new digital technologies, how old do you have to be to become a professional photographer? Not even 10, according to one experience.

Images Are Too Expensive: Free Is Better

By Jim Pickerell | 595 Words | Posted 8/28/2009 | Comments (8)
As prices for stock photo uses drop, the joke has been that pretty soon, publishers will start asking photographers to pay for publication of pictures. That idea may not be as ludicrous as it sounds.

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.