A Look At The Future

By Jim Pickerell | 2950 Words | Posted 3/26/1999 | Comments
Ray Kurzweil gave a thought provoking presentations on the future of computing, and what it means for society, at the 1999 Spring Seybold Publishing Conference in Boston. Take a few minutes to look beyond next week or next year and plan for your future. Kurzweil is also the author of the ''The Age of Spiritual Machines.''

Random Thoughts 5

By Jim Pickerell | 1344 Words | Posted 3/26/1999 | Comments
The items include: TSI's New Catalog Format, Getty's Move to Seattle, Todtri Update, RF at TSM, Update on ASMP/PACA Joint Statement, legal action in the UK on Elvis Trademark and new moves at Index's Photos To Go.

ASMP and Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 931 Words | Posted 3/15/1999 | Comments
The ASMP board has established a new policy that will make it much more difficult for chapters to plan and hold stock information meetings. They have also supplied statistics on MPCA sales.

Bullet Proof Model Release

By Jim Pickerell | 1372 Words | Posted 3/15/1999 | Comments
Photographers need to start giving a lot more attention to model releases and what they cover. This story discusses this issue and gives a sample release.

Head In The Sand - Gary Elsner

By Gary Elsner | 1164 Words | Posted 3/15/1999 | Comments
Gary Elsner, former Sales and Marketing VP at FPG International and currently an independent consultant on stock photo issues, shares his thoughts on ASMP's new approach to photographer education.

E-Commerce

By Jim Pickerell | 2531 Words | Posted 3/15/1999 | Comments
Is it absolutely necessary to offer on-line pricing and no negotiation to be successful in the E-Commerce arena? This story examines the issues surrounding this question.

March 1999 Selling Stock

By Jim Pickerell | 7098 Words | Posted 3/10/1999 | Comments
With this file you can print out the entire March 1999 issue of SELLING STOCK which includes: ASMP Cancels Texas Seminar, Getty E-Commerce Success, EyeWire Launches Portal Site, Picture Perfect in Arrears and National Geographic Grams Rights. All of these stories have appeared previously in our on-line edition.

Random Thoughts 4

By Jim Pickerell | 1727 Words | Posted 2/24/1999 | Comments
This article includes shorts on stock photographer Randy Taylor's elevation to VP at Liaison; Trend Watch's statistics on the number of creatives worldwide; Copyright and trademark issues in the UK and photographer credits at Corbis.

ASMP Cancels Texas Seminar

By Jim Pickerell | 1100 Words | Posted 2/24/1999 | Comments
ASMP National Board has canceled a stock seminar planned by the Dallas chapter because the meetings were scheduled to give a platform to RF producers and traditional stock agencies whose practices the board finds ''inconsistent with ASMP's policy, goals and code of ethics.''

Getty Images Reports E-Commerce Success

By Jim Pickerell | 739 Words | Posted 2/24/1999 | Comments
This report summarizes some of the 1998 developments that Getty Images recently reported to their stock holders.

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.