In the space of two and a half years, a chef from the Gold Coast has turned to a career in professional Instagram photography, and has since been travelling the world on clients’ expense accounts. This may lead other photographers … Continue reading
Changes to copyright laws close to being adopted by the Federal Government could prove a costly legal headache for professional photographers. Most copyright cases involving photographers are settled out of court, which is ideal for photographers and artists given many … Continue reading
The surfing World Championship Tour is currently doing its rounds in Australia, and this year the organiser put harsh image rights controls in place – which were quickly altered following a public backlash. At the Gold Coast leg of the … Continue reading
Last month Pro Counter ran a story about a new microstock business ‘Prime’, run by the photo-sharing website 500px. The objective was to ‘change the way photos are licensed’, but at a commission rate of 30 percent for photographers, 500px members did … Continue reading
Stock agency’s rates have never been so low, especially now given the world’s most powerful stock agency is offering images for free. Getty Images has announced a new embedding feature which will allow most of ‘its’ collection – around 35 million images … Continue reading
Canadian-based photo-sharing website 500px has entered the increasingly crowded commercial image licensing marketplace with the announcement of its new (micro)stock photography business: Prime. Prime’s modest objective is simply to ‘change the way photos are licensed’, at the same time ‘bringing dignity to the photographer’. Licences for a single image … Continue reading
Brace yourself, because we are going to hurl some stats your way: every year PhotoShelter – the leading photography portfolio website people – surveys professional photographers to get an outlook for the coming year, and reflect on the year passed. … Continue reading
The Johnston Press, a major Scottish newspaper publisher announced it will lay-off all of its photographers in the Midland publishing unit, to make way for freelancers and ‘citizen journalists’ equipped with nothing more than a smartphone. The UK National Union … Continue reading
Just when we thought the Daniel Morel v AFP/Getty Images saga was all over with a 1-0 result for the good guys for once, the defendants have filed a motion to overturn the verdict. Morel was awarded US$1.2 million in … Continue reading
Cairns professional photographers have fallen victim to an act of extortion from the Cairns Regional Council. The council is enforcing a permit policy for professional photographers shooting commercially on public land. A report by the Cairns Post states the argument … Continue reading
