ASMP Bulletin, 01 Feb 2010. Pages 4 - 5

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ASMP Bulletin
01 Feb 2010

ASMP Pittsburgh WHAT DO I CHARGE?

I want to personally invite you to ASMP Pittsburgh Chapter is presentation of Susan Carr's What do I charge? a candid discussion on licensing and pricing your work. Take the mystery out of determining your fees and setting licensing terms. Get real world strategies for pricing in this tough business climate. Learn how to sell your prices with confidence.

This Practical Seminar Includes:

• What you need to know about copyright.
• A real world look at how to license photography.
• Why are copyright, licensing and pricing connected?
• Pricing models.
• Learn the steps to determining what to charge.
• Selling your price.

This is a program that grew out of the Strictly Business Series and has been updated to include recent market changes. This program is valuable to the emerging photographer as well as a great refresher for the established shooter.

Register here: http://bit.ly/6bRkZ7

$25.00 ASMP Member$50.00 Non-member$40.00 Professional Association Members$0.00 Special price for students and faculty of Point Park University donating meeting space for this seminar*
$10.00 Student*

One of my strategic initiatives as ASMP president, is the emphasis on copyright registration, read it here. One important component to that is the hands on workshop Susan conducts the following morning after her programs. Register here: http://bit.ly/6L9yVn

If you have any questions regarding either of these programs please give me a call or send me an e-mail. It will be great to see you all next week.

FREE Digital Seminar at Pittsburgh Filmmakers SOLD OUT

Basics of Adobe Photoshop Richard Kelly 6-8 p.m. October 15 2009

References for this seminar : Digital Shoebox blog Basic Digital blog

If you have never taken a class at Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ School of Film, Photography and Digital Media, or if Fall 2009 is your first term with us, you are invited to enroll in all or part of this free seminar that will introduce students to the potential of digital image capture, still image manipulation, editing and posting to the web. Each two-hour class will give students a broad overview of the subject, and students will go home with useful practical tips. There is no charge of any kind. Only new students, as defined above, may register. Enrollment is strictly limited, so please register only for the classes you plan to attend. These classes are available on a non-credit basis only.

ASMP Position on Google Books Settlement

The Google Books Settlement between Google and the Authors Guild and The AAP seemed to be a solution for both parties, answering to some degree the video I posted earlier this week by Lawrence Lessig. Prof. Lessig wondered how a settlement might be reached when he produced that video three years ago. The problem with this settlement, is that it does not include all of the parties (photographers and illustrators) impacted by the Google Scanning and plan to post using the Google Books Search, based on their copyright status. ASMP has been investigating the settlement and offering our perspective to protect photographers interest. Read it here.

"Photographers File Objections To Proposed Google Settlement"

ASMP General Counsel Victor Perlman said, "The vast majority of photographers and graphic artists, whose works have been and continue to be digitized by Google without authorization, and who have been members of the plaintiffs' class since June 2006, would neither receive compensation for past infringement nor any benefit going forward." Perlman added, "The visual arts community has copyright interests at stake that are just as important as the copyright interests of authors and publishers that this Proposed Settlement is designed to protect."

"ASMP Position on the Google Books Settlement" - ASMP believes that the proposed settlement has far-reaching consequences for the work product and the livelihoods of its more than 6,000 member photographers, and that the settlement does not adequately protect their interests. Therefore, ASMP plans to submit its views to the Court on or before September 4, 2009, the new deadline for filing objections and other comments.

A Chinese Fire Drill Happy Hour invitation

Host:	Richard Kelly
Type:	Party - Mixer
Network:	Global

Date:	Friday, October 9, 2009
Time:	5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:	Richard Kelly's Studio
Street:	333 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA
City/Town:	Pittsburgh, PA
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Phone:	4123700582
Email:	richard@richardkelly.com

You are invited to come to Richard's studio for an evening of cocktails, food and photos from his recent trip to China.
Studio #437 in Bay 33 off Terminal Street and East Carson Street in the Southside.

Known historically as the Terminal Building-now know as Riverwalk Corporate Centre.

Richard just returned from a ten day journey to China as an invited guest of the China Photographers Association, to jury the 13th International Photography Exhibition. There were over 70,000 entries making it the second largest Photography contest globally. Richard also gave two presentations in Lishui China to university students and photography enthusiasts. He presented. "PITTSBURGH, an Urban Landscape" 8 images from this presentation were donated to the LISHUI PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM for their permanent collection. The second presentation was "Motivation for Shooting and the Value of the Photograph," Richard showcased his work from commercial projects to personal and very personal photographs, including images made using his iPhone Camera.

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Back to Work and Google Books

Just returned from China, the new Semester has started at Pittsburgh Filmmakers and the ball is rolling on a number of client projects. The G-20 International Summit of World Leaders starts tomorrow in Pittsburgh. To say I am optimistic about the future would be an understatement. I am curious by nature and I try to learn as much as I can about a subject.

Especially one that may impact my business in some way. Google a wonderful and innovative company, I mean who can live with out their favorite search engine or gmail or this blog. Having said that their inovation sometimes has costs and challenges. They are always pushing the envelope and you have got to respect them for that, the question is do they respect me and my fellow writers and visual artists or are we just a source (free) for material to search?

Here is a 3 year old presentation by Lawrence Lessig worth watching especially the last few minutes. After you watch this stay tuned we will continue the conversation.

Concert Photography

It seems a lot of of my students want to shoot concerts. What's not to like music and photography. This week someone e-mailed a link to Todd Owyoung's blog I Shoot Shows, it has some great concert photos as well as practical advice on approaching a concert see the blog here.

Another concert photographer I like is David Bergman and his blog All Access here.

Here is a forum dedicated to Music Photographers here

Concert and Live events do have business issues you should be aware of. Here are some links to articles about contracts at concerts:

A Photo Editor here

PDN Pulse here

John Harrington has a concert photography primer on his site Photo Business Forum here

Good shooting

Silver Eye Adobe Lightroom Workshop- SOLD OUT

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with Richard Kelly -SOLD OUT

Saturday, June 13, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Learn the ins and outs of Adobe’s popular photo management software Lightroom. Using your own computer Richard Kelly will show you how to streamline your digital photography workflow and learn to sort and find your photos faster. You will need to have this software loaded on to your own laptop computer. Members, $65.00; Non-members, $75.00. Lunch included. Class size limited to six participants. Reservations required.

#ASMP Strictly Business Blog_ Video

This week Gail Mooney Kelly gives Video Tips for Photographers here

ASMP Strictly Business Blog

Brian Kaldorf Blog

Check out my intern from a few years ago, he has a new series based on Alice in Wonderland. link here

SILVER EYE CENTER Call for Entries SELF PORTRAIT

My Favorite Photo Gallery on the Southside here is Pittsburgh, Silver Eye Center for Photography, is calling for photographers to submit for exhibition, the SELF PORTRAIT.

read about it here

Kat Dalager Art Buyer at Campbell Mithun on Personal Work

Humble Monkey Productions produced an interview with Kat Dalager at Campbell Mithun on Personal work in your commercial portfolio.

Kat Dalager Interview_Personal Work Question from Andrew Kamin on Vimeo.

A Social Media Strategy ASMP Stricly Business

Check out this Social Media Strategy Post

ASMP Strictly Business Video Defining Your Message

today's ASMP Strictly Business video of Leslie Burns-Dell’Acqua outlines process for defining your message

SILVER EYE CENTER WORKSHOP ADOBE LIGHTROOM LAB

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom with Richard Kelly

Saturday, June 13, 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Learn the ins and outs of Adobe’s popular photo management software Lightroom. Using your own computer Richard Kelly will show you how to streamline your digital photography workflow and learn to sort and find your photos faster. You will need to have this software loaded on to your own laptop computer. Members, $65.00; Non-members, $75.00. Lunch included. Class size limited to six participants. Reservations required. contact sehler@silvereye.org

Silver Eye Website Join today here

ASMP Elects New Board Officers, Directors

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has announced that Richard Kelly, a Pittsburgh-based corporate and editorial photographer and owner of Richard Kelly Photography, has been chosen as President for the 2009-10 year.

Here is the link

Jack Hollingsworth’s - Photographer Makeover

ASMP members receive a 15% discount on Jack Hollingsworth’s upcoming workshop Photographer Makeover: leveraging web 2.0 tools and techniques to redefine your business and brand
June 1-4, 2009
Austin, Texas

E-mail me for the ASMP Discount Code. I will need your ASMP Member Number.
richard@richardkelly.com or kelly@asmp.org

Richard Kelly
ASMP President

Strictly Business Post today " Shooting your way out..."

ASMP Strictly Business Blog

The Only Way Out is to Shoot Our Way Out. link

ASMP Strictly Business Lecture Basic Business Video

The SB2 Video's have finally hit the web, here is the first installment, my video presentation of business basics. I asked my business team of adviser's what advice they would offer to emerging photographers. This is what they said, here is the link


My Team: Carl Caputo, Caputo Insurance; Cindy Moore, Esq.; David Oster, C.P.A.; Donna Dooley, Financial Advisor.

Mentor Appreciation Week - Art Kane

I have been fortunate to have had very good mentors and teachers throughout my discovery and practice of photography. Sometime in the near future I will share some of the stories and learning experiences that these mentors shared with me.

Today, I would like to briefly celebrate the life of Art Kane, born Arthur Kanofsky on April 9 1925, he died February 21 1995 here is the NY Times Obituary.

Here is the link to the Art Kane Portfolio

Here is the link to the Art Directors Club page featuring Art Kane

Here is the link to the story of the picture A Great Day in Harlem

Here is the link to the "A Great Day in Harlem" film by Jean Bach

Here is the link to Harper's Magazine Art Kane & Andy Warhol portraits

Here is the link to a film made about the Ghost Army, which Art served in WWII

Now that we got that out of the way, what about the mentoring story.

I was Art Kane's First Assistant, in the mid 1980's. He taught me many things over the course of our friendship here are a few of those lessons.

Art said that good photography, will tell more than one story, and if it is really good will reveal much about the photographer.

Another variation of that concept, A good art director/designer will make a good photographer look good. A bad art director/designer will make a great photographer look bad. A great art director/designer will make a good photographer look great. He always said to only work with great art director/designer. And I do.

Edit with your gut, not with your head. Photographers tend to over think their photographs, to the seduction of the making of the pictures, or the subject, the lens we just bought, or the trendy technique. He never seconded guessed his edits.

As a former art director, Art approached each assignment or project first with a concept. He carried a pad with pen sketches and had the visual for the photograph pretty mapped out. But as true as he was to the original idea - layout, he always reminded me that even though it was good to have an idea going into a shoot, don't be afraid to change your mind once you get there. Many times after a editing a shoot, I would go back to his original sketch, something he rarely did, many times the photographs matched the sketch.

And finally, when shooting, editing or presenting your work, think like a filmmaker. If whatever it is, is not moving the scene or films intention forward, take it out. Art and I went to films, talked about films and referenced films throughout our friendship. He introduced me to BLADERUNNER, which we referenced in a number of his projects.

Thanks Art, I still have a lot to learn.