December 2008 -

APA Elects New Officers for 2009

APA at the national meeting held in New York just after Photo Plus, October 2008, the National Board of Directors elected a new set of officers.

The current national officers Martin Trailer, President, Don Dormeyer, Jon Silla and Matthew Klein, VP’s, Paul Nurnberg Secretary and George Simian Treasurer terms expired. During the 2007 elections, the By-laws [...]

eSEMINARS – ADOBE PhotoShop CS4 and Lightroom 2

Join one of these free eSeminars. Adobe software experts will demonstrate and explore the new Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2. This free eSeminar series is specifically designed to help professionals who use photography and digital imaging in their work.

Here is the link to Adobe.com site for more information and registration

CS4: [...]

TEGIT OFFICES CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER

Please note that the TEIGIT offices have been shut down since Thursday afternoon due to the ice storm and power outages in the Northeast. We have no phones nor computers nor heat. We hope to be open by Wednesday, December 17.

The December 15 deadline for January applications has been extended until at least December 22.

We [...]

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown Part V. Through the Looking Glass

12.08.08

Orphan Works advocates defend their proposals by saying they’re necessary to put users in touch with copyright owners. They say this isn’t happening now because of a market failure in commercial markets.

Speaking at a Congressional Seminar March 31, 2006, Copyright Office attorney Jule Sigall explained why they believed artists needed Congress to “push” them to [...]

Color to B&W: Channel Mixer Vs Black & White

By: Dennis Dunbar, Dennis Dunbar & Assoc.

Dennis Dunbar

When converting images in Photoshop from Color to Black and White there are 2 tools most commonly used, both of these are available as Adjustment Layers: Channel Mixer and Black & White. While the purpose of these tools are similar they work in different ways and [...]

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown Part IV: Moving the Cats’ Food

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown
Part IV: Moving the Cats’ Food

12.04.08

The Copyright Office received about 215 relevant letters to their Orphan Works Study. From this they deduced a claim of widespread market failure in commercial markets and concluded that government should “incentivize” creators to register their work with for-profit registries as a condition of protecting [...]

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown, Part III

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown, Part III 215 Letters

Nearly 300 million people live in the US. How many of them does it take to make an “orphan works problem”? Apparently 215 (give or take a few). That’s the only conclusion we can draw from the Report on Orphan Works released by the Copyright [...]

BLACK BEAN SOUP

I make a mean black bean soup. Every time I make it, it gets rave reviews. The funny thing is there really is no recipe written down; it’s just all in my head and my experience. I know I start with black beans and some kind of pork [...]

APA ANNOUNCES REVAMPED SUCCESS TEAMS

Be more successful – APA revamps the Success Teams program.

“What is the one thing that if you did it regularly, would make the most improvement in your career.”

That is the kind of thinking that happens all the time in APA Success Teams.

With the economy in disorder and business changes happening fast, photographers need to grow [...]

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown: Part II

Orphan Works: A Lame Duck Countdown:
Part II. The Legislative Blueprint

12.02.08

The “legislative blueprint” for the Orphan Works Act was not drafted by the Copyright Office after their year-long Orphan Works study, but before it, by law students at the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic.

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