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Having gone through this decision in 2012 I completely understand the thinking here at Remi Thornton’s blog regarding Getty now giving away images and setting up consignment deals.  Getty has never ever had their photographers in mind in their long-term plans. Its all about the stock sales. They don’t respect photographers and they don’t really care about someones livelihood or families. Getty is at the top of blame list for gutting our industry and forcing a downward price spiral that is truly mind boggling and unprecedented in modern business. ( Unless of course you count the Banking Industry bringing us to a world economy collapse – but I digress…)

 

The “go to” lab for the really big pictures and exhibitions, Laumont Photographics does the printing, mounting and framing all under one roof. These are the best guys in New York and worth every penny if you are dealing in very large photographs for exhibition.

 

via the web site

Here is an Anonymous Site that lets photographers list the rates they are being paid.  Normally this is top-secret info protected by the contracts they sign…

To list what you make on a job go to this page.

 

In this case don’t shoot Le Corbusier furniture The problem with this case is there are so many knock-offs of this famous line that you could have photographed one and still get sued! It’s a weird world…

British Journal of Photography

 

“I just started thinking more about the way I use the Internet. Most of the time when I type in a search, I’m looking for an answer to a specific question. The problem in my industry, and a lot of industries, is you don’t get a lot of great search results because most businesses don’t want to give answers; they want to talk about their company. So I realized that if I was willing to answer all these questions that people have about fiberglass pools, we might have a chance to pull this out.”

Increasing Sales by Answering Customers’ Questions link here.

via Marcus Sheridan and NYtimes.com