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February 19 marks a particular anniversary for me, not exactly a celebratory one. It marks the date in 2019 when I started digging into widespread copyright infringement on Facebook and began logging them in a spreadsheet. I see the date every time I open this file...
Perhaps you had a surprise today waiting for you in your email inbox? If you received an email from Facebook stating content you posted was removed for copyright infringement, perhaps even sent to "Facebook Jail" as a result, this post offers some education on why you...
Late last year I was contacted by a Michigan art gallery owner who wanted to feature some of my work in a new venture they were exploring. It started with some initial phone conversations and a lot of very complimentary language from the gallery owner. He was a great...
Recently, friend Howard Grill posted in his ongoing YouTube series of "3-minute photo thoughts" a question about doing any "serious photography" while on family vacations. I thought I would launch a post about my own thoughts on this subject because it has a few...
It is just before dawn, the birds are just beginning to wake up. The overnight chill has yet to dissipate. I find comfort in some morning coffee as I retrace the tracks I followed. I remember when they used to be easy to find. A year has passed before I started on...
If the headline of this post has a hint of someone reeling a little from an open wound, I'd say perhaps you are not so far off. To date, I have filed DMCA takedown requests with Facebook to address over 200 copyright infringements. All of these involved a single image...
For those unfamiliar with the site 500px, it started as a photo-sharing site and is now a marketplace. It is similar to Flickr, and had a touch of Reddit where photos were "upvoted/downvoted." With so many photos (some quite nice depending on your tastes),...
It isn't often that I write here to gripe about specific products or services, but an issue hit me recently that really touched upon one of my pet peeves (as well as profound appreciations) with photographic printing services. As any photographer will know, there...
Gary Crabbe wrote a post a bit over a month ago asking if his images shot on slide film are now dead. If you pixel peep slide scans vs. the digital files available from today's cameras, slide film certainly leaves a lot to be desired. It has a very different look...