Cameron Davidson

Advertising Photographers of America (the trade organization that I belong to and also was a founding member of the DC chapter) has changed their name to ——– American Photographic Artists.

Ok.

ASMP changed theirs a while ago from magazine photographers to media photographers.

I always thought of APA as a mostly Ad Shooter organization.

A friend sent this list to me.

HOW TO WORK BETTER

1. Do one task at a time

2. Know the problem

3. Learn to listen

4. Learn to ask questions

5. Distinquish sense from nonsense

6. Accept change as inevitable

7. Admit mistakes

8 Say it simple

9 Be calm

10. Smile

Cam’s rules

Show respect to to others.

Give the benefit of doubt.

If someone is disrespectful to you, cut them out of your life. They will do it again when you turn your back.

Trust your instincts about clients and friends.

Jon’s Rules (a former editor of mine who passed away a few years ago.)

Always surround yourself with good people, who are more talented than you. You will rise and that is how are judged.

Milton Glasers Ten Things I have learned (this page is worth bookmarking!)

READ THE COMPLETE ESSAY HERE

1. YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE.

2. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NEVER HAVE A JOB.

3. SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM.

4. PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH or THE GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF THE GREAT

5. LESS IS NOT NECESSARILY MORE

6. STYLE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED

7. HOW YOU LIVE CHANGES YOUR BRAIN

8. DOUBT IS BETTER THAN CERTAINTY

9. ON AGING (delightful paragraph)

10. TELL THE TRUTH.
(The rabbit joke is relevant because it occurred to me that looking for a cabbage in a butcher’s shop might be like looking for ethics in the design field…..)

iView/Expression Media is back in the game.

Phase One has purchased Expression Media from Microsoft.

I wonder if they will incorporate it into Capture One and become a solid competitor to Aperture and Lightroom? Capture One is the raw converter of choice for many photographers. (It has been mine for years)

Click here to read the Phase One Press Release.

For a few weeks, Capture One users can obtain a free copy of Expression Media. Got to the Phase One site, sign in and follow the instructions. It requires your Capture One product key.

Most likely the Phase One server will get overloaded today. I just downloaded my copy which brings me up to date from my very old version 2.6 of iView.

Not just Capture One, but if you own iView you get Expression Media free as well:

http://www.phaseone.com/en/Software/Expression-Media-2/Special-offer.aspx

Customers who own iView Media or iView MediaPro may download Expression Media 2 for FREE until June 30 2010.

THE book of inspiration has arrived!

The newest edition of 200 BEST AD PHOTOGRAPHERS WORLDWIDE was recently published and delivered to creatives around the world.

Quite a few friends and colleagues are in the book. Several were honored for inclusion for the second or third time. Which is very impressive! The book is full of amazing work.

Friends/Colleagues that made the cut include:

Jim Fiscus, Randal Ford, Paul Ross Jones, Julian Calverley, Dean Alexander and Peter Yang.

I am also happy to announce that yours truly was invited to be a part of the 2010 Edition.

Two of my images were selected, both of them are low-level aerials.. One was shot for Vanity Fair and the other was a promotional image I shot in New York City.

Featured on several Macintosh related sites. This is pretty funny!

Flight Restricted Zone Here is a AOPA PDF worth reading.

Glorious day on Thursday! I shot a several projects within the Special flight restricted zone for a government agency. Loads of fun to be back above Arlington and Alexandria.

We took off in the Hughes 500 from Manassas Airport. The local airport authority was training fireman how to put out aircraft fires. The Commonwealth has a training aircraft that is used with a fire mat and a crash dummy to simulate a fire with Jet A and a victim on the ground.

Flying over the Columbia Island Marina on the east side of the Pentagon. The Washington DC border is the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac at low tide. For this image looking back toward Lady Bird Johnson Memorial Park, we are, technically, flying over Washington, DC.

The Special Flight Restriction Zone requires Secret Service plus TSA waivers to enter. It is a somewhat difficult process to go through, however, I have shot within the FRZ and SFRZ many times. I miss being able to scoot into downtown DC and shoot with ease. I appreciate the simplicity of flying in other cities. Often we work out our schedules and approaches with the Air Traffic Controllers and off we go. That makes life simple.

DC is a special place with unique airspace restrictions that are required to protect the city.

The FRZ is the outer ring on the map. The inner ring of the AOPA map is the Special Flight Restriction Zone.

131 artists. http://benefitevents.com/auctions/heartforhaiti/ Benefit for MSF/Doctors without Borders

My NGO (CChaiti.org) works with MSF in Jacmel.

A collection of amazing photographs are featured in this auction. A partial listing of the photographers who contributed prints includes Jamey Stillings, Michael Prince, Danny Clinch, Sarah Silver, Vic Huber, Erik Almas and Ross Quackenbush.

My aerial of the burnt out shell of the Haitian National Cathedral, shot after the earthquake is included in the auction. (Image #33)

Please take a look at the site, register and bid on amazing photographs. Maybe you will win and the money will help MSF/Doctors without Borders continue their work in Haiti.

http://www.stockphotorights.com/

New Getty Images site explaining the whys and hows of photo usage. Interestingly, they use a video to inform visitors on what rights are and how they are licensed.

Paul is a very fine British photographer and a friend. Shoots mostly medium format architecture. This is a long term personal project that he self-published last year. Here is the link to the HD version of the video.