tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709Mon, 16 Sep 2024 02:59:17 +0000Polaroidarticlesproduct photographyprofessional photographyBIOLegal Disclameractionbusinessportrait photographyA Business Oriented Blog for Professional Photographershttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)Blogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-339413437735108804Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:00 +00002012-02-12T14:28:36.210-05:00I moved my photo tour of a working nuclear power plant to my new personal blog here.http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-tour-of-working-nuclear-power.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-7733058521476429278Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +00002010-03-29T11:10:23.574-04:00Even though we are listed as a Boston Corporate Portrait Photographer in the search engine, we occasionally create "fine art." Our homage to Piet Mondrian was accepted in a show at the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln MA. Here is our photo:Stanley Rowin Photography|Boston area corporate photography.http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-also-make-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6131781015016497003Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:00 +00002010-03-05T07:13:27.197-05:00product photographyprofessional photographyIn our last post we showed a product photo from our portfolio and now we describe how we lit this rather plain product to make it pop.Click on the photo to enlarge it some. We used 5 lights to light the "Product" in the center of the photo. Light "E" is a white light in a bank lighting the front of the box. Light "C" with a yellow gel, puts a yellow glow on the box at the top right of the photo http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-many-lights-does-it-take.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-5476053550575527383Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:37:00 +00002010-02-28T22:37:00.439-05:00portrait photographyproduct photographyprofessional photographyTo be polite, the business of taking portraits and head shots of corporate executives has been getting very competitive recently. My web site portfolio of professional portraits of corporate executives in Boston and New England, has worked well for decades, but 2 years ago I knew I would need to supplement that portfolio with more work directed to a different market. So I re-opened my photo http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-all-about-marketing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6672046402481157288Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:12:00 +00002010-02-24T10:35:45.502-05:00We're rebooting the WikiProPhoto blog to focus more on photography, the art of photography and the art of creation of images. There will be less emphasis on the politics of professional photography and more frequent posts featuring our photos. We'll have "how-to-photos," but more importantly, humorous photos from our virtual shoe-box.For instance, Jan, Barb and I were biking through Unseen http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/rebooting-blog-with-wall-of-chewing-gum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-3637576721640689548Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:38:00 +00002012-01-15T12:06:36.157-05:00PolaroidHello!We've moved this post to our "Boston Photographers Blog."You can use this link to get to this post:http://stanstudio.com/Boston_Photo_Blog/inside-the-polaroid-archives-pt-3/Thanks!http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/inside-polaroid-archives-pt-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-4385588768142906951Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:44:00 +00002012-01-15T12:05:23.257-05:00PolaroidHello!We've moved this post to our "Boston Photographers Blog."You can use this link to get to this post:http://stanstudio.com/Boston_Photo_Blog/inside-the-polaroid-instant-40-x-80-camera/Thanks!http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/inside-polaroid-instant-40-x-80-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-7372217603339721282Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:00:00 +00002012-01-15T12:02:40.534-05:00PolaroidWe've moved this post to our "Boston Photographers Blog." Please use this link to go to this post: http://stanstudio.com/Boston_Photo_Blog/inside-the-polaroid-archives/Thanks!http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/inside-polaroid-archives-pt-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-4409219697453572717Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:30:00 +00002007-09-28T09:33:29.202-04:00Let's take a break in the business of photography and look at the art of photography. Check out the NY Times article on Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' work on injured soldiershttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/09/portraits-of-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6291597625695486966Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:09:00 +00002008-01-21T11:46:10.984-05:00actionYou pass a post office. Someone double-parks their car, leaves the car empty with the motor running and strolls over to the post office to drop a letter in the mail box. Do you assume that the car is now yours and drive off with it?You are a publisher. You find a neat photo of a dog that you would like to use but can’t find the photographer because there is no data attached to the photo (http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/08/bizzaro-world-of-orphan-works.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6543852729637343094Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:40:00 +00002010-02-01T14:08:16.457-05:00From a pro-photographer centric comic strip. Check out Priceless!http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/08/what-duck-priceless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6425998941814538894Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:52:00 +00002010-02-01T14:10:50.812-05:00How about this piece of trivia?Huynh Cong Ut, the Pullitzer Prize winning photographer responsible for taking the iconic shot of the naked girl running toward the camera, crying, while fleeing a South Vietnamese napalm attack in 1972, also made the front page of the online NY Times last month with the iconic shot of Paris Hilton crying in the back seat of the car, on her way to jail (now as Nickhttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/and-while-i-have-you-on-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-6102284907930194849Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:15:00 +00002007-06-26T11:29:48.822-04:00A law that would have caused photographers severe hardship on the licensing of images of famous people in New York State failed to pass. The bill would have prohibited the use in ads the name, portrait, voice, signature or picture of any deceased person who died within seventy years of January 1, 2008, without having first obtained the written permission of such person`s estate.You can read morehttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/ny-state-bill-on-photos-of-famous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-4006251345757492581Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:44:00 +00002007-06-25T18:48:36.918-04:00A growing and disturbing trend of harassing photographers taking photos from public spaces continues. Here are two recent additions:Photographers Versus Security Guards in Washington, DCPhotography Banned in Downtown Silver Spring, Marylandhttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/photography-banned-in-silverspring-md.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-7772044441705562345Wed, 23 May 2007 11:00:00 +00002007-05-23T08:06:24.810-04:00After reading all the stories about poisoned pet foods ingredients, and now poisoned toothpaste, coming from China and coincidently, last Wednesday we showed an atomic bomb on a box from a Chinese soy-milk machine, we fondly remembered a recent trip to China.I was a guest lecturer to the Chinese Photographers Association, teaching them the business side of professional photography in the US. We http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/our-photo-of-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-1613964016003658098Wed, 16 May 2007 11:15:00 +00002007-05-16T10:11:30.596-04:00From the "What Were They Thinking?" file:So I'm shopping in the Asian specialty store in Boston's Chinatown and I see this box sitting on the shelf with the small electric appliances. It's a box holding a soy milk machine. I guess you put soybeans in and you get milk out. You can't read the text on the bottom in blue, mixed in the red cloud, but it says:"Made to Match our Clients Tastes!"And http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/made-to-match-our-clients-tastes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-5346688751960750663Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:33:00 +00002010-02-28T13:31:33.747-05:00articlesThis is an excerpt from an article I wrote suggesting that photographers start to look into new ways of doing business.Published in the Winter 2004 ASMP Bulletin© 2004 Stanley RowinPhoto Ecology 101"Rethink everything you know about photography," declares the headline in Hewlett-Packard's 24-page advertisement launched in October. Here's a computer manufacturer trying to wrest control of those "http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/01/rethink-everything-you-know-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-7521768592243117477Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:20:00 +00002010-02-28T13:32:59.961-05:00articlesThis is an excerpt from article I wrote at the "dawn" of the digital revolution.Published in the October 2002 ASMP Bulletin© 2002 Stanley Rowin. . . this issue of the Bulletin deals with many of the business issues surrounding digital technology. While there has been much written in the trade press extolling the virtues of the new digital workflow, little has been written about the impact on thehttp://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/01/is-digital-photography-really-better.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-3087121948888075981Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:02:00 +00002010-02-01T15:32:35.165-05:00articlesPublished in the January/February 2003 ASMP Bulletin© 2003 Stanley RowinAs a trade association ASMP is here to inform, educate and represent you. Some of these tasks are easier to do than the others. We try to advocate for you by taking on the Goliaths, but limited resources restrict our ability. We do a good job at informing you through our website, this Bulletin, local chapter meetings and our http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2007/01/photo-darwinism-things-your-mother.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-750252470432490327Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:59:00 +00002007-02-02T22:32:13.903-05:00businessOn November 12, 2006 I posted a rather provocative reply to a post to the StockPhoto Listserv. Here is my reply in the thread "Five contributions to decline of stock:"'A couple of months ago I gave a talk to the ASMP DC Chapter on the state of the industry. Most of the points in this article I touched on, but the people who asked me to speak gave me the task of not having it just be a "downer.http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2006/11/five-contributions-to-decline-of-stock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-4656921294972628085Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:08:00 +00002007-01-18T23:18:08.676-05:00Legal DisclamerWhile we might mention fees or prices, unless otherwise specified, we are discussing industry averages. We do not recommend people follow any prices, resources or even investment advice that might be discussed here. Use your own judgment. Consult a professional tax adviser, attorney or money manager.http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2006/08/legal-disclamer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-1986981861825697587Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:28:00 +00002007-01-18T09:51:08.695-05:00BIOThe WIKI acronym for us translates to: What I Know Is. This WIKI is about the business side of the professional, independent, freelance photography business. We will discuss marketing and promotion and, excuse the expression, sales, for photographers who shoot for publications in the 21st Century.The “I” in WIKI is Stanley Rowin. I have been a freelance photographer since 1980. I was http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2006/01/so-what-is-this-pro-photo-wiki.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14990709.post-112284816535617907Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:15:00 +00002007-01-17T21:58:22.508-05:00Watch this space!http://wikiprophoto.blogspot.com/2005/07/we-are-warming-up-for-february-2007.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Wiki Pro Photo Blog)0