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Photos - editorial vs. commercial use

By peter • Feb 26th, 2008 • Category: Videojournalism

Some months back I sold a series of photos to a national news organization. The photos covered a large festival in a local resort town. I sold around 40 photos and 3 or 4 were used in print and all made available in an online gallery.
Last week I received an email from a journalist informing [...]



Beyond objectivity - the future of videojournalism

By peter • Jan 11th, 2008 • Category: Videojournalism

In the late nineteenth century after 400 years characterized by the relentless pursuit of optical accuracy European painters turned their backs on realism almost overnight. Why? Because the Holy Grail of capturing likeness had been made available to all with the advent of chemical photography. Are the current slew of technological advances about to wreak similar changes in the way we document the world with video?