News and Announcements

Last Chance to Vote!

The deadline is March 15th for casting your vote to elect members of ASMP's Board of Directors. All General Members of the Society are eligible. This year, electronic ballots are being used, and you should have received an email on February 14th from Votenet.com with your logon password. If you don't have your password, email dyson@asmp.org. Remember, your vote counts only if you cast it!
Find out more about the election

Register for Registration ©ounts Symposium

An important symposium entitled Copyright and the New Economy: Issues & Trends Facing Visual Artists will be held on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 at The TimesCenter in New York as part of ASMP's Registration Counts initiative. Presenters at the symposium will include William Patry, author and Google Copyright Counsel; Lawrence Lessig, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Professor of Law, Harvard University; Victor Perlman, ASMP General Counsel; Chase Jarvis, photographer; Jeff Sedlik, founder and CEO of the PLUS Coalition; David Carson, U.S. Copyright Office General Counsel; Darrell B. Perry, former Photography Director of The Wall Street Journal; and Liz Ordoñez, photographer. Jay Kinghorn, photographer, will be the Moderator. It's free to attend, but space is limited — register now so you don't miss out!
Register for the Symposium

ASMP Bulletin Has New Online Version!

It just became easier to access all the ASMP news and information. The Bulletin's new online version has several nice new features, making it easier to read and print articles. In addition, issues from the past three years have been archived.
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Best of ASMP 2010

Do you have a memorable project you've completed within the past year? Enter now through May 15th to become one of only twenty photographers selected for the annual Best of ASMP issue in the September 2010 Bulletin. To submit, email a brief project description and low-res jpg to Bestof2010@asmp.org. It's a great way to showcase your work! You can read about the contest in the Winter 2010 Bulletin on page 24.
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ASMP General Counsel Vic Perlman was contacted by an ASMP member who is having a great deal of difficulty getting paid for photography work by Girls' Life Magazine. The magazine says "our advertisers are not paying us." Members are encouraged to email Vic at Perlman@asmp.org when these types of issues arise so ASMP can get the word out.

ASMP has been watching some major changes in pending UK copyright law that could seriously reduce the copyright protection of orphan works. The proposal could also have other adverse effects on photographers. Vic Perlman has been discussing the matter with a prominent London law firm to evaluate the situation and determine how ASMP can assist our UK counterparts to help protect photographers' interests. The British political climate is expected to bring a change in government within the next few months, and that might affect the legislation substantially.

ASMP's Executive Board met in Philadelphia on January 26th, 2010. To learn about the work being done on behalf of the membership by your Board of Directors, you can read highlights from this meeting or, for even more detail, view the Minutes posted on the website.
Read the Board Highlights

Become a Strictly Business Blogger… either as a regular or one time contributor to the ASMP SB Blog. Go to http://asmp.org/content/strictly-business-contributor-proposal to submit your ideas to the SB Review Group. This blog content is about photographers helping photographers, and your ideas are welcomed.

dpBestflow™ presenters Jay Kinghorn and Judy Hermann had the opportunity to give an interview to WPPI radio on their workshop entitled "I Need a Workflow That Works for Me." Look for this workshop in your area!
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Hear the interview

Television host and master photographer Art Wolfe is conducting a 7 city Spring Seminar Tour on the topic of Composition. The schedule will start in New York City on May 20th and go through to the middle of June in various cities across the country. For more information and registration — be an early bird and save $100 – go to www.artwolfeworkshops.com.

Louis Psihoyos, who won the 2010 Oscar for the documentary feature The Cove, is a member of ASMP's Colorado chapter. Congratulations to Louis!

Gail Mooney's article "Making the Move to Video" appears in PhotoMedia Magazine's Spring 2010 issue.

Don't forget to keep us in the loop about what you're doing! Send your news to feedback@asmp.org.

ASMP Executive Director Gene Mopsik attended a discussion/briefing in Washington D.C. at the Copyright Alliance given by Paul Misener, VP for Global Public Policy at Amazon on the subject of Net Neutrality.

ASMP President Richard Kelly, Gene Mospik, Education Director Susan Carr, Judy Hermann, Jay Kinghorn and several others attended the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Conference in Philadelphia March 4-7th. ASMP was an event sponsor and members of the ASMP team gave presentations during the three day program.

Apple Releases Aperture 3

Apple's photo editing and management software offers more than 200 new features including Faces, Places and Brushes. A downloadable 30-day trial version is available here. Members can order with preferred pricing for yourself or on behalf of friends and family.

15% Off Palm Springs Photo Festival

Connect 2010 celebrates five years of the Photo Festival. It will be held March 28-April 2 and includes 17 extraordinary workshops, 18 seminars and more than 700 portfolio reviews available. For details on the festival go here. To get the 15% ASMP member discount code go here.

Month of Photography in LA (MOPLA)

The Lucie Foundation kicks off its 2nd annual MOPLA to celebrate the Los Angeles Photography Community with an opening reception on April 3rd from 7 pm to 10 pm at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. A number of exhibitions and events are planned during April to inspire and engage the professional, enthusiast, emerging artist and collector. Find out more at www.mopla.org.

ASPP Reinvention Weekend

You can Reinvent, Reimagine, and Reinvigorate your career at this 3-day event held in Boston from April 15 to 18th by the American Society of Picture Professionals. Learn from the experts how to use social media and web tools to enhance your business and be inspired by thought leaders such as Brian Storm. For more info, go to www.aspp.com/index.php/reinvention-conference.

Call for AIA Entries

Members of the ASMP/Architecture Specialty Group are invited to submit images to be exhibited at the June 2010 AIA Convention in Miami with the theme Design for the New Decade. The criteria for submission are that the architectural/interior images must have been created after January 1, 2009 and they should be digital files in the jpg format. Entry images and information must be received by April 16th. Contact Jeffrey Totaro, ASMP/Architecture Vice Chair for more information at jt@jeffreytotaro.com.

Image10 Competition

This nationwide photo contest is run by the New York chapter of ASMP and open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers residing in the United States. Contestants are asked to submit one or more jpg images that were created after January 1, 2009. The deadline for entry submissions is May 1, 2010. For more information on submissions, go to www.asmp.org/image10.

Kennerly Institute Offers One Week Summer Program

Pulitzer prize-winning photojournalist Dave Hume Kennerly has teamed up with The University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg Center to offer a unique one week Summer Institute entitled Creating Transformative Images in Today's Crowded Media Reality. Enrollment for the June 20 – 25th event is limited, and there is a $250 discount for applications received by April 1st. For more, go to http://kennerlyinstitute.com.

Keep your comments coming at feedback@asmp.org. We want to hear from you!