Excuse Me Mr. Obama, Can You Spare A Few F-16s For Us?

There's another new contract offer (is that what it is?) from Getty Images. There's buzz about it beginning to get louder.

You may be asking yourself: what more could Getty Images possibly want from photographers? Good question, but that's not the one I'm asking. I'm wondering who will stand up and say, "hey, we have to negotiate this," and then make it stick?

Been there, done that... twice!

Hey Mr. Obama, can you spare a few F-16s for us?

Are You Experienced?

In a recent discussion on the ASMPproAdvice forum, the question was asked: "I have a stack of magazines with my photos in them, should I scan them and have a category on my website showing them? how much does it matter to potential clients?"

How does one communicate experience, value and a (long) history of publication to a prospective client without showing tearsheets? I have a selection of tearsheets on my web site if anyone's interested in looking at them, but I long ago took them out of my print portfolio. Why?

One of my first clients was a Sr VP/Creative Director/Art Supervisor at Ogilvy & Mather in NYC. He advised me to take the tearsheets out saying, "I'm tired of looking at other art directors' mistakes." They were gone in sixty seconds!

As a compromise, and a reference to my 25 years of shooting for publication, the image shown above is the last page of my print portfolio.