Tag Archive for 'photography'

Photo Industry Event / Business of Photography

Published
by
R. Richard Hobbs
on September 18, 2008
in content
.
Last edited: September 18, 2008
0 Comments

Workshops@Adorama | The Business of Photography: A Panel Discussion with Top Industry Photographers’ Reps with Moderator Louisa Curtis | September 18, 2008

If you’ve asked yourself, ‘What exactly does a photographer’s rep do and do I really need one?’ then this panel discussion moderated by Louisa Curtis of Chatterbox Enterprises, is a workshop you don’t want to miss.

…read more…

feed Yahoo! Search: photography business
  • PhotographyBusinessGuide.com |
    … Photography … is fundamental to a successful and profitable photography business. … for some tips for your Photography Business! . . . keep re. […]
  • How to Start A Photography Business | eHow.com |
    How to article - how to start a photography business. If you have a gift for photography and want to run your own enterprise, consider opening a photo. […]
  • Photography Business Tips |
    A Dedicated Photography Site Providing Tips, Articles, Tutorials, Guides, Related News And A Forum For Amateur And Professional Photographers.

RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


Sphere: Related Content

Location Scouting the Brooklyn Bridge

Published
by
R. Richard Hobbs
on August 5, 2008
in content
.
Last edited: August 5, 2008
0 Comments

*I just uploaded a bunch of digital panoramic photos of the Brooklyn Bridge to Flickr from a recent location scouting job I did for a Helmut Lotti / Crooners music video shoot that was filmed around New York, NY in June, 2006. Here is one of the set.

6 Brooklyn Bridge pano

Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY

Panoramic digital location scouting photos from the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/66qhv4" rel="nofollow">Helmut Lotti / Crooners video shoot</a> produced around New York, NY. All images (c) copyright 2006-2008 R. Richard Hobbs. <a href="http://nyc.locationscout.us" rel="nofollow">nyc.locationscout.us</a>. All rights reserved.

9 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

9 Brooklyn Bridge pano

9 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

11 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

11 Brooklyn Bridge pano

11 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

10 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

10 Brooklyn Bridge pano

10 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

8 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

8 Brooklyn Bridge pano

8 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

7 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 12:06 pm

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

7 Brooklyn Bridge pano

7 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

2 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 11:40 am

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

2 Brooklyn Bridge pano

2 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

4 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 11:40 am

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

4 Brooklyn Bridge pano

4 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

6 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 11:40 am

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

6 Brooklyn Bridge pano

6 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

3 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 11:40 am

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

3 Brooklyn Bridge pano

3 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

1 Brooklyn Bridge pano 15 Jul 2006, 11:40 am

RRichardHobbs posted a photo:

1 Brooklyn Bridge pano

1 Brooklyn Bridge pano: panoramic digital location scouting photos from a recent video shoot produced around New York, NY.

(c) copyright R. Richard Hobbs New York City area film location scout, film location manager, film location library, location and production services for film, photo, video and tv www.rrhobbs.com.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY [?]

Source: Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY Content from Brooklyn Bridge, New York (Brooklyn Boro and Manhattan), NY | RRichardHobbs

RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map

  • *First Published by R. Richard Hobbs | nyc.locationsout.us on July 15, 2006 in content. Last edited: August 5, 2008

    • Sphere: Related Content

    NY Times: Historic Streets of DUMBO

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on July 14, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 14, 2008
    0 Comments

    New York Times: Slide Show: Historic Streets of Dumbo | By David W. Dunlap | October 31, 2007, 12:48 pm

    “If there is a signature view of Dumbo, this is it: standing on Washington Street and looking Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing on a proposal to designate Dumbo as an official historic district. Here is a slide show of images from the streets of Dumbo.”

    …read more…

    The DUMBO area of Brooklyn is currently one of the most sought after areas of New York City by location scouts / producers / directors / photographers for filming and photography. It’s HOT.

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Featured Locations on nyc.locationscout.us

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on July 2, 2008
    in content, featured and featured locations
    .
    Last edited: July 5, 2008
    0 Comments

    From time to time we feature various remarkable locations from our online location library of more than 3000 locations for film, photo, video / tv and events.

    There are pages set up with links and screenshots to many of our location albums of featured locations:

    Many of these location albums are also featured on our companion website, locationfiles.com.

    We have a large number of locations available online for searching / research:

    All the above resources can be extremely useful for your pitches and presentations; we are always willing to help you get that job so we can work together and of course, we are at your service to provide a diverse range of fee-based location services including file pulls and location research, location scouting, tech scouting and location management for all film, video/tv, photography and event productions as well as other production services, including complete production coordination and production management for still photography production and smaller video productions.

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    nyc.locationscout.us Photography Directory Profile

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on June 26, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 12, 2008
    0 Comments

    nyc.locationscout.us @ Photography Directory

    Home : Photo Locations and Studios Rental : Photo Locations : nyc.locationscout.us

    The Photography Directory


    View Larger Map

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    links for 2008-06-20

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on June 20, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: August 22, 2008
    0 Comments

    Susan Peik Location Scout
    Susan Peik Location Scout
    Michelle Latham :: Location Scout
    Michelle Latham :: Location Scout
    Continue reading ‘links for 2008-06-20′


    Sphere: Related Content

    links for 2008-06-17

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on June 17, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: June 17, 2008
    1 Comment

    Sphere: Related Content

    Filmmakers Guide

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on May 9, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 31, 2008
    1 Comment

    Filmmakers Guide

    “Filmmakers Guide is a free directory for production companies Actors, Actresses, Art Directors, Audio Technicians, Boom Operators, Camera Crew, Camera Operators- Cranes, Jibs, Camera Operators- Film, Camera Operators- High Definition…”

    …read the rest…

    Areas of Interest (follow the links on the Filmmakers Guide website sidebar):

  • Crew and Union
  • Digital Format
  • Education and Training
  • Equipment
  • Events
  • Film Festivals
  • Financial and Business Services
  • Organizations and Publications
  • Post Production Companies
  • Production Companies
  • Support Services
  • Talent Services

    • RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Who Can I Contact to List My Location?

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on May 9, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 31, 2008
    5 Comments

    Google Answers has a great thread full of info useful if you are interested in having your property used for movies, film and photo and want to know who to contact:

    “Subject: rental property for movies and tv commercials
    Category: Arts and Entertainment | Asked by: cuccina-ga | Google Answers: rental property for movies and tv commercials: Q: rental property for movies and tv commercials ( Answered, 0 Comments )

    Question | Subject: rental property for movies and tv commercials | Category: Arts and Entertainment | Asked by: cuccina-ga | List Price: $10.00 Posted: 29 Jan 2004 19:24 PST | Expires: 28 Feb 2004 19:24 PST | Question ID: 301666

    Who to contact to rent your home to production companies for movies or commericals

    Answer | Subject: Re: rental property for movies and tv commericals | Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 29 Jan 2004 21:13 PST

    Hi Cuccina! How to get your home in the movies:

    • Secure Production Permission - Make sure that production is allowed in your neighborhood. If it is:
    • Contact your state or local film commission. They’ll help you get your home on the market for shoots. Or
    • Get in touch with a location agent.”

    …read the rest…

    Also referenced at rrhobbs.com FAQS

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map

    updated 5/9/2008 | added map, general cleanup | original timestamp May 22, 2006 at 12:43 pm


    Sphere: Related Content

    links for 2008-05-09

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on May 9, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: May 9, 2008
    0 Comments

    Sphere: Related Content

    NY Photo Festival May 14 - 18, 2008

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on May 8, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: May 8, 2008
    0 Comments

    …via Robbins Locations (thanks for the invite! :-)

    NY Photo Festival 2008 | The First International Photography Festival in the United States

    About:
    “Photography, one of the most important visual media of our lives, has been surprisingly uncelebrated, particularly in the United States. New York City, home to the most influential commercial and fine art photography community, has lacked—until now—a large-scale event dedicated to photography.”
    …read the rest…

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Minnesota Creative Source

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on May 2, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 23, 2008
    Closed

    Minnesota Creative Source

    Minnesota Creative Source | About Us

    “Building on our years of success producing the Minnesota Creative Sourcebook, this site expands our ability to generate exposure for photography, illustration, design, film & video, audio, printing and related industry services.”

    …read the rest…

    I found the Minnesota Creative Source and was impressed by its design (by Treefort (Minneapolis, MN) and implementation of RSS feeds to distribute its content. The Minnesota Creative Source feeds contain generous helpings of visual media, i.e. photos and multimedia as well :-)

    My feeling about RSS is, especially, given RSS’s simplicity of use, that RSS is currently a vastly under-utilized media and information distribution technology with much unrealized potential that is sort of waiting for the much of the world to catch up with it!

    FYI an often good way to tell you have found RSS content is by this icon (…via Wikimedia Commons…)

    RSS Icon Minnesota Creative Directory RSS Feeds available:

  • # Subscribe to Entire Minnesota Creative image portfolio: Images RSS
  • # Subscribe to Entire Minnesota Creative audio & video portfolio: Audio & Video RSS
  • # Subscribe to Advertising Agencies: Images
  • # Subscribe to Web Design/Internet Services: Images
  • # Subscribe to Film/Audio Production: Audio & Video
  • # Subscribe to Design/Marketing: Images
  • # Subscribe to Illustration: Images
  • # Subscribe to Industry Services: Images
  • # Subscribe to Photography: Images
  • # Subscribe to Printing: Images

    • …go there…

    Minnesota Creative Source Photocast

    A feed of photos from the top creative talent in Minnesota including photographers, illustrators, designers, and other creative individuals and companies.

    Treefort [Test] 2 Jul 2009, 10:26 am

    Treefort [Test] posted a Web Design/Internet Services:Web Applications image.

    Source: Minnesota Creative Source Photocast Minnesota Creative Source Photocast |

    LBF Photo, Inc. 23 Jun 2009, 11:55 am

    LBF Photo, Inc. posted a Photography:Advertising image.

    Source: Minnesota Creative Source Photocast Minnesota Creative Source Photocast |

    LBF Photo, Inc. 23 Jun 2009, 11:24 am

    LBF Photo, Inc. posted a : image.

    Source: Minnesota Creative Source Photocast Minnesota Creative Source Photocast |

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    links for 2008-04-30

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 30, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 30, 2008
    1 Comment

    Sphere: Related Content

    Flickr Geotagging Bookmarklet / loc.alize.us

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 21, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: August 15, 2008
    1 Comment
  • Flickr Geotagging Bookmarklet / loc.alize.us | Get the bookmarklet here.

    • Aemkei at Sumaato Blog writes:

    Localize Bookmarklet - Map Your Flickr Photos! | Overview

    “I just spent some time to create a slim bookmarklet that enables mapping, geocoding and geotagging directly in your Flickr photo page. It works with all common browsers without the need for any extension.”

    …read more…

    This bookmarklet worked great for me, you save it to your Bookmarks (Firefox) or Favorites (Internet Explorer), log in to your Flickr page and a photo you would like to geotag. Click the bookmark and let the magic begin!

    The bookmarklet adds the code to your Flickr page to create a url at Google Maps and a link on your Flickr page to the map.

    Here is a photo set I tagged using the bookmarklet. Very kewl!

    Helpful for a location scout using Flickr to assemble an album of location photos and there is a need to indicate the geographic location of the photos.

    Sumaato also created loc.alize.us, a Google Maps mashup.

    Above is a loc.alize.us page for me.


    localize.us

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map

    update 4/21/2008 | added maps | original timestamp: December 22, 2006 at 9:23


    Sphere: Related Content

    Bloglines Post

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 21, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: May 17, 2008
    1 Comment

    location scouting resources and a del.icio.us social bookmarking primer

    By locationscout (me)

    “Location scouts, location managers and interested parties in the film, tv, video and photo production industries are encouraged to check out and perhaps participate in and contribute to the online film production community via some of the following websites and forums (in no particular order):

    locationtalk

    google groups:

    alt.tv.commercials

    rec.arts.movies.production

    rec.video.production

    flickr/locationscouting

    zimbio- location scouting (I started this group)

    ma.gnolia/locationscout (I started this group)

    locationscout linkit (I started this group)

    wheresspot- website (Paid-subscription service)

    The preceding is an excerpt from a post I made on another location scouting blog.”

    …read the rest…

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map

      updates

    • 4/21/2006 | added map / feed
    • last timestamp February 14, 2008 at 4:12 pm
    • original timestamp: June 10, 2006 at 4:24 pm

    Sphere: Related Content

    Wired: Crowdsourcing

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 11, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 11, 2008
    0 Comments

    Wired 14.06: The Rise of Crowdsourcing

    “Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R and D.”

    …read the rest…

    Technology and business models are changing daily… one has to play their best game and make wise, sometimes complicated choices to be successful in the world of commercial photography. Ability to adapt, change be flexible and think on one’s feet is a prerequisite in the world of selling imagery for profit… not that that is anything new.

    Changes in commercial photography (as well as film, tv and video ) markets directly affect the production (including location services) industries. Articles such as this help provide insight as to marketing and planning for location scouts / location managers as well.

    feed Wired Top Stories

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map

    update 4/11/08: added map, feed, general cleanup | original timestamp: May 30, 2006 @ 09:03


    Sphere: Related Content

    PhotoShop Online (PhotoShop Express)

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 8, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 8, 2008
    2 Comments

    …via ProductionNow Blog…

    …dugg…

    “This was so cool I just had to post about it:

    https://www.photoshop.com/express/

    Check it out. Way cool. I happen to be a big fan of Adobe as it is, and this also ties in with things I’ve written about elsewhere… so, yeah, way cool.

    ~Luke Holzmann
    Your Media Production Mentor”

    …read more…

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Bookmarks for April 7th through April 8th

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 8, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 11, 2008
    0 Comments

    These are my links for April 7th through April 8th:


    Sphere: Related Content

    Links for April 7th

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 7, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 11, 2008
    0 Comments

    These are my del.icio.us links for April 7th:


    Sphere: Related Content

    Links for April 6th

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on April 7, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: April 7, 2008
    0 Comments

    These are my del.icio.us links for April 6th:


    Sphere: Related Content

    NYC Film Office Pages Links

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on March 22, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: August 11, 2008
    1 Comment

    Here are links to the more-often used pages on the New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, Broadcast and Television website. On these pages is lots of info (as well as live forms and instructions) that you need when dealing with MOFTB and New York City film and photo permits

  • NYC MOFTB Permit Forms
  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Guidelines for Parks Photography
  • ! Please also read: Information Every Film Production Coming to New York City Needs

    • Still Photography

  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Parks Permit Page
  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Still Permit Instructions
  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Photo Permits
  • NYC MOFTB Still Photo Permit- stillpermit.pdf
  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Still Permit Instructions

    • Film and Video

  • NYC MOFTB Film Permit Form
  • NYC MOFTB Film Permit Form Instructions
  • NYC MOFTB Film Permit Insurance Requirements
  • NYC MOFTB Schedule A Sample- vtu_sample.pdf
  • NYC MOFTB Schedule A Sample- mult_locations.pdf
  • NYC MOFTB Schedule A Sample- holding_parking.pdf
  • NYC MOFTB Schedule A Sample- driving_shots.pdf

    • Schedule A

  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Schedule A Instructions
  • NYC.gov - Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Permits Schedule A
  • NYC MOFTB Schedule A Form
  • NYC MOFTB Drop/Add Form
  • ! Please also read: Information Every Film Production Coming to New York City Needs
  • Other film offices and related content on nyc.locationscout.us

    • RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    We’re All Out of Polaroid

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on March 4, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: June 4, 2009
    0 Comments

    CNN Money | Polaroid shutters the Polaroid | February 8 2008: 5:22 PM EST | …via Engadget | Polaroid no longer does Polaroids

    The photography company long known for its self-developing film cameras moves to focus on printers and digital technology.

    “BOSTON (AP) — Polaroid is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.”

    The times they are a changin’… when I was a photo assistant we would drag CASES of Polaroid Instant Film all over the country - Shooting Polaroids was a part of the work day - the wait for the photo to develop, the smell… you could make the the little metal case into a picture frame… it all seems so “quaint”, like a typewriter or fax machine - Even the name sort of starts to sound like some over the hill retro b-movie horror flick character or something? LOL!

    Heck I worked on ad shoots for Polaroid! LOL

  • Polaroid Corporation Website
  • Polaroid on Google Images
  • some Polaroid instant cameras on Wikipedia
  • Polaroid Corporation Wikipedia Page

    • Google Alerts - Polaroid

    Eva Lake: posters and polaroids 4 Jul 2009, 4:30 pm

    Of course the most important Polaroid from the collection of Randy Moe is the one above, whom we knew as Jim Jim. But the other portraits are a fabulous treasure trove I would like to curate into an exhibition if I had the means. …
    Eva Lake - http://evalake.blogspot.com/

    Source: Google Alerts - Polaroid Google Alerts - Polaroid | Eva

    Polaroid Fashion & Other Awesomeness: Running away. 4 Jul 2009, 4:30 pm

    I ran away, and went on vacation, so it's been quite impossible for me to update with anything. But I have new polaroids and a new bruise on my leg, so things should be start working themselves out soon. Posted by Virginia Wolfe at 8:53 …
    Polaroid Fashion & Other Awesomeness - http://polaroidfashionists.blogspot.com/

    Source: Google Alerts - Polaroid Google Alerts - Polaroid | Virginia Wolfe

    Hiss and Hearse » Blog Archive » Artist Interview: L.A. … 4 Jul 2009, 4:30 pm

    After stumbling across Chloe Aftel's gorgeous photography portfolio, I was immediately drawn to her surreal digital and Polaroid fashion imagery. I wrote her to tell her how amazing she was, and a meeting was arranged one afternoon at …
    Hiss and Hearse - http://www.hissandhearse.com/

    Source: Google Alerts - Polaroid Google Alerts - Polaroid | Kristin!

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    The Acme

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on March 3, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: August 10, 2008
    0 Comments

    About The Acme

    How The ACME Resource Network came to be

    “Necessity is the mother of invention and her name is Libby Woolems. A successful art director who just had to have her way, or at least a better way, to research, create, locate and build the myriad of designs for her commercial and entertainment clients…

    …The idea for The ACME began as a vision, or more like a mirage, that floated before Libby while she sat in her sweltering car thumbing through two milk crates of Yellow Pages and well known entertainment resource directories. On this particular Saturday morning she had one hour to locate a prop that was needed for the first set up and shot of the day. Libby thought to herself, “If only these businesses would simply list their hours.” And so it began in 1997.”

    …read the rest…

    The Acme Resource Network     is a diverse directory of production resources of particularly likely interest to set designers, set builders, film / photo stylists and other art department personnel as well as other production entities such as media production companies in general, line producers and production coordinators, assistant directors and location managers / scouts - particularly those people and companies located in such production-hub areas such as Hollywood (CA), Los Angeles (CA), New York (NY), North Hollywood (CA), San Francisco (CA) and West Hollywood (CA). (these are the “featured cities” from The Acme’s home page)

    I like the name har har :-) - remember in all those Chuck Jones / Road Runner cartoons all of Wile E. Coyote’s “weapons of mass destruction” ;-) and other props were always “Acme” brand?

    p.s. All Chuck Jones’ stuff came straight outta Burbank (Warner Brothers is there) just like The Acme! ;-)

  • nyc.locationscout.us profile on The Acme
    • feed Acme :: RADIO_ACME

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Location Scouting and Management Handbook

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on March 2, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: October 13, 2008
    0 Comments

    A while back I reviewed Amazon.com | Location Scouting and Management Handbook | Television, Film and Still Photography| Robert Maier | Books


    Location Scouting and Management Handbook

    Robert Maier. Focal Press 1994, Paperback, 175 pages, $40.95

    4.0

    Amazon Editorial Review:

    “Discover what makes an excellent location, how to manage the location and how to handle any problems that might come up.”

    …read the rest…

    My Review:

    “I also bought this book back in the ’90’s and lent it to an associate who never returned it!

    The person I loaned it to knew very little of location scouting and location management and since I never got the book back I can only assume they found it very useful…

    Perhaps this novice level of reader was the target audience; the book does give some of the basic ‘mechanics’ and duties expected of a location professional but does not go into the many intracies of diplomacy and, as an example, being able to purvey to a lay property owner in a succinct way what you are doing, what production will be doing, what is expected of them and what is in it for them.”

    …read the rest…

    …I went on to say (among other things) that I thought the book needed an update, the book was grounded in ’80’s - ’90’s vintage technology and I didn’t think the book accurately addressed current challenges and practices of a digital-age location scout.

    Location Scouting and Management Handbook is currently out of print. The copy I bought was a paperback edition (as is currently listed on Amazon…) when I bought it new it was maybe $20 - $25:

    6 used & new from $75.00

    I probably would have more careful loaning my copy out had I known it would be a collectors edition! LOL ;-)

  • nyc.locationscout.us Amazon Profile
    • feed R. Richard Hobbs’ Customer Reviews

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Photo District News - Newswire

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on February 21, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: June 4, 2009
    0 Comments

    Photo District News (PDN) | PDN Newswire

    Photo District News (PDN) provides a Newswire section of content of likely interest to professional photographers.

    Photo District News (PDN) | About”

    “Photo District News (PDN), the award-winning monthly magazine for the professional photographer, has been covering the professional photographic industry for over two decades.”

    …read more…

    feed Photo District News
    • Photographer Learned About VIBE Shutdown in Mid-Shoot | Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 11:34 am
      Chicago photographer David Anthony was in the middle of a shoot for VIBE yesterday when he learned the magazine was going out of business. “Guess wh. […]
    • VIBE Media Group Goes Out of Business | Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 1:38 am
      VIBE, a staple of music journalism since 1993 and one of the most influential publications aimed at African-American readers, is shutting down. The CE. […]
    • Ryan McGinley Campaign Wins Major Advertising Prize | Monday, 29 June 2009, 10:30 am
      The Wrangler jeans campaign created by agency Fred & Farid in Paris won the top print advertising prize at the International Advertising Festival in C. […]
  • PDN Photosource Search Results: “rrhobbs”

    • RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Urban Dictionary: Fauxtograph

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on February 21, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: February 21, 2008
    0 Comments

    fauxtograph

    “A fauxtograph is a practical joke in which the video setting of a digital camera is used to trick the target into posing for a really long time for what isn’t a picture at all.”

    …read the rest… warning: Urban Dictionary content can be, well, pretty “urban” at times.


    Sphere: Related Content

    Location Scouting Tips

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on February 1, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 30, 2008
    0 Comments

    There is a valuable informational article on VideoMaker entitled 11 Tips for Location Scouting which includes some basic flight-checks relevant to location scouting.

    By virtue of being included in an article on a site called VideoMaker, the tips would seem to be suggested specifically for those in the video production profession, however, I feel the points raised are also general enough to cover many issues and challenges typically encountered location scouting for film and photography projects as well.

    Here are the titles of the tips:

    1. Know your script
    2. Scout at the right time
    3. Look at light
    4. Follow the sun
    5. Check for power supplies
    6. Listen (not quite as important for stills - RH)
    7. Examine the elements
    8. Decide where to set up
    9. Get permission
    10. Evaluate the area
    11. And finally, take notes!

    Merely listing the tips doesn’t do the VideoMaker article justice, much more valuable additional information is available if you read the actual article.

    A while back I included a link in a post on locationscout.us to another good article on VideoMaker entitled Video Pre-Production FAQ. Admittedly, there are lots of production links in that particular article on locationscout.us; the quickest way to find the link (if you don’t want to simply follow the link above? - duh ;-) …or maybe some other production-related link you might have in mind (?) is to do a term search using your browser (Windows: CTRL-F in both IE and Firefox).

    I will be adding a link to this article (which obviously includes links to the two VideoMaker articles) on my FAQS Page.

    XML error: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 75, column 65

    feed

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    News :: Q-spheres

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on January 15, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: January 9, 2009
    5 Comments

    Q-spheres HDRi


    Q-spheres Website



    (above) Quicktime output of Q-sphere of Team Q-spheres at Lake Mead, NV, December 2007 (c) 2007-2009 Q-spheres.com


    Q-spheres Las Vegas Session @ Locamundo


    R. Richard Hobbs / nyc.locationscout.us is now a qualified provider of Q-spheres HDRi 3d digital imaging services.

    In association with LocationExchange, Locamundo, and Team Q-spheres qualified associates worldwide, we aim to build on our collective traditional location scouting and location management services skills and location archive assets and resources, going forward to provide an even greater range of services to not only keep pace with, but rather lead the way in rapidly changing digital imaging technologies for the still photography, motion pictures and 3-d gaming and animation industries.

    Our current digital imaging system, developed by Locamundo founder Jo VanHove (Brussels, BE), provides the fastest currently-available methods for generating the highest-quality, full-dynamic-range, 3d, image-based lighting models (lightfields) and HDRi backgrounds. Our worldwide team of expert imaging and production professionals strives to keep abreast of and implement as we might find productive, new developments and available methods - adapting our imaging technologies to provide the highest-standard services and products with regard to not only imaging quality, but with considerations toward efficiency and cost-effectiveness as well.

    Q-spheres can be hired to provide assignment-specific imaging and also maintains an archive of rights-managed post-ready high quality backgrounds and lightfields.

    Please contact us for your next imaging project and let us show you how Q-spheres can work for you!

    Q-spheres Official Press Release, July 2007 (pdf)

    Q-spheres Associates Worldwide (Alphabetically, by company or last name):

    1. Meuleman Manu (brauhaus.be / Antwerp, BE)
    2. Thomas Duchnicki (creativelocation.de / Berlin, DE)
    3. Rickard Molin (fixmolin.se / Stockholm, SE)
    4. John Cody, Dan Uneken (fotofilmvideo.com / Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)
    5. Francoise Huvelle (Q-spheres.com / Buenos Aires, AR)
    6. Scott Clark (iwerken.com / Albuquerque, NM, USA)
    7. Jo VanHove (loc8, locamundo.com, locationexchange.com / Brussels, BE)
    8. Locations Portugal (locationsportugal.com / Lisbon, PT)
    9. Peter Orth (planetorth.com / Los Angeles, CA, USA)
    10. R. Richard Hobbs (rrhobbs.us / New York, NY, USA)
    11. Francesca Carapelli, Leonardo Semplici, Stefano Tinti (scout.it / Siena, Italy)
    12. Mark McMcKennon (scoutman.com / New York, NY, USA)
    13. Frans VanDenBemd (vandenbemd.com / Prinsenbeek (Breda), NL)
    14. Clare Beresford (worldlocations.com / Paris, FR)

    In November / December 2007, I travelled to the Lake Mead, NV area to meet with, along with the rest of Team Q-spheres USA, Jo VanHove and Frans VanDenBemd for an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with and use the Q-spheres digital capture system. During the course of the trip, not only did the American contingent of Team Q-spheres come away with a thorough training in Q-spheres technology and practices, the results of the actual Q-spheres sessions have provided us all with the valuable assets of beautiful lightspheres and backgrounds of the Nevada desert.

    Team Q-spheres USA
    (above) Actual low-resolution lightfield of Team Q-spheres USA

    Q-spheres Las Vegas Session @ Locamundo

    Team Q-spheres Training Session - Lake Mead NV

    Q-spheres training session, Lake Mead, NV - Jo Van Hove instructs Q-spheres Team Members

    View Q-spheres Nevada Photoset on Flickr

  • related content about Q-spheres
  • General information about HDRi
  • General Information about image based lighting

    • feed locationexchange
    • Website q-spheres live ! | Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:54 am
      With the live making of the Q-Spheres website, we have an official start to our marketing for Q-Spheres !! Photographers, 3D artists, designers can no. […]
    • Jeep Compass Q-Sphere production | Friday, 15 June 2007, 5:39 am
      Our first Q-Sphere production has reached the screens… Watch the static : http://www.jeep-compass.be/fr/ Watch the film : http://www.jeep-compass.be. […]
    • New associates | Thursday, 19 April 2007, 9:42 am
      We welcome Dan Uneken and John Cody as new associates to LocationExchange. Dan and John work in the South of Spain and Morocco, both regions with good. […]


    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    PhotoServe

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on January 15, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 23, 2008
    0 Comments

    One of the monthly email newsletters I receive is PDN’s Photoserve Newsletter (subscribe)

    Lately Photoserve has been publishing two columns I find interesting and informative:

  • Portfolios of The Month
  • Editors Choice

    • (You can find both of the above columns on the Photoserve home page)

    Of course, in addition to the portfolio features, PhotoServe, being a product of Photo District News (PDN), which is more or less the industry standard of trade publications for commercial photography, always has other news and information of interest to me as a photo producer and location scout.

    Since PDN and PhotoServe are both published out of New York City, even tho the editorial “beat” is world-wide, I often find the content even more relevant to my own personal demographic.

    Photo District News produces the annual Photo Plus Expo each fall, which traditionally takes place in New York City at Javits Center serving as a major photo-industry event and includes, along with Photo District News’ own annual awards party and co-sponsored industry party, many other independently-planned parties and events scheduled to take advantage of the many different photographers, vendors and other photo-industry associates normally in town during the Photo Plus Expo.

    RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content

    Wikipedia-n-Me

    Published
    by
    R. Richard Hobbs
    on January 12, 2008
    in content
    .
    Last edited: July 14, 2008
    0 Comments

    I recently authored my second article for Wikipedia, a short definition / description of the term “location library”:

    Location Library (Motion Pictures and Still Photography)

    …the title is nearly as long as the article! ;-) Believe it or not, even tho the terms “location archive” or actually, more frequently, “location library” are terms I (and maybe you, too, if you are reading this - it’s not like I ever purported my blog to even attempt to appeal to anyone beyond a very specific niche of folks who work in various capacities in the film, photo and tv production communities… so unless you fit that profile the only way I can imagine you ended up here is you are really lost or really bored ;-) )

    …but I digress…

    I started a considerably lengthier article on the subject of location scouting several years ago:

    Location Scouting

    ..which I have continued to contribute to regularly as the article has matured - thanks of course to the generous contributions other Wikipedians…

    Both articles are part of my efforts as a member of Film-Reel-Wikipedia Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Filmmaking task force

    Also, altho the Wikipedia no-follow links policy is in place for very good reasons (i.e. link spam) and therefore, since Wikipedia doesnt generate any “link love“, I am tooting my horn here!

    …elsewhere on nyc.locationscout.us (…references to relevant Wikipedia articles…):

  • Wikipedia / Location Scouting
  • Wikipedia / Location Manager
  • Wikipedia / Location Library
  • Wikipedia / Filming Location
  • Wikipedia / Film Producer
  • Wikipedia / Film Production (Film Making)

    • RH | GeoURL | NAC | Plazes | Dipity | outside.in | Mapufacture | Post Map


    Sphere: Related Content
    News Archive · Weblog Archive · Tag Archive · Sitemap · 25 Mile NYC Film Zone Map · Post Map · Weather · More Local Data · Links · Technorati · Design Credits · All Contents © 1999-2009 nyc.locationscout.us
    Blog Directory for Clifton, New JerseyNew York City Blog Directory

    Bad Behavior has blocked 1287 access attempts in the last 7 days.