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I had the opportunity last weekend to do some hiking with friends , on Breakneck Ridge in Hudson Highlands State Park, NY. As usual, for me, as a location scout, it was a busman’s holiday, of sorts

Besides being a gorgeous park with breathtaking views I have always felt there were some considerable possible location opportunities in the area. Has anyone ever shot at Bannerman Castle? Has Storm King been used in any movies? It seems like there could be some great running shots to be had along that drive!

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The photos below were made from a private space in the Starrett - Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th Street in the neighborhood known as West Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, NY looking uptown and (in the panorama below) displaying, from the left (west) the Hudson River and New Jersey cross-town to right (east), the Empire State Building on the edge of the frame.

ALL location scouts LOVE the Manhattan skyline!

Manhattan at Night From West Chelsea Panorama

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Featured Location: 46991 | Manhattan Loft Office w/ Rooftop and More is currently available as a location for film / video / tv / photo applications and consists of:

Reception area with stairway, conference room with skylight, television lounge

Loft-style office area with high ceilings, HUGE windows with city views

large rooftop with distinctive Manhattan / Chelsea views that include an unobstructed cityscape view of the Empire State Building

Location Scouting Notes:

Areas shown available separately or in combo as may be required

Stairway-only access from top floor to roof deck (typical of most any Manhattan rooftop)

Production must provide plywood to protect roof surfaces

Fees are negotiable, however, this location will not suit low-budget productions.

Reception area with stairway, conference room with skylight, television lounge

View a Flickr slideshow of Featured Location: Featured Location: 46991 | Manhattan Loft Office w/ Rooftop and More | stairway, conference room with skylight, television lounge

Loft-style office area with high ceilings, HUGE windows with city views

View a Flickr slideshow of Featured Location: Featured Location: 46991 | Manhattan Loft Office w/ Rooftop and More | loft-style office area with high ceilings, HUGE windows with city views

Large rooftop with distinctive Manhattan / Chelsea views that include an unobstructed cityscape view of the Empire State Building

View a Flickr slideshow of Featured Location: 46991 | Manhattan Loft Office w/ Rooftop and More | large rooftop with distinctive Manhattan / Chelsea views that include an unobstructed cityscape view of the Empire State Building

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NY Times: Have Camera, Will Trespass, on Brooklyn’s Waterfront | By Sewell Chan | July 31, 2008, 11:00 am

“Nathan Kensinger generally does not ask for permission when he photographs the decaying remnants of Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront. Since 2003, he has wandered into shuttered factories, padlocked basements and forbidding warehouses. He often goes along with other photographers who have an adventurous bent. He hasn’t been arrested, yet, but he doesn’t want to tempt fate, either.”

…read more…

In reality, there is quite a bit more to location scouting than just “getting in” a location - in fact, that is just the beginning … Location Scouting at Wikipedia …but, then, the Times story wasn’t really about location scouting anyway, altho, it is mentioned that Nathan is a location scout for Law and Order…

That said, there is no intent to detract from the motivation and beauty of Nathan’s photography, which is quite impressive!

View a slideshow: NY Times | Brooklyn’s Industrial Side | by Nathan Kensinger

Of Likely Further Interest:

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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.

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Hardly anyone, leastly a location scout would argue that New York City has a boring skyline!

What’s very kewl too is there are lots and lots of places to view the NYC skyline from many angles.

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NYC Rooftops and Views contains some examples of some great cityscape locations available for film, photo, video and events.

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Some material, in no specific order, I’ve found around the internet regarding the currently on-going WGA Strike:

…via Wheresspot Blog - One writer’s take on why they’ve gone on strike:

AMPTP - WGA Strike Frequently Asked Questions

Other links from the AMPTP WGA Strike Frequently Asked Questions page to other pages on the AMPTP site that represent news and presumably, AMPTP’s views:

1. Negotiation News
2. Our Proposals and Statements
3. Dollars and Sense
4. Video

Video on YouTube from the AMPTP website:

5. Google News Search Results - WGA Strike
6. Shoot Online Search Results: WGA Strike
7. Hollywood Reporter Online Search Results: WGA Strike
8. Variety Online Search Results: WGA Strike
9. Variety Online link: “Click Here For All WGA Writers Strike Coverage“
10. MSNBC Search Results: WGA Strike
11. Yahoo News Search: WGA Strike

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International Herald - Tribune | top 10 world-wide locations to visit in 2008

1. Laos
2. Lisbon
3. Tunisia
4. Maritius
5. Mid-Beach, Miami
6. South Beach, Miami
7. Maldives
8. Death Valley
9. Courchevel
10. Libya

…read the rest and all 53 IHT picks…

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Note: The author is a freelance film / photo location scout and location manager and is neither a member of AMPTP or WGA. Any of the opinions expressed are those of R. Richard Hobbs.

Been missing the latest episodes of your favorite sitcom lately? Got left sitting on the edge of your seat wondering what happenned next on that tv drama you really like? Tired of watching reruns of late night talk shows (except for Letterman - and maybe the Tonight Show- but only as of this week…)

Any of the above could likely be due to the the ongoing WGA Writers Strike, which began November 5th, 2007. The two primary organizations involved in this dispute are The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP).

The WGA supplies writers to the AMPTP, who’s members produce the majority of network television shows and major feature films.

The WGA is a guild. The AMPTP is a trade association.

The last contract between the WGA and the AMPTP expired last fall and the reasons for the strike involves what the WGA feels are unresolved issues in the new, pending contract (obviously a large amount of detail, discussion and info…), but are largely with regard to compensation to the writers from income to the producers from new media and distribution, i.e. internet and other electronic / digital media.

If you follow the many sources of news and information about the strike including entertainment industry and production trade publications such Variety and The Hollywood Reporter (Wikipedia has a good overview of the strike as well), you may find the matter is very involved and complicated. This strike involves major organizations and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Each side has teams of lawyers and representatives and at least one party has hired a public relations firm.

Conventional thinking might suggest that if two parties in question cant seem to agree, then an expeditious solution might be to enlist the services of a knowledgeable, but impartial third party to be a mediator or arbitrator, however, at this writing, one or neither of the WGA and AMPTP appear willing to allow the matter to be solved in this manner and there is no law prohibiting the strike since the strike (arguably does not affect “necessity services”, i.e. public transportation, utilities, etc.

While I am sure, at the bottom of it all, (except for maybe the lawyers? everyone would like to see this strike settled as soon as possible altho it also appears to be a wrestling match as well; my bet is, sadly, that the settlement comes down to whichever of the two organizations has the deeper pockets. The settlement of a situation such as this potentially has far reaching effects for both parties as a group and the lack of same adversely affects related industries… on a more personal level the situation I think a lot of people really want to get back to work … so complicated…

In the meantime, from a selfish point of view, while I am not a a laid-off staff from a show (I am a “non-union” freelance location scout, location manager and photo shoot producer) or currently a crew member on involuntary hiatus from a feature film; overall, there is currently less work for everybody and more people potentially looking to do whatever work might avail itself, so while I am not “directly” affected, a situation such as exists does, in fact affect me, so I just wish we could all just “get back to work”!

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The Cartoon Dump | Spoof on hosted children’s tv show format that features host(s) interacting with the viewing audience and introducing presentations of (very often, very “awful”) cartoons - the twist is these twisted minds celebrate the “awfulness” and are (tongue-in-cheek) pretty darn awful themselves! Meet Compost Brite and Moodsy, The Clinically Depressed Owl!

The Mighty Hercules, which I remember from my youth (it was old then) has a place here, methinks.

The Cartoon Dump series, which is an ongoing monthly podcast originating at the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood, CA, can be viewed at Cartoon Brew Films.Still waiting to see the Buf Badger character, she is on the Cartoon Dump website but she is not in any of the two episodes I have watched so far. She looks hawt!

Trivia: Moodsy, The Clinically Depressed Owl is played by the show’s creator, Frank Coniff.

Update 7/2/2008 | A short clip from MoonCake, a short film by Marty Stanos, is available on Youtube (below). Marty is obviously very busy these days shopping and showing the film.

The Lot “is a wrap”.

Sometimes talent and inspiration shines as this video on thelot.com does.

The short film, shot in film noir-ish black and white, is titled Moon Cake and was directed and produced by University of Michigan film student Marty Stano. The film is set to a catchy obscure pop song the title and band I have not yet been able to place other than a comment for the film that alludes to a bootleg record called Rabbit’s Moon, all of which adds to the intrigue.

The film was produced for less than $500 and it’s like a train wreck- I cant look away! I delight in replaying the video over and over! It’s this grungy avant-gard wonderful five minute, forty-five second bit of film wack and it’s just lots of fun to watch.

The Lot is a new tv joint by reality tv kingpin Mark Burnett and producer-director Steven Speilberg (who needs no introduction) whereby filmmakers submit films online for consideration for a $1 mil development deal prize with Dreamworks.

The Lot has been all the chatter recently over on the Wheresspot Board, wherein a number of participants have submitted film projects to The Lot.

Update 3/1: Music mystery solved :-)- The song is It Came in the Night by Andy Arthurs/A Raincoat from around circa 1976. This page pretty much tells it all. Also, see a reference to the music used in this video here.

Update 3/5: Up to now proving ignorance of certain aspects of film school curriculum, it has come to my attention that the music used in Moon Cake is the same score used in one release of director Kenneth Anger’s classic avant-gard short film, Rabbit’s Moon.

Anecdote: There have been several releases of Rabbit’s Moon, the most recent release, on The Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume One, in fact uses a number of ’50’s doo-wop titles as the score for Rabbit’s Moon.

I know all these things now because the intrigue compelled me to order the The Films of Kenneth Anger, Volume One DVD online to check out Rabbit’s Moon!

The Japanese folklore of the Rabbit In The Moon, (the view from Earth of the surface of the Moon is different in the far east than that visible in the western hemisphere and to many resembles a rabbit- part of the celebration of this lore is having children put out rice cakes for the rabbit;-) is present in many areas of film and music around the world including a house music trio from Tampa, FL named Rabbit In The Moon.

There are certainly similarities in the style of cinematography used in Marty Stano’s Moon Cake and Kenneth Anger’s Rabbit’s Moon, in fact, now having more background about both films I daresay Moon Cake draws a heavy influence from Rabbit’s Moon, but dont feel the results have been presented in a way that could be construed as plagiarist or improper. Instead, I might suggest that Moon Cake pays tribute to Rabbit’s Moon in a very flattering way.

Now, all of a sudden I’m a film reviewer- and here I thought I was just a location scout

Moon Cake Screenshot

Rabbit’s Moon Screenshot

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The Times Online - Irish Castles | December 10, 2006 | In defence of Irish castles - Where can I get to quickly?

“When it comes to castles, the Scots, not to mention the Welsh and English, usually have the edge on the Irish. But when it comes to the unsung delights of Malahide Castle, there is an outside chance that the Irish might even have managed to outshine their neighbours.

A 15 minute drive from Dublin Airport, or a short ride on the D suburban railway from O’Connell Street if you happen to be part of a stag or hen party and a hangover precludes any proximity to a steering wheel, Malahide is a castle to make a Hollywood location scout coo with delight, ticking off the turrets, battlements, gothic windows and sea views.”

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DigiNewYork, a spinoff of Lee Rickler’s DigiLondon, a GoogleEarth / GoogleMaps / Wikipedia mashup, is now live and online.

Both tourists and professional location scouts should be able to find uses for DigiNewYork and it’s big fun to browse thru aerial views of New York’s (and the world’s) most famous places and read bits about each of them, mostly excerpted from Wikipedia.

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From the New Jersey State Film Commission:

New Jersey currently offers these financial incentives to filmmakers, and the US Government has an incentive program as well:

20% TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

New Jersey offers a tax credit in an amount equal to 20% of qualified production expenses, available to production companies meeting certain criteria, chiefly:

(1) At least 60% of the total expenses of a project, exclusive of post-production costs, will be incurred for services performed and goods used or consumed in New Jersey

(2) Principal photography of a project commences within 150 days after the approval of the application for the credit

NEW JERSEY FILM TAX PROCESS GUIDELINES

PRINTABLE APPLICATION FOR NEW JERSEY FILM TAX CREDIT (IN ADOBE PDF FORMAT)

EXEMPTION FROM NEW JERSEY’S 6% SALES TAX

Certain tangible property used directly and primarily in the production of films and television programs is exempt from New Jersey’s 6% sales tax. This tangible property includes the purchase of replacement parts for machinery, tools and other supplies, the purchase of lumber and hardware to build sets, the rental of picture cars, the purchase or rental of other types of props, and costs related to the repair of camera and lighting equipment. To view the entire law, click here:

LAW GRANTING FILMMAKERS SPECIAL EXEMPTION FROM 6% STATE SALES TAX

EXEMPT USE CERTIFICATE (FORM ST-4) AND INSTRUCTIONS

THE NEW JERSEY FILM PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

The Film Production Assistance Program allows film projects to be eligible for loan guarantees through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Guaranteeing a portion of loans made by other lenders encourages these lenders to finance projects they might not ordinarily finance on their own.
Loan guarantees cannot exceed 30% of the bank financing cost of the project, or $1.5 million, whichever is less.

Until now, most film industry projects did not meet EDA eligibility requirements because the jobs they created were temporary. The new law expands the criteria for the EDA’s loan guarantee program so qualifying film production companies can participate.

The legislation sets important criteria for eligibility:
- At least one-half of material and production costs must be spent in New Jersey.
- At least 70% of shooting days must take place in the state.

- Prevailing wage must be paid to workers employed in the project to be financed.

- The project must possess performance bonds.

Application forms are now available. For additional information, follow the links below:

LAW CREATING THE NEW JERSEY FILM PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

PRINTABLE APPLICATION FOR NEW JERSEY FILM PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(IN ADOBE PDF FORMAT)

WEBSITE FOR NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

NATIONAL TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM

The American Jobs Creation Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 22nd, 2004, offers tax breaks to film and television producers.

DETAILS ON AMERICAN JOBS CREATION ACT

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Note: The following is a draft of “Securing A Great Location”, published in Moviemaker Magazine’s 2005 Beginner’s Guide To Making Movies

MovieMaker Magazine | Securing a Great Location | By © R. Richard Hobbs 2004

Chances are, before too much time goes by, you, as a film maker, will be forced to reckon with venturing out of the cozy, controllable confines of a studio/soundstage and into that great wild beyond known as a location.

If you are a director, your job, (among a plethora of other tasks, of course!), is to think of creative ways to bring a story to life visually.

If, like me, you are a part of the locations department (location scout and/or location manager), your job is to help the creative team toward this end, and while hopefully thinking equally as creatively and presenting actual real-world location possibilities, at the same time you are obligated to pay quite a bit more attention to the practicality, logistics and nuts and bolts of actually pulling the shot off at the location(s) you might suggest and following up on same.

Depending on your budget and/or method of working, even though your title may be Director, Assistant Director, Production Manager or even Executive Producer, you may be required to deal with some of the issues yourself that by rights are normally the Locations Department’s; in any case a little “cross-training ” and insight into what some of the other crew does cant be any less than a good thing!

All this said, my story will attempt to offer some useful information toward securing the perfect location from the locations department’s point of view.

As mentioned before, (the aesthetics aspects notwithstanding), there are a number of practical aspects to consider when choosing a location. What follows is by no means complete, but here are a few items in no special order:

Does the location you are considering work from all technical & logistical points of view? Some questions to ask yourself:

Where will I put all those trucks and people?

Is there room for (if not normally legal, then permitted) parking? It is imperative that you or someone from your crew scout the area adjacent to the set beforehand to make sure there is room and to be sure that room is not in front of a hydrant, fire department or bus stop, etc.

If parking is “tight “ (in high demand) you need to be sure that parking will in fact exist when your crew arrives! Having a permit to park there is one thing, actually “owning” the parking space(s) is another! (As we all know possession is 99% of the law;-)

In New York City (where I work) there are specialists called Parking Coordinators or Coneheads (for the orange cones they put out). Hire them.

You need to be sure you can meet the electrical requirements of your shoot. Be sure there is sufficient house power or you can get your genny truck close enough, and be sure you have sufficient electrical cable in any case!

Is there holding? (a comfortable place to “hold” people while they are not on set) If you are using SAG actors, a requirement is that they have a separate, private area for changing clothes. Be sure there is air conditioning or heat if the weather requires it!

Does the location work logistically?

Be careful with scheduling! If you are shooting a scene on one side of town in the morning and it takes an hour to drive to the second set, another hour to set up and then an hour of shooting, you are probably already into meal penalties. Try to find locations close to each other when scheduling scenes to be shot/ talent on call on the same day.

Is there room to work?

The most gorgeous room in the world is useless is there is not enough room to get the camera/dolly/lights/actors in there for the angles needed to make the shot.

What if it rains?

Do you have a “Plan B” in your pocket? Be careful with weather and cancellations of locations, talent and equipment. It can get expensive.

Is there light there?

Is there the correct lighting for the mood you are trying to achieve (or can you make it?) A location can look significantly different on a cloudy day from the day you scouted it and there was daylight streaming thru the branches casting patterns on the ground!

Are you absolutely sure you have permission to be there?

Does the owner understand that it won’t just be someone with a camcorder stopping by for a few moments? We become so used to our own world that it sometimes ceases to occur to us that people outside the film industry most often have (or have any reason to have an) inkling about what is actually involved in making a film. You need to be straightforward and accurate about all those trucks, equipment and people that will be showing up for 12-14 hours.

You should have also prepared in advance a synopsis of the story and the specific scene(s) you are shooting and explain this in detail to the owner. Sure, we love our story, but everybody has their own views and what seems perfectly normal to us may seem controversial or blatantly offensive to someone else (for no apparent reason to us) yet it is they that will have to live with being associated with the film. This is a very large, diverse, very politically correct world we live in today!

You should always use a property release form and get it signed by the location owner. A property release, in a nutshell, is written permission for you to depict a property to the public on film. Without it, you may leave yourself open to claims of invasion of privacy or other damages. Just do a Google for “property release”, there are standard forms around you can use.

You should always find out beforehand if there are any local or municipal permits or fees required where you are filming and comply fully with those requirements. A local film office, the city clerk or police department for a given municipality should be able to tell you what, if any filming permit requirements may exist.

Q: What could suck worse than finding out you don’t have time or money for a permit? A: Getting your production shut down in mid-shoot because you don’t have a permit.

There a few other general suggestions I might offer that may help you in your quest for the perfect location:

Never underestimate the power of a film office!

Local film offices are some of the most underutilized FREE resources available to film makers. A film commission can get you “in” places you could never touch on your own. They have the credibility of being associated with government plus can be an advocate for your project! They can be a godsend if you are filming outside your home turf- They most often have listings of local crew and location ideas for you. They know the local customs and any permit requirements that may exist! Be nice to film offices!

If you want to find out if there is a film office in your area try here first: www.afci.org

Leave time for permitting/getting permissions

I can’t begin to tell how many great locations have been aborted (or lost!) because there was insufficient time allowed to get permission or secure permits. This malady seems to especially afflict film makers just starting out for some reason (?).

Q: Hey, can you get me and my crane on a rooftop in NYC to shoot tonite?

A: Sorry, ain’t gonna happen, bubba.

If time is tight one option may be to use a location agency. These are people/companies (often scouts or location managers) that have an archive of existing pictures of locations that have often been previously used (or scouted and not used for one reason or another) Sometimes time can be saved this way, but don’t expect miracles- permissions must still be obtained and fees negotiated on your behalf.

Do you have insurance?

I personally won’t go on a shoot or book locations for a production without insurance. You should have a minimum $1,000,000 (standard now actually seems to be $2,000,000) commercial liability policy that allows for additional insurance of third parties. If you are using payroll and have employees then you should have workmen’s comp. Some locations require proof of this.

Use the right tool for the job!

You wouldn’t use a screwdriver to drive in a nail (or maybe you would ! Anyway, hire a location scout/manager! We are there for u!

Adios, good luck and p.s. please invite me to the Oscar Party!

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RICH’S QUICK GUIDE TO POSTING PICTURES TO A WEBSITE

also here: http://rrhobbs.com/postingyourpics.html

It’s good to know how to post pictures to a website- whether you are an artist or you have some other tangible object or property you need to illustrate. A lot of people go about this task using email, but there are a few reasons this IS NOT a always a good idea. Consider this: You have a dozen pictures (of anything) that you need to have someone see. Depending on the resolution of the pictures, you could spend HOURS emailing these pictures.

AND

1.) If you get ONE letter or number or other character in the recipient(s) email address wrong YOU GOTTA START OVER
2.) If your ISP limits the message size (my isp limits each email msg size to 2mb) and you go over YOU GOTTA START OVER
3.) If you need for someone (else) to see the pics later on then YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
4.)If you forgot to cc: someone YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
5.) If you left out a picture you have to figure out which one it was and email everybody again.
Doesn’t it make a lot of sense to only have to go thru these hassles once?

FIRST THINGS FIRST- WEB BASICS

A basic understanding of how the www works is needed. For instance, what happens when you look at a web page is that your computer (browser/client) sends a command over an electronic network (the web) to another computer(server) asking it to let you look at some files. (The computers have to understand each other but that’s a story for another day) The spot on the network AND on the other computer where the files are stored is known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The spot that you are “calling” from is known as your IP address (Internet Protocol address). Provided everything goes well, you are sent the content that you requested and you will see a web page(text and/or pictures, etc.) That’s all the web is: FILES ON COMPUTERS! Proper software and hardware on your end makes VIEWING these files possible.

So the next question is: “How do I become the computer (server) on the “other end“?

Answer: Unless you are a REAL techie (in which case you would not need to be reading this) you have no business running a web server. BUT there ARE plenty of techies in this world, and there are many servers, AND there are many servers you can USE to display your info to the world. In most cases servers are Unix operating system computers with a direct, very fast connection to the web. Some are free to use, some you pay for.

Next question: “So how do I get my files to a server?”

Answer: Several ways, to start.
Since you are probably new to this you may want to try one of the many “free web space” services available. Several popular ones are: Geocities ( Geocities ), Tripod ( www.tripod.com ), I’m not going to go into detail about using these services, if you go their site(s) plenty of info is available. One way or another the files you wish to display are UPLOADED to the server (More about this later)
NOTE: The reason these services are free is because you almost always have to display some advertising on your web pages for them. Often you can pay a fee and forego this duty.
ANOTHER NOTE: You probably use an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to “get on the web”, like AOL, Earthlink, Concentric, RCN using a DIAL UP CONNECTION or maybe you have a DSL or ISDN or CABLE MODEM connection, or maybe you are affiliated with a learning institute or have a a job with a company that is “wired” and they provide you with access to the web. Anyway the point is, if you have an ISP that you pay for you often get web space to use as part of the service.
You can also get your own DOMAIN. This has a certain amount of appeal because you it’s YOUR domain, and its often easier for people to identify you, which can be a huge boon, especially if you are in business. (i.e. www.rrhobbs.com is MUCH easier to remember than www.tripod.com/rrhobbs or www.geocities.com/broadway/6247/ (these are real url’s however they have not been updated for some time) Getting your own domain involves checking availabilty of whatever domain name “dotcom, net, org” you have in mind, (i.e. rrhobbs.com), and registering the domain with the INTERNIC. The INTERNIC is: “US Department of Commerce regulated organization provides public information regarding Internet domain-name registration services.” See the INTERNIC site for all the details ( www.internic.net )

Once you have your own DOMAIN alas, you still need a HOST (a server to use). Often your present ISP offers WEB HOSTING SERVICES, and there are many companies who do nothing but web hosting. www.ispcheck.com is a good starting point for finding a web hosting service. Your web host can assist you in registering your domain, too.

GETTING YOUR FILES ONLINE- REALLY

If you get your own domain and web host, most likely the way you will be getting your files on the server is to FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) them to the server. Your webhost will most likely have plenty of details about this (the parameters,settings and password needed by your FTP PROGRAM (your webhost will probably have some suggestions, a couple I know of are WSFTP ( www.ipswitch.com ) and Cute FTP ( www.cuteftp.com ). There are Mac OS ftp programs (clients) at www.macosarchives.com .
A user friendly way to present your pictures is to use THUMBNAILS. A program I use is Thumbnailer . It will not only create thumbnails, it will automatically generate web pages, saving a LOT of time and headaches.

NOTE:Unfortunately, (at this writing) Thumbnailer is available for Windows only. I’ve heard that Extensis Portfolio is a good thumbnailer for Mac OS. I don’t know whether it will generate web pages on the fly or not tho. You can also make thumbnails in Photoshop.

This is not, nor is it intended to be, a be-all / end-all for web publishing. In that vein, please don’t email me with questions about any of this unless I specifically requested you do so. Use your ingenuity and search for more info about stuff you dont understand or would like to know more about on the web. There’s A BUNCH of stuff! Good luck!

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