More News, Faster; Fast Media On Facebook
You can now get a lot more industry visual media news by following us on Facebook If you have been following Fast Media Magazine on Facebook recently you will have noticed a large increase in posts. We’re following a large number of sources that publish information that is interesting for anyone working in the visual [...]
For A Buck Or Two
The real story behind the evolution of photography is its pauperization. In its early days, photography was for the wealthy and educated. The equipment needed was expensive and the skills involved needed formal education. Furthermore, the financial risks involved in being a photographer – variable income- meant you had to have some other resources. Even [...]
Making Fast Media Magazine More Comprehensive
Dear reader and followers of Fast Media Magazine. With about 1,5 years of publishing this site I wanted to announce a few changes. First of all, I am widening the scope of the site. While much of the news will still be focussed around the stockphoto business, stories will expand beyond just that. As photography [...]
Share This!
Let’s face it, you are waging a losing battle. In fact, it’s not even a battle because one side has won already. Every time you sign up for a social network, be it Facebook, Twitter or Google+, you are faced with TOS ( Terms of Service) that are pure rights grabbing, making it a very [...]
Failing Web Traffic And Long Term Goals
Steady Progress And Plunging Traffic As of last month I was hitting an average of 1,500 unique visitors a day to my web site. Not bad. Nowhere near my goal, but steady progress nonetheless. Of course, that was last month. Three weeks ago my traffic plunged to about 700 a day. Yikes!Since then I have [...]
Lytro Camera A Threat To Photographers?
Original post entitled: In Depth Of Fields A new camera is about to change how we think about photography. Or is it ? This camera, called Lytro, records the light field instead of a beam of light. Let me try to explain: Our current camera records light in one point regardless of its distance and [...]
Shaking The Long Tail
With $1.2 million dollars of fresh investment, a new company enters the world of photography monetization. Called Fotomoto, it allows, with a simple javascript installation, to transform any existing photographers websites into an e-commerce site. Visitors will quickly be able to purchase your images for framing or other usages. The great part of it is [...]
Cepic New Media Day, Opening Adress
With the annual Cepic congress behind us I thought I’d share my short opening adress of the new media conference. The Cepic congress brought together over 600 people from the picture business with participants from all over the world. I will be sharing video’s of the event later that will be available for participants. NEW [...]
Of Paywalls, Expectancy And Stupidity
It’s the content stupid! Well, no more. Some time ago, if you were lucky enough to have created an image that all wanted, you could easily sit on it and wait for your phone to ring. Not really anymore. The centre of the business gravity has shifted. To those who create value around the content. [...]
Sign Posts For The Shortest Route To Success
The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Career What aspect of your career is the most challenging for you? What knowledge gap do you have that is holding you back? What is your “weak link”? Find that weak link and turn it into a strength. Then find the next weak link, and make [...]
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