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Google Base Blog

There's a nice writeup of our use of the new Google Base product on the Google Base Blog today at Spotlight on David Sanger Photography.

When it first appeared it seemed right away that a database product was a promising venue for presenting images which we have for sale as fine art prints and for licensing. Google Base continues to evolve and stock photographers will be keeping an eye on how to best use it to get their work to market.

Thanks to Denise Gamboa of Google Base Product Marketing, for covering the project, Pictopia for the producing our fine art prints and Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped for the early warning on the release.

Andy Goetze has a nice writeup too on Stock Photo Talk.

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Sam Bloomberg-Rissman

My long time assistant Sam Bloomberg-Rissman is moving to Spain to continue his career as a travel photographer. I first met Sam just after he graduated from UC Berkeley in Economics. Eager to learn the ins and outs of the photography business he undertook to run my studio, with all the craziness of stock photo sales, urgent deadlines, endless folders of scanned images to Photoshop, and then digital images to convert and adjust - a never ending stream of images

His first foray overseas as a photographer was to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and he brought back fresh crisp images of difficult as well as classical subjects, all on film.

Spain and Italy were next and shooting with the D70 gave him new creative energy. As an active participant in Flickr conversations he's raised a few eyebrows with his provocative imagery and color.

So Sam, we wish you luck in Malaga, in all your travels and shooting and in stock sales at Alamy and elsewhere.

www.sambr.com Check it out

© Sam Bloomberg-Rissman. Click on image for licensing and fine art prints.

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D2X

Nikon's new D2X digital camera is the latest in their pro line and has received excellent reviews. I've just taken delivery of one and will be using it in Quebec for the first time. At 12.4 megapixels and up to 8fps shooting it is a dream to use and the file size promises much longer lifespan for stock photography images.

UPDATE: Now after the first full shoot in Quebec I have to say the results are even better than I'd expected. The dynamic range is wider with shadows not blocking up and highlights holding better than the D70. Working with only one body, though, is a pain and dust finds its way onto the sensor when you change lenses often.

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nikon

New coverage of the San Francisco Bay Book at Nikon Centre

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