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Scott Baradell edits and contributes to Black Star Rising. A former newspaper journalist and executive for Belo Corp., Scott is an accomplished brand strategist who leads the Dallas-based Idea Grove agency. He has nearly two decades of experience working closely with professional photographers, both as a journalist and as a corporate photography buyer. He has consulted for Black Star since 2006.Job Postings Reveal That for Pro Photographers, the Squeeze Is On
I recently came across two job postings that say a lot about the state of the photography market today. And while the news is not altogether surprising, it still might stick in your craw a little bit.
Previous Stories
- Charles Moore, 1931-2010
- Partisanship, Lies and Photoshop
- Will Twitpic Succeed Where Scoopt Failed?
- Eight Ways I’ve Found Photographers for Corporate Assignment Work
- How to Stop Bloggers from Hotlinking to Your Images
- Black Star Rising: Now Available on Your Kindle
- Sometimes, Improvisation Is Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be
- Dealing with Fragile Artist Syndrome
- Fake Chuck Westfall Gets Under Canon’s Skin
- Newspapers Are Running Out of Time to Solve the Problem of Content Theft
- Stock Photography’s Hidden Costs — and How to Avoid Them
- Photographers, Car Thieves and Copyright
- Jill Greenberg: Bogeyman
- Who Needs Photojournalism When We Have Hollywood?
- Blind Photographers Teach Us New Ways of Seeing
- Minneapolis Paper’s Video Push: Innovation or Desperation?
- The Case Against Photo Illustrations
- Why Is “Photo Illustration” a Dirty Word in Journalism?
- Flip Schulke: An Extraordinary Life
- Lifetouch: Little Photoshop of Horrors
- A Nude Photo Scandal from the Other Side of the Lens
- Maybe Rights-Managed Photography Just Needs a Better Name
- What Stock Photography Sites Are Top-of-Mind with Marketers Today?
- If Nothing Else, LeBron James Dustup Proves That Photographs Still Matter
- New Gallery to Showcase Black Star Photojournalism
- Ashley Dupre and the Muddled Mess of Fair Use
- For Paps and Porn Stars, Fame Trumps Shame Today
- What Does the Getty Images Sale Mean for Photographers?
- Even Student Photojournalists Fear “Amateurs” These Days
- Why Photographers Hate Creative Commons
- 10 Holiday Gifts for the Photographer in Your Life
- Photojournalism on the Rise as an Art Form
- NCTJ Tackles Issue of Video Training for Photographers
- Having Trouble Getting Getty Images to Sell Your Pics? Try the Scoopt Backdoor
- Scoopt Founder: “I Wouldn’t Like to Be a Local Newspaper Photographer Right Now”
- Getty Images and Jupitermedia Get Goosed by Lawsuit
- Andreas Feininger’s Stockholm
- Inside the Surge — with Stills and Video
- Survey Shows Photojournalists Struggle with Traumatic Stress
- The Soul of Henning Christoph
- Fashion Photography: Disposable or Fine Art?
- Remembering Jeanette Chapnick
- Coming Soon: A Pulitzer for Cameraphone Photography?
- The 4-Hour Workweek for Photographers: An Interview with Tim Ferriss
- Restoring Trust in Photojournalism: Black Star Rising Talks with Dr. Hany Farid
- The Rap Video That Saved New York Photographers
- DigMyPics.com Goes Medieval on ScanCafe in Battle of Photo Scanning Services
- You Know What They Say About Green M&Ms
- Arthur Lavine’s First Solo Exhibit Shows Off Seven-Decade Career
- Without Captions, Are Photos Meaningless?
- NFL Forcing Photojournalists to Become Walking Billboards
- Elton John and Partner: The New Medicis of Photography?
- John Szarkowski: Photography’s Curator
- Photographer Creates Heavenly Art with Flatbed Scanner
- Travel Photo Contest Offers Enlightening Top Prize
- Does New York Have Something Against Photographers?
- Deadline for Howard Chapnick Grant Is July 15
- Electronic Copyright Office Goes Beta
- Proposed Legislation Could Be a “Nightmare Scenario” for Stock Photographers
- The Importance of Making a Cow Look Her Best
- A Tale of Two Photos
- Female Photojournalists in War Zones Are Hiding Sexual Abuse
- More Photo Funny Business at Vanity Fair
- An Interview with Daryl Lang, News Editor of Photo District News
- Stock Photographers Fight Back Against RF with RM Calculator
- Playing Tag for Fun and Profit
- Au Naturel Celebrities in Toronto
- Photographers and Models Scrapping Again Over Usage Rights
- Newspaper Not on the Ball in Altered-Photo Case
- Business Owners, Marketers Learn Limitations of Stock the Hard Way
- Pictage Marries Wedding Photographers with Web 2.0
- Black Star Photos on Display at 2007 Toronto Photography Festival
- Q&A with iStockphoto’s Bruce Livingstone
- USA Today Squeezes Freelancers Over Usage Rights
- Photoshop World Hits Boston
- Time Inc. Still Can’t Resurrect Life
- Ilford Photo Celebrates Black-and-White Photography
- Copyright Suit is on the Money
- Zooomr to Move Into Photo Sales
- How Time Magazine Went Wrong
- It’s Okay PDN, We Still Love You
- Getty Images Scoops Up Scoopt
- Photogravure: Still Beautiful After All These Years
- Photographers a Hazard on PGA Tour?
- Digg-Love Can Sell Photos
- Eric Blackhurst, Deep-Space Photographer
- Rights Dispute Blocks Photographers from Shooting State Basketball Championships
- Yeah, But Can Grandma Do This?
- Spot-News Photographers: An Endangered Species?
- Hal Gould Still Prefers Darkroom to Digital
- Sammy Davis Jr., Photographer
- SlideShowPro: Helping Photographers Exhibit Their Work Online
- Pro Photographers Moonlight as Software Developers for Lightroom 1.0
- Check Out the Reuters Photographers Blog
- Getty Photographer Wins 50th World Press Photo of the Year Award
- No Lens, No Problem — on Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
- Create a Coffee-Table Book for Yourself or Your Clients
- And Then the Light Bulb Went Off
- Can Taking Photographs in Public Be a Crime?
- Matthew Pillsbury Goes Back to the Future with “Screen Lives”
- “What the Duck”: A Comic Strip for Photographers
- Bereavement Photography Making a Comeback
- Reuters Focuses on Damage Control Amid Devastation in the Middle East
- Wildlife Photographer Wins Copyright Case
- Ron Galella: The Original Paparazzo
- Newspapers Forced to Run Low-Quality Video Grabs from Presidential Address
- Thomas Hawk Presents the Babes of CES 2007
- A Dictionary That a Photographer Can Truly Love
- Robert Wilson Presents “VOOM Portraits” — a Hybrid of Still Photography and Motion Pictures
- Jim Black Does Not Work at IHOP
- New Epson Storage Viewers Help Keep Track of Your Photos
- Photojournalist Arrested by Connecticut Governor’s “Goons”
- Portrait Studio Sues Playboy for Copyright Violation
- Stop or I’ll Shoot … Your Picture
- Photographer Plays Visual Tricks the Old-Fashioned Way — Without Photoshop
- The Art of Science (and Vice Versa)
- 2006 EPUK Golden Sureshot Awards Announced
- Grarup Wins UNICEF Photo of the Year
- PikiPimp Your Pals for the Holidays
- The 99 Strangest Photos of 2006
- Photoshop CS3 Beta: So Far, So Good
- The Year’s Best Sports Photography
- The World’s First Gigapixel Digital Picture
- A Tribute to Bruce Fraser, Color Geek
- New Tool May Revolutionize Web Photo Search
- Amateur Photographers Out to Prove that Phoenix Is About “More than Cacti”
- An Interview with Thomas Hawk
- Which Portrait Studio Takes the Best Holiday Kiddie Pics?
- On Digital Photography
- Are You Using the Same Stock Photos as Your Competitors?
