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THE MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR CAMERA MAGAZINE Photographer TODAY'S www.ifpo.net NEW Photo Markets page 23 Roll in MORE CASH From WEDDINGS PLUS page 20 page 2 The Wall of Fame By Richard B. Ressman, M.D., IFPO How To Cover High Security Breaking News Events and p age 6 Instructional Photography Programs on DVD Now Available pages 59 - 62 S p r i n g 2 0 0 3 Learn Learn Photography Photography at at Home Home With Brian Ratty, world famous photographer and educator #3R0X - $199.95 (#3R01-3R08 bundle) 12 Hours Spanish language VHS bundle - #3R0X.ESP European PAL English version bundle - #3R0X.PAL All $199.95 each bundle. ON ASSIGNMENT SERIES brings to the amateur and beginning professional photographer the most complete, comprehensive video training series ever produced. This classic series is a must for any photographer’s library. #3R01 - BASIC 35MM PHOTOGRAPHY - $39.95 How an SLR works, f-stops and shutter speeds, exposure, depth-of-field, and film. Beyond basic techniques in taking better pictures, lenses, shooting with available light, flash, filters, Tools and techniques: candids, formal, environmental portraits, sports-action. 90 min VHS. Spanish language VHS - #3R01.ESP, European PAL English version - #3R01.PAL, All $39.95 each. #3R02 - LIGHTING AND EXPOSURE - $39.95 Learn the direction, form, contrast, and color characteristics of light. Learn exposure control including measuring light, reflective metering, incidence metering, tonal control, fill latitude, and other factors. Elements of lighting, including natural light, available light, artificial light and electronic flash. 90 min VHS. Spanish language VHS - #3R02.ESP, European PAL English version - #3R02.PAL, All $39.95 each. #3R03 - DESIGN•COMPOSITION - $39.95 Learn camera vision, lens-camera choice, framing. Composition- design elements: line, shape, texture, color; design principles: balance, movement, repetition, scale, emphasis, contrast, unity, color. 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VHS. #3R22 - $29.95 EASY HOME VIDEO Basic techniques of using a camcorder and how to produce professional looking home videos. Learn video formats, video accessories, and pre-production planning techniques. Learn the best way to tell a visual story of your family, friends, events and places. 60 min. VHS. #3R2X - $49.95 (#3R21, 3R22 bundle) ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days 1-800-654-9557 ORDER FORM on page 47 $39.95 each plus $7 S & H ORDER All 4 Programs: PHOTOGRAPHY 101 (ITEM K126XX ) FOR ONLY $119.95 plus $12 S & H Use the ORDER FORM on page 47 ORDER TOLL FREE 7 Days 1-800-654-9557 • FAX FREE 1-800-283-5989 Go to www.ifpo.net for Complete IFPO Programs and Catalog www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 1 BUSINESS FORMS: Packet of 100 for $9.95 each contracts - checklists - releases - contr E AL • FR ION AT N • IN T L EE AL • FR ION AT N TI ZA ON • IN T ER TI ZA • IN T ON ER L L EE AT N L EE ION AL • FR L EE ER L AL • FR • IN T EE ION ON AL • FR AT L EE AL • FR ION AT N TI ZA ION N ER EE L L EE AL • FR ION AT N L EE AL • FR ION AT • IN T AL • FR EE ER ON ION AL • FR • IN T TI ZA AT ION ON ER TI ZA N AT N TI ZA • IN T AT ER ON N • IN T ON TI ZA ON • IN T ER L AT ER EE N • IN T AL • FR The Client will compensate the Photographer for the following estimated miscellaneous expenses: EXPENSE CATEGORY AMOUNT _____________________________________________________ IFPO Form F121 I Location Plan to Publish Agreement • IFPO Form F224 Bride's Name ©American andRights Contact Image Press Information: www.aipress.com (336) 945-9867 __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Ceremony Location: __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Expires __________________________________ EQUIPMENT RENTALS _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ DEPOSIT ______________________________________ FACILITY RENTALS _____________________________________________________ BALANCE DUE _________________________________ TRAVEL, FOOD, LODGING Where will portrait(s) be displayed? ___________________________________________________________ After completion of the job and delivery of the photographs as specified, the negatives, proofs, extra photographs, and duplicates will be _______________________________________________________________________________________ the property of THE PHOTOGRAPHER____ CLIENT____. The Client s permission in writing is required before the photographer can sell these remaining materials or use them for publication purposes except as specified below: Color Scheme of display room _______________________________________________________________ Publication rights retained by the photographer: ❏ One-time rights signed-Photographer __________________________date _______________ People Plan Payment Terms are: ❏ Cash, Check Money Order ❏ Credit Card Card# ___________________________________ MODELING FEES _____________________________________________________ How did client learn of the service? ___________________________________________________________ I ION ________________ AN AN TI ZA ON • IN T ER darkroom: 35mm test strip log ___________________________________________________ PER DAY OTHER _______________________________________________________________________________________ R • ORG I • ORG AT TI ZA E • PH O T O G ERS AN ERS 33 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY Name:____________________________ Status: _________________________________ 34 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thigh ___________________ Dear Sir/Madam: date name exp. dilution cap t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 usage Name:____________________________ Status: _________________________________ STATISTICS 35 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name:____________________________ Status: _________________________________ American Image Press respectfully requests that permission be granted to the AIP Correspondent Press Photographer to cover the Date of birth ___________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ following event(s): Name:____________________________ Status: _________________________________ COLOR ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Marital Status ___________________ event• ©American _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ 35mm EXPOSURE LOG Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F125 Other notes: Test___________________________________ Enlarger height _______________________ Frame size __________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skin color ___________________ Sex ___________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hair color ___________________ __________________________________________________________________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ Social Security # ___________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Eye color ___________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ N ER NC FULL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY PLAN ___________________ OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME _________________________________________________ IFPO 32 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name:____________________________ Status: _________________________________ email:Chemical [email protected] ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER Hips ___________________ telephone area code and number Type ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 100 each n packe s o s ava abe ac on C d e eases an heck s s R nd v dua C A PH • ORG Waist • IN T _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Bust ___________________ _________________________________________________ city, state, zip darkroom: chemical usage log Who/How many involved? ______ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ or his designee (hereinafter the photographer) according to the following terms: email: A ERS PH 555-444-3211 ON I PH A fax: TI AN A TO: Sponsoring Agency phone/fax 555-444-3210 fax: www.aipress.com/~yourname ❏ one time rights ❏ first time rights ❏ exclusive rights ❏ all rights Rights,credit Commissions, Taxes Contract • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 ❏ photo credit line NAME requiredHERE ❏ photo line waived phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR fax: 555-444-3211 Copyright claim date: (today's BUSINESS date) ____________________ OPTIONAL OR STUDIO NAME IFPO email: [email protected] Compensation: ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname ❏ standard rate based on rights $ ________________ CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY ❏ one time project fee $ ________________________ ❏ per image used ❏ per expenses People and line Places Shooting Plan, page 1 of 4 ❏ fees waived (in exchange for photo credit and/or ____copies of publication or other compensation Job# ___________ Name (bride/groom): _____________________________________ Billing Name: ________________________ agreed uponJob by the publisher and photographer. MEASUREMENTS Model applicant’s full name: phone: 555-444-3210 How/Why? Height ___________________ fax: 555-444-3211 Cause or effect of the event: ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ email: [email protected] Weight ___________________ street and number __________________________________________________________________________ U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname 31 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE date phone: Sales555-444-3211 Commissions [email protected] Name of Job: ___________________________________ Date: ______________________ Location: _____________________________ The agent shall receive __________ percent of sales made by the agent or made on the agent’s premises. The Agent shall receive___________ percent of any sales of new works commissioned Recipient of Portraitor _______________________________________________________________________ Photographs are to be of the following type: Print or transparency size specifications: The agent shall receive __________ This photographic image is my own and has not been enhanced or altered in any way. I hereby give permission to the publisher to _____________________________________________________ reproduce with the following rights and compensation: MODEL INTERVIEW FORM s m r o F 1 6 $9.95 OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME YOUR NAME HERE OPTIONAL STUDIO OR BUSINESS NAME YOUR ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER YOUR CITY, STATE/PROV., ZIP, COUNTRY I • ORG email: [email protected] U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY R AN R _________________________________________________ R 28 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IFPO ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER 29 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY 30 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R E • PH O T O G When? Exact time of occurance:________________ Date of the occurance:____________________ 26 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YOUR NAME HERE 27 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E • PH O T O G NC ERS Randklove Alle 134 2th, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark • 0045-01-518775 25 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A IFPO Physical address: _________________________________________________ General location: __________________________________________________ 569-3 Ho Buk Ku Bu Pyong 5 Do, Inchon City 403-015, Korea • 523-1511 23 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Affiliate Agency: Dean Press Image 24 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PH Where? Location E • PH O T O G RIGHTS TO PUBLISH assignments AGREEMENT arranged for the artist during this contract period. A Korean Division NC IFPO • ORG I 22 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [email protected] _____________________________________ A ERS AN http://www.aipress.com email: ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER TYPE QUANTITY ___________________________________________________ Instant _____________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________ Reason For Portrait _______________________________________________________________________ percent ofResponse cash prizes and purchase awards collected on works included in this contract. Publisher/Publication: _______________________________ BLACK & WHITE ___________________________________________________ Form 5 _____________________________________________________ Date of Presentation ______________________________________________________________________ Editor: ___________________________________________ Royalties, sale of reproduction rights and sale of copyrights are NOT included in this agreement. COLOR TRANSPARENCY ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________ Set ___________________________________________________________________________________ COLOR PRINT ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ City/State: ________________________________________ Finances and Taxes Zip:______ Phone:_________ Fax: ____________________ OTHER ___________________________________________________ Wardrobe _______________________________________________________________________________ The Agent will pay the artist within __________ days after publication agreement or sale is completed. Deferred or Event ___________________________________________ In return for the contracted goods and services, the client The client agrees to compensate the Photographer partial payment requires written consent from the artist. The (agent/artist) _______________ responsible all Studio is Wardrobe ❒ forPersonal Wardrobe agrees ❒ to compensate the Photographer as follows: for travel time in the amount of: Description:_______________________________________ local and state sales tax. Copyrights are retained by the artist or photographer after the sale of the work. Location: _________________________________________ COMPENSATION RATE AMOUNT TRAVEL TIME AMOUNT _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Client Comments _________________________________________________________________________ Copyrights my be purchased only by special contract. Date of Event:_____________________________________ PER JOB PER MILE _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Photo Caption/Description:___________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ PER PRINT/TRANSPARENCY PER HOUR _____________________________________________________ ________________ Technical Data:____________________________________ _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ agent signature date _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ PER HOUR PER DAY Overall description of the scene:_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE __________________________________________________________________________ fax: 555-444-3211 OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME 20 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Editorial and Administrative Offices P.O. Box 777, Lewisville, NC 27023-0777 • 336-945-9867 21 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R PHOTOGRAPHY JOB CONTRACT PH • ORG What? 19 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Today’s Photographer Magazine E • PH O T O G street and number times in The agent/publisher may publish ____________________ work(s) for _____________________ Hair color ___________________ _________________________ (publication). Each Published work must be credited with the name of the _____________________________________ Eye color ___________________ artist (and copyright if applicable). Each publication requires express permissioncity, by state, the artist. zip The artist shall receive $_______________ in publication fees for each work under this contract. The undersigned (hereafter referred to as the client) agrees to contract the services of: A ERS AMERICAN IMAGE PRESS 18 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NC IFPO _____________________________________ Skin color U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, ___________________ COUNTRY ZA I PH 17 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reproduction and Publishing Rights I AN A OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME 16 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Submit to: Publication _________________________________________________________________ Department ________________________________________________________________ Address ___________________________________________________________________ City/State _________________________________________ Zip ______________________ Phone ___________________ Fax __________________E-Mail ______________________ A o EACH Fo m packs o 100 NOT Pe sona zed o ANY 3 Fo ms packs o 100 NOT Pe sona zed o ANY 5 Fo ms packs o 100 NOT Pe sona zed Use he O de Fo m on page 47 AN • ORG phone: 555-444-3210 13 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ fax: 555-444-3211 IFPO 14 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ email: [email protected] ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY 15 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NC Action Scene form 4 File # _________ Date __________ On-Scene Arrival Time__________________________________ 12 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A $9 95 $24 95 $39 95 • ORG ERS ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY phone: 555-444-3210 Quick Step Property Release • IFPO Form F222 fax: 555-444-3211 ©American Image Press www.aipress.com (336) 945-9867 email: [email protected] U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname ERS PH IFPO CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY PH A OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME 10 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E • PH O T O G OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME A YOUR NAME HERE R Quick Response News Log 11 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NC ER _____________________________________________________________ E • PH O T O G • IN T _____________________________________________________________ 9 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A phone: 555-444-3210 fax: 555-444-3211 email: [email protected] U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname R I Description of Property: ________________________________________ NC 7 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YOUR NAME HERE E • PH O T O G Date of Interview____________________ INTERVIEW FORM Date of Photo Session _______________ All sales are exclusive of copyrights and reproduction rights. Publishing or reproduction rights _____________________________________ require specific written permission from the artist for EACH use. phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE CLIENT'S NAME Age BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME fax: 555-444-3211 OPTIONAL witness______________________ date _____________________________ A 8 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R NC address, city, state, zip Referred to hereafter as “the artist”, for a period of ____________________ from this date. This contract may be cancelled by either party upon written notice within __________ days, or atCLIENT the PORTRAIT end of the exhibition or publication period. The termination date is __________. signed_______________________ date _____________________________ 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and parties designated by the photographer, including clients,Property Release • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com (336) 945-9867, IFPO Form F193 2 periodicals, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ licensees, purchasers, agencies, and the irrevocable right to use my name (and any fictional3name) and photograph for sale to _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ and reproduction in medium for purposes of advertising, trade, display, exhibition, competition, 4 or _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ editorial use. I have read this release and understand and agree5to_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ its terms. I affirm that I am more than _____ ye 6 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ E • PH O T O G A IFPO AN I date ___________ MODEL RELEASE ___________________________ ___________________________ __________________________ exp# mode f-stop t___________________________ corr. flash remarks do hereby give (photographer): __________________________ ___________________________ NC artist/photographer ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER ___________________________________________________________________________ HOW TO BUY INDIVIDUAL FORMS: date ___________ Description of Property: In consideration for value received, (model): Film I ________________ From (time/date) __________________________ To (time/date) __________________________ Roll# ____________ A address, city, state, zip YOUR NAME HERE ___________________________________________________________________________ • ORG AN ______________________________ 35mm exposure log witness ______________________________ agent, gallery, publisher ___________________________________________________________________________ Referred to hereafter as “the agent”, agrees to act as a representative for: do hereby give (agent): __________________________________________ and parties designated by the agent, including clients, licensees, purchasers, agents, publishers and periodicals, the irrevocable right to use the photograph of the property described below for sale and for reproduction in any print or electronic medium for purposes of advertising, trade, display, exhibition, competition, or editorial use. I have read this release and understand and agree to its terms. I affirm that I am more than _____ years of age. ERS • ORG email: [email protected] signed www.aipress.com/~yourname ___________________________________________________________________________ I, (property owner):______________________________________________ PH I ERS N QUICK STEP PROPERTY RELEASE In consideration for promotional, publicity or other value described: _____________________________________________________________ phone: fax: A AN PH IFPO IFPO YOUR NAME HERE OPTIONAL STUDIO OR BUSINESS NAME YOUR ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER YOUR CITY, STATE/PROV., ZIP, COUNTRY • ORG R ERS E • PH O T O G PH NC A A fax: 555-444-3211 email: [email protected] U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname ARTIST / PHOTOGRAPHER’S CONTRACT ON ON I, (property owner) ________________________________________ do hereby give (agent): ________________________________________ and parties designated by the agent, including clients, licensees, purchasers, agents, publishers and periodicals, the irrevocable right to use the photograph of the property described below for sale and for reproduction in any print or electronic medium for purposes of phone:use.555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE trade, display, exhibition, competition, or editorial advertising, fax: OPTIONALI have BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME read this release and understand and agree to its terms. 555-444-3211 I email: [email protected] I am more than _____ years of age. ADDRESS ORaffirm BOX that NUMBER 555-444-3210 555-444-3211 U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY R ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY TI ZA TI ZA ER E • PH O T O G OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME AL • FR ON ER NC A A I Releases are not usually required for news photos. Releases are Instant required for non-news events or photos for commerical purpose Response and must be included with submissions to publishers. Form 3 A property release form must be signed by the owner of pets, cars, buildings or any other inanimate object whose photo is for resale or commercial purpose. In consideration for promotional, publicity or other value described: ION L EE AL • FR AT IFPO AN TI ZA N I phone: 555-444-3210 fax: 555-444-3211 email: [email protected] www.aipress.com/~yourname RS • ORG AN YOUR NAME HERE OPTIONAL STUDIO OR BUSINESS NAME YOUR ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER YOUR CITY, STATE/PROV., ZIP, COUNTRY HE • ORG ION R • IN T E • PH O T O G IFPO ON NC ERS www.aipress.com/~yourname PH YOUR CITY, STATE/PROV., ZIP, COUNTRY PROPERTY RELEASE TI ZA A A IFPO ❏ Exclusive rights _______________________________________________________________________________________ ❏ First rights ❏ All rights are waived by the photographer. The Client s permission is granted ___ not granted ___ to the Photographer to use the photos covered under this contract for EXHIBITION, PHOTOGRAPHY CONTESTS, PORTFOLIOS, or DISPLAY purposes. Portrait Client Interview Form • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F158 In the event the photographer fails to provide the photographs and/or services described in this contract, the Photographer is liable to the Client only for the amount paid by the Client for deposit with no consideration for additional fees or expenses already paid by the Photographer. _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Client s name Photographer Officiating Clergy or Justice: Bride's Family and Contact Information: _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ address address __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ phone# phone# __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ date & signature date & signature phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ fax: 555-444-3211 photographer's signature ______________________________________________ date ___________________________________________________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME __________________________________________________ ❏ Fashion ❏ Pageants IFPO Glove Size ___________________ email: [email protected] ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ phone: 555-444-3210 Photography Job Contract ¥ 'American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F120 Pre-Wedding Shooting Location(s): __________________________________________________ YOUR NAME HERE event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname Quick Response News Log • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F204 CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY fax: 555-444-3211 __________________________________________________ OPTIONALShoe BUSINESS NAME ❏ Commercials ❏ Photographic ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Size OR STUDIO ___________________ phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE IFPO email: [email protected] ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER __________________________________________________ Maid (matron) of Honor and Party: fax:for Today’s 555-444-3211 Please issue confirmation directly toBUSINESS the following official Correspondent Press Photographer Photographer Magazine: OPTIONAL OR STUDIO NAME ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname ❏ Promotions ❏ Figure CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, IFPO __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Ring SizeZIP, COUNTRY ___________________ email: [email protected] ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Respectfully yours, U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ The undersigned (hereafter referred to as the client) __________________________________________________ agrees to contract the services of: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Action MODELING EXPERIENCE MODEL TRAINING __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Scene ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ form 2 __________________________________________________ signature __________________________________________________ List modeling assignments performed using List modeling schools & training using or his designee (hereinafter the videographer) according to the following terms: Photographic assignments on location require a range of equipment. The following checklist is intended as a guide to the pieces of equipment most often needed on location. This list should be ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ additional space on the back of this form if additional space on the back of this form if used as a starting point. Individual photographers have unique needs and should add pieces of equipment items that may not be listed here and ignore those items that you do not use on location. Only those items that________________________________________ absolutely necessary for your method of on location shooting should be included. __________________________________________________ correspondent’s name address _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Name of Job: ________________________________ Date: ____________________ Location: ___________________________ necessary: necessary: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Video Tapes are to be of the following type: Other tape specifications: File # _________ Date __________ Time __________ ❏ Screwdrivers ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Phillips and regular tips) _______________________________________ _______________________________________ EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST MISCELLANEOUS CHECKLIST persons and vehicles involved: Reception Location: Assignment Verification Code# ________________________________ _____________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Spring clamps (severalcity/state/country small ones) In addition to camera bodies, lenses and film the These items are optional and might be TYPE QUANTITY ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ following items should always be a part of on ❏ Super glue ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ considered luxury items. (PARTY 1) (PARTY 1) location equipment: ❏ Staple gun and staples __________________________________________________ phone # ___________________________________________________ zip_________________________________________________ Groom's Name ________________________________________________ and Contact Information: VHS ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ❏ Bottled water for soup, coffee or tea Name: _______________________________________ Name: _______________________________________ ❏ Swiss Army Knife _______________________________________ _______________________________________ phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE ❏ Changing bag __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Chicken or beef bouillon ( can opener, scissors, leather punch, clippers etc) Address: _____________________________________ Address: NAME _____________________________________ VHS C/S VHS ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ fax: 555-444-3211 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ❏ Extra batteries OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO ❏ Candy (hard that doesn't melt easily) ❏ Tape (masking, gaffers, electrical, duct tape) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ IFPO ❏ Extra film Request • ©American Image Press Phone: _______________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________ Press Assignment www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 ❏ Coffee (instant) IFPO Form F155 email: [email protected] ❏ Tape measurer (25 foot) ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER 8 MM ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Extra Flash sync cords ❏ Cream Car Make:_____Model:_____Year:______Color: ______ Car Make:_____Model:_____Year:______Color: ______ ❏ Twine or heavy string U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY _______________________________________ _______________________________________ ❏ Extra light meter Honeymoon Departure Location __________________________________________________ BETA ________________________________________________ ❏ Sugar ❏ Two three prong to two prong outlet adapters ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ License Plate: _________________________________ License Plate: _________________________________ ❏ Extra power pack (for flash) ❏ Soup (dehydrated) ❏ Velcro (3 or 4 feet) __________________________________________________ ❏ Extra tripod Insurance Co.: _________________________________ Insurance Co.: _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ❏ Tea bags ❏ Vice grips (small and large) In return for the contracted goods and services,Groom's the clientFamilyThe client agrees to compensate the Videographer__________________________________________________ and Contact Information: I affirm that all the information I have given on ❏ Film x-ray bags (for air travel) Action ❏ Knife, fork, spoon combination ❏ Weatherproofed map of location area agrees to compensate the Videographer as follows: for travel time in the amount of: Scene ❏ Filters this form is true to the best of my knowledge. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ signature___________________________________________ date ___________________ ❏ Magazines or other reading material ❏ Wire cutters (small) (PARTY 1) (PARTY 1) form 1 ❏ Gray card ❏ Pencils and Pens ❏ Zip-lock plastic bags (12 one gallon size) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Complete this form to evaluate the scene and determine the type of coverage required. Name: _______________________________________ Name: _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ❏ Instruction Manual (Camera) COMPENSATION RATE AMOUNT TRAVEL TIME AMOUNT ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ❏ Permanent marking pens (black) ❏ __________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Instruction Manuals (other equipment ) Address: _____________________________________ Address: _____________________________________ ❏ Small notebooks (3x5 or journalist type) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PER JOB PER MILE ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ❏ Lens cleaning cloth ❏ __________________________________ Coordination Services: __________________________________________________ ❏ Micro tape recorder Phone: _______________________________________ Phone: _______________________________________ Model Interview Form • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F164 ❏ Pen or pencil ❏ Extra tapes for recorder ❏ __________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Limousine ______________________________________ __________________________________________________ PER TAPE PER HOUR ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Car Make:_____Model:_____Year:______Color: ______ Car Make:_____Model:_____Year:______Color: ______ ❏ Photographic Reference Book ❏ Safety pins phone: 555-444-3210 YOUR NAME HERE ❏ __________________________________ ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Small brush for cleaning camera License Plate: _________________________________ License Plate:File _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ # _________ Date __________ Time __________ ❏ Small flashlight PER HOUR PER DAY ________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ fax: 555-444-3211 OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME ❏ Shooting log Floral __________________________________________ ❏ Tissues Insurance Co.: _________________________________ Insurance Co.: _________________________________ IFPO email: [email protected] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER PER DAY ❏ __________________________________ FIRST AID KIT CHECKLIST ________________________________________________ Best Man's Name OTHER and Contact Information: ❏ __________________________________ U.R.L. www.aipress.com/~yourname CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY ❏ __________________________________ The following list of items make up a basic first ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Catering ________________________________________ Scene type: Other: The Client will compensate the Videographer for __________________________________________________ the kit and should always be a part of "on location" ❏ __________________________________ Payment Terms are: ❏ __________________________________ gear. Additional items should be added ❏ __________________________________ ________________________________________________ Witnesses: (bystander or lawscene enforcement) ❏ Accident ❏ Large crowds gathered following estimated miscellaneous expenses: __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ depending on the specific locale. When working ❏ __________________________________ in unfamiliar areas, contact local or state health Other __________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ❏ Cash, Check Money Order Name: __________________________ Name:__________________________ Investigating Officer: ❏ Fire ❏ Motorists re-routed departments for ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ unknown hazzards. ❏ __________________________________ ________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Address: ________________________ Address: ________________________ ________________________ EXPENSE CATEGORY AMOUNT PHOTO VEST CHECKLIST ________________________________________________________________ ❏ Credit Card ❏ Natural disaster ❏ Major thoroughfare blocked ❏ Aspirin ❏ __________________________________ __________________________________________ ___________________ __________________ Phone #: ________________________ Phone #:________________________ ________________________ The photo vest is especially handy for Card# ___________________________________ ❏ Adhesive tape 1" x 2* yds MODELING FEES On the scene photos: Number of unprocessed Film _______________________ Negative ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Date _____________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ SIZES exposures available: _________________________ (number) ___ photos can be available by: ____________________________ AREAS OF INTEREST Hat Size ___________________ Format: ______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ ❏ Glamour ❏ Video/Cinema Dress Size ___________________ L EE AL • FR ION AT ER EE N • IN T AL • FR ON ION AT N TI ZA ON • IN T L TI ZA EE I AL • FR R I ER • ORG AN I TI ZA ON • IN T ION E • PH O T O G AN ERS AT NC AN PH N A • ORG R ERS E • PH O T O G PH NC • ORG R ERS E • PH O T O G PH NC A A A A A L ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ event _____________________________________________________________date __________________time__________________ ER VIDEOGRAPHY JOB CONTRACT ACCIDENT REPORT NC E • PH O T O G pe 100 R ERS AL • FR PH EE A A L Freelance Photographer's On-Location Checklist I TI ZA N AN AT ION • ORG ON • IN T ER ge 47 orm on Pa F r e rd O e Use th NC E • PH O T O G R ERS AL • FR PH EE A A L News Reporter's Log & Evaluation I TI ZA N AN AT ION • ORG ON • IN T ER PHOTOGRAPHY JOB INVOICE ________________________________________________________________ assignments on location. The vest should be ❏ Catastrophic event ❏ Neighborhoods threatened to be ❏ Ammonia Inhalants FILM DEVELOPING LOG • ©Americancomfortable Image Press but must be properly stocked www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F127 Full Wedding: People and Places Shooting Plan 1 of 4 • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 functional. Expires __________________________________ EQUIPMENT RENTALS Photographs ❏ ofEntertainment Property Damage: ________________________________________________________________ ❏ Environmental hazards ❏ Anti-diarrhea medicine (PARTY 1-car, building, other) (PARTY 2-car, building, other) (PARTY 3-car, building, other) (PARTY 4-car, building, other) ❏ Band aids (assorted) ❏ Aspirin or other pain reliever DEPOSIT ______________________________________ ❏ Other__________ ❏ Residents evacuated FACILITY RENTALS ________________________________________________________________ ❏ Bottled water ❏ Extra film ❑ Front ❑ Rear ❑ Front ❑ Rear ❑ Front ❑ Rear ❑ Front ❑ Rear TOOL KIT CHECKLIST BALANCE DUE _________________________________ ❏ Burn Ointment ❏ Hostile surroundings TRAVEL, FOOD, LODGING ❏ Extra batteries ❑ Right ❑ Left Side ❑ Right ❑ Left Side ❑ Right Side ❑ Left ❑ Right Side ❑ Left Tools are used routinely on location but are ❏ Chapstick ❏ Extra keys to car or luggage ❏ Other__________ especially important when the unexpected ❑ Make/Model ❑ Make/Model ❑ Make/Model ❑ Make/Model After completion of the job and delivery of the tapes as specified, the original tapes, cuttings, out-takes, and duplicates will be the property of THE happens. Tools should be packed separately ❏ Cold pack ❏ International credit card from Image cameras and equipment . Tools shouldwww.aipress.com be ❏ Eye pads 35mm TEST STRIP LOG • ©American Press - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F130telephone card VIDEOGRAPHER____ CLIENT____. The Client’s permission in writing is required before the videographer can sell these remaining materials or ❏ International ❏ Major ❑ Vehicle License Plate ❑ Vehicle License Plate ❑ Vehicle License Plate ❑ Vehicle License Plate small and lightweight yet functional. ❏ Eye irrigate (small bottle) use them for publication purposes except as specified below: “Publication” refers to reproduction in the print or electronic media. ❏ Insect repellant Damaged Area: ❏ Minor Damaged Area: Damaged Area: Damaged Area: ❏ First Aid instruction manual ❏ Allen wrenches (US and metric) ❏ Lens cleaning cloth Reproduction Publication rights retained by the videographer: ❏ Gauze Bandages 2" ❑ Center ❑ Close-ups ❑ Center ❑ Close-ups ❑ Center ❑ Close-ups ❑ Center ❑ Close-ups ❏ Not worth covering ❏ Binoculars (optional) ❏ Usual ❏ Light meter ❏ Gauze pads 4" ❏ One-time rights ❏ Exclusive rights ❏ Chalk (two or more colors) ❑ Inside/Interior Damage ❑ Inside/Interior Damage ❑ Inside/Interior Damage ❑ Inside/Interior Damage ❏ Micro recorder ❏ Not a newsmaker, could be worth two or ❏ Hand lotion ❏ Unusual ❏ Channel locks (medium) ❏ Passport or ID w/ money ❏ First rights ❏ All rights are waived by the videographer. ❏ Hydrogen Peroxide (plastic bottle) more new clients. ❏ Compass Accident Diagram: ❏ Other__________ ❏ Pen or pencil ❏ Insect spray ❏ Extra hat The Client’s permission is granted ___ not granted ___ to the Videographer to use the tapes covered under this contract for Indicate direction of vehicles, direction they were traveling and indicate from where you took your different photographs. ❏ Might be a newsmaker - no other news ❏ Pepper gas or tear gas ❏ Magnifying glass ❏ 50 foot extension cord EXHIBITION, COMPETITIONS, PORTFOLIOS, or DISPLAY purposes. ❏ Non-Apsirin Pain Reliever ❏ Small brush for cleaning camera ❏ Flashlight people on the scene. North I, the undersigned (hereafter referred to the ❏ Prescription drugs In the event the videographer fails to provide the tapes and/or services described in this contract, the Videographer is liable to the ❏ Small pocket knife ❏ Flashlight batteries and extra bulb photographer) declare the information listed herecoverage to ❏ Major event needs full news and Client only for the amount paid by the Client for deposit with no consideration for additional fees or expenses already paid by the ❏ Q-Tips ❏ Foreign adapter plug (foreign travel) ❏ Snacks (crackers, hard candy or jerky) ❏ Reflective Thermal blankets be accurate and unbiased toward any of the parties ❏ Folding shovel or trowel videographer. ❏ Special medicines client notification. ❏ Sting relief wipes ❏ Photographers involved. ❏ Garbage bags (3 large) ❏ Sun block ___________________________________________ ❏ Sting stick ❏ Major event Too _____________________________________________ ❏ Hammer (small) The photos are true to thenews scene people and haveeverywhere not ❏ Tissue (small pkg.) Client’s name Photographer ❏ Sun block ❏ Leatherman Tool been altered in any manner. _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ❏ Toothbrush ❏ Sun glasses E W ❏ Jewelers screw drivers address address The photographer ______is ______is not available ❏ Triangular bandage (1) ❏ __________________________________ ❏ Ladder (3 to 6 foot) _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ❏ Tube of First Aid Creme as a witness to appear in court or assist in insurance phone# phone# ❏ Nails, bolts, brads, and screws ❏ __________________________________ ❏ Tweezers (sharp pointed) _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________ claims. ❏ Pepper or tear gas (rabid animals) ❏ __________________________________ ❏ Wound wipes ❏ Rain poncho ❏ Rubber bands ❏ __________________________________ ❏ Rulers (12 and 6 inch) In addition to the equipment list, suggested signature ____________________date _______________________ ❏ __________________________________ South preparatory routine and a follow-up routine upon Videography Job Contract • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F140 ❏ Safety Matches or Lighter return to the studio are included. There are ❏ __________________________________ ❏ Saws (small wood and a hack) several lists depending upon what type of photography you plan to do away from your ❏ Scissors home or studio. Accident Report • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F202 ❏ __________________________________ ❏ __________________________________ Scene evaluation overall: EVALUATION: client name IFPO Form F171 address invoice # __________________________________________ __________________________________________ city/state/zip/country __________________________________________ date ________________________________________ name of job phone number Date Item & Description Quantity Price Each Price Are other news reporters on the scene? Freelance On-Location Checklist • ©American Image Press www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 IFPO Form F301 FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER S CONTRACTS AND CHECKL STS F120 F121 F159 F160 F157 F158 F301 F141 F169 F170 F171 F172 F173 F174 F165 F163 F164 F140 F142 PHOTOGRAPHER S JOB CONTRACT PHOTOGRAPHER S R GHTS COMM SS ONS CONTRACT PHOTOGRAPHER S JOB NVO CE PHOTOGRAPHER S JOB EST MATE WORKSHEET PORTRA T PHOTOGRAPHER S JOB CONTRACT PORTRA T PHOTOGRAPHER S NTERV EW FORM PHOTOGRAPHER S ON ASS GNMENT CHECKL ST NSURANCE PHOTOGRAPHER S NVENTORY RECORD WEDD NG PHOTOGRAPHY JOB CONTRACT WEDD NG PHOTOGRAPHY CHECKL ST Fu Wedd ng Peop e and P aces Shoo ng P an 1 o 4 Fu Wed P e Ce emony Ce emony Shoo ng P an 2 o 4 Fu Wedd ng Pos Ce emony Shoo ng P an 3 o 4 Fu Wedd ng Shoo ng Appo n men s P an 4 o 4 MODEL PORTFOL O JOB CONTRACT MODEL PORTFOL O SHOOT NG CHECKL ST MODEL NTERV EW FORM V DEOGRAPHER S JOB CONTRACT V DEOGRAPHER S WEDD NG CHECKL ST RELEASES AND SUBM SS ON AGREEMENTS F191 MODEL RELEASE pocke o m F192 PUBL CAT ON RELEASE pocke o m F193 PROPERTY RELEASE pocke o m F147 PUBL CAT ON SUBM SS ON pocke o m F224 R GHTS TO PUBL SH AGREEMENT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS PLANNERS AND REPORTS F210 HOT NEWS CHECKPO NTS F211 DA LY ACT ON PLANNER F212 HOT CONTACTS LOCAL PUBL CAT ONS F213 QU CK RESPONSE PROCESS NG LABS F214 F ELD D RECTORY NOTES ORDER TOLL FREE 2 1-800-654-9557 o Today s Pho ographer n erna ona F220 F221 F222 F201 F202 F203 F204 F223 QU CK STEP PUBL CAT ON RELEASE pocke o m QU CK STEP MODEL RELEASE pocke o m QU CK STEP PROPERTY RELEASE pocke o m NEWS REPORTER S LOG & EVALUAT ON NEWS REPORTER S ACC DENT REPORT CL ENT NOT F CAT ON FORMS pocke o m QU CK RESPONSE NEWS LOG NSTANT NEWS REPORT FORM Tax Subtotal Less Amt Paid Due Date Photography Job Invoice • ©American Image Press _________________ www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 Total Due IFPO Form F159 PHOTOGRAPHERS LOGS F125 35mm EXPOSURE LOG F146 PHOTO SHOOT NG LOG F126 DARKROOM F LM DEVELOP NG LOG F127 DARKROOM CHEM CAL USAGE LOG F128 DARKROOM ENLARGER CAL BRAT ON LOG F129 DARKROOM PR NT MAK NG LOG F130 DARKROOM 35mmTEST STR P LOG M SCELLANEOUS FORMS F101 FPO MEMBERSH P APPL CAT ON F102 a FPO MEMBER S NFORMAT ON FORM F102 b FPO REFERRAL PROGRAM FORM F103 FPO ORDER FORM F104 ASS GNMENT DATA BANK REG STRAT ON F105 PHOTO CONTEST RULES AND ENTRY FORMS F106 ED TOR S SWEEPSTAKES & SUBM SS ON NFO F107 FPO MEMBER S ADVERT S NG RATES F108 a FPO HOME PAGE PROGRAM K T #1 F108 b FPO HOME PAGE PROGRAM K T #2 F108 c FPO HOME PAGE PROGRAM K T #3 P109 P CTURE AWARD PROGRAM F139 FPO PRESS ASS GNMENT REQUEST MEMO F145 PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY FORM pocke o m F155 PRESS ASS GNMENT REQUEST FORM F156 PRESS ASS GNMENT RECORD ax 1-800-283-5989 7 DAYS www po ne LIFETIME SUPPLY Business Forms Masters $39.95 acts - checklists - releases - contracts - YOUR NAME HERE R AT ION AL • F R EE L G N ER ____ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Reception site, exterior ____________________ ❏ ❏ Reception site, interior _______________ _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Wedding cake _______________ _ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride’s cake _______________ _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom’s cake _______________ __________ _______________ ❏ ❏ Buffet/Food table _______________ _______________________ ❏ ❏ Photo of Head Table _______________ cake ____________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom slicing ______________ _______________ ❏ ❏ Bride feeding cake to Groom _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom feeding cake to Bride other ________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple feeding cake to each _ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple toasting each other license_______________________ ❏ ❏ Witnesses signing marriage ____________________ ❏ ❏ Servers ______________________________ _____________________ ❏ ❏ Reception decorations _______________ _________________________ ❏ ❏ The Couple’s first dance_________ ______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom dancing with Mother________ _ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride dancing with Father ______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom dancing with Mother-in-Law ________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride dancing with Father-in-Law _______________________ ❏ ❏ Attendants’ dancing _______________ _ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Parents’ of Couple dancing ______________________ ❏ ❏ Misc. Guests dancing _______________ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Bouquet toss _______________ ______________________ ❏ ❏ Catching the bouquet _______________ ___ Bride_________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom taking garter off _________________ _______________ _______________ ❏ ❏ Garter toss _______________________ ❏ ❏ Catching the garter _______________ catcher _________________________ ❏ ❏ Caught Garter placed on __________________________ ❏ ❏ Best Man’s toast _______________ ___ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Other Attendants’ toasts couple ___________________________ ❏ ❏ Toasts from Parents’ of etc.) _________________ (musicians, entertainment of ❏ ❏ Photo ____________________ ❏ ❏ Centerpieces on Tables _______________ ___ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Food being served/eaten ________________ _______________ guests with mingling ❏ ❏ Bride _____________________ ❏ ❏ Groom mingling with guests_________ with guests ___________________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom mingling ____________________ _______________ Parents her with Bride ❏ ❏ ____ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with his Parents sets of Parents ______________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom with both Son ________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom, Father, Grandfather, Daughter __________________ ❏ ❏ Bride, Mother, Grandmother, sets of Grandparents ________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom with both Guests ____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom with various Guests_____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom with special Groom _______________________ ❏ ❏ Candid photos of Bride and __________________________ ❏ ❏ Candid photos of Guests________ _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Apron/Money dance_________ __ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Release of butterflies_____ ___________________________ ❏ ❏ Release of birds _______________ E • PHOTO IFPO N Reception Shooting Plan NC ERS • ORGA _____________________________________ Job# ___________ Job Name (bride/groom): A PH PHY PLAN ING PHOTOGRA FULL WEDD 3 of 4 Post Ceremony Shooting Plan, page plus $9 shipping A Use this space to type or paste-on your own personalization. Let IFPO custom design the personal information on EACH of the 61 Contracts, Checklists and Releases. • IN T plus $9 shipping order PERSONALIZED Reproducible Forms Masters #15PR $69.95 N order NOT-PERSONALIZED Reproducible Forms Masters #15MA for $39.95 FRE E Cop yrig ht App lica tion For m from the U.S . Copyright Office with your Master Forms order! IO AT Copy each form as needed or take most frequently used forms to your printer for larger quantities. $39.95 Reproducible Masters of ALL 61 forms (NOT Personalized) $69.95 Reproducible Masters of ALL 61 forms PERSONALIZED! Use the Coupon on this page or the Order Form on page 47 IZ 61 FORMS MASTERS HOW TO BUY FORMS MASTERS: OPTIONAL BUSINESS OR STUDIO NAME ADDRESS OR BOX NUMBER CITY, STATE/PROVINCE, ZIP, COUNTRY phone: fax: email: U.R.L. FULL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY People and Places Shooting Plan, page 1 of 4 Job# ___________ Job Name (bride/groom) : ____________________________________ _ Engagement Photos Shooting Plan ❏❏ Billing Name: ________________________ ❏ ❏ Engagement photo for newspaper ________________________ ❏ ❏ Formal engagement photo ________________________________ ❏ ❏ Casual engagement photo ________________________________ Bride ______________________ ❏ ❏ Bubble-blowing shots _______________ ______________________ ❏ ❏ Petal throwing shots _______________ _ shots_________________________ ❏ ❏ Birdseed or Rice throwing ____________________________ ❏ ❏ College friends _______________ __________________________ ❏ ❏ Work Associates _______________ Bride’s hand(ring) under (ring) hand Groom’s ❏ ❏ Close-up of _____________________ ❏ ❏ Outdoor Couple poses _______________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple kissing _______________ ____ Bouquet______________________ ❏ ❏ Photo of Invitation and and Boutonniere ____________ ❏ ❏ Photo of bow tie, Invitation ____ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Gift table _______________ ___________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple opening gifts___________ 555-444-3210 555-444-3211 [email protected] www.aipress.com/~yourname Shooting Plan Prior to the Ceremony ❏ ❏ Bride dressing with Mother's help _______________________ ❏ ❏ Bride dressing with attendants help ______________________ ❏ ❏ Bride alone, full body shot _______________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride alone, 3/4 view ______________ ______________________ ❏ ❏ Bride alone, head and shoulders shot ____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride looking into full-length mirror _____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride looking into mirror, head and shoulders shot ______ ❏ ❏ Maid/Matron of Honor placing garter on bride ___________ ❏ ❏ Mother adjusting Bride’s veil_____________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with something new, borrowed and something blue ❏ ❏ Bride with each of attendant _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with Flower Girl(s)_______ __________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with Maid/Matron of Honor_____________________ ___ ❏ ❏ Bride with mother ______________ _________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with father ______________ __________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with her mother and father ________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride with grandparents _________________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride kissed by her father _______________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride pinning boutonniere on her Father _________________ ❏ ❏ Bride putting corsage on her Mother _____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride placing penny in her shoe__________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride giving ring to Maid/Matron of Honor ______________ ❏ ❏ Bride windowlight portraits ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Individual portrait of each person in wedding party______ ❏ ❏ Bride giving bouquets/bou tonnieres to her attendants ____ ❏ ❏ Bride in mirror, finishing touches ________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride leaving for wedding ________________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride's parents waving __________________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride's parents wiping tears _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Bride arriving at ceremony ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Maid/Matron of Honor wiping Bride’s brow ______________ ❏ ❏ Maid/Matron of Honor pulling Bride into church/site ____ ❏ ❏ Picture of Bride entering church/site_____________________ PLAN Billing Name: ________________________ Mother kissing Groom_______ _____________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom pinning boutonniere on Father ____________________ ❏ ❏ Groom putting corsage on Mother ________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom shining his shoes _________________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom giving ring to Best Man __________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom looking out the window ___________________________ ❏ ❏ Individual portrait of each person in wedding party______ ❏ ❏ Groom giving bouquets/bou tonnieres to his attendants ___ ❏ ❏ Groom in mirror, finishing touches ______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom leaving for wedding_____ __________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom's parents waving at groom _______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom's parents wiping tears ____________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom arriving at ceremony site _________________________ ❏ ❏ Best Man wiping Groom’s brow __________________________ ❏ ❏ Best Man pulling Groom into church/site________________ _ ❏ ❏ Picture of Groom entering church/site ___________________ 61 FORMS MASTERS ORDER FORM Departing Reception Shooting Plan __ ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Decorating “getaway” car goodbye to guests _______________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom saying Parents __________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple kissing/hugging _ to getaway car _______________ ❏ ❏ Bride and Groom walking _________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple waving to guests_________ car __________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple getting into getaway _ car___________________________ ❏ ❏ Couple leaving in getaway __________________ Honeymoon for plane on ❏ ❏ Couple getting _ up ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Reception site. cleaning pockets _______________________ ❏ ❏ Bride’s father with empty ______________________ _______________ car to gifts ❏ ❏ Carrying __ photo of Groom _______________ ❏ ❏ Groom’s mother kissing of Bride ____________________ ❏ ❏ Bride’s mother kissing photo Photographers’’ Forms Reproducible MASTERS Complete sets of CURRENT FORMS ❏ 15MA-61 $39.95 NOT PERSONALIZED ❏ 15PR-61 $69.95 PERSONALIZED (see below) ❏ 15XX-61 $89.95 1 Set Personalized, 1 Set Not-Personalized ❏S&H $9.00 1st Class Mail $ Total Enclosed Full Wedding: Post Ceremony Shooting Press Plan 3 of 4 • ©American Image Other Poses for Photographs ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ _______________ ❏ ❏ _______________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ _______________ ❏ ❏ _______________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ _______________ _______________ ❏❏ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ ____________________________ ❏ ❏ ______________________________ www.aipress.com - (336) 945-9867 Groom Shooting Plan Prior to the Ceremony ❏ ❏ Groom dressing with help of Father ______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom dressing with help of attendants __________________ ❏ ❏ Groom alone, full body shot ______________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom alone, 3/4 view ______________ _____________________ ❏ ❏ Groom alone, head and shoulders shot ___________________ ❏ ❏ Groom looking into full-length mirror ____________________ ❏ ❏ Groom looking into mirror, head and shoulders shot _____ ❏ ❏ Groom with each of his attendants _______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with Best Man ______________ ______________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with Ring-Bearer _________________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with his Mother __________________________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with his Father ______________ _____________________ ❏ ❏ Groom with Grandparents ________________________________ IFPO Form F173 SHIPPING & MEMBER INFORMATION: Full 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MOOSE’S NEWS BRIEFINGS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD OCTOBER SNIPERS’ SPREE WASHINGTON, DC. ©2003 DION P. SPARGER IFPO. DURING THE NEAR S howing up at a high profile news event with proper credentials will get you in. Right? Sometimes, but not always unless you are prepared. The Sniper Press Conferences in Rockville, Maryland during the month of October 2002 were under high security for obvious reasons -- everyone was a potential victim. As is widely known, snipers were shooting innocent victims at random in Maryland, Virginia and the D. C. Metropolitan area. Fortunately, I was able to cover some of the press conferences because I did have proper credentials and I had an ongoing working relationship with law enforcement in the area. Being able to respond instantly to breaking news events is usually not an option for me. I work a full time job so to cover breaking news is very difficult -- unless it happens on a day that I am not working. I do sometimes carry my camera bag to work just in case I can get to a news event afterward. But it’s the ongoing news events that capture most of my attention because I can work them into my schedule. And in the D. C. area where I live there have been an abundance of them in the last year or so. What usually transpires is that once the news event occurs, and if it goes on more than a day or so, I contact the police department in that jurisdiction and ask for their media relations division. Once I have reached someone I immediately give them my full name, my location, the name of the media organization that I represent (American Image Press), and a telephone number where I can be reached. By experience I have learned that police like details up front about anyone they are speaking with on the telephone. I try to be as forthcoming as possible; in return they have always been very helpful. For example, during the Chandra Levy murder investigation, they would fax me the latest police department press releases regarding the case upon my request. On one occasion the chief media relations officer called me back with details about a press conference that was to take place later that day. I was Continued on Page 40 6 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net urity and Breaking News Events BY DION P. SPARGER IFPO, WASHINGTON, DC MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARYLAND POLICE CHIEF CHARLES A. MOOSE HEADED THE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL TASK FORCE ASSIGNED TO APPREHEND THE SNIPERS WHO TARGETED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, D. C. OVER THREE WEEKS IN OCTOBER, 2002. THE TASK FORCE INCLUDED THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS (ATF), THE F. B. I., STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AND WASHINGTON, D. C. THE SUSPECTED KILLERS WERE APPREHENDED ON OCTOBER 24, 2002 IN MARYLAND. www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 7 I S HOOT C FOR EVERY PHOTO I I HAVE TO TAKE ONE DOWN. BUT WEED- PUT UP, ING OUT THE LESS IMPORTANT SHOTS MAKES THE WALL MORE POWERFUL. By Richard B. Ressman, M. D. , IFPO, Chicago, Illinois I Learn TO MAKE MONEY ALL NEW 1998 101 WAYS HOW TO COVER YOUR FIRST EVENT TO MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR CAMERA AMERICAN IMAGE PRESS John Q. Sm ith Assignmen Verificatio t n Code: 87244WIL #B221 #B223 PLACE SIGNED PHOTO HERE #B223 Book, $19.95 Today's Ph otog magazinerapher #B221 Book, $19.95 Credit Card Orders 1-800-654-9557 or use the 8 CALL FREE FAX FREE 1-800-283-5989 ORDER FORM on Page 47 Today's Photographer International have just stopped performing orthopaedic surgery in June 2002 and, photography which has been my passion for the past thirty-three years is turning into my only source of income. At present, in addition to donating my photographic services to several charitable organizations, I have begun earning income from selling prints and publishing. I just completed my website (www.photosurgeon.net) and will be adding between five and ten photos a month. I expect to sell photographic prints from my website. I recently had twenty-six photos published in Discovering Literature, 3rd Edition by Prentice-Hall, 2002. These photos included images of Brian Dennehy, Michael Jordan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Marcel Marceau, folk singer Jim Post, The Statue of Liberty, and the Viet Nam Memorial. I am also in the process of working on a book on the human body consisting of the juxtaposition of photographs and contemporary poems about issues of the body. At a recent charitable fund raiser, I met and photographed Jane Fonda and was surprised at how cooperative she was in posing for me. IFPO and Today's Photographer Magazine have given me the ability to obtain access to famous celebrities, entertainers and major sports events over the last few years. Ω www.ifpo.net IFPO Members Report C ELEBRITIES ... AND LIVE WITH THEIR FACES EVERY DAY AMONG THE HUNDREDS OF CELEBRITY FACES ARE (L-R): CHICAGO BEARS’ BRIAN URLACHER, CHUCK BERRY, JAY LENO AND GARRISON KELLER. Wall of Fame IFPO MEMBER RICHARD RESSMAN, CHICAGO ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, HAS BEEN SHOOTING PHOTOS OF PEOPLE HE HAS ENCOUNTERED SINCE HE GOT HIS FIRST NIKON IN 1969. 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We expect this new program will achieve markedly increased results accross the board, for all kinds of events, all over the world. 2. ISSUING INFORMATION has been added to the credentials which is extremely valuable DENT PHO ON for gaining access in those particularly tough situations when credentials are being scrutinized for every piece of validating information. Nationality, sex, date and place of birth add verifiable information often required by uniformed officials in law enforcement, fire and emergency, the military, customs and immigration. 3. CLASSIFICATION is now based on a full 4-tier range of publishing credits starting at A for yet-to-be published photographers and reaching to AAAA for those who are published frequently. 4. COMPLETE BUNDLE of all credentials and Internet Verification is automatically shipped to those who enroll in the Gold Press Program. Members no longer have to decide whether the Badge style or Passport style credential works better for the events they cover or whether covering weekend or after-hours events warrants the Internet Verification option or not. You get it all. 5. INTERNET VERIFICATION All Gold Press Pass holders will be assigned a verification code printed on the face of all the credentials. This code can be used to verify your assignment status with Today’s Photographer magazine by press officials 24 hours a day EVERY day from anywhere in the world. The Internet Verification site is at www.aipress.com/verify. 6. VERIFICATION UPDATES Now you can go online using your Verification Code and update your own Assignment Verification record. You can change your mailing address, add an email address or change other contact information in seconds. 7. PUBLISHING CREDITS Now you can actually display the names of the publications that have published your photos right on your Internet Verification site so press officials can see your breadth of experience. And... you can use your Verification Code online and update your list of publishing credits as often as you like, without having to call the American Image office. 8. RECENT ASSIGNMENTS Now you can display your recent assignments on your Verification site so press officials can see what kind of events you’ve been covering. And... you can use your Verification Code online to update your display of recent assignments as often as you like. 9. EXPIRATION DATE At last, we have added an expiration date to our Press Credentials. As great as the “lifetime” press credentials may seem, there are big drawbacks. “No expiration date” is the single largest reason for problems being accepted in some venues, not to mention that photos become outdated. Gold Press Pass holders will be able to renew their credentials every 3 years to keep them current, and they will get a whole new set with each renewal. 10.NEW LOW PRICE of only $99 is a full $129 SAVING off the price of the previous program for all the credentials and options. But remember, the programs are not equivalent. 11.NEW FEATURES Even at the same price, the Gold Press Pass program has features enumerated here that aren’t even available in the previous program. The addition of door-opening “Publishing Credits” and “Recent Assignments” alone may achieve more in gaining new access as our original Press Program concept born in 1985. The American Image Press Photographer’s Code of Ethics A press photographer’s reputation is often based on his own code • Stay within the boundaries of the photographers’ area. Never interfere of ethics. Although getting the story is the ultimate goal, ethical standards can “make or break” a career. As a press photographer, it is your duty to document newsworthy happenings — never altering circumstances or interfering with action to enhance your photographs. Your photos should tell a story just as it happened. Meeting the high standards of good press photography requires patience, determination and a strong set of ethics which can be the difference between success and failure. First, foremost and always remember that Press access is a privilege not to be abused. Use the following Code of Ethics to guide you: • • • • • Arrive early — at least 45 minutes to an hour before the event is • scheduled to begin — in order to check in, find the press area, check • out the stage or facility lay-out and choose a vantage point. • Never show up for an event unprepared. Not only should you have all the proper equipment, you should have a basic knowledge and under• standing of the event. Do your homework! • Try to work with promoters and authorized officials rather than against • • them. 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Daniel Korup IFPO, Middletown, Delaware My first imprint of photography was when I was a young and my father gave me an AGFA fixed lens 35 camera. After a lot of tinkering, I finally was able to operate it and knock a few pictures out. Somewhere along the way, that camera was lost and my interest in photography waned. The ‘photo bug’ bit again when I invested in a camera to capture the precious moments surrounding my first child. This camera triggered another silent passion -- my desire to be a motorsports photographer. I love cars and the controlled chaos in racing. In those days as a burgeoning photographer I would try to get into the local drag tracks with only moderate success. When I did get in, my photographs impressed almost everyone who saw them. As my confidence grew I decided to move on to the bigger venues for motorsports events. I purchased a Nikon 6006. That worked for awhile until I realized its limitations so I quickly moved to a Nikon F4. Further encouraged by my wife to really pursue motorsports photography, I later purchased a Nikon F5. About that time I was in a bookstore to buy anything that might help me further understand motorsports photography. I discovered Today’s Photographer Magazine, purchased it, read it and with some reluctance joined t h e Press Pro- gram. I already had enough experience to know that a motorsport photographer needed press credentials. I was more than delighted when I was approved for my first press assignment, The Firestone Indy 225 at the Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. This was the Inaugural race for the Indy Racing League (IRL) at Nazareth since CART pulled out for the 2002 season. It was indeed an action packed weekend with a lot of drama and personal accomplishments. I did the usual preparation for a race: getting the most recent frequencies for the drivers; preparing my equipment to keep it at peak performance; selecting film speed etc. And I kept a close watch on the weather. I made my way to Nazareth early enough to attend the mandatory photographers meeting on the day of practice and qualifying. The staff was very courteous and assured us that if we needed anything they would accommodate us. After learning the rules of track photography, we were issued photographers’ vest and our credentials. I immediately went to work scouting for race day vantage points. I found that most of the working press were courteous and more than happy to offer tips and suggestions. A photographer who shoots for the Craftsman Truck Series was gracious enough to offer tips from his experience at this particular track. I was elated when he approached me the next and asked how I was doing. On race day the competition was fierce. But, patience and luck paid off for me. When another photographer vacated a space in a photo tower I moved into it. Within minutes a fiery accident unfolded right in front of me. I was ready and lucky enough to fire off several sequential shots. The race was quite diverse. Indy Racing League (IRL) has one of the few African American drivers, George Mack - 310 Racing. Sarah Fisher, the only female in open wheel motor sports was awarded a spot in the IRL for Robbie Buhl (Team Purex), who was injured in a prior race. Sarah started 19th in the grid. Her hard work and patience prevailed when she ended up in fourth place. Her adopted team was so ecstatic that almost all of her pit crew were in tears after the race. Media instantly swarmed her and I was right in the thick of it when she said, “There is no other place I’d rather be than right here, right now.” The crowd roared in approval of her accomplishment. Ditto. There is no other place I’d rather be than right here, right now on the threshold of motorsports photography. I’d like to thank IFPO many times over for giving me the opportunity to cover my first major assignment -- and for being right there, right now around the clock for me. Ω More on page 15 SCOTT SHARP (L) WAS THE WINNER OF 2002 F I R E S T O N E 225 A T NAZARETH. SARAH FISCHER (R) ON THE CHARGE FINISHED IN 4TH PLACE. THE PHOTOS BY DANIEL KORUP IFPO www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 13 now you can publish your photos on the exclusive TOP PHOTOGRAPHERS WEB SITE The HOME PAGE Program is like a complete photographer’s PORTFOLIO, RESUME and ADVERTISING BILLBOARD on the Internet. It can contain complete biographical information, contact information, PUBLISHED or AWARDED photos, or other CURRENT photos that you want to represent you. Your HOME PAGE will have a unique address (called a URL) much like your mailing address that you can put on your business cards or other promotional materials you distribute to potential clients. Clients can then view your portfolio and read your accomplishment facts ON-LINE any time they wish from ANYWHERE in the WORLD! IFPO Internet HOME PAGE Program contact information: TERMS AND CONDITIONS Credit Card Orders: when you submit your Home Page materials, your credit card will be billed for the set-up fee only. Then your credit card will be billed monthly on the first of the month beginning with the first FULL month your your Home Page is ON-LINE. Your first partial month is FREE! Minimum 12month committment required. After 12 months, monthly charges will continue until member cancels with a 30-day notice. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Optima accepted. Checks or Money Orders: when you submit your Home Page materials, enclose a check or money order for the amount of the set-up fee PLUS 119.70, the first six months of the monthly fee. You will then be billed at 6 month intervals. to be published on your web-site name IFPO Member # business name (optional) address city, state, zip, country I agree to the above terms and conditions. I enclose my photos: #HP31, up to15 photos, set-up fee $49.00 and monthly fee: $19.95 phone/fax #HP32, up to 30 photos, set-up fee $99.00 and monthly fee: $19.95 email, other signature IMPORTANT: Allow 30 days for IFPO personnel to scan your images and create your Home Page. Be sure to add your Home Page URL (www.aipress.com/~yourname) to your business cards, letterhead and all your promotional material. Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Optima Card # expiration date mail to: IFPO PO Box 777, Lewisville NC 27023-0777 view the top photographers on the internet at http://www.ifpo.net/topphotographers If convenient, look at other homepages on our Top-Photographers web-site for ideas. Links to Top-Photographers are on our main home page at www.aipress.com. A good example site is: http://www.ifpo.net/~ellefsen HOME PAGE information guidelines The information needed to create your Home Page (print or type clearly): CONTACT INFORMATION you wish to appear on your Home Page. Memberships, Associations, Publishing Credits, Prizes or Awards. MOTTO, SLOGAN or Describe Your Specialty (ie: on-location child photography). Accomplishments, Assignments, current Projects and Career Objectives in photography Send b/w or color prints or 35mm slides. Number your pictures or slides. Include a printed or typed list of your pictures with a title or caption for each one. Be sure to put your member# on each photo or slide. Model releases are required for any photos that have human subjects that are not in the public domain. If you want your photos returned, enclose a self addressed mailer with correct postage. At minimum, we require contact information along with photos with titles to create your Home Page. We will assign you an Internet U.R.L. (internet address) in this form: http://www.ifpo.net/~yourname. U.R.L.’s are all lower case and have no spaces. Please include any suggestions for “yourname.” Avoid long strings of characters like “millersphotographyandvideographics”. Use names like “paulmiller” or millerphoto.” Be sure to print your U.R.L. on your business cards, letterhead, etc. This Home Page is your internet portfolio, and you want as many people to visit as possible. 14 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net ON ASSIGNMENT: MOTORSPORTS Australia: The Adelaide Clipsal 500 PHOTOS BY BRENDAN CUMMIMS IFPO, ALBERT PARK SA, AUSTRALIA CRAIG LONWDES ON THE EDGE THROUGH TURN 1 NIKON F5, 300MM 2.8,1.4X, FUJI PROVIA 100F THE ADELAIDE CLIPSAL 500 STREET CIRCUIT EVENT ATTRACTED A RECORD CROWD -- OVER 170,000 ON A VERY HOT ST. PATRICKS DAY WEEKEND. Brendan Cummims THE CARS LINE UP ON THE STARTING GRID FOR SUNDAY’S SECOND RACE. NIKON F90X, NIKKOR 24-120MM, FUJI PROVIA 100F SKAIFE WAS ON FIRE, BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT THE CLIPSAL 500 NIKON F5, 300MM 2.8, 2X, FUJI PROVIA 400F MARK SKAIFE MAKES IT BACK TO BACK WINS IN THE ADELAIDE CLIPSAL 500. NIKON F5, 300MM .8, SB-28 FLASH, FUJI PROVIA. www.ifpo.net More on page 16 Today's Photographer International 15 ON ASSIGNMENT: MOTORSPORTS CART in Toronto: The Toronto Molson Indy By Tony Merrill IFPO, Findlay, Ohio Championship Auto Racing Teams, (CART) made its annual stop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in July 2002. This is round eight of twenty in the CART/Fed-Ex open wheel series and has been holding a race here since 1986, known as the Toronto Molson Indy. The track is a temporary street circuit 1.755 miles long laid out on the shore of Lake Ontario at Toronto’s Exhibition Place. With a weekend total of 160,000 fans, this is one of CART’s most popular venues. This is my third CART event that I have gained access through the IFPO press program, but my first temporary street course as well as my first access to an event outside the US. My other two CART events were a permanent road course and the Mid-Ohio Sports- RACE WINNER, NEWMANN HAAS DRIVER, CRISTIANO DA MATTA #6 TAKES THE CHECKERED FLAG FROM FORMER DRIVER AND CHAMPION ALEX ZANARDI AT THE FINISH LINE OF THE SUNDAY RACE. ZANARDI WHO DROVE IN THIS SERIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS LOST BOTH LEGS AT CART RACE IN GERMANY IN SEP2001. THIS WAS HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AT A CART RACE SINCE HIS NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT. ©2002 TONY MERRILL IFPO A TEMBER car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Covering a race on a street course is a lot different than a permanent road course. The debris fence and wall are right up against the track, with cars passing only inches from you at certain locations, unlike a road course which has dirt and gravel traps giving you some distance. Covering a street race doesn’t require a lot of the bigger telephotos commonly used at road courses. My equipment consisted of 2 Olympus bodies, an OM1 and OM2, a Tokina 35-70 f3.5 zoom lens, a Zuiko 65-200 f4 zoom lens, a Zuiko 300 f4.5 telephoto lens as well as a pair of Sunpak flashes, a 383 super and a 433D. Film was Kodak E100VS, E200 and Fuji Sensia 100 slide film. Ω Inaugural Indy Racing Series at Kansas Speedway By Chris A. Cross IFPO, Olathe, Kansas I’ve been doing photography for about six years trying to take all kinds of pictures. It started out as a hobby. After I joined American Image Press I started doing much more serious photography. I could get into high profile events that were far more challenging than anything I had tried in the past. My most recent assignments were at the Kansas International Speedway for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the Kansas 100 and the Indy Racing Ameristar Casino Indy 200. This was a great experience and a real help as well to me as a photographer. Anytime you get a chance to work with other photographers, it influences your style and forces you to ‘measure up’ and grow as a photographer. Ω A. J. FOYT-HARRAH’S RACING TEAMS WINS BACK TO BACK RACES AIRTON DAR`E, WINNER AMERISTAR CASINO INDY 200, WITH A. J. FOYT (FAR LEFT). RACER JASON PRIESTLEY (OF BEVERLY HILLS 90210 FAME) CAME IN SECOND IN THE INFINITI PRO SERIES 100. (CENTER LEFT) A. J. FOYT IV, WINNER OF THE INFINITI PRO SERIES 100. (NEAR LEFT). OF THE PHOTOS BY CHRIS A. CROSS IFPO 16 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net RS • ORGA HE NI AP NAL • FRE TIO EL NA • PHOTO CE GR AN IFPO International Freelance Photographers Organization MEMBERSHIP FORM N TIO ZA • INT ER ABOUT YOU: E TO FREELANCING THE PROVEN BRIDG Which best describes your photography: ❏ I am a beginner or amateur ❏ I am an advanced amateur or Part-Time Pro. ❏ I am a full-time professional. I want PRESS ACCESS with my camera: ❏ Sports events. ❏ Crime scenes. ❏ Concerts. ❏ Fire scenes. ❏ Breaking news. ❏ Press conferences. ❏ Celebrity events. ❏ Entertainment events. Check each area that interests you strongly: ❏ Press photography. ❏ Sports/Action. ❏ Nature/wildlife. ❏ Travel photography. ❏ Videography. ❏ Advertising. ❏ Glamour. ❏ Commercial. ❏ Wedding. ❏ Portrait photography. Are you available for photo assignments?: ❏ YES. ❏ NO. • Enroll me as an IFPO Member and send my Membership Card and O rder the famous Parchment Certificate + Complete Membership Packet. I enclose $68 for IFPO P atches Membership and Subscription to Today’s Photographer Magazine PLUS see pag e 25 $6 for priority handling and First Class Mail of my Membership Packet ($74 TOTAL). __________________________________________________________________________ • My membership packet will include details on how I can participate in IFPO's PROVEN PROGRAMS for getting PUBLISHED, making MONEY and gaining PRESS ACCESS with my camera. name __________________________________________________________________________ (optional) business name __________________________________________________________________________ address __________________________________________________________________________ city/st/zip __________________________________________________________________________ phone number/FAX number ENCLOSE CHECK, MONEY ORDER OR PAY BY MAJOR CREDIT CARD expiration date Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Optima Card # To join IFPO by mail, use this form or the order form on page 47 and send your dues to: IFPO, P.O. Box 777, Lewisville, NC 27023-0777 USA OR use your credit card and: CALL FREE 1-800-654-9557 or FAX 1-800-283-5989 IFPO’s 18 PROVEN PROGRAMS 1 PRESS CREDENTIALS •Gain Access to controlled 10 PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION CPMP (Certified events! Sports, Concerts, Crime Scenes, Fires, Storms, Professional Master Photographer), CPCP (Certified ProPress Passport, Badge & Wallet Cards, Internet Verificafessional Craftsman Photographer and (PCP) Professiontion. details on page 10-11. al Certified Photographer. IFPO-CPACM Certification Board of Regents, 59 Canal St. Box 9, Lewiston ME 2 ASSIGNMENT DATA BANK •Register for Assign04240, based on academic merits. ments! “Dream” assignments you’ve always wanted can 11 GLAMOUR.ELITE •Attract celebrities and “discoveries” really be yours! see page 34. plus get published. page 29. 3 STOCK PHOTO GALLERY & SALES •SELL the 12 LEARNING LIBRARY •HOW-TO SHOOT ALL SUBphotos you've already taken! page 18. JECTS: weddings, sports, travel, wildlife, glamour, model portfolios, commercial, boudoir, figure and lighting tech4 INTERNET HOME PAGES •on TOP PHOTOGRAniques, pages throughout the magazine. PHERS web-site! Display your photos, awards, credits, resume and contact info. page 14. 13 FORMS (61) •For Photographers: Technical, Contracts, Checklists, Releases, Copyrights pg 2-3. 5 TODAY’S SPORTS magazine •gain access to sport14 PHOTO CONTEST Cash prizes, monthly contest, page ing events, complete credentials. page 64. 54-55. 6 MERIT & ACHIEVEMENT •Gold Seal Merit Cards in 15 IFPO BUSINESS GUIDES •Make money with your the 60 categories. page 52-53. camera. Page 48. 7 IFPO CREDENTIALS •Clout to succeed with an inter- 16 ACCESSORIES •IFPO Windshield stickers, press hats nationally recognized organization. page 39. and accessories. Page 12. 8 PICTURE AWARDS •Earn publishing credits and "Cer- 17 DISTRIBUTORSHIPS •Sell IFPO programs, books, videos and forms part or full time. page 58. tificate of Publication Awards." page 50. 18 NEW DISCOVERIES Model Consulting •Pays you to 9 CUSTOM BUSINESS CARDS •To promote your own discover new faces and figures while pursuing your interbusiness. Page 5. est in glamour photography. Page 30-31. Ω www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 17 SELL PHOTOS YOU ALREADY HAVE! S TA R T S E L L I N G YO U R P H O T O S Successful stock libraries contain HIGH QUALITY images of everyday life situations. IFPO members shoot such images everyday as a matter of course. However, unless a photographer has hundreds or thousands of images, he may be shunned by the large stock houses. This could happen for two reasons, he simply may not be recognized as a successful stock photographer or his stock of a few dozen images is too small for an agency to consider. The IFPO Stock Listing service removes these barriers totally and opens doors to the international sales market. IFPO’s Stock Listing Service The following elements clearly distinguish the differences in the IFPO Stock Listing Service and a stock agency: 1. The service provided to IFPO members is a STOCK PHOTO LISTING SERVICE and NOT an agency. 2. Each photographer manages his own sales. 3. No commissions will be charged ever. 4. Image buyers will browse the IFPO image bank on the internet, select the photos, get the price, index number and contact information to order directly from the photographer who owns the images. 5. Members may set their own pricing for each photo sold. 6. Complete copyright standards will be available at the site for image buyers and IFPO member photographers (the sellers). 7. Image searches by buyers may be made by subject. 8. The most important part of any Stock Photo Service is its indexing system that allows an image buyer to identify a photo for purchase. • There are no commissions ever -- unlike Members are asked to identify their pictures by agencies who always take at least 50 pertheir 5 digit member number plus a 5 character cent of sales. code of their own choosing. Example: IFPO • Income from sales is instant and all member 99999 might use Index Codes of yours -- very different from agencies 99999-KID01, 99999-KID02, etc. where payment usually follow sales by 6 to 8 months. DVANTAGES OF THE A IFPO STOCK GALLERY SERVICE www.ifpo.net/stock.html • List only the number of quality images • Current and new clients can see your you wish to list -- not 10,000 to 50,000 as fresh images instantly and contact you to required by agencies. buy -- which could never happen with a • You can add fresh images at your convestock agency. nience. No minimums are required -- such • The more images you list with the IFPO as the 1000 new images per year by many Picture Listing Service the more likely you agencies. are to make money -- which is the same as • There are no contracts, exclusive or with an agency. otherwise -- to tie up your images for • The more SUBJECTS you list with the years as with an agency. IFPO Picture Listing Service, the more • The price you set is what you get -likely you are to make money over the long could never happen with an agency. haul -- which is also true with an agency. STOCK GALLERY REGISTRATION FORM (IFPO MEMBERS ONLY) name • Model and other applicable releases are required for stock images listed with IFPO -- the same as with an agency. IFPO Member # business name (optional) address city, state, zip, country TERMS AND CONDITIONS Credit Card Orders: when you submit your stock gallery materials, your credit card will be billed for the set-up fee only. Then your credit card will be billed monthly on the first of the month beginning with the first FULL month your photos are ON-LINE. Your first partial month is FREE! Minimum 12month committment required. After 12 months, monthly charges will continue until member cancels with a 30-day notice. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Optima accepted. Checks or Money Orders: when you submit your stock gallery materials, enclose a check or money order for the amount of the set-up fee PLUS $59.70, the first six months of the monthly fee. You will then be billed at 6 month intervals. I agree to the above terms and conditions. I enclose my photos: #ST31, 12 photos, set-up fee $29.00 and monthly fee: $9.95 contact name: #ST32, 24 photos, set-up fee $49.00 and monthly fee: $9.95 contact method: (phone, fax, or email) signature IMPORTANT: Allow 30 days for IFPO personnel to scan your images and post them for sale in the Stock Gallery. Be sure to add the Stock Gallery URL (www.ifpo.net/stock) to your business cards, letterhead and all your promotional material. Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Optima Card # expiration date mail to: IFPO PO Box 777, Lewisville NC 27023-0777 view the stock gallery on the internet at http://www.ifpo.net/stock.html FOR EACH PHOTO: (make as many copies as you need) INFORMATION PHOTO INFORMATION PHOTO INFORMATION PHOTO (complete 1 for each photo) (complete 1 for each photo) (complete 1 for each photo) Image #________- _________ Image #________- _________ Image #________- _________ (your IFPO membership I.D.# followed by a 5-character code provided by you that identifies your picture) (your IFPO membership I.D.# followed by a 5-character code provided by you that identifies your picture) (your IFPO membership I.D.# followed by a 5-character code provided by you that identifies your picture) photo title ____________________________________ subject _______________________________________ photo title ____________________________________ subject _______________________________________ photo title ____________________________________ subject _______________________________________ price price price 18 (or print ”CALL”) ___________________________ Today's Photographer International (or print ”CALL”) ___________________________ (or print ”CALL”) ___________________________ www.ifpo.net B O O K R E V I E W S THE ART AND ATTITUDE COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY RICK SOUDERS DIGITAL IMAGE MAKING The Art and Attitude of Commercial Photography is an A to Z guide to becoming a successful working photographer. 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This guide demonstrates simple techniques for changing black and white to color and vice versa, explores the digital equivalent of darkroom toning, displays a full range of easy-to-create litho and image retouching techniques, and experiments with a spectrum of different colors to achieve dramatic graphic effects. Each method is accompanied by step-bystep sequences of the evolving images with their accompanying screen grabs. 400 fullcolor illustrations. 128 pages, 400 color illustrations, $24.95. 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He also portraits, close-focus wide angle phocovers tographs, and extension tube photographs to the chalname just a few. lenges of Readers will also find proven guidance working with for purchasing underwater photographic snow, equipment, taking photos of shipwrecks, backand repairing and maintaining field equiplighting ment. Plus, 150 stunning, full-color photos and fill flash, macro subjects, extreme condemonstrate the authors' successful techtrast and more. niques in action. 144 pages, 150 color illusBeautifully illustrated with more than trations, 25 diagrams. $24.95 (paperback). 200 of Zuckerman's own exquisite travel Watson- Guptill Publications. For informa- and nature photographs. $27.99. For information go to www.writersdigest.com tion go to www.watsonguptill.com. www.ifpo.net A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY ADRIAN DAVIES For over 150 years, the photographic process remained unchangedbut now, the digital revolution has come. This book is about the cycle of shoot, enhance, and share. Shooting involves how the image is captured, from camera, lenses, and equipment to scanning and composition. Enhance by altering its brightness and contrast, enriching the color, and improving its clarity and depth. Retouch, tone, and colorize monochrome images, and use layered montage techniques to add extra interest. Try special effects that make photos look like watercolors or turn them into panoramas. Once you've got that perfect picture, share it with others: print it, add text, put it on the net. AVA Publishing 128 pages all in color. $24.95. For more information go to www.sterlingpub.com PHOTOPAINTING THE ART OF PAINTING ON PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES A. MCKINNIS Many traditional photographic techniques, such as hand coloring and toning, are enjoying a creative revival. Perfect for all levels, from beginner to veteran artist. Learn how to take hand coloring photographs to the next level, where the original photograph is not just being highlighted or enhanced but totally transformed into something closer to a painting than a photo. The lessons progress from very easy to more advanced techniques and describe how to bring a dynamic, fresh approach to just about any type of photo. 144 pages paperback, 150 color and 20 black and white illustrations. $24.95. For information go to watsonguptill.com Ω Today's Photographer International 19 Think Outside the Box to ROLL in MORE CASH from Weddings BY DENNIS HODGES IFPO, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI P Gowns from the Renaissance Period are chosen most often by brides for theme or non-traditional weddings. ©2003 Dennis Hodges. 20 Today's Photographer International hotographers take note -- times and traditions are changing. These are the times that the ups and downs of the stock market make one dizzy. As citizens are pounded with negative information it affects how they spend their money -- and that ripples down to impact our income. Traditions change with the times, so we too must change if we expect to maintain or increase our profits. Diversify, network and cut costs are terms we often hear. The catch phrase I like best is, ‘think outside the box.’ For me that means to look beyond shooting model portfolios for new dependable sources of income. Any category of photography that includes people is natural for me so I have many avenues to explore. One important thing to note here. Like it or not there is more sure money in wedding photography for freelance photographers than almost any other category. Although we have all heard the horror stories surrounding wedding photography, the big bucks are there -especially if we are prepared and understand today’s weddings. Due to the slow economy fewer couples are having huge, traditional weddings due to the skyrocketing costs. Others simply want a unique ceremony instead of an expensive one. The one desire of both the rich and poor is that they want a wedding that is creative, different and memorable. Standard wedding poses do not necessarily capture the originality and the spirit of the non-traditional or theme ceremony. For example, you could be photographing wedding couples in a hot air balloon, at an amusement park, a cattle ranch, a cave or a castle. Theme weddings are becoming very popular. In Las www.ifpo.net Opposite page, top: Model Lorie in a traditional bridal gown . This page, right: Southern Bell Weddings are popular in some regions of the country. Below: Some brides prefer opulent costumes instead of gowns for their wedding day. Model: Lorie Reskin Photos © 2003 by Dennis Hodges . Vegas weddings range from an inexpensive, drive through chapel to extremely expensive and opulent theme affairs. At Caesar’s Palace the bride and groom can dress up in Roman attire and have an entourage of Roman Guards, Gladiators and Women Servants in attendance. Around the country other brides are choosing Renaissance, Southern Bell, Old West or Cleopatra themes for the full wedding party as opposed to the traditional attire. If a wedding photographer is to keep up and increase sales, he must be prepared to capture the essence of traditional or unusual ceremonies. A first class portfolio with samples of a full range of wedding photography can influence the decisions of almost any bridal couple. If you are new to wedding photography, you may use models to create a portfolio. Spend as much time as needed (and you may have to invest a few dollars) to get photos that are really spectacular in traditional and non-traditional wedding settings. How do you shoot a wedding that is staged? Try to kill two birds with one stone (this is thinking outside the box). For example you may know a model who needs to expand her portfolio. If so, she might be the perfect model to pose as a bride for your portfolio shots. Know aspiring models who need a basic portfolio? Schedule several of them to pose as bridesmaids. All you need is the proper wedding party attire. Even that is really easier than you might think. If you live near a city with a costume shop or a community theater group, contact them. Introduce yourself as a wedding, (portrait or model portfolio) photographer and tell them you occasionally need costumes for your clients. Ask if they are willing to give your clients a break on rental fees or deposits in return for free photos of their costumes to display in their shop. If they are interested, give them an agreed upon number of framed 8 x 10 photos of your clients wearing their costumes. (Make sure you are allowed to display your business card with the photo.) It’s a win, win situation. Your clients get a break on the costumes; you get FREE advertising for your full range of photography; the costume shop gets quality photos for advertising or display purposes. Costumes and More, the largest costume shop in North Kansas City, Missouri is the shop I depend on for the needs of all my clients. This shop carries over 2,000 different costumes plus make-up, props, wigs and accessories of every description. Most of my clients find what they need there. At this point you should have a good portfolio to show to family, friends and co-workers for the purpose of booking weddings. Hopefully, you have sold some of the portfolio prints to the models. You should be getting FREE advertising in the costume Continued on Page 28 www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 21 PRESS ’s r e t r o Rep SURVIVAL GEAR BREAKING NEWS CHASE kit! WHAT YOU GET WHAT IS IT? The Pursuit Package: The Breaking News Chase Kit is composed of three vital parts. The Pursuit Package gets you on the scene; the Action Package gives what you need at the scene; the Instant Response Package gets your news story to the right news outlet instantly. • Three (3) fully assembled laminated NEWS REPORTER accreditation ID’s each with your name and Assignment Verification Code. They are custom made to use with your current Press Passport, Press Badge and Press Wallet I.D. Card. • The Pursuit Guide prepares you to gather, record and distribute breaking news stories. WHO CAN GET IT 1. If you are an IFPO member with the Press Passport, Press Credentials or both, YOU QUALIFY and may order the Breaking News Chase Kit. 2. If you are an IFPO member, but not yet a member of the press program, TO QUALIFY you must order one of the press programs (page 10 & 11) before or at the same time you order the Chase Kit. Use with chain or clips with 402A press badge card (pg 21). Accreditation Certificate The following Correspondent Photographer has met all standards and requirements to receive full accreditation as a NEWS The Action Package: • Action Scene Reporters Log • New Client Hot Sheets • Accident Report Forms • Quick Response Information Forms The Instant Response Package: • A Field Directory of HOT contacts. • 3 Quick Step Releases • Instant Reporter’s Delivery Forms • Rights to Use Contract & Fee Contracts All forms include reproduction rights so you always have a permanent supply. 3 ID’s, FIELD kit & PURSUIT Guide! PLUS 14 Reporter's Forms Masters REPORTER Accreditation Certificate NEWS REPORTER John Q. Smith Assignment Verification Code: 00001SMI Accredited: January 14, 1998 Accredited: The following Correspondent Photographer has met all standards and requirements to receive full accreditation as a NEWS REPORTER John Q. Smith Assignment Verification Code: 00001SMI AMERICAN IMAGE PRESS www.aipress.com/news.html January 14, 1998 Accredited: January 14, 1998 CODE Nwww.aipress.com/news.html www.aipress.com/news.html IF IC A T IO R E V T N Fits inside 408A passport. (pg 20). S IG N M E YOUR AS H IT W NOW CHASE kit ™ AMERICAN IMAGE PRESS Fits in wallet with 402A press wallet card (pg 21). AMERICAN IMAGE PRESS #451B - $39.95 ACTION Package INSTANT PURSUIT RESPONSE Package Package CHASE kit ™ CHASE kit ™ CHASE kit ™ Forms Masters: Q&A I already have Press Credentials. Why do I have to buy the Chase Kit? You DO NOT. The Chase Kit was simply designed to make the breaking NEWS REPORTER’S job easy. It gives you everything you need on the spot to do the job, do it right and get it to your nearest editor. The Chase Kit actually serves as your assistant to make sure you collect all the facts and then get them to the right place. What is a Chase photographer; what do they chase? We consider any photographer who is in search of breaking news events to be a “Chase Hound”. He chases sports, entertainment, fires, accidents, storms, natural disasters, plane crashes, train wrecks, press conferences and even goodwill tours. Police will recognize the Press Credentials which must be used with the NEWS REPORTER accreditation part of the Chase Kit. Will Today’s Photographer publish these news stories? Today’s Photographer WILL publish stories about YOU covering these stories. The breaking news stories themselves need to go to daily newspapers and wire services. How do I find out if a newspaper or TV station can use my news photos? Let’s use an auto accident as an example. You have photographed the wreck and are leaving the scene without having seen any other photographers or news teams. Pick up the nearest phone (using the numbers listed in your Reporter’s Field Directory) to notify news agencies that photos of the accident are available even though the film has not been processed. Breaking news is HOT and should be reported immediately. Reporter's Log & Evaluation Accident Report Client Hot Sheets & Notification Quick Response News Log News Event Checkpoint List Daily Action Planner Hot Local Contacts Quick Response Labs Field Directory Notes Quick Step Publication Release Quick Step Model Release Quick Step Property Release Instant News Report Rights to Publish Agreement CHASE kit 22 PRO SS G OPT RAM ION Will the Chase Kit be recognized? Accreditation Certificate The following Correspondent Photographer has met all standards and requirements to receive full accreditation as a John Q. Smith Assignment Verification Code: 00001SMI PRE ™ complete IFPO Programs and Catalog ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days www.ifpo.net 1-800-654-9557 ORDER FORM on page 47 New Photo Markets RIGHT IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD MALIBU THIS PHOTO ILLUSTRATES THE POSITION THAT PETS HOLD IN A HOUSEHOLD ... THEY OFTEN HAVE THE SAME PRIVILEGES AS FAMILY MEMBERS. ©2002 K. Bill Holley IFPO. (August Photo Contest Entry) S pending expected to be $29.5 billion in 2002 and reach $31 billion in 2003! Sounds like the US military budget, right? Guess again. Those numbers come straight from the American Pet Products Manufacturing Association (APPMA), a trade association. They also report that food and supplies rank second and third respectively, behind services related to veterinary care as the greatest expenses for pet owners. This is an astounding amount of money spent each year by pet owners which reveals the importance of pets in family life. APPMA also reports that today 62 percent of U. S. households own pets compared with 56 percent in 1988, the first year that the association conducted a national pet owner survey. So what does this mean for photographers? A ready made market for pet photography right in your own neighborhood! That could range from pet portraits to pets at play for custom designed greeting cards etc. How does one get started? It’s probably the easiest market ever to conquer. Pets are everywhere -- right on the street where you live. Your neighbor’s white cat may be doing a ballet on your deck when you wake up in the morning. The two long-legged greyhounds drag their 105 pound owner down your street for their daily walk. www.ifpo.net A tiny Shih Tzu stares at you from its PetPocket (worn by the owner) at the local park. Owners are flattered when you ask for permission to photograph their pet. In return, present them with one of your best shots and let them know you specialize in pet photography. Take any opportunity available to shoot the pet with its owner or their children -- these make great holiday photos or custom greeting cards for families and friends. Once you have a few really good pet photos, you can easily develop one, two or three ways to advertise your services as a Pet Photographer. The most effective first step could be business cards with a close-up pet portrait staring straight at the viewer. The usual contact information would also appear on the card. Distribute the cards to everyone in your family, neighborhood and where you work. Next could be a simple brochure that you can design on your home computer with three really good pet images plus a simple price list and contact information. Also, if you can provide specialized greeting cards etc, that custom service should be explained, but not priced. Note that free quotes are available. This same information could appear on a post card and be mailed to pet owners. Finally, you might design a home page on the internet with several pet photos, price lists, contact information etc. However, do not depend for the internet to bring in your neighborhood business. But if you advertise your internet address on business cards and brochures, the internet site can certainly promote your business with your neighbors. Props can be used to enhance pet photos. For instance a large male dog might look great in a bow tie for a photo to be used as an invitation to a party. A cat with a champagne glass filled with milk could could be an invitation to drop in for drinks. And so it goes. Once you use a few props, an avalanche of ideas will begin to form. In the beginning, pricing should be very reasonable. Remember, you are expanding or building a new business. It’s important to get your name out, have a great portfolio of pet photos and cover your costs up front if possible. Profits will come in due time so do not be discouraged if you can break even for a few months. On another note take into consideration that many people who appear to own pets are actually in business. They may be breeders, trainers or simply provide foster homes for pets. Their need for photos may far exceed the average pet owners. That group could be a goal for further expansion in your pet photography business. Few industries grow at more than $1 billion per year and those that do usually cannot be accessed by the freelance photographer. With the enormous growth of the pet industry, there is certainly a niche for the skillful, aggressive pet photographer. Ω Today's Photographer International 23 ON ASSIGNMENT: AROUND THE WORLD JETHRO TULL AT FOXWOODS CASINO. A GREAT VENUE TO VIEW AND PHOTOGRAPH A CONCERT . T HE VANTAGE POINT AT STAGE LEFT IS IDEAL . ©2002 Donald Smith IFPO, Attleboro, Massachusetts. THE 4TH MISS UNIVERSE 2002 OXANA FEDOROVA (MISS RUSSIA) IS CROWNED BY DENISE QUINONES, MISS UNIVERSE 2002, AT THE ROBERTO CLEMENTE COLISEUM IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. ©2002 BY JAVIER RIVERA SANCHEZ IFPO. OF JULY IN MOSCOW By the initiative of the American Chamber of Commerce about 9 thousand Americans and the employees of companies with relatives and friends celebrate at the old estate of Kuskovo. Traditional American and European dishes were served in many cafes under the open sky. The culmination of the festival were the fireworks by the pond. Translation of excerpts from Prazdnik Magazine by Val Ratner IFPO, Maspeth, New York. THE STARS AND STRIPES COMPETITION THE BIGGEST COMMOTION AMONGST THE HOLIDAY GUESTS WAS THE HUGE USA FLAG CAKE, THREE DAYS IN THE MAKING, FOR THE “FASTEST CAKE EATER” COMPETITION ORGANIZERS PROVIDED MANY ENTERTAINING ACTIVITIES: PERFORMANCES BY CLOWNS, TRAMPOLINES FOR CHILDREN, BALLOONS, MINI-GOLF... 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I advertise by passing out business cards and placing small, low cost ads in the local weekly paper. I am amazed at the number of customers I attract who are willing to pay top dollar for my work. I think that is because I am flexible enough to take the assignments that studios often pass up. I did a 50th Wedding Anniversary party last year and, even to my surprise, sold every single picture from that event. My profit was almost three times what I had expected. The A POPULAR SHOT THAT people at the party loved it because I mingled ALWAYS SELLS ... TRY IT! LEGAL PHOTOGRAPHY PAYS VERY WELL Since I have been a member if IFPO, I have enjoyed immensely the articles in the magazine and benefited greatly. I have also benefited from the instructional and professional material (business forms, business cards etc) that is offered. The majority of my photo work is in the field of legal work. I work for law firms that specialize in accident, injury and medical malpractice cases. I photograph the injuries of the victims of these calamities. The law firms use the photos in their pursuant legal capacity. There is a tremendous market in this area of photography -26 Today's Photographer International with the crowd taking all types of unstaged shots. That turned out to be the key to my success for that event. I recently tested a new line of photography -- pet glamour shots! My wife and I used our two Shetland Sheepdogs for test purposes and received enough positive feedback to add it as a specialty. The bottom line is that there is a wide open market for good on-location photography. Make your IFPO credentials work for you and use the IFPO programs to guide you. Then have fun making good money either part-time or full-time. Ω if you have the stomach for it. I acquired this position through a connection of friends. When my first prints were delivered to the representing attorney, he was so impressed that he gave my name to other law firms in the area. As a result I am now engaged in legal photography almost full time. And the pay is excellent. IFPO has been a valuable asset to my photo earning capacity over the past 13 years. It has provided me with the technical aspects needed to be successful - from the business end to photographic technique. I look forward to many more years. Max M. Sundol IFPO, Dunkirk, New York. FOR YOUR INFORMATION I have been associated with photography for over 60 years as a one time member of the New Jersey State Guard, U. S. Navy, U. S. Maritime Service, U. S. Army (Retired) and Professional Photographer of America, Inc. My cameras have recorded American Presidents, Kings, Queens, movie stars, concerts, sport events, breaking news, and world wide photography. The list is much too long. IFPO is just what all photographers need regardless of whether they are an amateur or a professional. Tony Petrello IFPO, Murrieta, California. www.ifpo.net A U G U S T 2 0 0 2 PHOTO CONTEST THEME:ALL SUBJECTS The Flute Player Winner Minolta 800si, 28-70 Sigma Lens, Kodachr ome 200 ©2002 Stanley C. Diamond Philadelphia, Pennsylvania More Winners on page 36 E d i t o r ’ s Sweepstakes Sweepstakes ENTRY CHECKLIST ❏ ❏ USE THIS FORM to submit ARTICLES, PHOTOS, and TIPS to be considered for publication in Today's Photographer. WHEN YOU USE THIS FORM and follow these guidelines you could be selected to WIN the Editor's GRAND PRIZE of $500.00! LOOK AT THE MAGAZINE!! When you look at examples of what is actually published in the magazine, it's like looking at the test answers before taking the test!! HOW TO SUCCEED is what we are all about! How to make money, gain access and get published. How did you get the celebrity to let you get the picture. How did you get the model to pose for you. What surprise barriers were you able to overcome? How did you get those death defying pictures right from your car window? INSPIRATION is the word our readers use most to describe the magazine and it's content! Have you had some success with your camera or an idea that would inspire others? SELDOM SHOOTERS: So you only picked up your camera once or twice in the past few years, shot a lot of film for an afternoon or a week, then let it get away from you. What was so important that caused you to pick your camera up? Family reunion? Your kid's big soccer game? Beach trip of a lifetime? Favorite group finally came to town in concert? House down the street caught fire? 2 weeks in Yellowstone? Big celebration at work? DIFFERENT DRUMMERS: Maybe you have a story with a different slant — enter it. You may inspire us to expand our editorial range. Enter the Editor’s Sweepstakes even if you have never made a submission before. The sweepstakes is another way for us to reward our readers who share a special bond in their passion for succeeding as photographers ... and making money. Again, our resolution is to support that effort in every issue and to make sure that Today’s Photographer “works” for you. www.ifpo.net IFPO Member# _____________ ❏ ❏ ❏ A photo of YOURSELF (suggestions: with your camera, at the scene, with someone important, etc.). A typed or clearly hand-printed copy of your Article, Sidetrip, Success Story or Tech Tip. Text files on 1.4 MB floppies are great (PC or MAC). PRINTS or TRANSPARENCIES that illustrate your story (COLOR or B/W) with captions and labels. A list of captions or titles for each photo. Tell us interesting things about yourself such as past awards, publishing accomplishments, hobbies, or even a funny story that would interest a reader. Do you shoot part time or full time? Name: ______________________________________________________________________________ this submission and make it AVAILABLE for publication and/or the Grand Prize in all future issues. ❏ Keep HAVE inclosed a RETURN MAILER with adequate POSTAGE. ❏ IPlease consider this submission for publication and/or the Grand Prize for the next ______ issues ONLY and return it to me. Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ City / State: _________________________________________________________________________ Zip Code/ Country ____________________________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________________ Fax: ____________________________________ Submission of your entry grants Today’s Photographer permission to publish your story or photos. signature ______________________________________________________ date _______________________________ Editor’s Sweepstakes, PO Box 777, Lewisville NC 27023-0777 Today's Photographer International 27 More CASH from Weddings Continued from page 21 shop. And if you are really smart, in the last forty years -- even for phoshoot any poses that are not satisfactoyou’ve convinced the shop to: tographers who do NOT use digital ry. Traditions change ... • use your photos for their newspaper cameras! Because digital scanners are Remember I also said times are advertising or promotional available to almost everyone, wedding changing? Some wedding photograbrochures (with photo credit of photographers who still rely on film phers who use digital cameras now course). believe that during the • refer their clients to you wedding festivities is the for all of their photogratime to sell pictures to phy needs. almost everyone present And you should be schedwhile they are full of uling weddings and collectexcitement -- and wine! ing booking fees. (Use WedEquipped with high resoluding Photography Job Contion printers on the scene, tracts, and refer to How they do a good business in Freelance Photography candids of families, the Really Works to make sure wedding party (especially you protect your interests as the child attendants) and a wedding photographer.) others. This sort of activity So the cash starts to roll in, MUST have the prior right? It will for sure but one approval of the bridal coumust continue to think outple. side the box if you hope to Another option is instead stay ahead of the competiof mixing sales inside the tion. You must constantly celebration, the photograexplore options beyond the pher casually shoots cannormal traditions. New ones dids of certain groups or are being established all the individuals who seem to be time. having a good time. He has For example, some brides an assistant set up nearby have started a new custom with printing capabilities that can increase the wedto produce the prints. The ding photographer’s income images are then displayed substantially. On the day of in an area near the exit the wedding the bride premost likely to be used by sents the groom with special the wedding guests. Print photo of herself as a token prices that can’t be refused L ORIE . P ERIOD G OWNS S ET THE S TAGE FOR N ON -T RADITIONAL of her love. This is often a to encourage sales. A large WEDDINGS AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF A TRADITIONAL GOWN. PHOTOS ©2003 DENNIS HODGES. romantic pose or a very perpercentage of the subjects sonal photo -- straight from are surprised to see their a studio or location shoot. A creative must contract the number of prints, photos on display and will joyfully image (don’t forget the soft lights and the type of albums etc. at the time of pay for them -- while they are still soft focus filters) for this purpose can the booking and collect a portion of celebrating. Again, permission must roll in another hundred dollars (or the fees up front. be granted by the bride and groom and even two hundred) over and above the On the positive side, digital photogthe facility. wedding photos. If your bridal client raphy has simplified the wedding The determining factor on which is doesn’t ask for it, suggest it! photography business and opened up best, film or digital, depends on the Digital photography must be considtotally new markets for those who photographer’s preference. Regardless ered in your mix of options for dare. With the right equipment you of the type of camera you use, there is expanding your wedding and other can print and show the proofs instanta tremendous amount of money to be photography business. It has influly. Some couples prefer to see the made in wedding photography -- espeenced the course of wedding photogproofs right after the ceremony (others cially if you dare -- in these changing raphy more than any other technology cringe), while there is still time to retimes. Ω 28 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net 3 Good Reasons to Become an .elite GLAMOUR magazine OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER 1. YOU GET THE PICTURES YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED FROM THE SUBJECTS YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO SHOOT. The credentials give you the confidence to shoot and gives your subjects the confidence in you. 2. YOU GET PUBLISHING CREDITS Cindy YOU NEED TO ENHANCE YOUR STATUS AND BUILD YOUR REPUTATION. You are encouraged (but not required) to submit photos of the discoveries you make using your GLAMOUR.elite magazine credentials. All of your submissions are entitled to review by the editorial staff and could be selected for publication in GLAMOUR.elite magazine. Each time one of your photos is selected for publication in GLAMOUR.elite, you will be issued a certificate of accomplishment indicating your name, the photo description and the GLAMOUR.elite issue date. Your collection of these certificates will further enhance your glamour photographer status. Each submitted photo must be accompanied by the GLAMOUR.elite submission form (comes with your kit) and a small service charge of $8.00 per photo to cover the cost of scanning your image for publication. The $8.00 fee is refunded if your photo is not selected for publication. 3. GUARANTEE YOUR SUBJECTS Jackie THAT THEY CAN GET PUBLISHED IN GLAMOUR.elite MAGAZINE. You may (but are not required) to turn your fascinating glamour hobby into cash. Each photo received with the "publication spotlight" form (in your kit) and fee of $19.00 gets published in the on-line edition of GLAMOUR.elite magazine. In operating your business, you are free to charge your subject an appropriate amount to take into account your own expenses, overhead and profit. Photos rejected by the editors for quality reasons will receive a full refund. GLAMOUR .elite magazine features both well known celebrities and "newly discovered" subjects. Find GLAMOUR.elite magazine at www.aipress.com/glamourelite GLAMOUR.elite Photos by Dennis Hodges, IFPO If you are an IFPO member, you can get on the GlamourElite magazine band wagon quickly and inexpensively by taking advantage of the GlamourElite BUNDLE GEXX!. You get the GE08A Passport, GE02B Full Badge Set and GEAV Internet Assignment Verification for ONLY $108.00 (a SAVING of $128.95). Proof of publication is also waived for this offer. Glamour Elite BUNDLE SPECIAL RICE BU N D L E P REG.PRICE SPECIAL $99.00 $20.00 $69.95 $39.00 $228.95 $9.00 GEXX-SPECIAL BUNDLE $236.95 $108.00 #GE08A GlamourElite Passport Application Fee #GE02B GlamourElite Badge Set #GEAV Assignment Verification Option (all items listed above) PLUS SHIPPING/HANDLING Total Amount Due $99.00 $9.00 OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER ORDER FORM Cat# Description ❏ GE02B Glamour.elite Full Badge Set ❏ GE08A GE02A (above) + 1 wallet I.D. Card, 3 I.D. tags with laminating jackets and leatherette straps. 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The rogram gives photographers three effective ways to make money immediately and get mmediate exposure for their newly discovred models: A PH WHAT IS MODEL CONSULTING? NEW DISCOVERIES A • Attract New Faces and Figures • Recruit Models For Money • Shoot Glamour Photos for Cash • Be Your Own Boss • Work at Your Own Pace • Make Money and Have Fun Your photo here. Certifies: BE YOUR OWN BOSS SHOOT GLAMOUR PHOTOS for CASH FULL TIME or PART TIME at HOME - STUDIO or ON-LOCATION or without a studio. Hundreds of models have been recruited over the years by IFPO member photographers. Consultants may experience dramatic increases in their incomes as a result of the IFPO New Discoveries program; first, by photographing aspiring new models’ portfolios, then by providing access to the IFPO New Discoveries internet site. Consultants who do not recruit models for IFPO are able to attract all the models they need for their other photography interests! AMATEUR MODELS Your Name, ID #99999 Top Notch Photos PO Box 777 Lewisville, NC 27023 New “amateur” models discovered by consultants have starred in major video productions, auditioned for prime time TV shows, and participated in fashion, photography, and honor an in I pledge to present each model able and professional manner. promotional assignments too numerous to ) signed ____( _____ ____________________ name. Many photographers have used Model ConMODEL CONSULTANT sulting as a springboard to launch successful www.ifpo.net/discoveries careers in model portfolio and video production businesses. Many consultants use the t o g r a - program to make it easy to attract models for phers to produce their portfolios in order that use in their other photography interests and they may promote themselves and pursue a never list their models on the IFPO New Discareer development program. IFPO serves coveries internet site. You can use the promore than 100,000 photographers and mod- gram to further any of your business or els in 131 countries around the world. hobby interests. ALL THE MODELS YOU NEED BENEFITS TO MODELS Hundreds of Consultants since 1984 have proven and refined the program. It works. Freelance photographers are natural “body hunters” in search of new images. Through Model Consulting, photographers can earn money while starting or developing their business in model portfolios or even starting a modeling agency. IFPO supplies you with eacy, complete, instructions to get started making money with The benefits afforded models through the IFPO New Discoveries Program are unique. The dues are only $40 for the first year and $30 for each year thereafter. For that the model receives a complete New Discoveries Kit with an Identification Card and Parchment Certificate. The model also receives a current issue of How to Become a Successful Model. Each model gets a free listing on the IFPO New Discoveries Internet site for freelance models: http://www.ifpo.net/discoveries Models who wish to have their photos published on the internet site may do so for additional fees which cover the cost of scanning and set up. Detailed information is in the Consultant’s New Discoveries Manual. Models may also be randomly selected as an Official New Discoveries Model. www.ifpo.net OG N N A AT IO N ERS • O R G AL • F R EE PH OT PH IZ AT IO N • IN T ER IFPO New Discoveries models annual dues are only $40. E A HOW TO MAKE MONEY NC R JOIN OR UPGRADE NOW... LA NEW DISCOVERIES www.ifpo.net/discoveries Your Name, ID #99999 Top Notch Photos PO Box 777 Lewisville, NC 27023 I pledge to present each model in an honorable and professional manner. ____________________ _________(signed) Your photo here. MODEL CONSULTANT ber New Discoveries are eager to have these photos taken and published! Model Portfolios Pay Big Bucks As an authorized IFPO New Discoveries IFPO Pays Directly To You: Model Consultant, you are in a perfect situ$20.00 for each New Discoveries model ation to capture and build on this business recruited! Payment is instant. You collect opportunity. A Consultant can easily gain the $40 dues for the first year and send only the confidence of the model with the offi$20 on to IFPO with the internet listing cial credentials to guide and direct the form. development of the model’s portfolio. $30.00 for each model RENEWAL! Each Consultants have developed “packages” time your model renews, you collect the for new discoveries that have sold for $30 renewal fee and send only $10 to IFPO between $75 and $400 per model. Consulwith renewal form! tants have reported income as high as $427 $$$$$ PLUS! You make even more the first week. money when your “discovered” models want their photo published on the New Dis- MODEL CONSULTING coveries internet site. You collect the SOLVES AN OLD PROBLEM money ($20 for one photo; $50 for three) Your New Discoveries Model Consultant and KEEP 50% for yourself! (See the OperMembership does NOT require you to ating Manual.) recruit a single model EVER! New Discoveries Models Pay You Directly: Many IFPO photographers join the ConIFPO suggests that each new model pro- sultant Program simply to solve the age old vide 1-3 photographs for publication on the problem of finding models for other aspects internet. Those photos should depict the of their photography work without spendmodel in the broadest possible range of ing an arm and a leg with a modeling poses and settings...portraits to full shots... agency and without potential models being location to studio...furs to figure. Remem- skeptical of the photographer’s intentions. The official, internationally recognized IFPO Credentials and the New Discoveries Model Consulting Program make it supereasy to approach and convince any potential model to work with you. EVERYTHING YOU NEED Consultants report that potential models are convinced instantly when you use the identification materials provided in your Model Consultant Enrollment Kit!. New model prospects recognize you as a professional and are eager to follow your guidance without question. “I’ve never found it so easy to attract models,” is the most common response from new consultants. Enrollment as a consultant gives you everything you need to make money the very first week. It includes setting up your account at IFPO, your New Discoveries Model Consultant I.D. Cards, Letter of Certification, Operating Instructions and a supply of the business forms needed to get you up and running. 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NC E • PH OTO G N N A AT IO N ERS • O R G AL • F R PH EE LA A IZ AT IO N • IN T ER www.ifpo.net to understand the business and its targeted ideas to expand her range to create an audience. Then you should talk with the appealing portfolio with real sales potenowners or managers to show the quality of tial. Then team up to take it to market! your work, a range of models available, Team effort between the model and ball park pricing and the scope of the pro- photographer is extremely important. Both ject. You should also provide references should be dedicated to the end product -from other jobs. Once you have their atten- the portfolio. It’s your only sales tool. The tion you should get permission to make a better it is, the more you have to sell. proposal especially designed to advertise My most successful projects have come their product or service. At this point you from working with a reliable model to go must be prepared to put together a first after a job and get it. If we succeed, we class proposal. split the money on a pre-arranged percentExperience as a Model Consultant can age agreement. This is a terrific arrangereally kick in for you in the freelance ment for both parties. Each one works advertising business. Models are practical- harder and takes on a pride of ownership ly always used to persuade the public to of the project. It also gets the model’s head buy, recognize or approve a product or ser- out of the clouds and down to the real vice. But while a model commands the business of being a model. And it keeps attention of the buyer, its the verbal or my head exactly where it should be -written word that makes the sale. So if you making money from my photography. Ω have great models and don’t understand ad copy, team up with someone who does. Working as a Model Consulwww.ifpo.net/discoveries tant can serve as the basis of a Yo ur Nam freelance ad business if you have e, ID #99999 Top Notch Photos a broad range of models and PO Box 777 Your portfolios. But whether you Lewisville, NC 27023 photo I pledge to present each intend to freelance in advertising model in an honorable and professional manner. here. or not you should always shoot a ____________________ _________(signed) full range of looks for each MODEL CONSULTANT model. Never limit the model’s look to her age or a particular category of modeling. Try new R Making some money with your camera is actually quite simple. However, when you decide to make a living from photography, you will need to move up to another level. You might consider starting a model consulting business or freelance in advertising. This is not as difficult as it sounds. If you have a camera, computer, a reasonable amount of determination and some good old fashion manners, you will soon get more jobs than you can handle alone. And as an IFPO member and Certified Model Consultant, you already have a great advantage -- an association that opens doors for you. In most states you cannot operate a school or modeling agency unless you are licensed. However, you can usually freelance in photography and advertising as you wish. You can always check with your Chamber of Commerce or State Attorney General’s Office before you advertise your services. To get started there are three good resources to get you moving. Your telephone directory yellow pages, local radio and TV station advertising. Your purpose is to learn what local businesses are advertising, then see if you can provide them better service at the same or even better price. A full advertising package at a reasonable rate appeals to most small business. 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I., Chief Moose, Maryland State Officials and others held daily news briefings in Rockville, Maryland. Photos ©2002 Dion P. Sparger very surprised and very grateful for that type of consideration. I later saw him at one of the press conferences and took the opportunity to thank him for his consideration and the information. But more important what I wanted was for him to be able to put my face with my name and to remember me for future reference. While covering a range of events, my experience with the media relations divisions in the D. C. Metropolitan Police Departments has always been positive. They have always shared any information they could. I try to attend the major news events when I can for two main reasons: 1) to get good photojournalistic shots, and 2) to keep my face before the police and members of the media. Usually, I try to get to press conferences early, even though they usually start later than scheduled. Once I have been screened by a police officer and given access to the restricted area, I use this time to walk around and look over the area for good vantage points. A key goal of mine is to talk with those police officers who are handling security, especially the ones who are in charge of screening members of the press for access. I introduce myself and tell them the organization I repre40 Today's Photographer International sent. I may engage them in light conversation but, being careful not to impede them from doing their job. I want my face, name and mode of conduct to be ‘burned into their memory’ for the next time I need to attend a news event in their jurisdiction. Police officers are highly-trained professionals. Part of their job is to remember faces and names and that works in my favor. For example, I attended two news events in the same police jurisdiction four months or so apart. The first was an Amtrak train wreck, the second was one of the press conferences during the sniper investigation. By coincidence, the same police officer was providing security at both events and remembered me. But he still did his job and thoroughly checked my credentials. I also try to talk with other photographers and TV camera personnel at these events to get additional information and to have them remember me as well. You never know when it may be helpful to have a member of the media vouch for you should the occasion ever arise. There is a sort of standard format for news conferences. Usually a police officer or other official will come out to the podium and give the press the two-minute warning. This lets everyone know they are about to start and the network camera crews can prepare to go live. At the Sniper Press Conferences, because of the tight security, it was difficult to get a good camera shot. The network TV cameras are always given the prime spots so I had to shoot from the side or from a vantage point between and behind the TV cameras using a longer focal length lens. Kneeling below the TV cameras in the front row is an option, but the news reporters are camped out there so they can ask questions. I try to find some harmony between getting the best shot available from the spots I can find without infringing on the other photographers and cameramen. At all times I keep a good balance of being professional and courteous but also being aggressive in getting the type of photojournalistic images that are needed to make a good presentation. My American Image Gold Press Credentials are priceless. Without them I could not have gained access to these events. I also believe that a familiar face at the scene is also invaluable. Both are entwined in my success and inseparable for me. Ω www.ifpo.net NEW! Badge ID Homeland Def ender Program Times have changed for everyone since 9-11. Even more for IFPO photographers who have to pass through almost insurmountable security checkpoints to get those MUST HAVE pictures. It is the job of IFPO to equip its members with the door opening tools to get each job done quickly and safely. In this new high security environment, the Home land Defender credentials will do the job for you. Wallet I.D. The Homeland Defender program provides tough credentials for tough times. Don’t be without them when you approach your next high security check point. The Homeland Defender program will publish information for the benefit of photographers everywhere. The Do’s and Don’ts of Foreign Travel Photography are already in print. Such subjects would naturally attract other valuable topics. PLUS Passport ID EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ASSEMBLE The Homeland Defender program will draw from the vast backgrounds of experience, education and AND USE (AFTER PLAC- training of current IFPO members to get this important service up and running NOW. ING YOUR PHOTO) You will get: 3. INSTANT VERIFICATION: 1. TOUGH Credentials for TOUGH Times: The complete bundle of Homeland Defender credentials confirm that you are ON OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT for American Image Press. Press Officials can check you out using your unique Assignment Verification Code by phone or fax during business hours -- on the internet 24-7. 4. MORE PUBLISHING OPTIONS: 2. BACK-UP AND SUPPORT IN WRITING: The Homeland Defender program will offer IFPO members another outlet for their photos as well as publishing opportunities from their other fields of expertise. Officials who want an editor’s letter of assignment for a specific event can get it. This support is easy to use with request sheets and a telephone help number. YES. YES Sign me up as a Homeland Def ender Cat# 5 Digit IFPO Member# ____________________ or enclose dues (see page 17) name ___________________________________________________________________ address _________________________________________________________________ city/st/zip ________________________________________________________________ phone/fax ________________________________________________________________ email/U.R.L. ____________________________________________________________________ ISSUING INFORMATION: Nationality: ___________________________________________________ Sex: ________________________________________________________ Place of birth: __________________________________________________ Date of birth: __________________________________________________ CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: (see ratings opposite page) Check correct box and name publication(s) where your photos appeared. 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It was in coming to Israel in 1990 that my interest in political demonstrations and public events events really took off. I now have a collection of forty pictures of political happenings around Tel Aviv on display at Moshe Taub’s studio. (He’s an IFPO member who has helped me immensely, and chairs the Camera Club in Tel Aviv.) The same collection will later be shown in North Tel Aviv. UP CLOSE ... GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION LEADER YOSSI SARID AT A PEACE RALLY Macintosh .eps file on 1.44MB IBM Compatible Floppy! MACINTOSH ONLY! TEL AVIV NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE NUMBER IFPO Seal On Disk!! Item# D7049, $19.95 OF WAS MISSING ... Jeremy Duke-Cohan DD101 $9.95 6,830 Book Publishers DD102 $19.95 19,745 Newspaper Publishers DD103 $19.95 10,400 Magazine Publishers DD104 $9.95 1,299 Poster Publishers DD105 $9.95 382 Post Card Publishers DD10X $49.95 DD101-DD105 Bundle DD99X - $129.95 (All 15 Disks above) STREETS LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT PUBLISHERS FREELANCE BUNDLE! THE By Jeremy Duke-Cohan IFPO, Holan, Israel THE IFPO PRESS Freelance Photographers DD301 $19.95 16,808 Advertising Agencies DD302 $9.95 1,894 Modeling Agencies DD303 $9.95 909 Modeling Schools DD30X $29.95 DD301-DD303 Bundle COVERING CARD COMMANDS A 100,701 Contacts for AGENCIES Around the World ©2002 Jeremy Duke-Cohan IFPO The current political situation in Israel and the Middle East has made it increasingly difficult to get my camera on the scene. Slowly and surely the Intafada made security a real big issue - until I joined IFPO earlier this year. Using the IFPO Press Credentials I have covered prominent members of the Meretz and Labor Parties as well as breaking news events. Having the IFPO press card commands a level of respect that was missing -although I did not notice it until I had the card for inspection by security personnel. And other photographers give a little more space instead of trying to take over and generally get in the way of a ‘non-card’ holder trying to cover an event. Ω www.ifpo.net 2 0 0 2 M O N T H LY C O N T E S T W I N N E R S OCTOBER WINNER: ALL SUBJECTS ALINA - SWEET SIXTEEN. Photo © 2002 by Lyudmila Fedossov IFPO, Skokie, Illinois . N90s, Travelite Studio Lamp. Nikkor 80200 lens. APRIL WINNER: ANYTHING GOES UTAH FARM LAND. Photo © 2002 by John M. Evans IFPO, Lake Jackson, Texas. Canon A-1. MAY CERTIFICATE WINNER THINGS WITH WHEELS T-MODEL WHEELS. Photo © 2002 by George W. Cotter IFPO, Seymour, Tennessee. Nilon FG 28-200 zoom. F5.6 /125. KG 400. JUNE CERTIFICATE WINNER BLOSSOMS AND BLOOMS CLOUD FORREST BLOOM. Photo © 2002 by Barry W. Myers IFPO, Ransom Canyon, Texas. Canon EOS-IV MORE WINNERS PAGE 55 www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 43 introducing: IFPO Member "MAX-SET MAX-SET" IMUM . . . . MAX . Y T I L I B IMUM X CREDI A M . . . . ..... IMUM X TRUST . . A M . . . . . 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FREELANCE • PHOTO CE GR AN RS • ORGA HE NI AP _______________________________________________________________________________ ORDER any 1 set for:. . . . . . $39.95 +shipping any 2 sets for: . . . . . $59.95 +shipping any 3 sets for: . . . . . $69.95 +shipping any 6 sets for . . . . . $99.95 +shipping RS • ORGA HE NI AP Line 4 Member# 87244 • PHOTO CE GR AN International Freelance IFPO Photographers Organization BEARER CERTIFICATE N TIO ZA OTHER (SPECIFY) 1-800-654-9557 or fax 1-800-283-5989 FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER IFPO Order Dept., PO Box 777, Lewisville NC 27023-0777 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net How to Make Your First Assignment -- the Best By Gary Daniel IFPO, Bartlett, Tennessee MY INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY STARTED WHEN I WAS 17. I AM NOW 42. IT HAS TAKEN ME MOST OF THESE YEARS TO AFFORD SOME DECENT EQUIPMENT AND EVEN LONGER TO FIND I have had the desire to express myself through photography since I visited Nashville Tech more than twenty years ago and saw photographs that the students had taken for a project. It was much later when I invested in my first camera, a Yashica FX3 2000 with a Carl Zeiss 50mm 1.7 lens. I spent a year experimenting and learning with it before I decided to get a more automatic camera. Wanting something basic, I chose the Minolta Maxxum 5 with a 50mm 1.7 autofocus lens and a Sigma 100-300 4.5 to 6.7 zoom lens. After spending another year with this set-up, I learned about IFPO and joined. I was excited and ready to cover my first NBA basketball game only to learn from the Memphis Grizzlies public relations office that they do not allow freelance photographers to cover their games. I was really disappointed until I read about the Gold Press Program in Today’s IFPO. Gary Daniel. Photographer Magazine. I joined the program and sent in my letter of assignment to cover the Memphis Grizzlies versus the LA Lakers game at the Pyramid Arena. I was approved! I was very excited and began to prepare for the game. First I bought some 1600 speed Fuji film, then I reviewed the Photographer’s Code of Ethics from the Gold Press Program. I also kept in mind much of what I had learned in Today’s Photographer Magazine. When I arrived at the game I introduced myself to the Media Director and learned that I had access to the locker rooms before and after the game as well as the coaches’ press conference after the game. I met Isaac Hayes who sang the National Anthem at the opening of the game and found myself standing next to Phil Jackson while he was being interviewed by news groups from around the country. After I left the game, the police stopped traffic for me as I left the the media parking lot. This was a night I will never forget. I owe it all to the Gold Press Program and IFPO. I am confident now that I can cover the kind of events in the future that I had only dreamed about in the past. Ω LOS ANGELES LAKERS’ SHAQUILLE O’NEAL TAKES THE REBOUND FROM MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES’ SHANE BATTIER IN THE NBA GAME AT THE PYRAMID ARENA IN MEMPHIS. Photo by Gary Daniel IFPO, Bartlett, Tennessee. 2002 Contest Winners August Certificate Winner Spokes of Time Cinderella Morff, Lohman, Missouri Honorable Mentions Inside Ellis Island 1 Edgardo Cardinal, North Bergen, New Jersey The Spring Flowers Craig Rubin,Lincoln Park, Michigan Constructing the Leonard Zakin Bridge Elizabeth Della Piana, Winchester, Mass. September Honorable Mentions Strolling the Beach Claudia Murray, Jamestown, NC www.ifpo.net continued from page 37 October Honorable Mentions Dream Lyudmila Fedossov, Skokie, Illinois Pretty Woman 6 Carleen Bragg, Chicago, Illinois Swimsuit Glamour by Little Miss Claudia Murray, Jamestown, NC November Honorable Mentions Sawston High Street Dawn Burns, Riverside, California Wyoming Fireman Respond to Disaster Drill Arlo Abrahamson, San Diego, California December Certificate Winners A Beautiful Ending Claudia Murray, Jamestown, NC Peacock Malcolm G. Smith, Westborough, Mass. Honorable Mentions Alexandra Dean Sfikas, Port St. Lucie, Florida My Girl Andre’ Amory, Sandys, MA02, Bermuda Ω MONTHLY WINNERS BEGIN ON PAGE 27 Today's Photographer International 45 RS • ORGA HE NI AP NAL • FRE TIO EL NA • PHOTO CE GR AN IFPO IFPO MEMBERSHIP UPGRADE NOTICE N TIO ZA • INT ER Your Membership I.D. May become Obsolete! 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Learn how and why models will pay you to shoot them. You will find ways to meet beautiful - prospective models. You will learn to shoot figure portfolios plus backgrounds and unusual ways to get the model to interact with a background. Learn 35 shooting locations that are available to anyone. Find proven methods to gain the model’s confidence. You will learn the secrets and value of interviewing your model to planning an exciting portfolio with her. Pricing guides are accompanied by five complete sample Portfolio Packages. Tips for equipment, lighting, props and tips plus checklists, invoice and interview forms, business forms/contracts for all your needs, stunning sample composite and when to use it. HOW TO START Your Own MODEL PORTFOLIO Business ok, age bo 125 p , A 5 0 101 5 $24.9 #2 #205A MODEL Complete range of poses including sitting, kneeling, standing and walking. You and your model can execute every one of these poses without a single prop or piece of furniture. 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Each photo submitted will be published in Today's Photographer magazine on-line or subscriber edition. A handsome 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch "Certificate of Publication Award" will be issued for each qaulifying photo. To qualify: ❏ Include your Member#, name, address with each photo. ❏ Give each photo a name, title or caption. Technical info is helpful. ❏ Each photo can be a color or B/W print or transparency. No prints larger than 8.5 x 11 inches. ❏ A $15 service fee is required for each photo to cover the cost of scanning for publication. Photos to be returned to the member must be accompanied by a suitable photo mailer with sufficient postage. f Publication Certificate o ward icture A P John C. Smith, Jr. 97 mber 01, 19ont Date: Dece Publication Title: Savannah Riverfr e ur Pict ckburn Annette B. Bla om Today's www.aipress.c Photographer, editor Photographer AY'S TOD TODAY'S THE PROVEN magazine FREELANCING BRIDGE TO please copy as many of these forms as you need PICTURE AWARD FORM PICTURE AWARD FORM Name, member# _____________________________________________ Name, member# _____________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City/State/Zip________________________________________________ City/State/Zip________________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ Date:_________________________PHOTO #________ OF __________ Date:_________________________PHOTO #________ OF __________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The photographs submitted are my own, and I hereby give permission to Today's Photographer to reproduce them. I agree that Today's Photographer bears no responsibility for entries without the service fee or return mailer with postage. Model releases must be included where applicable. The photographs submitted are my own, and I hereby give permission to Today's Photographer to reproduce them. I agree that Today's Photographer bears no responsibility for entries without the service fee or return mailer with postage. Model releases must be included where applicable. $15 SERVICE FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! ❏ Check, ❏ Money Order, $15 SERVICE FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! ❏ Check, ❏ Money Order, ❏ Cash, ❏ Credit Card# ___________________________exp date ________ ❏ Cash, ❏ Credit Card# ___________________________exp date ________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ MAIL PHOTOS TO: PICTURE AWARDS (IFPO) PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 MAIL PHOTOS TO: PICTURE AWARD FORM PICTURE AWARDS (IFPO) PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 PICTURE AWARD FORM Name, member# _____________________________________________ Name, member# _____________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ Address ____________________________________________________ City/State/Zip________________________________________________ City/State/Zip________________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ Date:_________________________PHOTO #________ OF __________ Date:_________________________PHOTO #________ OF __________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The photographs submitted are my own, and I hereby give permission to Today's Photographer to reproduce them. 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Model releases must be included where applicable. $15 SERVICE FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! ❏ Check, ❏ Money Order, $15 SERVICE FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! ❏ Check, ❏ Money Order, ❏ Cash, ❏ Credit Card# ___________________________exp date ________ ❏ Cash, ❏ Credit Card# ___________________________exp date ________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ MAIL PHOTOS TO: 50 PICTURE AWARDS (IFPO) PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 Today's Photographer International MAIL PHOTOS TO: PICTURE AWARDS (IFPO) PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 www.ifpo.net WEDDING Paul Thompson is a Master Craftsman Photographer awarded from The Professional Photographers of America for photographic excellence. He was featured in two Kodak video taped productions that were sold worldwide. 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ORDER TOLL FREE 24 hours 7 days 1-800-654-9557 www.ifpo.net Vol. 2 (45 Min.) Includes: ORDER FORM on page 47 Today's Photographer International 51 IFPO FLEX SYSTEM NOW in Color ALL 8 SETS only $49.95 International Freelance Photographers Organization TOGRAP HO WHAT’S NEW!! IFPO Your Personal Name Studio or Business Name (optional) Street Address or PO Box City, State (prov) Zip (country) Phone and/or fax number and/or email since 1984 ELANCE P RE 1. NEW: Design and color cards in specialty sets. 2. NEW: We’ve unbundled the 48 card set so you can choose only the sets you need and slashed the “prices” drastically. Buy the first set or cards complete with wallet and badge holder for $24.95; add two additional sets of cards for only $10 more for a total of $34.95. 3 NEW: The “badge holder” option allows you to use your I.D. cards as a Badge. 4. 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Add $9 S & H . . . . . . . 52 O ce sin 84 19 n International o Freelance Photographers Organization 2000 og r a p INTERN IFP gr oto Ph nce a l e Fre NAL FR TIO E Your Personal Name In te rn aor Studio Name (optional) ti oBusiness n a lorFPO Box Street Address re e la City, State (prov) Zip (country) nce h o to Phone and/or fax number and/orPemail TIONAL F NA RS INTER HE Identification # 99999 12/31/98 ISSUED E ✰✰ SERVIC RATING 4. We’ve kept the leather Presentation Case with the Gold Embossed Seal exactly the same! So if you have ordered the ISSUED 12/31/98 original FLEX system in the past, you don’t have to buy the SERVICE ✰✰✰ RATING leather I.D. Presentation Case again. 5. We’ve kept the “Gold Seal of Achievement” that slides into the upper part of the Presentation Case exactly the same! If you already have it, you don’t need to replace it. 6. 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Tornado YOUR PHOTO HERE YOUR PHOT HER ELANCE P RE YOUR PHOTO HERE IONAL AT F N RS INTER HE a ti o n In te r n OGRAPHE OT MEMBER GRADE TOGRAP HO ✰✰✰ SERVICE RATING CLASS LIFETIME ELANCE P RE ISSUED 12/31/98 ANCE PH EL YOUR PHOTO HERE IONAL AT F N RS INTER HE Identification # 99999 Clearly print the personalized information you desire for the cards. . complete IFPO Programs and Catalog ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days www.ifpo.net 1-800-654-9557 ORDER FORM on page 47 since 1984 ELANCE P RE CONCER T signature CLASS LIFETIME ✰✰✰ SERVICE RATING ONE Set of cards plus wallet and badge holder #755B-1 IFPO Your Personal Name Studio or Business Name (optional) Street Address or PO Box City, State (prov) Zip (country) Phone and/or fax number and/or email ISSUED 12/31/98 $24.95 TOGRAP HO RS INTER HE Identification # 99999 YOUR PHOTO HERE IONAL AT F N N G I S E D W E N International Freelance Photographers Organization MEMBER GRADE AA P hotographer Entertainment set#752G 1. Concert 2. Country Music 3. 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Clearly print the personalized information desired for the cards. 5 Digit IFPO Member #___________ or enclose dues. _____________________________________________ name _____________________________________________ (optional) business name _____________________________________________ address _____________________________________________ city/st/zip _____________________________________________ phone FAX _____________________________________________ email URL Use your Check, Money Order, OR Credit Card as follows: expiration date Visa/MasterCard/American Express/Optima Card # ______________________________________________________ signed date MAIL THIS COUPON TO: IFPO ORDER DEPT. PO BOX 777, Lewisville, NC 27023-0777 47 1-800-654-9557 complete IFPO Programs and Catalog www.ifpo.net 53 MONTHLY PHOTO CONTEST Winners Every Month! S $1000 CASH PRIZE * Entries must be postmarked by the last day of each contest month.Late entries will be judged in the following month. HOW TO ENTER *The Annual Grand Prize winner will receive $400 in cash and be published in Today’s Photographer magazine. Each MONTHLY WINNER will receive $50 in cash. Winners and honorable mentions will be announced. All monthly winners and honorable mentions will become eligible to compete for the Grand Prize. MONTH CONTEST RULES: 1. $5 ENTRY FEE for EACH photo entered must be included. 2. ENTRY FORM (or the same information) must accompany each entry. 3. PRINTS or SLIDES: (color or B/W) not larger than 8.5 x 11 inches. Do not submit original negatives Please title, caption and give technical data if possible. 4. INCLUDE RETURN photo mailer with correct postage if you want your entries returned. JANUARY CONTEST . . . . ANYTHING OUTDOORS FEBRUARY CONTEST . . . PEOPLE UP CLOSE MARCH CONTEST . . . . . . ANYTHING GOES (ALL SUBJECTS) APRIL CONTEST . . . . . . . FLOWERS UP CLOSE MAY CONTEST. . . . . . . . . YOUR BEST SHOT: ALL SUBJECTS JUNE CONTEST . . . . . . . . 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I agree that Today's Photographer bears no responsibility for entries without the service fee or return mailer with postage. Model releases must be included where applicable. ❏ $5 ENTRY FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! Please enter them in the regular MONTHLY CONTEST AWARDS ONLY! ❏ Also consider this photo for the Picture Award Program I ENCLOSE an additional $15 for EACH PHOTO. (see page 50) ❏ Check/M.O./Cash, ❏ Card# ______________________exp date __________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ MAIL PHOTOS TO: CONTEST ENTRY FORM Name, member# _____________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ ENTRY MONTH:__________________ENTRY THEME ______________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The photographs submitted are my own, and I hereby give permission to Today's Photographer to reproduce them. I agree that Today's Photographer bears no responsibility for entries without the service fee or return mailer with postage. Model releases must be included where applicable. ❏ $5 ENTRY FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! Please enter them in the regular MONTHLY CONTEST AWARDS ONLY! ❏ Also consider this photo for the Picture Award Program I ENCLOSE an additional $15 for EACH PHOTO. (see page 50) ❏ Check/M.O./Cash, ❏ Card# ______________________exp date __________ signature __________________________________________________________________________ MAIL PHOTOS TO: 54 PHOTO CONTEST PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 Today's Photographer International CONTEST ENTRY Address ____________________________________________________ City/State/Zip________________________________________________ Phone or fax ________________________________________________ ENTRY MONTH:__________________ENTRY THEME ______________ Title (opt):___________________________________________________ Technical info (opt): __________________________________________ ______________________________________________ The photographs submitted are my own, and I hereby give permission to Today's Photographer to reproduce them. I agree that Today's Photographer bears no responsibility for entries without the service fee or return mailer with postage. Model releases must be included where applicable. ❏ $5 ENTRY FEE ENCLOSED for EACH PHOTO! Please enter them in the regular MONTHLY CONTEST AWARDS ONLY! ❏ Also consider this photo for the Picture Award Program I ENCLOSE an additional $15 for EACH PHOTO. (see page 50) ❏ Check/M.O./Cash, ❏ Card# ______________________exp date please copy as many of these forms as you need City/State/Zip________________________________________________ PHOTO CONTEST PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 Name, member# _____________________________________________ please copy as many of these forms as you need Address ____________________________________________________ please copy as many of these forms as you need MONTHLY WINNERS will be judged for content and quality by a panel of Today’s Photographer editors and art directors. All decisions will be final. Monthly winners are eligible for the Grand Prize. GRAND PRIZE WINNERS for each annual Contest will be announced on March 15, of the following year and will be published in Today’s Photographer. For example, the 2002 Contest winners will be announced March 15, 2003. Monthly winners will be announced in each issue during the year. ENTRIES FOR the Annual Grand Prize must be postmarked no later than December 31st of the contest year. Returns: Pictures should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed return mailer. OR a $7 return shipping/handling fee. Because we know your photos are important to you, every effort within reason will be made to return the photographs. However, Today’s Photographer will not be responsible for any damaged or lost submissions. Entries received without a return mailer plus adequate postage OR a $7 return handling fee WILL NOT be returned. Model releases must be included and signed if applicable. All entries are eligible for publication in Today’s Photographer Entry Fees are non-refundable. Photos without entry fees or return postage and packaging become will not be returned. CONTEST THEME signature __________________________________________________________________________ MAIL PHOTOS TO: PHOTO CONTEST PO Box 777 Lewisville NC 27023-0777 www.ifpo.net 2 0 0 2 M O N T H LY CONTEST WINNERS DECEMBER WINNER: ANYTHING GOES (ALL SUBJECTS) SEPTEMBER CERTIFICATE WINNER: BEACHES • MOUNTAINS • DESERTS MONUMENT VALLEY AT SUNSET. Photo © 2002 by Sean Rice IFPO, Coulee Dam, Washington. Contax RTS-3, Zeiss 28-85mm zoom. WINE GLASSES. Photo © 2002 by Joshua S. Fraser, Santa Barbara, California. Epson 1280 print. Premium Glossy Epson Photo Paper from a 4 x 5 transparency (Fuji Provia 100) scanned on polaroid shot in studio with strobes. JUNE WINNER. ANYTHING GOES (ALL SUBJECTS) TOUGH TO TACKLE. Photo © 2002 by Ronald Pradetto IFPO, Jacobsburg, Ohio. Canon EOS. Sigma 70-200 F2.8 lens. 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PO Box 2258 • Wichita, KS 67201 (316)682-5511 or FAX 1-800-242-9312 Continued on page 59 Today's Photographer International 57 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING • PHOTO CE GR AN NAL • FRE TIO EL NA IFPO DISTRIB UTOR RS • ORGA HE NI AP YOU CAN BE AN IFPO THE ADVANTAGE HOW IT WORKS WHY YOU? An IFPO Distributorship is an exceptional opportunity for IFPO members to achieve success and make money by taking advantage of the millions of dollars and 15 years of research that have gone into developing the IFPO / Today's Photographer Magazine Concept. The modest distributor's fee gives you the value of MILLIONS of dollars that have been invested in 15 years of advertising IFPO’s dependability, quality and services. Today's Photographer Magazine and its associated products gets more exposure than any other photography magazine. It is advertised regularly in display space advertising in Popular Photography, Photographic, Outdoor Photographer, American Photographer and Shutterbug. As a distributor, you get the direct benefit of this advertising. Today's Photographer is sold on Newsstands throughout the United States, Canada, and around the world. IFPO is recognized in more than 140 countries on all continents of the world and has more than 67,000 members. Today's Photographer Magazine is currently being distributed to more than 80,000 photography enthusiasts 4 times a year. Typically, distributorships or franchises that give a distributor this kind of exposure, promotion and value are priced from $10,000.00 to $150,000.00. 1. DISTRIBUTOR DISCOUNT: You are entitled to order products and services from a current issue of Today's Photographer at a only 50% of the listed standard price. For example: multiply list prices by 0.5 (a $68 membership would be $34.00). Half of $39.95 for example, would be $19.98 (rounded off to the nearest cent). •You may wish to purchase many IFPO programs or services for yourself. A distributorship will save you 50%. •You can reap the profits from more than 2.5 million dollars already spent on advertising in all the major photography and video magazines. Let these IFPO advertising dollars work for you and your business by building name recognition for the IFPO products and programs that you sell. •You can offer IFPO products and programs to your clients without spending a penny for market research or product development. IFPO is constantly upgrading its products and services to maintain its leadership position in the international marketplace. •You can guarantee satisfaction for each product and program you offer. That customer satisfaction is backed up by IFPO and is a vital part of the IFPO success story. _________________ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: http://www.ifpo.net/dfaq MAKE MONEY: •A distributor could sell only 2 videos a week and net up to $2000.00 a year. He could build his business up to 200 videos a week and be pulling in potentially $200,000.00 per year. •A distributor could set up a network of 100 Model Consultants "talent scouts" in an area. He would make nearly $15,000 just on the model consultant kits and IFPO memberships, then would make more on the videos, forms, books and other items that consultants frequently buy. •A distributor could sell to schools and educational institutions. IFPO's instructional videos are very popular with schools of all kinds (Junior Highs, High Schools, Colleges, Trade Schools, etc.). Schools typically purchase in larger quantities, often 10 to 20 videos at a time. Currently, about 100 schools are purchasing from IFPO. There are tens of thousands more in this country alone. •Recreational groups sponsored by government or other non-profit groups. For example, Military bases have recreational programs that include selfhelp and how-to programs on video. Currently, IFPO does a brisk business with military base purchase orders from only a few bases. •Many other groups sponsor recreational programs that would be very interested in photography instructional videos. Groups plan trips. Vacationers use cameras and camcorders. •Photographer's swap meets or flee markets are ideal places to set a booth and market IFPO products. In these situations, having merchandise to sell (like videos) is a plus. But if you don't have the merchandise, be sure to get the name, address, and phone number of each person that stops by your booth. Each one is a prospective customer for the future. If you run out of copies of Today's • INT ER •You can start a new business and coast in the wake of the IFPO flagship. Let its research, product development, name recognition and dollars spent on advertising make money for you. Let IFPO's rapid success plan turn into financial growth for you. 3. EXCLUSIONS: You CANNOT apply your distributor's discount to: USA or Foreign shipping • Workshop programs • Quantity discount packages such as 3R0X, 3VVX, item numbers containing “X”, or special offers with expiration dates • Classified and display a dvertising • Items in out-ofdate issues may no longer be valid • Items not sold by IFPO/American Image are excluded. Items not sold in Today’s Photographer magazine are excluded. N TIO ZA YOU CAN: 2. QUANTITIES AND SHIPMENTS: Order in any quantity. IFPO will ship to you or your customer direct. No minimums or quotas. •You may be associated with a group such as a camera club, family members or close associates who may want to participate in IFPO products and services at discount prices. •If you have a photography studio or similar business may wish to arm all of your staff members with memberships and press program credentials from IFPO to make them more competitive. An IFPO Distributorship would enable them to do this at reduced costs to the studio or company. •You may want to start down the road of being your own boss with an IFPO distributorship. You can start small, order in any quantities, part time or full time. Most of all, you may have a few hours a week to invest in your financial future. Photographer at your booth, you can always mail them one in the future with a special offer flyer of some kind. REPEAT CUSTOMERS The best opportunity you have to make money as a distributor is to give your customers a REASON to do business with you. You can use your own liberal distributor discount to your advantage. If you can give your customers a 5 or 10% discount by purchasing through you, then they have a reason to order with you instead of ordering directly through mail order with IFPO. Your own margins may be a little slimmer, but your volume would be much higher. Now you could consider distributing Today's Photographer Magazines liberally with your business card attached and a notice that offers your own 5% or 10% discount if they order through you. In this way, you would get the full advantage of repeat orders from the same customers. Here is a sample list of schools and institutions that have already placed large orders directly with IFPO: AFETA, Camp Peary, VA; Miami Killian Senior High School, Miami, FL; Leon County Schools, FL; River East School Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Aims Community College, Greeley, CO; CBN University Library, Virginia Beach, VA; Southwest State University Library, Marshall, MN;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; NAF Fort Sam Houston, TX; Stockton Unified School District, Stockton, CA; Phillipsburg Board of Education, NJ; Roberts High School, Florence, CO; Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL; Greenville Technical College, SC; Curtis Jr High School, Tacoma, WA; Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District, MA; Ferris State College Library, Big Rapids, MI; Maricopa Community College, Phoenix, AZ; Southeastern Mass. University, MA; Sparta Senior High School, Sparta, WI; and many, many more. The List Price of the IFPO Distributor Program is $1,490. For a limited time, the price is reduced to $387 but will only remain at hat special price until our current Distributor Enrollment program has met it’s goals. call the IFPO office at 336-945-9867 or 1-800-654-9557 with your credit card 58 Today's Photographer International www.ifpo.net CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING HOW TO START YOUR OWN continued from page 57 BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS CASH IN on the booming boudoir and intimate portraiture business. START a profitable sideline income or $29.95 expand current photography income by using #207A, 125 pg. book the techniques and ideas in this manual. DISCOVER how to get started fast — even with basic equipment you already own. LEARN lighting methods to achieve the results your clients want. COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS for creating sets that can be set up anywhere. A step-by-step guide to everything from finding your first client to building a thriving usiness! Learn which women want your services and why. Everything you need to get arted FAST in an easy to follow 9-part ready to use Start-up Kit. You get proven marketng ideas, pricing guidelines, checklists, interview forms, business forms, lighting and setng arrangements. • • • • 4 MIRACLE PROPS • 11 QUICK CHANGES 7 INTIMATE SETTINGS • 17 "MUST ASK" QUESTIONS 30 MINUTE SHOOT CHECKLIST HOW TO GET YOUR SUBJECTS TALKING ABOUT YOU ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days ORDER FORM on page 1-800-654-9557 47 FIGURE NUDE with Hugh Frazier #3F08 10 FINE ART MODELS OVER 100 POSES 10 LIGHTING TECHNIQUES DIRECTING TECHNIQUES Item #3F08 PROPS THAT WORK $39.95 VHS NEW IDEAS THAT REALLY WORK Fine Art Figure Photography Also Available on DVD Item #3F08DVD $49.95 plus S&H ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days 1-800-654-9557 www.ifpo.net ORDER FORM on page 47 Continued on page 61 Today's Photographer International 59 Glamour Photography Te c h n i q u e s Professional GLAMOUR and FIGURE Techniques: 1 professional GLAMOUR +FIGURE techniques For Experienced Models #3VV1 - VHS $39.95 Originally produced for Kodak, this seminar style video documents innovative glamour and figure photographers at work in their studios and on location. They share professional secrets that you can use in ways you have not seen before. 55 minutes VHS. $39.95 • Great for experienced models • Techniques for a ‘professional look’ • Posing tips for figure photography • Choosing the Right Setting & Accessories • How to make a professional presentation • More Tips 3VV1 VHS $39.95 POSING and SHOOTING SWIMSUIT MODELS POSING and SHOOTING FIGURE MODELS NUDE & SWIMSUIT MODEL POSING SERIES Available in VHS and DVD Formats Photographer Hugh Frazier demonstrates reclining poses, standing poses, sitting poses. Learn how to achieve flattering effects and how to use sets and props. Both professional and amateur models are used. Each is 1 hour in length and contains unrated nudity. #3F21 VHS: $39.95 Posing & Shooting SWIMSUIT Models #3F22 VHS: $39.95 Posing & Shooting FIGURE Models #3F2X VHS: $59.95 FIGURE/SWIMSUIT 2 Vol. Set (#3F21 & #3F22) #3F21 #3F22 #3F21 DVD: $49.95 Posing & Shooting SWIMSUIT Models #3F22 DVD: $49.95 Posing & Shooting FIGURE Models #3F2X DVD: $79.95 FIGURE/SWIMSUIT 2 Vol. Set (#3F21 & #3F22) HOW TO #305A - $39.95 How To Pose My Way You will learn: • Over 100 Poses for the face and body • Four costume changes • Dozens of “mood changes” • Make-up changes POSE MY WAY STARRING Jeanette Learn to increase your income by reducing model training time. puts your models at ease and builds confidence: the key to success. Produced By Mike Rose AMR Productions. VHS. #305A BECOMING A MODEL #353A Four part program to assist photographers in posing positions, directing techniques, working with amateur models, and the “do’s and don’ts” of model photography. Learn how to make a model feel free and uninhibited in your environment. Prepare amateur models for their first shooting session including make-up, wardrobe and props Learn how to pose models, even amateur, untrained models in their first photo session. Each pose is illustrated carefully, showing the position of the feet, angles of the hips and shoulders, tilt of the head and the curve of the spine. Variations of each pose are explained fully with advantages and disadvantages. Learn standing, kneeling, sitting, reclining poses. 30 min. VHS HOW TO SHOOT #353A - $49.95 This is the "WARM-UP" tape you have been looking for to get your amateur model in "the right mood" to help you get the shots you've always wanted to get! This tape explains to amateur models what is expected of them. BONUS: This tape explains to the model what the portfolio is for and will be convinced that money spent on a portfolio is an investment for her future. Make-up for composites, hair styles for various poses, required poses for composites, selling yourself and the model interview. 34 MODEL PORTFOLIOS and COMPOSITES min. Jim Trotter. 1-800-654-9557 Today's Photographer International POSE SHOOT DIRECT MODELS Model Magic #351A HOW TO SHOOT MODEL PORTFOLIOS and COMPOSITES #352A - $49.95 ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days 60 HOW TO #351A - $39.95 #352A MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY, You get the knowledge of what a portfolio should be and how to shoot it. A simple and inexpensive lighting set-up that anyone can do. Posing is included, as well as basic makeup and business practices. Systems for Success by Jim Trotter. 40 min. VHS. con- tains unrated nudity ORDER FORM on page 47 www.ifpo.net CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING continued from page 59 GORGEOUS ASIAN WOMEN SEXY GIRLS Horny housewife and several girlfriends will pose nude for you. Photos, videos, and phone sex. I also have pregnant, black, spanish and lesbian friends who pose. 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Beyond Basic The Simplistic to the Bizarre 60 MIN. BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY 4 Vol. Set, 4 Hours BEYOND BASIC BOUDOIR 3BPX - $219.95 Bundle Contains Unrated Nudity 3BP1 - $59.95. The Mystery Revealed! Enter the sensual world of BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY through this electrifying, provocative and highly informative video. Transform most any woman into a beautiful centerfold. 60 min. 3BP2 - $59.95. The Art Of Illusion. This volume depicts both studio and location scenarios. This Volume is not just a sequel to Volume I but a uniquely different approach to Advanced Boudoir Photography. 60 min. 3BP3 - $59.95. The Mystery Of lighting. Demonstrates studio and portable lighting, indoor and outdoor settings. Posing, sets and diagrams are shown, and emphasizes lighting and teaches you how your images can be more dramatic through the selective and use of lighting. 60 min. 3BP4 - $59.95. The Simplistic to the Bizzare. Walk through step-by-step simple and elaborate settings. Learn to take the average woman, and through the art of posing, styling, and lighting, photographically present her in a wonderfully exciting and alluring manner. All in exquisitely good taste. Add variety to your boudoir imagery with this video. 60 min. The nationally known award-winning team, Robert and Sheila Hurth, take you on a fascinating and visual journey into an area which lies between simple boudoir and nude photo studies: “Beyond Basic Boudoir” and "Beyond Basic Portraiture". These videos show you in explicit detail how each shot was made. See how you can pose your model to get the effect you and she will love. You will learn dramatic lighting setups and actually see what effect they have on a model. You will be able to use the set designs presented in these videos to add excitement to your photos. Use the ORDER FORM on page 47 ORDER TOLL FREE 7 Days www.ifpo.net 1-800-654-9557 • FAX FREE 1-800-283-5989 Today's Photographer International 61 photographing GLAMOUR MODELS PHOTO BEST OF PHOTO SESSIONS FANTASIES Frazier Photography VOL.UME 1 FIGURE NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES These videos help beginning models get started in nude and figure glamour modeling and help photographers and videographers sharpen their ability to work with nude models. These videos are loaded with example shoots that you can do yourself. 60 min. per video, VHS & DVD contain unrated nudity. Hugh Frazier, Frazier Photography. 1 SESSIONS VOLUME 2 3F05 How To Shoot How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography Frazier Photography BY POPULAR DEMAND 5 How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography 4 3F03 3F02 How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography PHOTO 3 2 3F01 How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography Frazier’s these videos contain FAVORITES Unrated Nudity How To Shoot FIGURE - NUDE Series Frazier Photography Lighting Lighting FIGURE FIGURE VHS $39.95 each or MODELS MODELS #3F3X - $59.95 2 Vol. VHS bundle (3F31 and 3F32) An Educational Photography Production featuring 15 Beautiful California Models contains unrated nudity. Learn: •Single light sources •Multiple light sources •Light readings •Preventing lens flare •Special effects. Some areas discussed are: 3 point lighting system, film latitude, exposure values, hard vs. soft light, high key vs. low key lighting, color, B&W. Each tape approx. 60 min. VHS and DVD. contain unrated nudity 3F31 3F32 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 1 Frazier Photography #3F0X - $199.95 (7 Vols. #3F01-3F07) Also available in DVD $49.95 each or #3F0XD - $249.95 (7 DVD Vols. #3F01D-3F07D) INSIDE GLAMOUR LIGHTING FIGURE MODELS PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES VHS $39.95 each or #3F01 - PHOTOGRAPHING GLAMOUR MODELS #3F02 - BEST OF FRAZIER PHOTOGRAPHY #3F03 - PHOTO FANTASIES #3F04 - PHOTO SESSIONS VOLUME 1 #3F05 - PHOTO SESSIONS VOLUME 2 #3F06 - BY POPULAR DEMAND #3F07 - FRAZIER’S FAVORITES #3F0X - 7 Vol. VHS Bundle (3F01-3F07) - $199.95 7 3F07 6 3F06 3F04 Frazier Photography DVD $49.95 each or 2 Vol.DVD Set 3F3XD: $79.95 (3F31D and 3F32D) PHOTO SESSIONS NOW you can take a front row seat in the photo studio of glamour and figure photographer Hugh Frazier Jr. as he photograph's 12 beautiful figure models. You will learn lighting including diagrams plus hear the photographer and director direct the models through their poses. If you want to see what really happens in a figure studio, this video is for you. 60 min VHS, contains unrated nudity. #3F38 #3F38VHS - $49.95 #3F38DVD - $59.95 AMATEUR FIGURE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES basics of AMATEUR FIGURE SHOOTS FIGURE USING SETS & PROPS in FIGURE SHOOTS POSING IDEA VIDEO HOW TO WORK WITH AMATEUR FIGURE MODELS 3F14 3F11 3F12 1 3F13 3 2 AMATEUR FIGURE Series Frazier Photography AMATEUR FIGURE Series Frazier Photography AMATEUR FIGURE Series Frazier Photography 4 Basics of AMATEUR FIGURE SHOOTS SETS/PROPS for FIGURE MODELING FIGURE POSING Ideas Working with FIGURE MODELS #3F1X - $129.95 4 Vol. Bundle (3F11 - 3F14) AMATEUR FIGURE Series Frazier Photography 1-800-654-9557 Today's Photographer International 1 2 3 4 VHS $39.95 each or ORDER TOLL FREE 7 days 62 These videos are designed to help photographers work with amateur nude models and help amateur models break into nude modeling. All titles are approximately 1 hour long and contain unrated nudity. DVD $49.95 each or #3F1XD - $159.95 4 Vol. Bundle (3F11D - 3F14D) ORDER FORM on page 47 www.ifpo.net SELL YOUR PHOTOS on a Global Market IFPO member Francis J. Dean, doing business as DeanPictures, is seeking IFPO members and other freelance photographer who want to sell Francis J. Dean images on a global IFPO market. DeanPictures DeanPictures can market high quality images of news, royalty, internationally known models, celebrities and photo features for editorial purposes. • NO sports will be considered. • Only digital images via email will be accepted. • Good, complete captions in English (who, what, when, where and how) must accompany each photo. Even the best photo is W worthless when not captioned. • Sales will be shared equally. The photographer will receive 50% of the sales price. DeanPictures will retain 50%. • Payment to photographer will be made within 60 days of sale. DeanPictures will syndicate digital images to publications and other buyers in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Sweden and Denmark. DeanPictures, previously known as Dean Press Image has been associated with IFPO since 1985. To submit photos or get further information contact: Francis Joseph Dean, DeanPictures Photojournalist Fotograf Postbox 144, DK-2770 Kastrup (Copenhagen, Denmark Telephone and FAX: 32 51 87 75, Mobile phone: 40 95 87 75 A visit to the following web sites might also be helpful: http://mypages.netopia.com/deanpictures www.picturtraile.com/deanpictures http://www.picturtraile.com/deanpictures Thanks to DeanPictures for this opportunity. Good luck to IFPO members in this new venture. The Editors Ω I N N E R WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION Photo by Francis J. Dean IFPO, DeanPictures Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish Photojournalist Erik Refner stands in front of his winning photo in the World Press Photo Exhibition in the beautiful Oeksnehall, a former cattle market. His winning photo of a dead child was taken in an Afghan refugee camp while a student with a local Danish Daily. www.ifpo.net Today's Photographer International 63 and m e D r ula By Pop NOW ONLINE . . . . Today’s SPORTS magazine Thanks to the UNLIMITED POTENTIAL of the Internet and IFPO’s aggressive leadership in electronic publishing, IFPO is able to bring new muscle to the large number of IFPO members who are interested in sports photography. Today’s Sports magazine is an On-Line electronic publication with the capacity to promote and publish ALL of it’s SPORTS Photographer’s photos. A print magazine could NEVER MAKE SUCH a promise. 1. TESTED The Today’s Sports Credential Program is a result of carefully reviewing every “gain access” situation experienced over the past 15 years. We expect this new program will achieve markedly increased results accross the board, for all kinds of events, all over the world. 2. ISSUING INFORMATION has been added to the credentials which is extremely valuable for gaining access in those particularly tough situations when credentials are being scrutinized for every piece of validating information. Nationality, sex, date and place of birth add verifiable information often required by uniformed officials in law enforcement, fire and emergency, the military, customs and immigration. 3. CLASSIFICATION is now based on a full 4-tier range of publishing credits starting at A for yet-to-be published photographers and reaching to AAAA for those who are published frequently. 4. COMPLETE BUNDLE of all credentials and Internet Verification is automatically shipped to those who enroll in the Today’s Sports Program. Members no longer have to decide whether the Badge style or Passport style credential works better for the events they cover or whether covering weekend or after-hours events warrants the Internet Verification option or not. You get it all. 5. INTERNET VERIFICATION All Today’s Sports Credentials holders will be assigned a verification code printed on the face of all the credentials. This code can be used to verify your assignment status with Today’s Sports magazine by press officials 24 hours a day EVERY day from anywhere in the world. The Internet Verification site is at www.aipress.com/verify. 6. VERIFICATION UPDATES Now you can go online using your Verification Code and update your own Assignment Verification record. You can change your mailing address, add an email address or change other contact information in seconds. 7. PUBLISHING CREDITS Now you can actually display the names of the publications that have published your photos right on your Internet Verification site so press officials can see your breadth of experience. And... you can use your Verification Code online and update your list of publishing credits as often as you like, without having to call the American Image office. 8. RECENT ASSIGNMENTS Now you can display your recent assignments on your Verification site so press officials can see what kind of events you’ve been covering. And... you can use your Verification Code online to update your display of recent assignments as often as you like. 9. NEW LOW PRICE of only $99 is a full $129 SAVING off the price of the previous program for all the credentials and options. But remember, the programs are not equivalent. 10.NEW FEATURES Even at the same price, the Today’s Sports program has features enumerated here that aren’t even available in the previous program. The addition of door-opening “Publishing Credits” and “Recent Assignments” alone may achieve more in gaining new access as our original Press Program concept born in 1985. The American Image Press Photographer’s Code of Ethics A press photographer’s reputation is often based on his own code • Stay within the boundaries of the photographers’ area. Never interfere of ethics. Although getting the story is the ultimate goal, ethical standards can “make or break” a career. As a press photographer, it is your duty to document newsworthy happenings — never altering circumstances or interfering with action to enhance your photographs. Your photos should tell a story just as it happened. Meeting the high standards of good press photography requires patience, determination and a strong set of ethics which can be the difference between success and failure. First, foremost and always remember that Press access is a privilege not to be abused. Use the following Code of Ethics to guide you: • • • • • Arrive early — at least 45 minutes to an hour before the event is • scheduled to begin — in order to check in, find the press area, check • out the stage or facility lay-out and choose a vantage point. • Never show up for an event unprepared. Not only should you have all the proper equipment, you should have a basic knowledge and under• standing of the event. Do your homework! • Try to work with promoters and authorized officials rather than against • • them. Conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times. Photographers who complain or cause problems aren’t likely to be admitted again. Don’t just start shooting. Take time to think about what you’re covering. 64 Today's Photographer International with the action, criticize a player or performer or interrupt an authorized official. Have patience. Resist the urge to inconvenience other photographers by changing spots. Your opportunity will come. Although it can be necessary to fight for a good position, always be courteous. You’ll find other photographers are usually willing to share their space -- if you offer them the same courtesy. Try your best to get along with other members of the press. Always live up to your obligations to promoters and publications. If you agree not to sell the photos commercially, DO NOT break this agreement. Always clean up after yourself -- film wrappers, etc. Never photograph anyone in a compromising situation (backstage, locker rooms) unless it’s a public figure in a public place which qualifies for news. Don’t abuse the privileges you have been granted. Always remember you are a photographer on the job -- not a spectator. Finally, the nature of breaking news makes preparation impossible. However, when you arrive on the scene, you are a press photographer -- expected to live up to the same ethical standards you have learned to display at scheduled media events. With practice and common sense, high ethical standards should some as naturally as pressing the shutter. Ω www.ifpo.net Today’s SPORTS magazine SPORTS’ CREDENTIALS state-of-the-art features get you and your camera to the action better and quicker than ever. TODAY’S Assignment Letter All of Today’s Sports Credentials holders are automatically assigned a verification code printed on the face of all the credentials. This code can be used to verify your assignment status with Today’s Sports magazine by press officials 24 hours a day EVERY day from anywhere in the world. magazine John H. Bluhm Assignment Verification Code: Sports 10474BLU Today's Sports Magazine INTERNET VERIFICATION: Now a standard part of Today’s Sports Credentials SPORTS TOGRAPHER PRESSThisPHO is to certify that the bearer: John H. Bluhm whose ASSIGNMENT VERIFICATION CODE is 10474BLU Badge PRESS below, is a correspondent photograand whose signature and photo appear pher magazine. This photographpher on assignment for Today's Photogra and local interest including concerts, er will be covering events of national special programs. American Image conventions, breaking news, sports and bearer be granted permission to work Press respectfully requests that the While in this capacity, the bearer as a Press Photographer in your domain. state and local regulations. will comply with all existing federal, __________ ________________________________ Photography Editor PHOTOGRAPHER TODAY’S SPORTS TODAY’S SPORTS magazine John H. Bluhm Assignment Verific code: 10474BLUation Wallet I.D. magazine Sports Passport PRESS PHOTOG signature CLASSIFICATION: John H. Bluhm AAA ASSIGNMENT VERIFICATION CODE: #10474BLU RAPHER EVERYTHING INCLUDED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER EASY TO ASSEMBLE AFTER PLACING YOUR OWN PHOTO SPOR TS CREDENTIALS ENR OLLMENT FORM Cat# 5 Digit IFPO Member# ____________________ or enclose dues (see page 17) name ___________________________________________________________________ address _________________________________________________________________ city/st/zip ________________________________________________________________ phone/fax ________________________________________________________________ email/U.R.L. ____________________________________________________________________ ISSUING INFORMATION: Nationality: ___________________________________________________ Sex: ________________________________________________________ Place of birth: __________________________________________________ Date of birth: __________________________________________________ CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION: (see ratings opposite page) Check correct box and name publication(s) where your photos appeared. A Not yet published AA Publishing pending in: ___________________________________ AAA Published once in: ______________________________________ AAAA Published frequently (list three publishers) ❐ ❐ ❐ ❐ ❏ Description Price EA. 602TS SPORTS CREDENTIALS $99.00 (Renewable in 3 years) Includes: • TODAY’S SPORTS Passport • TODAY’S SPORTS Badge Card I.D. • TODAY’S SPORTS Wallet I.D. • TODAY’S SPORTS Official Letter of Certification placing you on assignment for American Image Press andToday’S Sports online magazine. • Sports Assignment Verification on the Internet. • Complete assembly instructions, laminating materials and badge clip. • Sports Assignment Request Form and How to Use Your Sports Credentials. ❏ ❏ Checking this box confirms that I have read, understand and agree to comply with the Press Code of Ethics published on the opposite page. USA Shipping. 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BOX 777, LEWISVILLE, NC 27023-0777 International Freelance Photographers Organization MEMBERSHIP FORM RS • ORGA HE NI AP NAL • FRE TIO EL NA • PHOTO CE GR AN IFPO N TIO ZA • INT ER ABOUT YOU: IFPO’s 18 PROVEN PROGRAMS see page 17 Which best describes your photography: ❏ I am a beginner or amateur ❏ I am an advanced amateur or Part-Time Pro. ❏ I am a full-time professional. I want PRESS ACCESS with my camera: ❏ Sports events. ❏ Crime scenes. ❏ Concerts. ❏ Fire scenes. ❏ Breaking news. ❏ Press conferences. ❏ Celebrity events. ❏ Entertainment events. Check each area that interests you strongly: ❏ Press photography. ❏ Sports/Action. ❏ Nature/wildlife. ❏ Travel photography. ❏ Videography. ❏ Advertising. ❏ Glamour. ❏ Commercial. ❏ Wedding. ❏ Portrait photography. Are you available for photo assignments?: ❏ YES. ❏ NO. • Enroll me as an IFPO Member and send my Membership Card and O rder the famous Parchment Certificate + Complete Membership Packet. 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