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Photography in Carmel

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So, you are in Carmel for a few hours one morning. You wander around and see photography everywhere – espresso shops, clothing stores, restaurants, you name it. Along with some interesting and compelling work you see photographs – some with very high price tags attached – that you would not show in public if you had done them yourself. You grumble. You are even a bit angry. You wonder, “Does someone actually buy that stuff?”

But there is hope.

You wander over a block from the main drag and cleanse your photographic palate at the Weston Gallery where it is quiet and absolutely first rate work hangs on the walls. All is once again right with the world.

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Brick Wall and Shutter, Glo’s

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Brick Wall and Shutter, Glo's

Brick Wall and Shutter, Glo’s. Seattle, Washington. June 21, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A brick wall with a few colorfully painted bricks and a gray shutter – front of Glo’s Restaurant, Seattle, Washington.

I was in the Seattle area this past weekend – and, among other things, this meant that I got my Fathers Day breakfast at my favorite breakfast place in Seattle, Glo’s in the Capitol Hill area. (The smoked salmon eggs benedict is almost worth the flight to Seattle all by itself.) There is always a wait for a table at Glo’s since it is both small and popular. While waiting for our table we first visited a nearby book store and then wandered back to the restaurant. I noticed the odd painting bricks and the juxtaposition with the darker gray shutter while waiting to be called.

This photograph is not in the public domain. It may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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Another Intellectual Property Rights Grab Masquerading as a “Photo Contest”

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Many of the recent online “photo contests” have included terms that are downright offensive. Read the terms very carefully before you even submit your photographs. In many, many cases merely by submitting your photographs for consideration you assign unlimited, cost-free licenses to the contest promoters and, frequently, to a number of other entities with whom they do business.

That’s right – they acquire virtually unrestricted rights to use your work for free in any way they please, and not just for the winning photos but for ALL SUBMITTED work!

Gary Crabbe has posted a report on a particularly egregious example, but it is only one of many. Read those terms carefully!