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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge’s “Art of the Wild” ShowPosted by drfl on November 5th, 2009

I will be displaying my work for sale at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge’s “Art of the Wild” show on November 21st and 22nd. I am offering a diversity of different size prints with mats and some with frames. I will also be selling and signing my new book, “The Quiet Beauty of Nebraska“. If you are in the area, stop by and say “Hello!”.

Information about the refuge:
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is located 25 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska on U.S. Highway 30, between Missouri Valley, Iowa and Blair, Nebraska. The visitor center is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, except federal holidays. For more information contact
712/642-4121 or look us up on the web at http://midwest.fws.gov/desoto.

Technical Details:
Canon 50d, 300mm f/4l + 1.4tc, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec.
Double Breasted Cormorant, DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa Side

This photograph is available on my website at: High Flying - Double Breasted Cormorant Takes Flight

Photo Frugality On the Web: Free! (Almost)Posted by drfl on August 13th, 2009

A recent Time Magazine cover has been causing quite a stir amongst photographers on the Internet in the past couple of weeks.  Blog post after blog post has been written, tweets have been tweeted, emails have been flying.  Why?  Because the artist sold his photograph for $30.  Normally, rates for such usage range in the thousands of dollars, but to this particular artist this photograph was worth about the change that was placed in the jar.  If you are curious, this is apparently not his day job.  The rumor is that he manages a furniture store.  From the fervor of some photographers I wouldn’t be surprised if he were to go to work one day to only find sticks and cloth where sofas and easy chairs once stood.

Photographers have ranted, claiming the old model is dead and no one can survive!  I admit, there are some problems with the stock world today.  It parallels the health care system issues in the United States, everyone thinks they know how we got here, but no knows how to get us out.  No one solution that will cure either and each idea spawns deeper questions and more pressing issues. 

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Freedom of Expression May Come With a Cost: Copyright Infringement Issues and Social MediaPosted by drfl on August 12th, 2009

This post deals directly with a question from Amber from my previous series “When a Photograph is Not Worth 1,000 Words: SEO for Photographers”. Within that series I dealt with various tips in Search Engine Optimization in regards specifically to photography websites. One of the topics I briefly touched on was leveraging social networking for increasing sites in search engine rankings. Her question, “How do you feel about social networking like Flickr?”

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