Comments on: Photographer Tags http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/ Photography Director Rob Haggart Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:52:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Get Inside the Head of a Real Photo Editor! « clique http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-5559 Get Inside the Head of a Real Photo Editor! « clique Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:10:57 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-5559 [...] Photographer Tags - How aPE sees photographers. What categories does your work fall under? As a new photographer, it’s better to focus on your best work before expanding into other genres. Knowing how you are ‘pigeonholed’ isn’t so bad if you can get to the point where editors think of you when they are presented with ‘x’ genre or style. Where should you be focusing your efforts? [...] [...] Photographer Tags - How aPE sees photographers. What categories does your work fall under? As a new photographer, it’s better to focus on your best work before expanding into other genres. Knowing how you are ‘pigeonholed’ isn’t so bad if you can get to the point where editors think of you when they are presented with ‘x’ genre or style. Where should you be focusing your efforts? [...]

]]> By: .: Tagga en fotograf : cjl.se http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-5085 .: Tagga en fotograf : cjl.se Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:09:21 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-5085 [...] A photo editor kluddade ner taggar som han använder för att kategorisera fotografer, jag tänkte välja ut ett par som passar in på mig och mitt fotande. Kommentera gärna eller skicka ett mail om du inte tycker att det stämmer, eller om något borde läggas till. [...] [...] A photo editor kluddade ner taggar som han använder för att kategorisera fotografer, jag tänkte välja ut ett par som passar in på mig och mitt fotande. Kommentera gärna eller skicka ett mail om du inte tycker att det stämmer, eller om något borde läggas till. [...]

]]> By: Photographer Tags « ChromaticSoul http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-4033 Photographer Tags « ChromaticSoul Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:38:41 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-4033 [...] here are the [...] [...] here are the [...]

]]> By: The New Fiction » Blog Archive » Words and Pictures http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3696 The New Fiction » Blog Archive » Words and Pictures Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:08:57 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3696 [...] just really refreshing to read the inside scoop on A Photo Editor and then popping over to see Timothy Archibald’s scans of scotch tape. Don’t even get [...] [...] just really refreshing to read the inside scoop on A Photo Editor and then popping over to see Timothy Archibald’s scans of scotch tape. Don’t even get [...]

]]> By: Joe Reifer - Words » Blog Archive » Negative, WWJB?, Nikon 14-24mm, Jandek, Tags http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3512 Joe Reifer - Words » Blog Archive » Negative, WWJB?, Nikon 14-24mm, Jandek, Tags Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:07:08 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3512 [...] Photo Editor looks at how we describe photographers. Quite an interesting taxonomical riff on Alec Soth’s previous article of great importance, [...] [...] Photo Editor looks at how we describe photographers. Quite an interesting taxonomical riff on Alec Soth’s previous article of great importance, [...]

]]> By: Danno http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3486 Danno Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:50:36 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3486 @ 30 : so until that time of them 'finding you' , what are you to do in the meantime? Any other way other than waiting for them to find you? Rocksteady, Danno~ @ 30 : so until that time of them ‘finding you’ , what are you to do in the meantime? Any other way other than waiting for them to find you?

Rocksteady,
Danno~

]]> By: Alan Farkas http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3421 Alan Farkas Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:43:26 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3421 @29- They find you. That is after you done lot's of marketing via the various ways to get your name out there. @29- They find you. That is after you done lot’s of marketing via the various ways to get your name out there.

]]> By: Danno http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3385 Danno Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:17:10 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3385 Quick question for ya : how does an up and coming photographer find out about bids for advertising campaigns? How does someone find out about them initially to be able to bid? Thanks for taking the time to read this, much appreciated! Rocksteady, Danno~ Quick question for ya : how does an up and coming photographer find out about bids for advertising campaigns? How does someone find out about them initially to be able to bid? Thanks for taking the time to read this, much appreciated!

Rocksteady,
Danno~

]]> By: links for 2007-12-08 | TrentHead.Com http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3360 links for 2007-12-08 | TrentHead.Com Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:20:50 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3360 [...] A Photo Editor - Photographer Tags Unless you are a “named” photographer we use tags to describe how you shoot. Pick the tags below that best describe your photography to see how I refer to you. (tags: photography) [...] [...] A Photo Editor - Photographer Tags Unless you are a “named” photographer we use tags to describe how you shoot. Pick the tags below that best describe your photography to see how I refer to you. (tags: photography) [...]

]]> By: Kyle Ganson » My Tags. http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3356 Kyle Ganson » My Tags. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:26:35 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3356 [...] this post yesterday, so I thought I would try to make my photographer [...] [...] this post yesterday, so I thought I would try to make my photographer [...]

]]> By: avs http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3350 avs Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:07:40 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3350 i wonder how many photogs fit into the tag of 'can shoot anything'. i wonder how many photogs fit into the tag of ‘can shoot anything’.

]]> By: avs http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3349 avs Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:05:50 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3349 brilliant post. re: comment #9 a family tree that is very interesting. from a fashion standpoint i'd say nick knight has actually been a great 'spawner' of talent. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/style/tmagazine/15tquest.html?pagewanted=all "Craig McDean was Knight’s assistant at this time. “I learnt more in my first month with Nick,” he says, “than in four years at college.” A succession of talented photographers have since assisted Knight, including Elaine Constantine, Sean Ellis and Solve Sundsbo. Juergen Teller asked to be taken on too, only to be told that his work was already so strong that Knight had nothing to teach him." and knight is only 48! amazing. brilliant post.

re: comment #9 a family tree that is very interesting. from a fashion standpoint i’d say nick knight has actually been a great ’spawner’ of talent.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/style/tmagazine/15tquest.html?pagewanted=all

“Craig McDean was Knight’s assistant at this time. “I learnt more in my first month with Nick,” he says, “than in four years at college.” A succession of talented photographers have since assisted Knight, including Elaine Constantine, Sean Ellis and Solve Sundsbo. Juergen Teller asked to be taken on too, only to be told that his work was already so strong that Knight had nothing to teach him.”

and knight is only 48! amazing.

]]> By: Lincoln Barbour http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3342 Lincoln Barbour Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:29:30 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3342 This is kind of like a del.ico.us tag cloud. I haven't been real good about keeping up with my tags, but here are my photographer links http://del.icio.us/idesofmay/Photographers This is kind of like a del.ico.us tag cloud. I haven’t been real good about keeping up with my tags, but here are my photographer links
http://del.icio.us/idesofmay/Photographers

]]> By: j.sight http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3335 j.sight Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:03:16 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3335 I hate when I hear people say 'ethnic.' WTF is that? About as precise as 'world music' i guess. I hate when I hear people say ‘ethnic.’ WTF is that? About as precise as ‘world music’ i guess.

]]> By: A Photo Editor http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3325 A Photo Editor Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:06:50 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3325 If photography is bad we don't talk about it. If photography is bad we don’t talk about it.

]]> By: Chris http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3318 Chris Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:23:02 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3318 bad awful contrived convinced not convinced lame spiteful crappy man hands bad

awful
contrived
convinced
not convinced
lame
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man hands

]]> By: R.Z. http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3309 R.Z. Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:36:01 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3309 @ Comment 20: Ironically, I just had a long conversation with the Advertising director of Communication Arts last night, about this very thing. I just bought one of their "post card" packages, and with that, you get this listing on Creative Hotlist, (which I'd never even heard of). http://creativehotlist.com/ To me, it's gotten to the point with these databases, sort of like it got with the printed directories, where there are so damn many of them, that you run the risk of overtaxing any client, by forcing them to look thru too many of these photographers' sources. There's Workbook.com, and this CreativeHotlist, and PhotoServe, and any number of others. If I was a client, would I actually take the time to key in keywords in every one of those databases? Something like: "Lifestyle photographer, Los Angeles, Color, Location"? And really, when you see the checkbox choices of these databases, aren't they so limiting? Within "LosAngeles Lifestyle Location Color", that still leaves twelve thousand photographers in the running. What I'd like to see is some way to link ALL of those databases, where a client, (like A.P.E.) would only have to input his data ONE TIME. Like I told that person last night, if anyone can/will do it, it'll be Google. But there also needs to be those quirky keywords like the original post referred to. And his list above is a pretty good start. I just wonder how many would show up under "Poor Man's Annie"? Or "Fiscus WannaBee"? @ Comment 20:

Ironically, I just had a long conversation with the Advertising director of Communication Arts last night, about this very thing. I just bought one of their “post card” packages, and with that, you get this listing on Creative Hotlist, (which I’d never even heard of).

http://creativehotlist.com/

To me, it’s gotten to the point with these databases, sort of like it got with the printed directories, where there are so damn many of them, that you run the risk of overtaxing any client, by forcing them to look thru too many of these photographers’ sources. There’s Workbook.com, and this CreativeHotlist, and PhotoServe, and any number of others. If I was a client, would I actually take the time to key in keywords in every one of those databases? Something like: “Lifestyle photographer, Los Angeles, Color, Location”? And really, when you see the checkbox choices of these databases, aren’t they so limiting? Within “LosAngeles Lifestyle Location Color”, that still leaves twelve thousand photographers in the running.

What I’d like to see is some way to link ALL of those databases, where a client, (like A.P.E.) would only have to input his data ONE TIME. Like I told that person last night, if anyone can/will do it, it’ll be Google.

But there also needs to be those quirky keywords like the original post referred to. And his list above is a pretty good start. I just wonder how many would show up under “Poor Man’s Annie”? Or “Fiscus WannaBee”?

]]> By: nickonken http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3308 nickonken Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:29:01 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3308 Nike? Nike?

]]> By: A Photo Editor http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3307 A Photo Editor Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:17:53 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3307 Photo editors and art directors have these weird conversations all the time where we discuss styles of photography and photographers using tags and then in conversations with creatives it gets really strange because they know what they want but don't know anyone who shoots that way. Poor man's Annie, B/W, with low production value and quirky props. Color, urban, snapshotty, cool, real people with muted color. Doesn't really have anything to do with Photo Rank alltho I would love a script where I could tick off what I want and photographers names would appear. May have to build that. Photo editors and art directors have these weird conversations all the time where we discuss styles of photography and photographers using tags and then in conversations with creatives it gets really strange because they know what they want but don’t know anyone who shoots that way.

Poor man’s Annie, B/W, with low production value and quirky props.
Color, urban, snapshotty, cool, real people with muted color.

Doesn’t really have anything to do with Photo Rank alltho I would love a script where I could tick off what I want and photographers names would appear. May have to build that.

]]> By: Charles Beckwith http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3304 Charles Beckwith Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:49:27 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3304 I'm wondering if this has something to do with the article I submitted last night to the Photo Rank section. I wasn't sure what was supposed to go in the "tags" blank, so I put in "photographer" and "fashion photographer." If I'd seen this post first I probably would have been more descriptive. ( http://www.rank.aphotoeditor.com/story.php?title=Charles_Beckwith-1 ) I’m wondering if this has something to do with the article I submitted last night to the Photo Rank section. I wasn’t sure what was supposed to go in the “tags” blank, so I put in “photographer” and “fashion photographer.” If I’d seen this post first I probably would have been more descriptive.

( http://www.rank.aphotoeditor.com/story.php?title=Charles_Beckwith-1 )

]]> By: Scott Dickerson http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3303 Scott Dickerson Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:47:32 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3303 This is fun, but how is a photographer to label himself? Or maybe this is why you started photo rank. I guess the value here is that we can look at the list and pick things we want to be, then go become it. What a great career. This is fun, but how is a photographer to label himself? Or maybe this is why you started photo rank. I guess the value here is that we can look at the list and pick things we want to be, then go become it. What a great career.

]]> By: Mauro Del Romano http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3302 Mauro Del Romano Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:45:08 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3302 I'm not a pro and maybe I'm not supposed to be here to partecipate, but my tags are: mauro del romano drmauro me myself I today if you have not a tag, you couldn't be find from you, from agencies, from customers, even your own family looking for holidays pictures on flickr. Maybe in a future more enlightened and clever age, personal 'tags' will be a visual way to reproduce the world and not only an etymological exercise, in which everyone lies about their own works... I’m not a pro and maybe I’m not supposed to be here to partecipate, but my tags are:

mauro
del romano
drmauro
me
myself
I

today if you have not a tag, you couldn’t be find from you, from agencies, from customers, even your own family looking for holidays pictures on flickr.

Maybe in a future more enlightened and clever age, personal ‘tags’ will be a visual way to reproduce the world and not only an etymological exercise, in which everyone lies about their own works…

]]> By: Christopher Bush http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3299 Christopher Bush Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:35:18 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3299 I get "street" a lot. Not sure what it means. I get “street” a lot. Not sure what it means.

]]> By: The Jackanory http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3298 The Jackanory Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:31:42 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3298 people say I am "square" people say I am “square”

]]> By: amyvcooper http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3294 amyvcooper Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:01:17 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3294 yeah, I get "film noir" a lot lol@haute shit yeah, I get “film noir” a lot

lol@haute shit

]]> By: dude http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3290 dude Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:44:02 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3290 How about "cinematic"? I'm always hearing that one used by PEs, ADs and CDs. Or: snapshotty (as opposed to snap-shoddy) faux-testino mini-terry haute-shit How about “cinematic”?
I’m always hearing that one used by PEs, ADs and CDs.

Or:
snapshotty (as opposed to snap-shoddy)
faux-testino
mini-terry
haute-shit

]]> By: amyvcooper http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3287 amyvcooper Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:29:49 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3287 Annie Von Pelle? Annie Von Pelle?

]]> By: Not my name http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3276 Not my name Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:31:28 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3276 I can't wait to see Fiscusy go away. Fiscus has content under his process. The 10 million copycats do not. I can’t wait to see Fiscusy go away. Fiscus has content under his process. The 10 million copycats do not.

]]> By: nika http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3275 nika Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:23:33 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3275 I come from a food photography perspective so these are things I think when I looking to define a shooter's tag profile natural fussy unstyled overstyled spontaneous sluggish energetic vibrant clever Maybe these are not "meta" enough and too fine-grained in detail for your purposes here! I come from a food photography perspective so these are things I think when I looking to define a shooter’s tag profile

natural
fussy
unstyled
overstyled
spontaneous
sluggish
energetic
vibrant
clever

Maybe these are not “meta” enough and too fine-grained in detail for your purposes here!

]]> By: R.Z. http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3273 R.Z. Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:19:27 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2007/12/07/photographer-tags/#comment-3273 I'd love to see a Family Tree of New York City photographers and assistants, and see who assisted who, and who then went on to be a quality photographer on their own. Would Annie be at the top of the tree? Avedon? Seliger? Who's spawned the greatest number of good photographers? And inversely, who's spawned the greatest number that are now either back working in their family's business in DesMoines, or in therapy, to delete the memory of assisting for them? I’d love to see a Family Tree of New York City photographers and assistants, and see who assisted who, and who then went on to be a quality photographer on their own. Would Annie be at the top of the tree? Avedon? Seliger? Who’s spawned the greatest number of good photographers? And inversely, who’s spawned the greatest number that are now either back working in their family’s business in DesMoines, or in therapy, to delete the memory of assisting for them?

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