Chris Jordan on the Midway Project

If you have been following this blog for a while then you know I am a fan of Environmental Photographer Chris Jordan’s work. His current project is a documentation of the Pacific Garbage Patch’s effects on albatross chicks on Midway Island. I posted about this a while back. Albatros are picking up plastic garbage floating in the pacific and feeding it to their young,which in turn is killing them.

In the below video Chris Jordan speaks about the project, how he has been shooting the photos, and the environmental consequences of the Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Getting Paid – F*ck You… Pay Me

I have been in the situation where I have had trouble getting a client to pay me for a service I have provided. Have you? If not, then at some point you probably will.

So how do you deal with this? How do you deal with this and preserve the relationship you have developed with your client? How can you protect your self so this does not happen?

The simple answer is, have a contract. I just watched this presentation by Mike Monteiro, Design Director, and co-founder of Mule Design Studio (muledesign.com). I found this video to be a very educational experience. If you are new to contract negotiation watch it! If you have been doing contracts for a long time, watch it!

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Social Art by JR

TED Prize winner JR is featured in the below video. What I love about this is how JR uses photography to make social statements on a LARGE scale. How he presents his portraiture in an often practical, literally helpful way,  and gets it seen by the masses. Very creative, very cool! Watch it and tell me what you think.