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Randy Woods

Randy Woods, editor of PhotoMedia, has been in the magazine publishing world for more than 20 years, covering such varied topics as photography, insurance, business startups, environmental issues and newspaper publishing. He is also associate editor for iSixSigma magazine and writes a job—search blog for The Seattle Times called “Hire Ground.”

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Getty Adds Expiration Clause to Royalty-Protected Images Unpublished

24 June 2011 Published in Industry News

Stock photo giant Getty Images recently amended contract terms for its contributors, which enable the agency to move images that haven’t been licensed for three years or longer to its royalty-free collections.

This new addendum has caused an uproar among the photography community. In May, the American Society of Media Photographers and...

Seahawks Photographer Mar Appears in PhotoShelter Unpublished

23 June 2011 Published in People in the Industry

Official Seattle Seahawks team photographer Rod Mar has written a series of instructive tips and tricks on how to capture epic moments in sports.

His article, "How to Photograph Football," was promoted on...

Fobes Featured in Huffington Post, Lynda.com Unpublished

21 June 2011 Published in People in the Industry

The last several months have been a busy time for acclaimed Seattle portrait and wedding photographer Natalie Fobes.

In April, Fobes was profiled in the Huffington Post. The article illustrates the highlights of Fobes' career, including...

Former ASMP President Kelly Wins IPC Award Unpublished

19 June 2011 Published in Special Honors

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) past president Richard Kelly has received the 2011 International Photographic Council (IPC) Professional Photographer Leadership Award. Kelly received this award along with five other notable photographers, each of whom specializes in a different sector of the industry.

A Pittsburgh photographer, Kelly is known for his editorial...

Summer 2011 Cover Unpublished

30 May 2011 Published in About Our Cover

On the cover: A sun star and some colorful anemones brighten the dark waters of the Arctic Ocean, one of Flip Nicklin's many underwater realms. See more of his work here.

© Flip Nicklin / Minden Pictures

When the Hangover Strikes Unpublished

05 June 2011 Published in Shot of the Week

Usually a lot of work goes into planning a wild gathering of 28 people for a weekend of creative partying. When the party is populated by some of the hippest up-and-coming photographers in the business, art-directing the aftermath of the festivities is almost as much fun as the revelry itself....

Sigma SD1 Maximizes Resolution with 46 Megapixels Unpublished

15 June 2011 Published in Digital Cameras

Three hundred percent: that’s the difference between Sigma’s latest flagship medium-format camera, the SD1, and its predecessor, the SD15. With 46-megapixel resolution (three layers of 15.3-megapixel Foveon X3 sensor cards), Sigma is blazing trails with this particular model.

Scheduled to be released in June, the SD1 is housed in a weather- and shock-resistant...

PMA Show to Merge with International CES Unpublished

14 June 2011 Published in Industry News

The Photo Marketing Association International (PMA) recently announced an agreement with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to move the date, rename the September 2011 PMA International Convention and Trade Show and co-locate their respective conferences.

Under the agreement, the two groups will merge the PMA conference with...

Storer Named on AG|WPJA Top 10 List for 2010 Unpublished

13 June 2011 Published in People in the Industry

Auburn, Wash.-based wedding photographer Ron Storer was recently listed among the top ten wedding photographers in the world for 2010, according to the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (AG|WPJA).

Each year AG|WPJA publishes a list of the top 100 or so wedding photographers that have...

Affordable Cameras: All the Rage in China Unpublished

08 June 2011 Published in Industry News

Step aside, American consumers. Within the next five years, InfoTrends predicts that China will take the lead as the most active demographic among digital camera consumers.

According to the report, growth in digital camera markets in the United States and western Europe peaked in 2001. As digital cameras have become ever more accessible...