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Open To Creativity

Are you open to creativity?

Are you open to creativity? In the busy world of marketing yourself, staying current and completing work, many photographers may feel burned out and lacking ideas. They are losing momentum and that their connection to their creativity is waning, as it takes a tremendous amount of talent, energy and commitment to build a successful photography business.

Join Selina Maitreya in a free one hour online seminar where she will provide photographers with tools that will kick start their reconnection to their creativity. You will discuss creative dates, scheduling in test shots during busy times, and she’ll suggest many ways to recharge creative batteries.

Clients in all markets cite Vision as the #1 quality they look for when hiring a photographer.

In this high spirited, free, one hour seminar, she will teach listeners how to Open Up To Creativity and will teach:

· Why being in the creative flow is the number 1 tool of every hugely successful photographer

· How to tell if you are out of alignment with your creative muse

· Practices that will kick start your re-connection process with your artistic self

· Habits that you can cultivate and use daily that will enrich your life

This event is free. Registration is required. http://selinamaitreya.com/teleseminar/

Tune In To Clarion Call III

The Annapurnas at dawn.

No matter whether you are just starting out in photography or an established professional, Clarion Call III is something you’ll want to get involved with. Hosted by consultant Selina Maitreya, it features seven industry experts discussing a variety of topics and situations relating to achieving success in the field of photography. It’ll take place on April 20th from noon EST. Click on the banner below to go to the sign up page – it’s free but there are a limited number of seats and it’s filling fast so don’t delay.

I chatted with Selina for almost half an hour about Clarion Call III. We talked about the various presenters and also so me reasons why you will want to participate in the event. Have a listen at this MP3 link – just click on it to start the broadcast.

clarioncall3.mp3

Electronic Copyright Registration

Everytime you press the shutter release on your camera and take a photograph, you have created a piece of work that is copyrighted. You don’t need to do anything else for the copyright to belong to you – watermarks, writing All Rights Reserved, the © symbol and so on are not necessary to claim ownership of your copyright. From the moment you take the photo, you own the copyright. Exceptions may exist if you are giving away the copyright under a work made for hire type agreement but as a general rule, if you take a photo, the copyright is yours.

Should someone use your work without authorization, you then have the right to sue for damages. There are two basic forms that damages can come in – actual damages and statutory damages. Actual damages are normally quite small, maybe only a couple of hundred dollars. Statutory damages on the other hand can be as much as US$150 000 per image. But, and this is crucial, you can only claim statutory damages if your images are registered with the US Copyright Office. Additionally, a lot of IP lawyers won’t take your case unless your image is registered.

Fortunately, registration is quick, simple and cheap when done online. A fee of US$35 per registration along with online upload of images means that there’s really no excuse for not doing so. You can register multiple images at one time. To get started, head over to the copyright office website, sign up for an account and away you go.

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