Tim Fraser, Organizing Director of Creative America sends ASPP this update:

Dear ASPP Members,

As you know, standing up for creativity and preventing online content theft is critically important to people like you who make a living in and care about the creative industries. 

It's important to recognize that our effort to protect creators and makers—actors, directors, camera operators, set designers, makeup artists, and many more—has seen a lot of progress in the last year.

• Internet service providers are now participating in a voluntary program to alert subscribers when it appears that illegal downloading has occurred on their accounts.
• Google has changed its search rankings so that rogue sites don't appear in the top of search results, and many of these sites have been removed.
• The debate about whether or not piracy is harmful is now a settled matter. In August, Carnegie Mellon University published a review of the empirical literature on piracy's impact on media sales and concluded that "the vast majority of the literature (particularly the literature published in top peer reviewed journals) finds evidence that piracy harms media sales."
• USC Annenberg's Innovation Lab is shedding light on how advertisements for many big name brands end up on websites dedicated to copyright infringement, and some brands have already requested that ad networks remove their ads from these websites.
• Major credit card companies and major advertisers both agreed on best practices to reduce sales and advertising on websites that sell pirated and counterfeit goods.
• In November, 125 musicians came together to stand up for fair compensation for artists on Internet radio platforms.

ASPP Highlights from 2012

We're pleased to share with you a short video that summarizes the ASPP in 2012. Take a few moments to watch this extraordinary and entertaining look at our accomplishments. We couldn't have done it without you.

MUSIC ALERT! Be sure to check your audio settings before launching.

See what ASPP accomplished in 2012 and what they have in store for you in 2013.

Please share with your own networks so even more picture professionals can discover the ASPP.

Want to watch full screen on our Vimeo site? Go to http://vimeo.com/asppnational/2012accomplishments.

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Happy New Year!

Looking back on the past year, I was amazed and pleased at the number and diversity of events hosted and sponsored by ASPP chapters nationwide. In addition to chapter events and parties, we revamped our beloved magazine, The Picture Professional, added more member benefits, boosted membership, gave Find-a-Pro a facelift, launched a graduate membership gift program, created a Board of Trustees, updated our chapter handbook and worked with other trade groups on issues of mutual concern including orphan works and the Google books settlement.

Our Marketing Communications chair, Jennifer Davis Heffner, has turned her considerable talents into creating a video that summarizes the ASPP in 2012. Take a few moments to watch this extraordinary and entertaining look at our accomplishments. We couldn't have done it without you!

—Michael Masterson, ASPP National President, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , (213) 760-1176

Get Your Message to Your Market

ASPP is pleased to announce a new opportunity for our members and supporters: the chance to advertise your company's products and services directly on the ASPP website.

Together with our publishing partner, MultiView, we are bringing you closer to ASPP's special niche market of picture professionals. We're connecting your business with the buyers and clients you need. We hope you will use this new opportunity to reach your core customers through our site.

You'll be working directly with MultiView. ASPP has final approval of all ads that run on our site to bring our viewers a quality, targeted experience. If needed, MultiView can provide banner ad design at no additional cost to you, and the artwork they design is yours to own.

Here is a preview of how ads appear on ASPP's homepage. The top position is run-of-site with several rotation slots. Secondary positions for verticals are available on ASPP's other popular pages including our eNews blog, chapter blogs and Find-a-Pro.

To learn more about how to feature your company on the ASPP website, please call MultiVeiw at 800-816-6710 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . As always, we appreciate your support and feedback about this new program!

NEWS FROM NATIONAL

—Jain Lemos, ASPP Executive Director

Happy 2013! We're fifteen days in and yet it feels as though the year is zooming by. That's because the National Board has been busy working on a new development I'm pleased to be announcing this month.

The Picture Professional magazine is self sustaining. Ads in each edition cover all the writing, design, printing and distribution costs. However, our online presence is not self-sustaining. In a bid to make it so, the Board decided during its December meeting to accept advertising onto the aspp.com website beginning in 2013.

Soon then, you will begin seeing ad banners at the top of every page and in the sidebar areas on the national blog and chapter pages. The Board expects that by the end of 2013, ads in 10 or 12 positions will offset nearly 70 percent of our total yearly web-related costs. This new revenue source will also be used for our site's complete redesign, which is launching this year!

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Get Your Message to Your Market. ASPP is pleased to announce a new opportunity for our members and supporters: the chance to advertise your company's products and services directly on the ASPP website.

Together with our publishing partner, MultiView, we are bringing you closer to ASPP's special niche market of picture professionals. We're connecting your business with the buyers and clients you need. We hope you will use this new opportunity to reach your core customers through our site.

You'll be working directly with MultiView. ASPP has final approval of all ads that run on our site to bring our viewers a quality, targeted experience. If needed, MultiView can provide banner ad design at no additional cost to you, and the artwork they design is yours to own.

To learn more about how to feature your company on the ASPP website, please call MultiView at 800-816-6710 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . As always, we appreciate your support and feedback about this new program!

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We are also planning and preparing for 2013 industry conferences and programs. First up is the Nature Photography Summit presented by NANPA.We'll all be in Jacksonville, Florida from February 28 to March 3, 2013. Joining me in the portfolio review room will be fellow ASPP members Kathy Adams Clark, Sharon Cohen-Powers, Danita Delimont, John Nuhn, Savanah Plank, Miriam Stein, Nancy Tobin, Sonia Wasco, Tom Wear and Michele Westmoreland. The conference will have a keynote, four general sessions and 18 breakout sessions covering topics from publishing photo books to motion-picture storytelling. Here is the link for registration and hotel booking. Florida is an attractive and affordable destination! Please join us for some nature-loving sunshine and skill building.

Closer to your location, please be ready for more great events. Our chapters are announcing new board members and we encourage you to volunteer to help them with a program or project of interest to you this year. It's starting out as a productive one already.

ASPP AGENCIES | THE GRANGER COLLECTION
(www.granger.com)

WARHOL AT THE FACTORY: Andy Warhol seated next to an art buyer. Filmmaker Paul Morrissey is at left. Artist Willoughby Sharp handles a print of a nude. Photograph, c1970. Full credit: Kenneth Van Sickle / The Granger Collection.The spontaneous and poignant images of New York fine-art photographer Kenneth Van Sickle are now available at The Granger Collection. Van Sickle is known for literally shooting from the hip, a technique that captured palpable moments of perception. His subject matter includes Bohemian life in Paris during the 1950s and intimite dialogues with celebrated poets and artists in later decades. 

Van Sickle's career spans 60 years of working in various styles—from candid black-and-white narratives evoking the mutability of life to experimental approaches in his later series, which explored the artist's subconscious involvement during digital manipulation. His lifelong fascination with visual phenomena has earned him shows at major galleries in Berlin, New York, and Paris, and at The George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. 

In 1960, Van Sickle's work was exhibited in the "Photography in the Fine Arts" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and is included in its permanent collection. His photographs are also in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, purchased and donated by Edward Steichen.

"Ken's photographs are spellbinding," says Lila Dlaboha, Managing Director of The Granger Collection. "Both his vintage work and later experimental photography satisfy the growing trends for imagery from the 1950s and 1960s. The plush color palette of his scenics, for instance, are perfectly suitable for a gamut of creative uses."

More vintage and contemporary photographs by Kenneth Van Sickle will be added to the online collection periodically. The images are now available at www.granger.com; a curated selection may be viewed by clicking here.

ASPP MEMBERS | JIM PICKERELL 
(www.selling-stock.com)

Here is a recap of recent articles posted on Selling Stock. There is a fee in the form of credits to read the full text of some stories. Some articles are free and most stories are 2 credits, but that varies depending on the story.)

Red Carpet Photos: New Revenue Stream For Photographers. Stipple and PEOPLE are joining together to help fans learn more about the stars photographed on the red carpet at The Critics' Choice Movie Awards held on Thursday, January 10, at 8pm EST.

Five Years Of Getty Reportage. In observance of its 5-year anniversary of Reportage by Getty Images the company has put together a collection of some of the most compelling photojournalism shot by Getty photographers. There are multimedia presentations of Tahrir Square and Kabul as well as tent camps in Haiti and violence in Mexico.

Chasing Infringements. As a specialist in model released military photography for more than 30 years Hans Halberstadt has always actively pursued infringements of his work. Over the years he has recovered in excess of $200,000, often a few thousand dollars at a time, for various unauthorized uses.

Instagram Does About Face. The New York Times reports that late Thursday Kevin Systrom, Instagram’s co-founder said, that where advertising was concerned, the company would revert to its previous terms of service that have been in effect since October 2010.

Scoopshot Launches Professional Service. Scoopshot has launched Scoopshot PRO that makes commissioning a photographer easier than ever. The service gives the media, ad agencies and other companies access to a global pool of professional and accredited amateur photographers, and the ability to set, manage and pay for assignments.

Future Image Demand In Education. At the PACA International Conference in October, Christie Silver of McGraw Hill School Education Group provided details on where her team found images for a major reading program they have been working on this year.

ASPP MEMBERS | PHOTOSHELTER
(www.PhotoShelter.com)

Looking for a way to jumpstart your photography business in 2013, but not sure where to start? Think $15,000 in prizes could help? Then PhotoShelter's Jumpstart Contest is right up your alley!

If you need help taking your photography business to the next level—whether you need to attract new clients, improve your existing relationships, or fine tune your technique—then we have the contest for you.

Jumpstart Your Photography Business Contest

One grand prize winner will win exclusive one-on-one time with each member of our Dream Team Advisory Board:

• Lindsay Adler - Social media guru, author, and New York-based fashion and portrait photographer who teaches seminars worldwide.
• Zack Arias - Editorial and commercial photographer known as a highly experienced speaker and educator.
• Ilise Benun - Marketing consultant and author, and co-founder of Marketing Mentor.
• David Brabyn - Website consultant, photojournalist, and Founder of digitaltechparis.
• Bill Cramer - Commercial photographer, and Founder and CEO of Wonderful Machine.
• Jasmine DeFoore - Photo editor and consultant, and Founder of Texas Photo Roundup.
• David Hobby - Editorial and commercial photographer, and Founder of Strobist.com.
• Brian Smith - Award-winning celebrity portrait photographer.

Get 15% off Getty Images Creative & Editorial Video or Music Tracks until February 15, 2013.

ASPP members can receive this special discount when licensing creative or editorial video clips and music tracks. The offer is for those members who do not currently have a price/rate agreement with Getty and have not licensed any of their video or music content in the past.

The offer applies to transactions completed by a resident of the United States or Canada on www.gettyimages.com or gettyimages.ca on or before February 15, 2013. Members can use the discount more than once during the offer period, too.

A promo code must be applied at time of purchase. Log into the Member Area with your username and password to receive the promo codes or call the ASPP National office.

Enjoy the sights and sounds and savings from Getty Images!

ASPP MEMBERS | MARILYN ANGEL WYNN
(www.nativestock.com)

"Feathers & Leathers" Book and Gallery Exhibit

Ongoing
NativeStock Gallery
Santa Fe, New Mexico

NativeStock, the leading supplier of Indian Country imagery, recently opened their first studio and gallery at 1036 Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico. NativeStock Gallery is proud to present the photography exhibit "Feathers & Leathers" in conjunction with the release of photographer Marilyn Angel Wynn's latest book.

Wynn specializes in shooting colorful stock images of Native American Indian cultures, creating antique-inspired amber gold tone prints in the syle of historic works by Edward S. Curtis, who photographed tribal nations 100 years ago.