WePresent Friday April 19, 2024
Existing as a freelance worker in the photography landscape is not easy, but it’s a job with creative potential, notes WePresent, the digital arts and editorial platform from WeTransfer. WePresent is launching a series of free guides called New Rules that will “interrogate how to thrive as an artist in unstable creative industries that are changing beyond all recognition.” The first free download focuses on the world of photography, with stories, opinions, advice from leading photographers like Emily Keegin, Quil Lemons and Campbell Addy.
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DP Review Friday April 19, 2024
When Fujifilm announced its new X100VI rangefinder-style camera at a press event in Japan last month, it teased a special version of the camera: the X100VI Limited Edition. That edition, limited to 1934 numbers units worldwide, went on sale recently in the US, UK and Australia. The US was allocated 300 units and sold out quickly. But now, reports DP Review, Fujifilm has canceled a number of orders that it deemed “suspicious”—perhaps attributable to bots, per PetaPixel. That means some X100VI Limited Edition cameras will be available for sale again. Go here to enter a raffle.
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OnDeck Friday April 19, 2024
The pay gap between men and women is alive and well: A new report from small-business financing company OnDeck reveals that male freelance photographers earn around $25 more per hour on average than their female peers in the US. However, female videographers earn more than their male counterparts. OnDeck researchers analyzed the hourly rate charged by 9,078 U.S.-based freelancers on Upwork with over 100 billed hours. then calculated the difference between hourly rates for male and female freelancers by U.S. state, overall, as well as in different work categories. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday April 19, 2024
We noted in March that TikTok might be preparing to take on Instagram with a new photo-sharing app. More recently, The Verge reported that the new app was on its way: In a notification sent to users,
TikTok said it was launching "a new app for photo posts" called TikTok Notes. A new photo.tiktok.com URL spotted by TechCrunch also briefly appeared online with a … Read the full Story >>
