Another Image on the BING Homepage!

Last Sunday, March 21st, we discovered that another image of ours was selected to appear on the Bing homepage. This particular image is of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising, Michigan and was taken by Claudia Adams.

We have always felt that we have some of the best images and represent some of the best photographers in the world and the fact that Bing keeps coming back to DanitaDelimont.com for imagery is a testament to that.

New Content – Nico Tondini – Jordan, Lucca

Over 150 new images from Nico Tondini are now available on our website. Some great travel and culture shots from Jordan and Lucca.

To see all the images in this latest submission visit our website: HERE.

2010 Photo Contests – Double Dose of News

The National Wildlife Federation recently revealed the winners of their 2009 photo competition. Some of the victorious wildlife and nature images in a number of categories are posted up on their website.

Grand Prize Winning Shot © Robert M. Palmer

They also just recently began accepting submissions for the 2010 edition, which promises to be even bigger than last year. Taken from their website:

More than $30,000 in cash prizes!
Our 40th annual photo competition is our biggest ever!

We are now accepting entries to the 2010 National Wildlife Photo Contest. Cash prizes of more than $30,000 plus other gifts will be awarded to the winners in seven categories in three separate divisions. Go to the entry page for more details and the complete rules.

- Two $5,000 Grand Prizes

- Pro, Amateur and Youth divisions

- For your $20 entry fee, you can submit up to 25 images in 7 categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Landscapes/Plants, Connecting People and Nature, Backyard Habitat and Global Warming

- Winning images will be published on our website and a selection will appear in our December 2010 issue

All of you talented nature and wildlife photographers out there should definitely submit! Take a look at the the guidelines and deadlines over at the 2010 Photo Contest Page and happy shooting!

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In other Photo Contest news, we are please to announce that one of our own photographers, Daisy Gilardini, has been selected to the jury of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

Seattle Area Organization Offering FREE Online Media Courses

Click to view the courses offered!

Yesterday we had the pleasure of going down to Art Wolfe’s studio in SoDo to meet with one of the heads of CreativeTechs.com about our upcoming footage seminars. Honestly I was not entirely sure what we would find and was curious to see what kind of space and operation they had. Danita, Dave and I were very pleasantly surprised to find a well equipped studio with full HD camera set up, a staff of four people each doing their part to broadcast to the world, a very skilled and informative photographer leading the discussion and eight very comfortable chairs for the live studio audience.

We sat in on a webinar streaming live on the internet regarding the use of ambient light and strobes in photography. Not only was the class very informative, we were told that these courses were in fact FREE to those watching it unfold live online, and FREE to those who come sit in the studio and participate in the discussion. The class was not unlike your standard how-to segment on public broadcasting or an instructional DVD, but rather than it being a canned production the “students” were participating in the discussion via two members of the staff moderating chat rooms set up for the class.

This is a tremendous teaching tool and an incredible bargain. They offer 5 and 10 week courses on various subjects pertaining to all forms of media. They make it financially feasible by selling the downloads of each class, and full courses on their website, but like I said before, to watch live online or in the studio in Seattle is 100% FREE.

Here is a short list of some of the classes underway this quarter and starting next quarter:

Don’t miss out on such a great opportunity and be sure to check out their website for more details: http://creativetechs.com/training/

National Geographic Collaboration – ASPP “Picture Professional of the Year” Award

Happy New Year to Everyone,

© Savannah Stewart

As we begin this hopeful year of recovery, we wish you and all your colleagues great success for your 2010 projects. We’ve seen many changes throughout our industry with photographers and clients alike. It’s been a trying year and if you are among those that are still in business or working with freelance projects, we congratulate you! We were sorry to see many of our clients close their doors or downsize in 2009. Let’s hope 2010 will be much different and judging by all the recent activity on our site, we are quite hopeful!

That said, we are very much still in business, with thousands of new images going up onto our site each week. We are thrilled and honored to have so many talented and respected photographers seeking us out for representation as well.

In December we announced that we’re now working with renowned nature and wildlife photographer, Frans Lanting. Click HERE to view gallery.

Today we are pleased to announce a collaboration with the National Geographic Image Collection. We are now representing a portion of their collection and will be adding more with time. The NGIC’s images are well aligned with what we ourselves have been representing. You’ll find of lots of interesting moments captured in time–little slices of traditional lifestyle found throughout the world, caught by seasoned NGprofessional photographers traversing the globe on assignment for National Geographic. Representing National Geographic is a great honor and we hope the images we offer you from their brand will assist your projects and stimulate your clients, as they do us.

Here’s a small gallery of images representative of the content you’ll find on our site from the National Geographic Image Collection

© Robert Herman

In December I was honored at the ASPP New York Holiday Party by being awarded ASPP’s “Jane Kinne Picture Professional of the Award”. This means very much to me, coming from so many well respected peers in the industry. There are not many awards in this business for those of us who work with the images after they’ve been taken, so this acknowledgment is significant and rare. Having served on the ASPP board with Jane, as well as the NANPA Foundation Board (North American Nature Photography Association), I got to know Jane in a warm, yet professional way. She was always very happy to share information and advice, having worked in the industry for 50+ years. I learned a lot from Jane, most importantly that at the end of the day, it’s all about finding a fair solution for everyone involved when negotiating anything. I keep this in mind every day when working with clients. It needs to be a win-win all around for everyone to be happy.

To read the ASPP Picture Professional article about the award click HERE

Lastly, we’ve changed our website so that you can now search by photographer’s name. If you have a particular photographer whose work you like, you can enter his/her name into the keyword search and that should help you find what we have to offer from that particular photographer.

We wish you great success for 2010. Please know we are doing out very best to accommodate reduced budgets whenever possible. Please don’t hesitate to contact us or give me a call if there’s anything you’d like to discuss. We are here to help you!Just let us know what we can do for you.

With best wishes,

Danita and Staff

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Frans Lanting images now available

© Frans Lanting

We’re honored to offer images from Frans Lanting.  His commitment to documenting our world and its biodiversity is well known.  He has spent many years in the field, photographing the diverse cultures throughout the world, ecosystems, habitats, and the flora and fauna found within.  The depth and breadth he brings to our collection is exceptional and we hope you’ll find some of his images of use to your projects.

We’ve prepared a gallery of selected images from Frans. Please click here to have a look or you can click here to see all of the Frans Lanting images currently in our collection.

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Daisy Gilardini Recognized at the Veolia Environment BBC Wildlife Photography Awards 2009

We are always proud to have our photographers recognized for their amazing work and Daisy Gilardini was “specially commended” at the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2009 for her photo “The Fairy Companion.”

© Daisy Gilardini

Each year the competition – considered to be the OSCARS of nature photography – finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world’s top professional and amateur photographers. This year the contest received more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries. Roughly 100 images were awarded and I’m extremely honored to be part of this small group!

Picture courtesy of Mike Kendrick

The Award Ceremony was held at the Natural History Museum in London in October.

Have a look at the images of the event on my blog : http://blog.daisygilardini.com

To view all the other winning images : www.nhm.ac.uk

Dee Ann Pederson Chosen to be Included in 2009/2010 Smithsonian Exhibition

Award winning photography from Dee Ann Pederson

For the third year Dee Ann’s wildlife photography has been selected from tens of thousands of entries to be included in the 2009/2010 Smithsonian Exhibit.

All category Winners and a selection of the Highly Honored images are displayed in the annual photo exhibition of large-format prints with captions telling the stories behind the shots.

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Jon Cornforth Wins “Highly Honored Landscape” in 2009 Nature’s Best Int’l Photography Awards

© Jon Cornforth

One of our talented photographers, Jon Cornforth, has won “Highly Honored Landscape” in the 2009 Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice International Photography Awards for his photograph “Torres Dramatic Sunrise.” Such a stunning image and we’re proud to represent award winning photographers all over the world. We’ll let Jon fill you in:

I created this image 2 years ago while backpacking in Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile.  Most trekkers who have visited this location have done so while multi-day trekking and usually only spend 1 night before moving on.  However, my only goal during my visit was to photograph the Torres in epic light, so I spent 5 days/4 nights camping in the same location so that I could photograph the spires each day.  My last morning was the most dramatic.

Congratulations Jon!

Be sure to stop by his website for some more stunning photography: http://www.cornforthimages.com/

Reinventing Yourself

We just returned from a very successful ASPP program that the West coast chapter put on in San Francisco, entitled “Ready for Reinvention.”

Photo by Tom Weir

I think the single most important aspect that  I came away from the program with, is that you just have to make the first huge leap of faith towards something you’ve always wanted to do.  Losing a job can lead to new opportunities to revisit what it is that gets your juices flowing–to revisit dreams and passions and make a career choices that are very different from what you have been doing.  When we dig within our souls we often know that unhappiness can result from settling  for something less than what we wanted.  We knew we should have been doing something else, but because we were already entrenched in our job or careers it was “easy” to just keep things the way they were.  These are the attitudes and self-talk that we often experience when we know deep down inside that we’d be happier doing something else.

So, you lose your job.  If there was ever a time to try something new, it’s now!  Find your reserve and go for it.  Surround yourself with supporters and make the first move toward your dream.  Then just keep it moving, one step at a time.  I can say this because I’ve done it myself.  My husband, Dave,  is also an entrepreneur and he has shown me over the years how to do it.  We’ve had many businesses.  Some of them work out, some of them don’t.  By being in control of your own destiny, however, you have a chance to do what you want to do.  You can be your own boss and make your own difference in any way you choose. Read on »