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The least I could do

Last Friday, the Watson family lost more than a home. They lost a building which hosted 6 generations of their family over 150 years. But the current family of 5 all made it out alive and only a few injuries.

Posted 05 May 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § News ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Caught red-handed!

I have never caught someone stealing one of my photos in person. Whenever it has happened, it has been some Web site taking sports photos (usually NIU football) from this blog. Sports blog sites normally don’t have any art budget and don’t subscribe to the AP, so they take what they want. High schoola also [...]

Posted 17 March 2010 † Beck Diefenbach § Industry § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Catching Controversy

Most people do not want unbiased news. They may say they do, but what they really want is biased news in their favor. One of the hardest part of my job as a photojournalist is explaining what I can and cannot do as a photog. Possibly the worst thing for a photog to do is [...]

Posted 15 November 2008 † Beck Diefenbach § Sports ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , ,

NPPA highlights my Orphan Works Bill analysis

Today the National Press Photographers Association referred to my analysis of the Orphan Works Bill on their Web site, NPPA.org. Last week I wrote on the St. Louis Post Dispatch photo blog, Pictures, about the inherent dangers of the Orphan Works Bill to creative people and the ownership of their work.
Post on NPPA.org
My Orphan Works [...]

Posted 07 October 2008 † Beck Diefenbach § Industry ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,