May 2008
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DENNIS IN CHINA
Postcard from Dennis Brack
An invitation came into the WHNPA website for the WHNPA president to speak at the opening of the Shenzhen International Photography Industrial Park.
I replied saying that we are honored and asked who will pay the airfare and expenses. They replied saying that the industrial organization was. Many emails and finally I am here. What an experience. My photograph is actually on the side of the building.
I now know how our candidate and subjects of our scrums feel being surrounded by photographers all trying to get to where they think is the right position is quite an experience.
There are many creative people here and thousands of opportunities. Perhaps this trip will develop into an opportunity for WHNPA, we’ll see—stay tuned. I would love to hear member’s thoughts and ideas!
PARTY PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!! →
drr.net
Hundreds of photos from the 2008 gala and over a thousand 2008 WHNPA PHOTO BOOTH pictures are now online at Digital Railroad.
Here are just a few to get you started. Have fun!
Photos of the 2008 Gala by Kevin Wolf. Photo Booth by John Harrington.
PDN photo annual →
gallery.pdnevents.com
check out the winning photos …….
RAINED OUT!!! GOLF RESCHEDULED - FRIDAY MAY 30th
We have rescheduled the WHNPA Golf outing. The new date is Friday May
30th. Please forward this to any friends who may be interested. (they don’t have to be whnpa members)
2008 WHNPA ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
Friday May 30, 2008
Penderbrook Golf Club
3700 Golf Trail Lane
Fairfax, VA 22033
12:30 PM SHOTGUN START
Format: Captains Choice (Best Ball)
$85, includes greens fees, carts, lunch buffet, happy hour, prizes for
some, gifts for all.
*** Prizes this year include Nikon Cool Pix cameras and PNY 8GB high
speed memory cards!!!***
Please RSVP to Matthew Cavanaugh 202-236-4117 or cavanaugh at epa.eu
Thanks to everybody that made the effort this morning. Sorry we got
rained out. Looking forward to seeing you on the 30th!
Cheers,
Matthew
PDN - PHOTO ADVOCATES DIVIDED OVER ORPHAN WORKS →
pdnonline.com
Discussion of the proposed legislation… read the full article
TICKETS _ ADVANCED PICK UP OPTIONS
Tickets can be ‘Fed-Exed” to you if you provide HEIDI with your account number. Also, she will be at the Ritz Carlton in the Lincoln room after 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008. You may pick up your tickets there, anytime after….thru late Saturday morning. Will Call will open at 5 p.m., although the gala will not begin until the 6:30 p.m. cocktail hour. Please allow ample time for transportation and parking. There is a bar in the restaurant area of the hotel, as well as a small sitting room off of the main lobby. Remember, YOU MUST have a ticket to attend. You will NOT be allowed into the ballroom or be eligible for the Continental airline drawing without one. See you all there! It’s going to be a great celebration!
SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!
Tickets for this Saturday’s Gala have sold out. We are not accepting additional orders online. If you have questions about the dinner, please click the link below to:
VOTE TODAY 2:00 PM ON ORPHAN WORKS →
capwiz.com
The Orphan Works Act will affect all images from professional paintings
to family snapshots. This includes any image, whether published or
unpublished - or any that resides or ever resided on the internet. It
will force me to register every image I make with privately-held
commercial registries. All unregistered works will be exposed as
potential orphans for commercial infringement.
This radical change to U.S. copyright law will shift the burden of
diligence from infringers to rights holders. All of us will have to
regularly monitor the unauthorized use of our most personal work - an
impossible task because infringements can occur anytime, anywhere in the
world. It is wrong to give infringers the right to make money from my
property without my knowledge or consent. How could I ever stop bad
actors from using it in abusive, cheap or distasteful ways? I am alive,
working and “locatable” to anyone I wish to find me. I am managing my
copyrights in accord with U.S. and international law. I should not have
to pay some for-profit company to keep the work I’ve created.
Copyright laws are based on legal and business practices that have
passed the test of time. They protect a vulnerable form of private
property and the privacy rights embodied in them. They should not be
undermined for the sake of special interest groups or for transitory
reasons.
For those and other reasons, I ask you to consider the harm this bill
can do to existing businesses and vote against it unless it is amended
to precisely define an orphan work as a copyright no longer managed by a
rightsholder.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Orphan Works
legislation.
TELL CONGRESS WHAT YOU THINK!
Orphan Works 2008
URGENT CALL TO ACTION
BREAKING NEWS, May 6, 2008 -
The House is meeting at 2:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 2141 Rayburn House
Office Building markup of H.R. 5889, the
"Orphan Works Act of 2008"
This means that if you oppose the House Bill as it stands, it is
extremely important to make your voice heard before that
meeting begins.
Please take a moment to be heard via a prepared letter of your
choice, or by including your own reasoned thoughts in a
professional courteous manner.
THIS LINK HAS PREFORMATTED LETTERS OPPOSING THE BILL
REGARDING ORPHAN WORKS:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11303956
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT ORPHAN WORKS-- SAY IT TODAY———————
... BEFORE 2:00 PM
The Orphan Works Act will affect all images from professional paintings
to family snapshots. This includes any image, whether published or
unpublished - or any that resides or ever resided on the internet. It
will force me to register every image I make with privately-held
commercial registries. All unregistered works will be exposed as
potential orphans for commercial infringement.
This radical change to U.S. copyright law will shift the burden of
diligence from infringers to rights holders. All of us will have to
regularly monitor the unauthorized use of our most personal work - an
impossible task because infringements can occur anytime, anywhere in the
world. It is wrong to give infringers the right to make money from my
property without my knowledge or consent. How could I ever stop bad
actors from using it in abusive, cheap or distasteful ways? I am alive,
working and “locatable” to anyone I wish to find me. I am managing my
copyrights in accord with U.S. and international law. I should not have
to pay some for-profit company to keep the work I’ve created.
Copyright laws are based on legal and business practices that have
passed the test of time. They protect a vulnerable form of private
property and the privacy rights embodied in them. They should not be
undermined for the sake of special interest groups or for transitory
reasons.
For those and other reasons, I ask you to consider the harm this bill
can do to existing businesses and vote against it unless it is amended
to precisely define an orphan work as a copyright no longer managed by a
rightsholder.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed Orphan Works
legislation.
RESERVE YOUR EYES OF HISTORY GALA TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!! →
whnpa.org
THE EYES OF OF HISTORY” GALA DINNER will take place on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Tickets are sold on a first-come basis, and online purchases must be finalized, depending on seating limitations, by May 8 at 11:59 pm. If tickets sell-out, the online ticket sales option will be withdrawn at the discretion of the dinner committee. Reservations and changes made after May 2 cannot be reflected in the printed program.
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE TICKETS….
ORDER ONLINE BY MAY 8.
NEW ARRIVAL!
(from TWT Staff Photographer Michael Connor)
We are happy to report that Grace Helen Connor was born at 1:06 a.m. on May 1, 2008. She arrived with flair and an emergency c-section but mommy and baby are doing really well. All is well that ends well.
Stats
6 lbs. 12 ozs.
18.5 inches
full head of dark hair
LONG eye lashes
gorgeous!!!
We will be in the hospital for 3-5 days so please visit or call if you get the chance. I will be posting way more photos and videos on the blog tomorrow so keep checking it. I hope I got this out to everyone, but please pass the word.
Michael and Nicole Connor
email: mconnor@ConnorStudios.com
