Comments on: Curate Your Inspiration

By: erika verginelli

erika verginelli — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:51:14 +0000

well, pinterest is the new tumblr inspirational board then! Wish I could see you there Nick!

By: small business services

small business services — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:20:05 +0000

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By: Brady Fontenot

Brady Fontenot — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:26:30 +0000

I’ve used Image Spark in the past for this. It’s really helpful to organize ideas. Also cool b/c you can layout images on a virtual board like a big puzzle and resize images and what not so you can place emphasis on certain images.

Image Spark Screenshot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jewboyflava/4869092093/

Image Spark
http://www.imgspark.com

What’s that Jim Jarmusch quote? oh yeah:

“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”

By: lenleereps

lenleereps — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:52:00 +0000

You’re rockin’, Onken! Great work.

By: Steven Noreyko

Steven Noreyko — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:21:04 +0000

@nickonken sez: “… I’ve credited every photograph where I know who the author actually is.A lot of these photos are reblogged from other bloggers that have no credits.”

I think you’re trying to be responsible here, which is great. Responsible in terms of the original artist getting credit for the work you’re sharing.

I think if you’re going to post the material, you need to do the research to find out who shot it and give them credit. If some other bloggers are lazy and didn’t bother to find the original author, then don’t continue that cycle and re-post it again as a orphan. Google, PicScout or TinEye could be able to track down where the image originated.

By: Chris Eversole

Chris Eversole — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:32:05 +0000

Looks great! You should implement an rss feed for the tumblr deficient.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:34 +0000

PS: Where this subject has been somewhat tested on the copyright question are blogs like fashiongonerogue and fashionisto. In fact fashiongonerogue recently encountered legal trouble for repurposing images, even though most agree that their particular use is actually a PR benefit to the image’s owners and in many cases they source images from the photographer or creatives on the shoot.

See story here: http://fashionista.com/2010/07/fashion-gone-rogue-sued-for-copyright-infringement-goes-on-hiatus/

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:45:14 +0000

On one side it’s a great use of technology of something most of us do, or should be doing. But there is a fine line between ripping pages out of a magazine (done for decades), or saving a website image to your own hard drive and on the other side actually republishing it on a website.

Having it on a website makes that process more public, and in some ways more transparent about who inspires one, and following the thread of that inspiration in one’s work, allowing judgment on of how much is original vs. highly leveraged.

I frequently save images that inspire me and put them in a Lightroom gallery. I take pains to use a different preset that attaches a note in IPTC data clearly stating that copyright is with original photographer – just in case a file were to inadvertently get out despite measures to the contrary. I do frequently visit my Lightroom gallery when planning a shoot, copy a collection of them onto my iPad, or put a private gallery online only shared with the team.

I’ve found this process to be extremely valuable in refining and identifying what inspires me – or as Selina put it on her podcast, what the few images are that I’d like to have shot before I died.

But I’ve also found that at times while it can help people on the shoot see what inspires you, it can also make them attempt to copy that instead to the dot. Then you have to undo it by directing them even more to capture your vision as influenced by your inspirations. Showing them during pre-pro only, but not on set unless needed has minimized this tendency for me.

By: nickonken

nickonken — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:27:25 +0000

@StevenNoreyko I understand where you are coming from and you bring up a great point. I think the web 2.0 world has changed the digital world we live in. I thought I was clear enough in my “mantra” paragraph, but it seems I need to clarify and preface the site better. In no way am I making claim to these photographs, but show casing them in one spot. If you do look more in depth at most of the posts, I’ve credited every photograph where I know who the author actually is. A lot of these photos are reblogged from other bloggers that have no credits.

I find people blogging my images all the time, and in that respect it doesn’t bother me because they arent’ using my images for commercial gain. Other photographers blog my work all the time, and I have no problem with it. Credit is always nice, but I don’t always get it. If I find people blogging my images without a creditline, I just kindly ask them to credit me.

As with this tumblr blog, If I don’t credit the image, it’s because I don’t know the author. If anyone knows the author to an image that isn’t listed, please contact me so I can properly credit them.

By: Alex Hibbert

Alex Hibbert — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:54:56 +0000

I absolutely love the idea – but am also confused about the legality of using the images on a commercial site.