I am a professional photographer. I have photographed numerous national and local music artists. My work has appeared in both print and electronic media as well as in artist sponsored projects. Check my MySpace albums or the Gallery on my web site to see examples of my work.
- Artists can contract with me to photograph their band and shows for press kits, promotion and advertising material, album artwork, business cards, merchandise, posters, or pictures for their web site. See this website on press kit photos for information on what a press kit photo should include.
- Promoters and other music industry professionals can contract with me to photograph themselves, their staff or functions for press kits, promotion and advertising material, brochures, corporate reports, business cards, or for their web site.
- Publications can contract with me for editorial assignments to photograph music artists, promoters, and other music industry figures and events.
- Instrument makers and equipment manufacturers can contract with me to photograph their products as well as endorsement artists using them.
- Recording studio owners can contract with me to photograph their studios to illustrate their facilities and services.
- I have a large stock library from all of the concerts I have photographed. I license all of my photographs for editorial purposes. See the gallery on my web site for samples of my work.
- I will happily photograph artist recording sessions. Pictures of artists practicing the creative process have become enormously popular with fans, and have become famous among music art collectors.
CONTACT INFO
E-mail: Walter @ RoweImages.com
Mobile: 202-355-4123
Baltimore Music Conference, September 17-20 2008
Join me and thousands of others at the Baltimore Music Conference in September. I will be leading a panel of photographers on "Photo Ops and Photo Oops" where we will be exhibiting and discussing great music photographs and photographic catastrophes.
MusicPhotographers.net
Are you a professional photographer shooting pictures for the music business? I encourage you to join the Music Photographers Network. Will Hawkins and I founded that community especially for professional photographers working with the music industry. Hundreds of full and part time professionals congregate there to share information and interact.
We have a wealth of information specifically targeting our industry. We discuss technical photography topics, running a photography business, copyright and protecting your rights, contracts and negotiations, dealing with members of the music business, etc. We also host articles and blogs on topics of interest to our community, as well as book and gear reviews, and links to lots of resources.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Thank you for visiting my MySpace page. I hope you enjoy the photographs I display here and will desire to work with me. I must post this message because there is a common, errant belief that photographs posted on the Internet are public domain or can be used for free for personal use. That is incorrect.
Photographs on the Internet are the sole property of the person who actually took the picture. You do not have permission to copy, distribute, hotlink, download, or use in any way these photographs without a written license agreement from the copyright owner. In addition, if you take photographs that do not belong to you and post them on your MySpace profile, you are violating Sections 6.3 and 9 of the MySpace Terms & Conditions. Violation of these terms may result in removal of your account from MySpace without notice.
MySpace Terms & Conditions, Section 6.3
You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the MySpace Services or otherwise have the right to grant the license set forth in this Section 6, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the MySpace Services does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights or any other rights of any person or entity. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of any Content posted by you on or through the MySpace Services.
MySpace Terms & Conditions, Section 9
Protecting Copyrights and Other Intellectual Property. MySpace respects the intellectual property of others, and requires that our users do the same. You may not upload, embed, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any material that infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights of any person or entity. MySpace has the right to terminate the Membership of infringers.
Plain and simple .. do not steal my photographs. I own them. All of my photographs are registered with the United States Copyright Office. They are protected under United States Copyright Law. If you use any of my photographs without a written license agreement from me, I will sue you in US Federal Court for copyright infringement. You will pay me for all damages, penalties, legal fees, and court costs. If you are unfamiliar with US copyright laws, visit www.copyright.gov. For complete MySpace Terms & Conditions, click here.
