The f64 Lunch Bunch is a group of thought leaders in the photography/video industry, trying to encourage visual creatives who are struggling with Coronavirus issues. Watch or just listen! https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFTE04JMxP0 

This is a great group of people who are passionate about the photography industry and who genuinely want to help.

The episode was recorded in front of a live (streaming) audience.

If you joined us and were part of the conversation, the links discussed are below. If not, watch the video and these same links are on the video page on YouTube.

I kicked off the show with five great links from companies sharing special offers during the coronavirus pandemic we’re all dealing with.

Adobe is offering 2 months free of Creative:
https://www.adobe.com/covid-19-response/message-from-shantanu.html

Avid is offering a 90 day free license for Media Composer Ultimate, Pro Tools, Pro Tools Ultimate, or Sibelius Ultimate:
https://www.avid.com/covid-19

Comcast offering 60 days free internet service, and public hot spots:
https://corporate.comcast.com/covid-19

Zoom online video conferencing has made substantial adjustments to their free account to accommodate for students through July 1 st :
https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/covid19.html

Frame.io is offering a free 90-day enterprise account, as well as an additional 2TB of free space for 90 days:
https://blog.frame.io/2020/03/18/frameio-covid-19-response/

Chamira Young shared the links for more information about Adobe Stock and setting up an additional revenue stream.

– Sign up:  https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/

– User guide and info on what buyers are looking for:  https://helpx.adobe.com/support/stock-contributor.html

Larry Becker’s link to his FREE ebook download (“absolutely no strings attached”) to help photographers getting started in video: bit.ly/free2020recipes

Steve Brazill’s links to three great episodes from “Behind the Shot” about copyright:

https://behindtheshot.tv/2017/06/28/copyright-for-photographers/

https://behindtheshot.tv/2018/10/25/copyright-for-photographers-2018-update/

https://behindtheshot.tv/2018/11/29/photo-copyright-registration-workflow/

This is a great time to expand your skillset and be ready when business comes back…and IT WILL COME BACK!

You can subscribe to the YouTube channel to see future episodes. You can also follow along at my pal Skip Cohen’s blog.

I will be back on the show again and we will do this for at least a few weeks and who knows, maybe longer.

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