Scott Bourne
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Scott Bourne is an author
Author
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, nature photographer, lecturer, podcaster, and producer specializing in new media
New media
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 and technology
Technology
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Books

Scott Bourne has authored three books about photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

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  • 2004 - 88 Secrets to Selling & Publishing Your Photography (ISBN 978-0976187806)
  • 2005 - 88 Secrets to Wildlife Photography (ISBN 978-0976187820)
  • 2005 - 88 Secrets to Photoshop for Photographers (ISBN 978-0976187813).

Photography

Scott Bourne is an award-winning photographer, and spends much of his time passing on the skills he has learned, especially as they pertain to the use of new digital camera technologies and software tools for photographers.

Bourne has conducted classes, workshops, tours and seminars for many photographic organizations.

Lectures

Bourne has published two training videos. 'Secrets to Selling and Publishing Photography' (ISBN 978-1596712713) and 'Podcasting with GarageBand 3' (ISBN 978-1596712461) were released in 2006.

Podcasting

Bourne is an active host and contributor to several podcasts (focused on subjects such as photography, new media, and technology), including 'Photofocus', 'Audio Boo', 'This Week In Photography
This Week in Photography
This Week in Photography is a weekly photography podcast. TWiP recorded its first show at the MacWorld Expo in 2008 launching on January 28, 2008, and is consistently ranked as the #1 photography podcast on iTunes. The show is co-hosted by Frederick Van Johnson and Alex Lindsay with contributors...

', 'MacBreak Weekly', and 'Gear Media Tech'.

Business and Bankruptcy

Bourne’s company, Bourne Media Group, LLC, was previously registered in Washington State where corporate records identify Scott and Jana Bourne as “governing persons,” located at a Gig Harbor, Washington address; in 2003 a bankruptcy petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington listing Alfred Scott and Jana Bourne, at the same Gig Harbor address, as debtors. The bankruptcy petition indicates that the debtors also operated businesses under the names “Earth Portrait Galleries,” “Scott Bourne Companies,” and “Weddings West.” Bourne has previously noted on his podcast that has previously photographed weddings.

Bourne's business is now based in Las Vegas, Nevada, where Scott and Jana L. Bourne are listed as active officers.

Copyright Evangelism

Bourne is an avid proponent of strong copyright protection and regularly promotes copyright registration (his Twitter bio describes him as, among other things, a "defender of copyrights."). Bourne has represented that he "registers everything that survives the delete cut in the first Lightroom pass" and has noted that he has "drawers and drawers of copyright certificates." Notwithstanding Bourne's assertions, the U.S. Copyright Office public record database reveals only one copyright registration for visual art material under Bourne's name -- a web site, the registration for which was filed in 2005. Several separate registrations cover Bourne's various books.

Bourne has also explained that copyright registration has served him well in infringement contexts, explaining that in the case of a "licensing question . . . fifteen minutes in the United States District Court [he] walks out with a check." A search of public court records reveals, however, that Bourne has never been involved in copyright litigation as a plaintiff.

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