#maxdubler

[emgeemann]

Renowned skate photographer and pro downhill skateboarder @maxdubler is coming to #TheCendoff and shooting for @cometskateboards. As a special event for this "Last Run" #CenMass event, Max has partnered with @EmgeeEvents and the @HarvardGeneralStore to offer a #DublerPhoto Seminar on how to shoot better skate photos! Date - Friday, August 2nd, 2019 Location - Upstairs at HGS after the conclusion of the mini ramp jam & street course. Time - 7:00pm Photo Seminar 8:30pm Film Screening Price - Free admission, limited to 50 total spaces Food, Drink & Merch for sale 21+ with ID #CentralMass10 #SkateCentralMa #CenMids #EmgeeEvents #MaxDubler (at Central Mass Skate Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0UUoCMhWup/?igshid=ilaz2kllxozv

[skateboardermemes]

Via @maxdubler 's twitter. #skateboarding #theoffice #michaelscott #injury #hurt #ouch #meme

[robertogreco]

“Flew back to LA at sunset and the skyscrapers interacted with the smog in a beautiful way. #mydayinla” –Max Dubler

[tsmhm]

A tweet

@maxdubler you can get wide streets (one-way) too and it's lovely (shout out to bed stuy brooklyn!)

— ErinLuhks (@ErinLuhks) Jun 23, 2022

[kagemune347]

Went and raced dump road last weekend and was lucky enough to walk away with first place in lightweight division on some 80mm mango ALPHAS. Had a blast and a half with some of the fastest bois in Cali. 📸: @maxdubler @bryn_lbdr #dublerphoto #ronintrucks #alphagang #seismicalpha #seismicskate #transcendskateboards #raynelongboards #newoldershelmets #downhillskateboarding #downhillracing #ionicflux #rolllikehell #rogersbrosdh #ridersflysoles #xaviaracing #muirskate #vanssk8hi #bambamgloves #susspucks (at Moreno Valley, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7lyl_1puzt/?igshid=mdn9d4t78ewx

[mylongbrothers]

Olha esta foto do @crisskatepanico na Master em Maryhill. #cdcrules #mylongbrothers . repost: @maryhillwindwalk Our friend @crisskatepanico on the Master run at @maryhillwindwalk Photo:@maxdubler #maryhillwindwalk #dublerphoto http://ift.tt/2xinF7O #mylongbrothers

[dblongboards]

@joey_exton looking dialed in black and white #downhill #longboarding #dblongboards PC: @maxdubler #dublerphoto http://ift.tt/2qxFTMm

[emgeemann]

Who remembers? 6 years ago, @emilylongboards placed second at #CentralMass4 Women’s DH behind @amandapowellwebber. Since then, she has been 5x #IDFracing Women’s World Champion and was #5 in the world last year in IDF Open division. It’s been amazing to watch the trajectory of skaters over the lifespan of CenMass, and Emily’s has been nothing short of spectacular. This year at #CentralMass10 she won the whole damn thing, showing the boys how to really fly with her first-ever #SkateCentralMa Open DH Championship. (Does this mean it’s harder to win #CenMass than to be a top-10-world-rank IDF racer!?) Thanks for your longtime involvement and support of @centralmassskatefestival and @emgeeevents, Emily. Now let’s see you on the @idfracing World Champ podium next year! 📷1: @originalskateboards 📷2,4,5,6: @khaleeqovision 📷3: @maxdubler #CenMassArchives #EmgeeEvents #TheCendoff #DublerPhoto PS can we talk about how amazing the hotshorts topless dads processional to #TheCendoff DH party podium was? (at Central Mass Skate Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZlMpCBppv/?igshid=17bsym2u5x1ag

[unionrising]

https://twitter.com/msharr/status/822919297198473217

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https://twitter.com/ThisJustInLIVE/status/822918129130950657

https://twitter.com/maxdubler/status/822917873966268416

https://twitter.com/DrumandLace/status/822917871219003392

https://twitter.com/DayOldDonuts/status/822916436901261312

[photomaniacs]

No, You Can’t Use My Photos On Your Brand’s Instagram For Free http://ift.tt/2udRPaC

My name is Max Dubler, and I am a professional photographer who has been working full time in downhill skateboarding for the last several years. I am a well-known person within this little niche: I started an influential website with my friends, was on staff for the only downhill magazine since its first issue, have written extensively about downhill skate safety, and have been hired by almost every major downhill skate brand to shoot photos.

Lately, in an effort to get new riders excited about skating, I have departed from my usual policy of only releasing the most technically perfect pictures of sponsored riders and started posting all of my halfway decent photos from skate events on Skatehousemedia.com and its Facebook page. This is a lot more editing work, but as a skater myself I understand the excitement of seeing a good photo of myself from an event. It also helps drive traffic and engagement.

I don’t put huge watermarks in the middle of my photos or charge individual skaters to use them on social media because skaters are mostly broke teenagers, watermarks ruin the picture and don’t stop people from stealing your photos, and I make an okay living from freelance work and my steady gigs. The second-hand stoke is enough of a reward for me. I do charge for-profit companies a fee to use my photos because they are making money off my work. This is a pretty straightforward distinction.

A few days ago an established, successful small longboard brand downloaded one of my pictures from an event in Canada and posted it to their Instagram account.

Not having any prior relationship with this company, I sent them a message to let them know I charge $25 for social media use of my photographs and they can pay me via Paypal or Venmo. (I know this price is very low and I should ask for more to make a point, but I do like to actually get paid sometimes.)

In response, I got a perfect distillation of all the insulting nonsense people say to me when I ask them to pay me for using my work as part of their social media advertising. Let’s break it down…

(I should note here that since I posted this article on my website, several people have come forward to tell me similar stories about this brand using their photos without permission or payment. One person’s photo was used in a print ad without permission, with a logo covering her watermark. This company is a repeat offender.)

“Seriously? we don’t pay for instagram shares.” If you can find photographers who will let you use their work for free, go right ahead. You didn’t do that. You posted my photo, and using my photos on social media costs money. You would have known that if you had asked for my permission before you posted it, but you didn’t and now you need to pay me.

“We always give proper credit.” Photo credit and “exposure” is only valuable to the extent that it gets people like you to hire me for paid gigs. I don’t need any more exposure in skateboarding. I need you to pay me.

“I mean, who pays for Instagram shares lol” Every other major company in this industry has paid for the right to use my work.

“I will take it off.” Your followers already saw this photo on your account. Taking it down now doesn’t change the fact that you have already extracted marketing value from my work. The horse is out of the barn. You need to pay me.

“We don’t post rider pics to sell our gear, we post to support the rider and, ironically, the photog[rapher] too.” I am so, so over this “we’re all bros here and I’m just trying to support the scene” bulls**t. You run a for-profit business. Businesses use rider sponsorships and social media advertising to help them sell more product and make more money. You don’t want to “support me as a photographer,” you want me to work for free and be grateful for the privilege of lining your pocket. If you actually want to “support” me, pay me.

“We’re just a small business, we can’t afford it.” Dude. Man. Bro. Guy. Your company has worldwide distribution and I asked you for twenty five f**king dollars. You can afford it. Think of it as an intellectual-property parking ticket. Pay me.

“I thought I was sharing [our team rider]’s pic, sure of it since we don’t follow you that I know of.” The picture your rider reposted is watermarked with “© MAX DUBLER.” Your rider credited me in the caption and used my hashtag. You tagged me on the post and gave me photo credit in the caption. Do you really expect me to believe you didn’t know that I took this picture? Pay me.

“It was a share from a rider.” Weren’t you just telling me that reposting was acceptable because you “always give proper credit?”

“Go extort someone else.” Demanding payment for the use of my intellectual property is not extortion. You do not get to take my work, use it to advertise your business, then decide you don’t have to pay for it after the fact any more than I get to walk into your shop, take a brand new board, skate it around the block a few times, and put it back on the rack when informed that I have to pay for it. You used my photo. Pay me.

I don’t even care about the $25 anymore. Plenty of companies have responded to requests for payment with a sincere apology, removal of the photo, and some version of “we can’t afford to pay you.” While that certainly is a bummer, a lot of these small skateboard companies are run on a shoestring budget by very young people unfamiliar with the ins and outs of copyright law in the digital world. When someone makes an honest mistake and treats me with respect, I’ll let it go with a warning.

This company, on the other hand, refused to pay me, insulted me for even thinking that my work is worth money, tried to tell me they were doing me a favor, attempted to play dumb, and finally accused me of extortion when I didn’t back down.

I’m tired of people stealing my work, then telling me it’s worthless, so I did what any pissed-off millennial #influencer and #contentcreator would do in this situation: I took the screen shots of our conversation, added them to a pithy status about how social media is advertising and I can’t pay my rent with exposure, and watched it go viral on Facebook, where it got 500+ likes, 88 shares, and hundreds of comments, including some from other media people that company had screwed over.

As a subculture, downhill skateboarding celebrates and respects talented photographers and videographers, so the reaction was swift: people posted videos of themselves throwing that company’s product in the trash and pledged to support their competitors.

I also wrote a blog entry and posted it to Reddit’s /r/photography page, where it got 2,200 upvotes and 400+ mostly supportive comments from other photographers.

They still haven’t paid me. I doubt they ever will, but in the 48 hours since those posts went up, half a dozen companies have contacted me to pay for for skate photos I didn’t even know they’d used. I’m calling it a win.

About the author: Max Dubler is a photographer, skateboarder, and writer based in Los Angeles. He is not usually this petty. The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author. You can follow him on Instagram at @maxdubler.

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July 13, 2017 at 07:00PM

[donneashlock]

"Pay me." - @maxdubler (at New York, New York)

[baddecisionsalex]

Longboarders go to Santa Cruz WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YOU WON'T BELIEVE!

[monmoulindupont]

@maxdubler : @grim_grimes Idk I’ll probably watch like 15 minutes of it and then rage quit. (via Twitter http://twitter.com/maxdubler/status/1102581194997280771)

[dblongboards]

@joey_exton looking dialed in black and white #downhill #longboarding #dblongboards PC: @maxdubler #dublerphoto

[emgeemann]

6 years ago, @the_papa_les interviewed me for a "Day Jobs" feature in @skateslate. I anticipated a small feature tucked within the print mag. Lo and behold, my good friend @maxdubler (a phenomenal photographer & industry mainstay) surprised me with this cover. It was a surreal moment and an honor for which I'm still incredibly grateful. There are lots of elements to the photo - some obvious, like the @midsvan #M4L & @pushculture patches, #MidsLids helmet and OG Midsboy @eastcoastmac chasing me down in his vintage M5; some subtle, like the left sleeve of my leathers bulging from my wrist brace and KT tape, with a G-Form padded slide puck backer / extender. (I had purchased a Push Culture Season Pass and raced all year with a broken scaphoid, before finally getting surgery). In terms of @emgeeevents context, I was only hosting 2 events, neither of which were IDF-sanctioned: #CentralMass6, the biggest-ever @centralmassskatefestival with $5,000 prize purse and over 400 competitors; and the ill-fated #BurkeFreeride. (Good riddance to Ary Quiros Jr. & Sr.; they’re finally facing prison time btw.) Soon after, I would take the reins of both #KillingtonWC and #GravityFest, building out a 3-event series and season pass product of my own. Thanks to Marc Dean and Neil “DrNo” Orta for entrusting me to carry the torch and build upon their organizing efforts. Fortunately, what the photo *doesn't* show is that I had missed the apex and taken a sub-optimal outside line, while filming with longtime @orangatangwheels teammate @colinmartian. With the longboard industry going through a pretty serious resurgence, it’s fun to reminisce on the years past and think about where things will go from here. I’m happy to remain entrenched in the industry after all these years, through all its ups and downs. I remain true to the closing words in my interview: “My experience is local shops are the backbone of skating… behind each shop is an owner who spends hard-earned money to invest in brands, support the scene and hopefully break even. People run shops because they love skateboarding and their community. Support your local shop!” Action 📸s: Max Dubler, Killington and Burke VT, 2015 (at Killington Resort) https://www.instagram.com/p/CShpJuCpy_2/?utm_medium=tumblr

[emgeemann]

One of the best feelings in the world: Turning right fast; slipping then gripping. For the first time, I stepped my truck hanger width 20mm below 180mm, and it was real good. I even got a one-run taste of Stephan’s traction tech narrow hanger torque block slalom setup full of screws, and man, it felt real good... Thank you @maxdubler for the capture at @devilspeakdownhill, and thanks to Inturnt for lacing up my @loadedboards #CarbonTesseract with a few back foot traction screws, helping to keep my feet planted on even the tip-toe-y-est fast toesides. Very excited to make fast turns, grip & slip sideways on snow real soon! #DublerPhoto #DevilsPeakDownhill #MidsLids #LoadedBoards #OrangTangWheels #RogueTrucks (at Guanella Pass Summit) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2NQLyBJTSM/?igshid=2y2i4e6dxm9