I met Elizabeth Etienne several years ago, when I was living in LA.  She’s an amazing award-winning photographer with 23 years of experience to back her up.    This past February we were able to talk her into speaking at WPPI.  Her work has been compared to Joyce Tenneson’s from the fine art perspective, but to me, [...]

I got another update from Glen Clark last night that’s worth sharing… 
This week I am attending both the PhotoPublishing Summit and the Digital Imaging Conference in Burlingame, California.   For those of you who may not be familiar with InfoTrend’s Digital Imaging Conference, it runs back-to-back with their PhotoPublishing Summit “and is defined as “The Premier Meeting [...]

This one is hot off the presses at the Photo Publishing Summit, thanks to my good buddy, Glen Clark from the Chilcote Company.  He’s there right now and sent me the following last night…
Tuesday September 15, 2009  . . .
This week I am attending InfoTrends’ PhotoPublishing Summit in Burlingame, California.  This event is designed to [...]

I’ve learned a great deal about sculpting the body with existing light sources from my friend Tony Corbell.  

In this image, I’ve placed the subject close to the light source to insure a soft light, (the closer the subject to the light source the softer the light on the subject).  By placing myself and my camera [...]

I’ve done two posts in the last few months on holiday cards, because it’s one of the greatest and cheapest ways for you to remind people who you are and what you do best – create and capture memories!   Wandering through Facebook just now I ran across an announcement of a FREE holiday card design [...]

At Skip’s Summer School I announced a contest for the best holiday card or personalized stationery created with one of the attendee’s own images.  While you won’t qualify for the contest unless you were at Summer School, that doesn’t mean you can slack off and miss one of the greatest marketing tools out there to [...]

Ever think about where you’d be or what your day would be like without your support group?   If your business has grown then you have an assistant or even a staff.  And, if you’re a one man band (only an expression and I’m using it generically) you have  a support group consisting of a wide [...]

I spent some time with Jerry Weiner at Skip’s Summer School and he’s got an amazing business head and a lot of good information to share, but you guys are photographers and most photographers are artists.  That means you’re better at creating than you are at implementing and managing.  So, here’s the deal – I’m [...]

I got up this morning, just like I did eight years ago, thinking it was just a normal day.  In fact, I had a guest post from Bambi Cantrell already posted when I realized the significance of today’s date.   I took it down and moved it to next week’s blog.
Here’s a different way to look at 9-11…look [...]

Last month there was a great Guest Post written by Greg Schrader.    It’s well worth reading and then consider the following.  Greg, who today is an accomplished photographer and writer, has put together a solid hands-on workshop, complete with models, stylists and a terrific opportunity to build your portfolio.
“Taking place in downtown Chicago, Oct. 9-11 -this workshop will have it all!  Bride and [...]