So today is Halloween, but far more important it’s my Dad’s 87th birthday. And, if you can’t use your own blog for the purist form of nepotism, then what good is having a blog?
As I was growing up the poor guy never had a decent birthday dinner because every five minutes the door bell rang [...]
Sooner or later I was bound to share at least one “it’s a small world” story. A few years ago Barbara Smith was having dinner at a friend’s house and was talking about a book she’d just read, “The Art of Wedding Photography” by Bambi Cantrell and Skip Cohen. Her neighbor started laughing and walked her [...]
The idea, when I started thinking about doing Blog Fest 2009, was simply to run back to back guest posts on a wide variety of subjects. Some of my guests have been more well known than others, but that doesn’t change the importance of their message!
I’ve known Aurora Onorato for a year, meeting at [...]
Considering how new Jasmine Star is to our industry, her contribution is amazing. She’s become a household word virtually everywhere in the professional wedding market and for those doubting Thomases who think she’s too new to learn anything from, think again! Every now and then somebody comes along who’s simply a phenomenon – a prodigy.
What [...]
In the approximately 175 year history of photography, there have never been more creative tools at your disposal than there are today. Karen Sperling’s new book Painting for Photographers, takes you step by step into the art lessons you need to turn photographs into paintings with Corel Painter and Photoshop.
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about [...]
It’s scary just how far back in my career my friendship with Bambi actually goes – we met in the early 90’s when Bambi won one of the album awards at a reception where I was the MC. Then our salesman in the San Francisco area wanted me to meet one of his favorite Hasselblad shooters, Bambi [...]
When I think about all the people I’ve met and worked with over my career who are the leaders, the movers and the shakers in our industry, Dane Sanders comes to the top of the list. What’s ironic is that I’ve really only known him for a few years. Dane is one of those people [...]
Greg Schrader and I haven’t known each other very long. He writes for the Mentor Blog and has a lot of interesting ideas. We used to say “hi” in passing at various conventions and then started connecting a lot on facebook. He’s been especially helpful as a sounding board for various projects and themes for Skip’s Summer School [...]
Ron Dawson and I have worked on a variety of projects for the past three years. My favorite remains the Joe Photo spoof from three years ago, because it was funny and it taught me the meaning of the word “viral”. It was never meant to be a publicity stunt, just fun. The following year [...]
I’ve talked a lot about Scott Bourne in previous posts…
Scott Bourne and I have a connection that until he reminded me about it, I’d completely forgotten. He was a Hasselblad shooter and sent a proposal to me in the 90’s. At the same time one of the magazines was doing a story and called me [...]
