After all these years in the photographic industry I’ve got an amazing collection of prints. One my favorties is Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl. It’s an amazing image and long before I met Steve, I always thought of it as one of the most incredible portraits ever captured.
If you know Steve or have heard him speak, [...]
It’s Saturday morning and as my regular readers know, I like to keep it light on the weekends. I like to stay away from heavy business and marketing concepts…all the serious stuff. That’s why it seems ironic today that I’d want to ask the question, “Are we all getting too serious?” I could boil every challenge [...]
I worked directly with Lori Nordstrom for the first time three years ago on the Young Guns program, kicking off WPPI. She’s a terrific photographer and instructor. Her website alone demonstrates everything I’ve been talking about and even lays it out on her home page in chronological order: “Expecting, Brand New, Children, Seniors and Wedding”. [...]
There seem to be two trains of thought out there in developing your photography business. We’ve got one school that believes you should develop your core strength and stay focused (pun intented) on that application. In other words, if you’re a wedding photographer, stay focused on growing your wedding business. If you’re a commercial shooter, stay [...]
Having fun with yesterday’s blog and thinking about how timid people are when it comes to approaching their icons , got me thinking about the qualities that make the “legends” we respect the most. One key ingredient of so many past icons was longevity. Don Blair, Monte Zucker, Avedon, Karsh, Scavullo, Penn – all iconic figures and [...]
We’re all in the heat of trade show and convention season and it’s sort of a “which came first, the chicken or the egg” scenario. Is it prime time for conventions because it really is the slowest part of the season or has it become the slow time because everyone is off attending trade shows and [...]
I’ve talked a lot about taking advantage of the first quarter’s “down time” quality to analyze what you could have done better last year. The quote I found from Steve Ballmer at Microsoft, seems a little ironic, considering the public’s attitude that Microsoft has often been out of touch. Regardless, it rings true for everyone in business today.
“We [...]
I know it’s going to seem like a series of infommercials, but that’s the kind of morning it is – so here are a few cool reminders to think about.
1) Registration for Skip’s Summer School will hopefully open the end of this week. Things kick off on Sunday afternoon, August 8 at 3:30 with a sneak [...]
Years ago we used to have Denis Reggie speaking in the Hasselblad booth. After each presentation there would always be at least one photographer who would come up and ask us to “spec out” every piece of gear Denis used. A year later, this same photographer would come back disappointed that none of his images [...]
There are a couple of great conventions coming up and whether you’re headed to PMA this weekend, WPPI in a couple of weeks or the Ohio Professional Photographers Convention here are some reminders to help you get the most out of any convention.
1) Think about what you need most in terms of help with your [...]
