Comments on: What a Difference Ten Years Makes! http://skipsphotonetwork.com/2010/02/what-was-your-life-like-ten-years-ago/ Marketing Consulting for the Photography Industry Mon, 21 May 2012 14:37:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jay Lawrence Goldman http://skipsphotonetwork.com/2010/02/what-was-your-life-like-ten-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Jay Lawrence Goldman Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:48:17 +0000 http://skipsphotonetwork.com/?p=2733#comment-525 Excellent post as usual Skip. It's mind-blowing the amount of resources that are available today for photographers. In my opinion, there is actually too much information on the web. I know I spend way too much time reading blogs, checking Facebook and Twitter, I'm pretty sure a lot of other photographers do too. If you want to be a photographer, you mustn't forget to shoot as much as you possibly can. That is if you really want to be a shooting photographer. There is also a trend, and don't get me wrong, I do respect and admire all of these people for there accomplishments. However, it appears to me that a great deal of the "successful" photographers out there right now are actually making most of their money from the pockets of other photographers. There's nothing wrong with that, I just can see that as being confusing to a person starting out in the industry. So there are sort of 2 paths: Photo Entrepreneur or Photographer, or if you are super focused, smart, creative, passionate, and persistent, you can be both. The fact that we always have a camera on us with the iPhone is such an energy stream for our creativity. Don't forget to shoot. Shoot, shoot, and shoot some more... I find my iPhonography is some of my most refreshing recent work lately. It's like being in the darkroom for the first time. Print tongs are hard to use on the screen though. Some of my favorite iPhone shots over the last 100 days: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlgphoto/sets/72157622600655424/ Excellent post as usual Skip. It’s mind-blowing the amount of resources that are available today for photographers. In my opinion, there is actually too much information on the web. I know I spend way too much time reading blogs, checking Facebook and Twitter, I’m pretty sure a lot of other photographers do too. If you want to be a photographer, you mustn’t forget to shoot as much as you possibly can. That is if you really want to be a shooting photographer. There is also a trend, and don’t get me wrong, I do respect and admire all of these people for there accomplishments. However, it appears to me that a great deal of the “successful” photographers out there right now are actually making most of their money from the pockets of other photographers. There’s nothing wrong with that, I just can see that as being confusing to a person starting out in the industry. So there are sort of 2 paths: Photo Entrepreneur or Photographer, or if you are super focused, smart, creative, passionate, and persistent, you can be both.

The fact that we always have a camera on us with the iPhone is such an energy stream for our creativity.
Don’t forget to shoot.
Shoot, shoot, and shoot some more…
I find my iPhonography is some of my most refreshing recent work lately. It’s like being in the darkroom for the first time. Print tongs are hard to use on the screen though.

Some of my favorite iPhone shots over the last 100 days:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlgphoto/sets/72157622600655424/

]]> By: Tasra Dawson http://skipsphotonetwork.com/2010/02/what-was-your-life-like-ten-years-ago/comment-page-1/#comment-524 Tasra Dawson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:39 +0000 http://skipsphotonetwork.com/?p=2733#comment-524 What an exciting and positive take on the transformation of our lives and industries. So often we hear about the negatives, and while there are some drawbacks to the social media lifestyle, focusing on the positive benefits, new relationships, and untold opportunities really inspires and opens new doors! Nicely done! What an exciting and positive take on the transformation of our lives and industries. So often we hear about the negatives, and while there are some drawbacks to the social media lifestyle, focusing on the positive benefits, new relationships, and untold opportunities really inspires and opens new doors! Nicely done!

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