While this blog is a labor of love, it’s time to crank up the volume a little more and in a small way it’s up to you to decide where it goes next.  If you go back through the archives, there’s a ton of information on marketing/business mixed together with some humor (well, at least I laughed when writing them) and a lot of guest posts.  There have been some incredibly powerful guest posts.  For example,  Aurora Onorato’s experience with Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep was eventually read by over 4000 photographers. 

So, to you my Saturday readers, who tend to be more serious, if for no other reason, you’re reading the blog on the weekend, I’d like to extend the first invitation to participate.  I’d like to make at least one day a week, Open Forum on the blog.   I can’t promise everything you send me will get published, because I’m not about to give trolls a new forum, but I’ll do my best.  We’ll also use Open Forum to answer specific questions.  I may not have the answers, but I’ve got an amazing network of friends and associates who do and they’ll be here when we need them.

Rather than use the blog for Open Forum, just email me at skip@mei500.com and let’s crank this thing up to the next level.  Monday, we’ll do our first Open Forum with a terrific post from Nicole Wolf called Discovering Your Authentic Self.

Thanks for being a part of Skip’s Photo Network – have a wonderful Easter weekend, enjoy your family and remember to hug them all at least once a day.  They’re the reason you’re here and no career field focuses (pun intended) on your family more than photography.