This morning I was watching Anderson Cooper on CNN.  I was blown away by his ability to interview the parents of a 13 year old boy who killed himself recently after being bullied.  In every situation his interviewing skills are always so professional.  Sure, it’s often scripted, but think about all the interviews you’ve ever seen on [...]

Yesterday’s blog was one of my highest viewed in the fifteen months since I arrived in “Bloggerville”.  Close to 2500 people watched the Kodak commercial.  While I’d love to take credit for the brilliance of that piece, all I did was point the way for more photographers to see it.  Seriously, if you think about it, I was [...]

Yesterday’s post, talking about the power of black and white, created the perfect opportunity to share this old Kodak commercial from YouTube.  Although it’s at least five years old and ran in a shorter version on television a few times, I saw it for the first time in Dane Sanders’ presentation this past August at Summer School.  Scott Bourne [...]

I’ve blogged before about the value of photographs.  I’ve also talked about how much fun I have with my own collection of images accumulated during my career, many being gifts from friends over the years.  The majority of the prints are black and white, which I still enjoy so much more than color.
We all know I’m [...]

Everyone knows how much I enjoy Sunday mornings, so it’s not a very “heavy” post this morning, but it’s a couple of terrific quotes to think about…
We’re all fighting the same challenges with the economy.  Everyone is trying to figure out what the next move should be in so many different areas, marketing, new products, [...]

Okay, remember it’s Saturday morning, so don’t expect any heavy duty concepts! 
The other day I started out a blog talking about “a broken record”.  Well, lately I seem to be running into issues that people around me just can’t relate to.   It’s sort of like the time I used the expression, “Let’s not let the cat [...]

For those of you who also follow the blog at GoingPro, my apologies.  I published this last week, but it’s so important. It deserves a second time out.  The foundation of being a professional photographer starts with understanding photography.  Your goal is to go back to a principle from the “old” film days and create great [...]

Here’s a program you absolutely should not miss.  I just heard Matthew’s program a few months ago when he was here in Akron.  He’s got a lot to say and everybody who attended got a lot out of the program.  Well, he’s changed the program slightly, added some great content and it’s a program well [...]

Watching the news this morning I was blown away by the ever-growing political trend to negative advertise.  There were three commercials in a row where the candidate didn’t say a thing about his or her own skills, except, “I’m ___ and I endorse this message!”   Meanwhile, they put up a minute of negative accusations about [...]

I know I’m sounding like a “broken record” and I also know I’m aging myself using that expression!  LOL  In fact, I’m guessing better than half of my readers don’t have record collections sitting in boxes in the basement somewhere, so I need to explain the point!  A “broken record” was a scratched record that [...]