I’m convinced the most irritating and challenging question a photographer can be asked is, “What do you shoot with?”  It’s always the same – an annoying and almost insulting request from a guest at a wedding who really doesn’t care what you use, but wants to tell you what they have.  It’s the same if you’re in [...]

I was recently with a group of photographers who were talking about some of the cover shots on their favorite magazines.  Somebody made the comment, “I could have done that!”   Okay, it’s true, there are very few covers that most of you couldn’t have done, but the reality is you didn’t!  It’s that plain and [...]

I’m working on dates for next year’s Skip’s Summer School and one of the hotels I was considering (note the past tense) was Green Valley Ranch.  I’ve been to a few programs there and it’s got great potential for this kind of workshop.  I contacted them.  Gave them the specs for the program and made [...]

Over the next six months many of you will be attending various programs, workshops and conventions.  A few of you are going to get the bug to be a speaker.  Here’s how the idea will most likely get started:
You’re going to go to a program and hear a speaker who’s either mediocre or really good, but who has your same philosophy.  You’ll [...]

It’s funny how some of the best times any of us ever have just happen spontaneously.  There are no expectations because you don’t have the time to think it through.  There are no disappointments because you didn’t have the time to create the expectations.  
Yesterday at the last minute we invited some good friends over to [...]

Weekends might be slow for blog readers, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be excited about the launch of some new programs.
First, check out the Akron Photo Series.  I know you don’t all live in the Midwest, but I’m really excited at the way the site for the programs came together.  The original Skip’s Photo Network [...]

With Photo Plus Expo coming up in just a few weeks,  it’s the perfect time to be thinking about your goals when you attend a convention.   I’ve written a lot about this before.  Your time is the most valuable commodity you have and you’ll never have enough of it!  How are you going to get the [...]

Most of the time I wake up and I have a plan for the way the day is going to go, but then there are days like today where my day is going to be filled with completely random projects.  I have a list of things I need to get done and one at a [...]

I wrote this blog last month for the GoingPro blog, but I wanted to post it here as well.  For those of you who might be seeing it a second time, my apologies.
When you’re just starting out, especially in your business, regardless whether it’s in photography or not, most people tend to ask everyone they [...]

If you’re looking for great ideas and a little direction on how to launch a new business or fine-tune an existing business in professional photography the GoingPro Bootcamp launches on October 24 at the Newark Sheraton in NJ.  Here’s your opportunity to get a little help in getting your business into shape at the first live [...]