I’m not sure where 2010 went, but at midnight it’s officially closed!     
That makes this the perfect time to thank all of you who helped me make the blog stronger. Your feedback and encouragement have been pretty amazing.  And where would I be without good buddy Scott Bourne, my partner, who made GoingPro and PWSPI a reality?  Really good [...]

A few days ago I ran a re-run of a post about Kitchen Magnet Wisdom.  On Facebook I put out a call to action looking for other great sayings from people’s refrigerator doors!  I got quite a collection, with virtually nothing having to do with photography or focusing on your career!  However, they were a few [...]

There’s an incredibly fun aspect to this industry once you’ve logged in a few years – it’s that thing about friendships coming out of everyone’s love for the craft.  Now, put that together with social media, a blog and a phone conversation that brings up a potential topic for a post and it’s a blue ribbon combination!  Meet my [...]

This post remains one of my favorites, because it just makes so much sense. In my Polaroid days, back when Polaroid was alive and healthy, we actually had a manager in charge of Continuity Marketing. Once Polaroid had your name, there were dozens of other products you’d hear about that kept you adding to the system. [...]

I know a lot of you are just enjoying down time this week, so I made a decision that I get to enjoy a little too, but on the other hand, I need a small dose of computer every morning.  The compromise decision is to go back and pull a few of my favorite posts [...]

This past week the Huffington Post had an article about ten things that became obsolete in 2010.  On the list was “Calling”.
 
Text messaging, BlackBerry Messaging, Instant Messaging, Tweeting, Facebook messaging, and emailing have taken over communication and opened up new avenues for getting in touch. The popularity of text messaging is gradually edging out calling [...]

Sending you blessings of the Season and for the New Year…
Peace, Joy, Hope, Faith and Love.
 
Skip, Sheila and Molly
PS And a big thanks to one of our favorite photographers and a great friend, Clay Blackmore!

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
I’d unplugged my computer and even the mouse.
My blogs for year-end were all ready to go
There was no reason to work, the Internet was slow.
 
For reasons unknown as if it made sense
my email needed cleaning and I got “off the fence.”
For over a year I’d saved [...]

Okay, this has absolutely nothing to do with photography, but just maybe it’ll help somebody over the holiday season. It’s no secret I’m nuts about Molly the Wonder Dog. She’s been by my side just about every day since we got her. (And she loves the snow – don’t tell me you can’t hear her [...]

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss my old buddy, Don Blair.   I guess the best way to achieve immortality is to develop instense friendships, a love for and from the industry and then simply be the very best at what you do!  Nobody did it better when it came to classic hand [...]