Michale Chiusano is no rookie! He’s been shooting professionally for at least a couple of decades and knows how to work with just about every kind of client. I love this post he sent me. It’s a fitting reminder to all of us to be careful of those moments when we let creativity trump protocol. With every [...]
We all talk about how social media has changed the way we do business, but what about how it ’s changed the way we share information?
Bruce Berg is a friend on Facebook. We share a whole bunch of real-time friends, as well as a couple of hundred Facebook friends. A few weeks ago Bruce [...]
Okay, it’s really time to wrap this up, but feel free to comment and tell us what we’ve missed. What are the pet peeves you’ve seen with photographers just starting out? Let me know (send to skip@mei500.com) and we’ll add them to a post at a later date. While all of this may seem negative, the truth [...]
Last week we had the first six mistakes made by new photographers by David Ziser. Here’s the second part and all of them are so avoidable.
Right now we’re in the slowest part of the year for most photographers, the first quarter. It’s a time to plan out the next nine months. In the process, maybe [...]
David Ziser ran a post a while back about mistakes photographers make when they’re just starting out. Well, I thought it would be great to bring them back, especially since we’re into March, the last month of the slow season for most wedding photographers. It’s a great time to think through how you’re going to [...]
I’m amazed at how often we let our pride get in the way of asking for help. Even with all my years of experience in the industry, I make some of the same mistakes as a newbie just starting out.
Here’s a prime example: I wanted to do all the work on the Skip’s Summer School [...]
We all tend to pick up on different things in everything we read and watch. This post byJoe Farace is a good example. While many of you will be focused on Joe’s technique and the explanation of how he’s using a Westcott Spiderlite, for me it’s all about the interaction with his subject. I love [...]
If there’s one thing always obvious with Jerry Ghionis, he always gives you more than your asked for. He always exceeds expectations. This blog post was a prime example. It was meant to be just a quick guest post, but it had so much great information I had to run it in two parts.
In this second “installment”, [...]
Today’s blog might sound like an infomercial, but there’s simply no excuse for holes in your skill set. There are websites, blogs and especially hands-on programming available, literally to EVERYBODY.
Akron Photo Series: I’m making it the first on the list, but it’s only because last week’s programming was pretty remarkable. We got Bambi Cantrell to the [...]
Last year there was a battle going on over the abuse of the word “rockstar”. Well, if there is a rockstar in our industry, it’s Jerry Ghionis, but let’s talk about what makes somebody a rockstar.
First, it’s about ability! Nobody does it better. Jerry has won just about every award WPPI has, especially in [...]
