Our profession is losing studios (in big numbers) everyday. The fact is a lot of point and shoot cameras and even some phone cameras have larger “mega pixels” than my $27,500 Kodak 460 camera I bought in 1996. I have nothing against part timers or MWAC – most of us started out in a similar [...]
There are only a handful of photographers in our industry who have achieved the public recognition of Lisa Jane (aka Lisa New). Her images and licensing agreements extend throughout the greeting card industry and have been spotted in many Carlton Card Shops and when she teaches a program on children’s photography you can count on [...]
Blog Fest 2009, started here two weeks ago with an idea to bring some new content to my blog. There was no deep seated message intended – just a request to a bunch of friends who are great educators to contribute 400 or so words, an image or two and some inspiration. I never anticipated [...]
Sooner or later I was bound to share at least one “it’s a small world” story. A few years ago Barbara Smith was having dinner at a friend’s house and was talking about a book she’d just read, “The Art of Wedding Photography” by Bambi Cantrell and Skip Cohen. Her neighbor started laughing and walked her [...]
The idea, when I started thinking about doing Blog Fest 2009, was simply to run back to back guest posts on a wide variety of subjects. Some of my guests have been more well known than others, but that doesn’t change the importance of their message!
I’ve known Aurora Daley for a year, meeting at Photo [...]
Considering how new Jasmine Star is to our industry, her contribution is amazing. She’s become a household word virtually everywhere in the professional wedding market and for those doubting Thomases who think she’s too new to learn anything from, think again! Every now and then somebody comes along who’s simply a phenomenon – a prodigy.
What [...]
In the approximately 175 year history of photography, there have never been more creative tools at your disposal than there are today. Karen Sperling’s new book Painting for Photographers, takes you step by step into the art lessons you need to turn photographs into paintings with Corel Painter and Photoshop.
One of the things I’ve always enjoyed about [...]
It’s scary just how far back in my career my friendship with Bambi actually goes – we met in the early 90’s when Bambi won one of the album awards at a reception where I was the MC. Then our salesman in the San Francisco area wanted me to meet one of his favorite Hasselblad shooters, Bambi [...]
When I think about all the people I’ve met and worked with over my career who are the leaders, the movers and the shakers in our industry, Dane Sanders comes to the top of the list. What’s ironic is that I’ve really only known him for a few years. Dane is one of those people [...]
Greg Schrader and I haven’t known each other very long. He writes for the Mentor Blog and has a lot of interesting ideas. We used to say “hi” in passing at various conventions and then started connecting a lot on facebook. He’s been especially helpful as a sounding board for various projects and themes for Skip’s Summer School [...]
