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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 [...]

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 [...]

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A big thanks to photographers in the Cleveland/Akron area as well as PA, MI and Will and Danna who drove up from Charleston for helping to make PhotoFusion Revolution a big hit yesterday.  There were 120+ people in attendance along with Mike from Canon and Tim from Midwest Photo Exchange.  This was the first workshop helping to launch the Akron Photo Series [...]

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 [...]

If there was a way you could get a better handle on the steps you need to start your photography business, wouldn’t you want to know about it?   Or, maybe your business has been up and running for the last couple of years and it just needs fine-tuning, mostly because you started at a time when [...]

Circle October 24 on your calendar when GoingPro hits the road for a full day to help you get your business started or fine-tune what you already have!  Scott Bourne, Tony Corbell and I will be at the Sheraton, Newark Airport.    We want to give everyone a chance to attend this boot camp so we’ve [...]

I’m working on finishing up the manuscript forGoingPro with buddyScott Bourne and one of the chapters is about advice from 25 great photographers.  We’ve asked the question, “What advice would you give a photographer today just starting out?”
One of my favorites so far is from Matthew Jordan Smith:
Most photographers are so busy in the beginning [...]

A few weeks ago Jasmine Star interviewed me for her blog.  I couldn’t have been more flattered.   One of the questions she asked just seems so appropriate this time of year.  The question was, “How do you jump start a photography business?”  It’s a great question and deserves to be expanded.
We’ve got to start with the [...]

It’s Saturday and for me, definitely a day to work on another chapter of GoingPro with the manuscript due in NY in mid July.   As I was working last night I’m wondering how many of you have had a chance to check it out.  Last week we announced the blog has crossed the quarter million [...]