One of the reasons Scott Bourne and I are such good friends is the way we both think about the industry, especially the challenges photographers deal with outside the obvious of the economy and changing technology. Through GoingPro we’ve talked with thousands of photographers and the common denominator isn’t always the fact that they’re new and just [...]

We set the stage with yesterday’s post for some great background on how David Ziser has built his pricing platform and worked on one of the biggest challenges for photographers. Even the seasoned pros often forget how much needs to go into their pricing philosophy.
You should be following David’s posts at Digital Pro Talk. I [...]

It’s one of David Ziser’s best posts and also a very long read. I’ve broken it up into two parts, because it’s such an important topic, establishing your pricing.  
It’s that time of year when two key events start to happen. First, you’re going to be doing your taxes and for most of you it’ll be the first time you [...]

This week I wrote a post for GoingPro about making mistakes that will run some time over the next week or so. What prompted the post was listening to the panic-stricken voice of an aspiring professional photographer as he went through the “what if” reasons for not being ready to go pro, even though his work [...]

My good buddy, Scott Bourne, posted this a long time back, but it’s so relevant. While creativity itself isn’t so much a learned trait, learning to open your mind and just enjoy the freedom of being an artist can definitely be enhanced. This is about allowing yourself to just be inspired, because it’s the only [...]

When David Ziser ran the post we shared with you yesterday, he ran a follow-up addressing the rebuttal a short time later. I love the way David always presents any issue and this Part II expansion of the topic just demonstrates one more reason you should have him on your radar.  Digital Pro Talk should [...]

Good buddy, David Ziser, has been kind enough to share a few of his best posts with us and this one, like all of his posts, is another top-shelf presentation.  It might be from last year, but that doesn’t make the topic any less relevant.
As a combination of the tough economy and advances in [...]

David Ziser has shared a lot of posts with us, each one hopefully taking you in a slightly different and positive direction in your thought process.  While I love his “how to” posts, so many of his business pieces are dead on and can have an even greater impact.   What good is working hard to [...]

 Last Friday I mentioned one of our most favorite prints, Cranes in the Fire Mist.  Well, it’s a great story by Scott Bourne, my partner in the GoingPro Project and one of my very best friends.  So, often we all have a vision, an idea and then one day it’s gone. We’ve given up on [...]

Most of the time, posts from good buddy, David Ziser, involve techniques to help you create great images. David is one of the finest photographers in the country, an outstanding instructor, writer and artist.  Recently I read an older post of his that hits on helping you develop a stronger more positive mindset as a photographer.  I [...]