This is part two of an encore post from GoingPro a year and a half ago, but the point I made yesterday hasn’t changed – it’s that time of year. The major conventions are looking for speakers. I’m still getting requests from speakers who feel they should be teaching at Skip’s Summer School, and the [...]
While this is an encore post written in three parts for GoingPro a year and a half ago, it’s that time of year. Everybody at some point gets the bug to do their own workshop or be a speaker at some convention. It’s not as easy as it seems and considering that shows like PhotoPlus [...]
Normally I don’t use my blog to wish good friends “Happy Birthday”, but this one is kind of special. In February Scott Bourne and I spent a day with Michele at GoingPro Bootcamp and her message was amazing. She started out her part of the program sharing images from her first wedding and by everyone’s [...]
I’m finding myself inspired by lots of great quotes lately. They’re not particularly heavy concepts, but they get me thinking about my business and often my life. Here’s one I ran across recently,
He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. Thomas Fuller
So what kind of photographer and business [...]
Over the last few months, we’ve had three posts about pricing, a two-part piece from David Ziser and one from Joe Farace. Here’s another outstanding perspective from Sal Cincotta. If Sal isn’t on your radar he should be. In fact, he’s on the road now, with a terrific tour. Here’s the Link to register for [...]
Every year Summer School gets a little better thanks to the feedback in the survey we do a week or two after the program ends. After last year’s school we heard requests for more hands-on shooting, more marketing and business and several suggestions to make the program more centrally located. Well, we’ve managed to do [...]
If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes!
Okay, I confess, it’s inspiration from a t-shirt somebody was wearing on Siesta Key Beach yesterday. It’s only one stop above quotes from refrigerator magnets, but forget about the source and just think about the statement.
As a photographer and business owner one of your most important [...]
“If you guys can dive in this water, you can dive in anything!” Those were the words of the boat captain twenty years ago as we went diving off the coast of the Florida Keys. We were in a small boat, probably no more than 25 feet and we had 4-6 foot swells. I love [...]
Lately I feel like I’m trapped in an old Jimmy Stewart movie and the hands of the clock are spinning. Time is literally flying by and projects I wanted to be finished with already are barely started. Julieanne Kost, in regards to asking her to be involved in a project we were working on, once [...]
Last week Joe Farace ran the following post on his blog and it’s so relevant to this time of year. It’s the slow season for most photographers right now and the perfect time to think through your marketing strategy and especially your pricing. Joe hits on nine points in this post that, if nothing else, [...]
