We just got back from Empower Your Vision, an outstanding Album Epoca event in Riccione, Italy.  While the trip was way too short, it still managed to leave me with an incredible appreciation for our industry and the universal language of photography.  Three of the photographers speaking at the event were Flavio Bandiera, David Beckstead [...]

At the risk of sounding like I’m trying to do Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy from the old SNL routine, here it is this morning – the brain is an amazing thing!  Deep right? 
Here’s what got me going on the thought – I was looking at some websites yesterday and was a little surprised at [...]

Watching the news this morning I was blown away by the ever-growing political trend to negative advertise.  There were three commercials in a row where the candidate didn’t say a thing about his or her own skills, except, “I’m ___ and I endorse this message!”   Meanwhile, they put up a minute of negative accusations about [...]

How I love the Internet!   This is a perfect example of why you should have a couple of favorite blogs you read on a regular basis.  Yesterday I wrote about consistent quality and the stimulus for the blog was an album I had seen with completely inconsistent skin tones.  Every page had a “different” bride. 
Just a little [...]

Spending the weekend with Gary Blair at our house, we obviously talked a lot about photography and especially how much things have changed.  There were moments, when talking about the past,  I was sounding like my grandfather when he would say, “I used to walk three miles to school every morning!”  But let’s face it, there has [...]

I’ve written a few times about remembering the value you provide to your clients, but this is one of those topics you just can’t say enough about.  What’s prompting the idea right now are three walls of a guest room in our home.  We’re taking a whole series of family photographs, both Sheila’s and mine and [...]

Most of you are aware I’m determined to not miss a day without a new blog.  I also try and write a fresh one every day, rarely loading up the pipeline in advance.  Well, this morning I was having a tough time coming up with a topic so I went to one of the quotation [...]