Okay, so somebody help me out here…I got an indignant email from a person I didn’t “friend” the other day on Facebook. They were “disappointed” I didn’t allow them in my Facebook “family”.  I didn’t because they had no head shot; we had no friends in common and there was nothing that suggested they were a photographer.  [...]

It’s the time of year when everyone is praying for business to pick up a little as we go into fall seasonality.  You’re looking for some good holiday orders, booking a few more weddings for the year and you’re getting ready to launch your fall marketing plans.   There’s a great one liner that I’d love [...]

An old friend of mine called me last week, upset over something that had happened in the industry.  I wasn’t home, but over the next five minutes he left a voice mail that would make Mel Gibson blush!   The message burned a less than pleasant memory in my brain.  But, I saved it for the next [...]

When I think about the character traits of all the icons in the industry, along with the people I respect the most, they all have a common trait, they love what they’re doing!  They’re always happy when I see them, talk to them, look at their images or listen to one of their webinars or podcasts.   Their enthusiasm [...]

I’ve always been a creature of habit, but it’s only in the last year I’ve surprised myself with developing a little consistency in my life, in this case my morning routine and being more organized.  Even this blog started as a dare from friends who wanted me to write, but didn’t think I’d have the [...]

I’ve written a lot about things that make this industry so special – well, one of them is the way everybody watches each other’s backs.  Incredible friendships develop and it all starts with every one’s mutual love for the craft! 
At the end of last week I got a call from Vicki Taufer.  After a lot [...]

I know I mentioned this morning’s blog was going to be about jump-starting your own business.   Check out www.goingpro2010.com this morning and ideas about kicking off a new business will be on the GoingPro blog.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not without some great content here this morning!
I ran across a quote that really hit home and posted it on Facebook:
“Don’t [...]

It’s Saturday morning and as usual I’m keeping it light.  I had a funny thing happen to me yesterday.  I was working on GoingPro, the book Scott Bourne and I are doing together.  I was stuck and just couldn’t find the way to write what I needed to focus on.  Then I realized what was [...]

If you know Jim Collins, Simon Anderson and the rest of the crew at Pictage along with Andrew and Rachel Niesen at ShootQ, then you know this is a very cool thing involving some great people.  And, if you don’t know the players then you’ll just have to trust me! 
The first paragraph of the press release pretty much [...]

I continue to be amazed at the response to my call for entries for last week’s contest. Remember, the whole topic was in response to people saying they just don’t have any place nice to photograph.  Everyone has shown that while we’d all love to be shooting on the beaches of Malibu, there are still great places [...]