This year we added something very different to the long list of Summer School benefits, a website review. It takes place now, long before the Summer School program in August.  I’m reviewing each attendee’s website, primarily focusing on their About section/Galleries and giving everybody a head-start on some of the things they need to be [...]

At GoingPro Bootcamp last month photographic artist, Michele Celentano, joined us for the day. Over and over again she hit on so many points that were invaluable to aspiring professional photographers.  But there’s something interesting in our industry about new photographers – they’re often dealing with exactly the same challenges as seasoned professionals.  In fact, [...]

Every day I hear more stories about husbands and wives working together in the photography business. While the typical scenario is one spouse was already in the business when the other was caught in a lay-off, there seems to be every possible reason for non-photo spouses to get involved.
At WPPI a few weeks [...]

I love talking to both new photographers and seasoned professionals alike and hearing who the photographers are they admire most. Everyone has a few different industry icons who they’ve followed, admired, been inspired by and attended their programs at the various conventions.  A lot of you also have “bucket lists” of events you’d like to [...]

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 [...]

I’ve written several posts over the last few years, both here and on GoingPro. With WPPI right around the corner it just seems to make sense to hit it one more time and here’s why. Time is your most valuable commodity. You’ll never have enough of it! Second on the list, for most people, will [...]

It’s that time of year and there’s a lot going on. You’re the only one who knows where you need the most help, but consider all of these upcoming events!

GoingPro Bootcamp is a one day event on Saturday the 18th in Las Vegas. This is about everything but photography. Michele Celentano, Scott Bourne and I [...]

The Summer School site for 2012 launched this morning, but there’s a lesson here that’s definitely worthy of a post! I appreciate all the great feedback and suggestions that went into this year’s program. I get a lot of accolades, but the truth is, the success of the program has little to do with me. [...]

I didn’t plan things this way, but there’s a lesson in this post and it’s followed me most of my career. Here it is…When something doesn’t go as planned you need to be honest with people, readjust and then move on.  It accomplishes nothing to point fingers at other people and create a lot of lame [...]

As many of you read this I’m hopefully on a plane pointed toward Cincinnati for PhotoPro Expo which runs through Sunday.  At a time of uncertainty in this industry, especially with workshops and conventions, PhotoPro Expo is headed towards record-breaking attendance and has a sold out trade show floor.  Think about the work it’s taken to pull this off.
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