Going into its fourth year, Skip’s Summer School just seems to get better and better, but this year it has little to do with anything I thought of. This is about input from all the alumni from past programs together with many of the instructors.
I absolutely understand how hard it is to decide on what [...]

There’s so much to choose from when it comes to on the road tours these days. Well, here’s one that definitely needs to be on your radar.  And, if you like the program, join us at Skip’s Summer School where Clay Blackmore will be teaching hands-on. Imagine how much you’ll raise the bar on your [...]

I originally wrote this post a short time back for GoingPro, but here’s why I’d like to share it with you here today. 
Yesterday I had a great conversation with a photographer who’s about to go full time. Her work is terrific, her website, while it needs a little fine-tuning is all in place and [...]

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 [...]

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, one of America’s leading portrait photographers put together a pretty terrific little book called Don Blair’s Guide to Lighting and Posing Body Parts. I wrote the book, but it was exclusively Don Blair’s words and images. 
Tony Corbell, now at Nik Software and Terry Deglau, now retired, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I rarely get into topics about equipment, but this post from good buddy, David Ziser, really hits the topic of which Canon model is best suited for weddings. It might have been written a little while ago, but the points will get you thinking about your own choices. Taking it one step further, it hits on issues [...]

I want to kick this Tuesday off talking about lighting. It’s the number one skill-set challenge, especially for new photographers. It’s also the number two request for workshop topics, right after business/marketing help. How you see the light, control it, even interpret it is one of the greatest ways to put some distance between you and [...]