I’ve written a lot about charitable causes over the years for two primary reasons.  From a personal position it’s one of those things that just makes you feel good. It’s about being part of the human race and it really is that simple. From a business perspective, nothing is more effective in building your reputation [...]

Monday’s rant on photographers who think they can shortcut quality and their education created some terrific feedback, especially on Facebook. But, there was one email I received from a photographer who hit another aspect of the challenge. From her perspective it’s not just the lack of quality in the product but the lack of quality [...]

Visions are made by individuals.Accomplishments are made by team work.
Congratulations Resource Magazine! Many of you are aware that here and there I write for Resource Magazine. I love the magazine, but even more impressive is the attitude of the staff.  The magazine comes out quarterly and their two websites just keep [...]

Last week I missed a very good friend’s birthday. I want to find an appropriate way to recognize his incredible contribution to the industry and even better remind him that he’s a never-ending inspiration to so many photographers all the time! So, the solution to the challenge is to just embarrass the hell out of [...]

WARNING:  It’s a Monday morning rant…
I accept that we live in an instant gratification world. I accept that Twitter has changed the way we spell. I’ll even accept the gr8 words U can cre8 to cram a full paragraph of thought in2 140 characters.
However, what I refuse to give up is my belief that nothing [...]

Yervant loves to get his audience involved in his programs as he did in this shot from Skip’s Summer School 2010. It’s a sure fire way to make the presentation more fun and at the same time demonstrate a point. Photograph by Kenny Kim
Okay, we’re down to the wire and it’s time to wrap up [...]

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 [...]

This year, as part of the Skip’s Summer School program, I want to do something no other workshops have done. Thinking about what’s the most critical marketing component of every photographer’s business, I decided it was time to do a website review.  This year every attendee gets a website review as part of their registration. [...]