With Charity Fest this week it’s appropriate to remind everybody of the two key reasons you need to build up your efforts for charitable causes.
First, it feels good! You’re looking for the community to be good to you, so you need to be good to your community. It’s that simple. No matter how much success [...]

Next week I’ll get things back to focusing on the “how to” aspect of photography, kicking off the week with a great guest post from Catherine Hall.  However, for now I’m left with absolutely nothing pressing to write about this morning! That’s happened, at best, maybe three times in the last two years!
So that puts me in [...]

This is one of those days when there’s so much to talk about that a post winds up looking like the Meat Lovers Special at Denny’s! It’s a lot of disconnected thoughts, but plenty of meat in the concepts!
On the Summer School Scene: This year’s sponsors are a pretty amazing group of companies and the first [...]

Okay, it’s a loaded question, but in this case it’s happening because Akron Children’s Hospital is about to open an Expressive Therapy Center and the most recent donation from the Akron Photo Series (APS) is going directly to help them!  (scroll down on the link and see if you recognize anybody!) Expressive Therapy is all [...]

Today’s blog might sound like an infomercial, but there’s simply no excuse for holes in your skill set.   There are websites, blogs and especially hands-on programming available, literally to EVERYBODY.
Akron Photo Series: I’m making it the first on the list, but it’s only because last week’s programming was pretty remarkable. We got Bambi Cantrell to the [...]

I’m not sure where 2010 went, but at midnight it’s officially closed!     
That makes this the perfect time to thank all of you who helped me make the blog stronger. Your feedback and encouragement have been pretty amazing.  And where would I be without good buddy Scott Bourne, my partner, who made GoingPro and PWSPI a reality?  Really good [...]

Every now and then there’s a blog that’s the equivalent of the monster buffet at Mandalay Bay - no theme, just a lot of great stuff! Hey, you have your secrets and I have mine – there’s more meat on this breakfast buffet than anyone should ever try and consume! (And if “Three Buffet Brian” is reading this, Mandalay Bay [...]

On November 9th Doug Gordon added his expertise to the star-studded faculty of the Akron Photo Series.  I’ve known Doug for years, but never had the opportunity to attend his program. In fact, all I ever saw was the first five minutes, before I always being pulled out for something else going on at the convention.  But [...]

Later this week I’ve got a short meeting at Akron Children’s Hospital. The subject: I’m handing Sara Lundenberger a check from our second Akron Photo Series program for $2000.   This second round is all thanks to Doug Gordon last week, but the kids at the hospital aren’t the only ones to benefit.  Every photographer who joined us [...]

I’ve written a lot about the importance of being involved in your community since I started this blog.  It’s one of the most important aspects of your business. I heard Jay Conrad Levinson, the genius who coined the words “guerilla marketing”, speak at one of the PPA conventions years ago.  At that time he put being involved in [...]