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 [...]

It’s a wonderful lazy Sunday morning. It’s a great time to catch up on loose ends and then, after an hour or so, work’s put away for the day.  What I’m dealing with this morning is my thought process on the photo politics of Northern Ohio. I just don’t get it!
Here’s a prime example: I was able to [...]

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 [...]

There’s a point in life where you realize you’ve spent too much time working and not enough time just enjoying friends. It’s the old line about stopping to smell the roses.  I’ve written about it and talked about it a lot, but until a few years ago, I was just as guilty as many of you.
This [...]

When I headed out on my own just over two years ago I really thought I’d have more free time. I actually thought doing more freelance work and getting out of the corporate world would give me more time just to sit back and chill now and then…NOT!
But here’s the point, I have absolutely no complaints. Being [...]

Okay, so I’m going out on a limb this time – but I just said, “Oh hell, he’s a buddy, he’ll be okay if I publish what he sent me!”  The most fun of having friends with different backgrounds and attitudes is the different way they all attack the challenges in business. Some are more left brain [...]

This is partly a rerun, but I promise it’s a good one. More important though is what prompted me this morning to run it!
At the end of last week I had to announce the cancellation of  Julieanne Kost’s program as part of the Akron Photo Series on May 23 and 24. The challenge was simply getting enough [...]

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 [...]

This week Bambi Cantrell, in her all day workshop as part of the Akron Photo Series, showed some of her images from other projects. Her scenic and fine art images are as spectacular as her best known wedding images, family and children’s portraits. 
Well, looking at some of David Ziser’s work over the years I found [...]