Parts of this post are part of an encore from almost three years ago, but the real issue is that I just don’t get it. I completely understand everyone having their favorite things to photograph and their specialty, but in the hierarchy of why people hire a professional photographer the ranking is brides, babies and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last week’s post about RETV with the Albert Watson interview got some great comments, one of them from good buddy, Terry Clark, who wrote:
“Before the Internet I read five newspapers in the morning plus thumbed thru a few magazines or books on photography. Yes, it took a bit of time, usually about 90 minutes, but what a [...]
This post might be almost two years old, but great ideas never age! The challenge is how to make yourself stand out, but don’t forget the basics first. If you don’t know what you’re doing with a camera in your hands, then all the marketing in the world can’t fix bad images! Concentrate on the [...]
One of the chapters Tony and I share in our careers is working together at Hasselblad. I hired Tony out of Brooks Institute to come to New Jersey as the first Dean of Education for Hasselblad University. I still consider talking Tony into giving up his view of the Ocean and mountain side in Santa Barbara for [...]
Projects like Summer School don’t happen without incredible support from lots of different people. Every year I feel like I write pretty much the same thing…I thank the speakers, then everyone who helped make it possible and the vendors, then I move to a few isolated individuals. Along the way I probably offend somebody I miss. This [...]
After every convention, workshop or trade show you attend everyone is always left with a level of optimism and energy to make changes in their technique, marketing, management style and grow their business. But, there’s always the challenge of getting sucked back into your daily routine and within a few days your energy and spirit [...]
