A lot of my “job” these days is just being a contemporary version of the old town crier. For those of you who weren’t around then, (Just beating Scott Bourne to the punch on the fact that I’m older than him!) the town crier literally had only one job, to spread the news shouting it out as [...]
Thanks to the connective power of the Internet and social media, I can share this wonderful story with you. San Diego photographer, David Michael August, attended Skips Summer School just a few weeks ago. Earlier in the week, he published a short video of the Hyde family’s photo session on Skips Summer School 2011 on Facebook. I [...]
Once a year I’ve done a special segment on the blog called Charity Fest. It’s all about photographers who not only believe in giving back, but who can walk the talk! I’m looking for projects you’re working on that simply meet the definition of giving back.
There is no such thing as a project too small. [...]
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 [...]
Marc Braun took advantage of his photographic skill set and started the Akron Photowalk Group. Okay, so for those of you outside Akron and even a few inside who want Sedona, it may not sound like much of a walk, but think about the contribution you can make in two different ways on a project like this. First, [...]
Motivated to use his skill set to give back, Canadian photographer, Joel Séguin, started out inspired by his own infant son’s heart surgery. That single incident has brought his help to dozens of different projects in the community. While his story is great to read, his best comment and the advice for all of us [...]
Welcome to Charity Fest II and this year’s first contribution came from Mollie Tobias, a photographer in North Carolina. She’s using her photographic skills in a unique way to be involved in the community.
The best part of Charity Fest, for me, is that I get to talk to lots of new photographers and in turn, introduce [...]
Mother Teresa was on a flight I was on years ago and spent her life giving back.
At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done. We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and [...]
At Skip’s Summer School last year I met Jen Alston. Then she won the holiday card contest for Summer School attendees. Next quick “hi” was at WPPI and here she is this morning. I won’t deny for a second I love her comment about summer school, but it’s what she said about charitable causes that [...]
Okay, it’s 2:00 a.m. and I’m wide awake and just can’t seem to shut off the day. So, as pathetic as it sounds, I’m actually sitting in bed with my laptop writing Thursday morning’s blog. In a few minutes, just like my mother reads to fall asleep, I’m going to wrap it up and fall [...]
