Yesterday I ran the following post as a Sunday Morning Reflection. Since Sunday is such a slow blog post day and I didn’t have access to some of the images I wanted to run with the post, I decided to run it this morning and include three of Bob Coates’ images along with it.
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Posted on October 06th, 2011 in Great Ideas, going pro
This post ran a few days ago on GoingPro. It’s got so much content and deserves to be shared more than usual for a few different reasons.
First, it’s a great idea and demonstrates just how much a photographer can push the edge of the envelope, especially when it comes to new directions. Second, there’s a second [...]
Some of you met Bobbi Lane last year at Summer School, when she and Tony Corbell ran our first ever Lighting Lab. She’s a phenomenal photographer, doing work mostly on the editorial/commercial side of life, but here’s what I love about her work – first it’s timeless and second it often can’t be defined. In the [...]
Posted on May 11th, 2011 in How2 Series, Marketing
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 [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2011 in How2 Series, Motivational
I met Terry Clark when he won the bid on me for some marketing support through the annual Mentor Auction done by Jim Hicks and his team for Thirst Relief last year. They do a terrific job each year on the auction, usually held just before WPPI. Terry bought a couple of hours of my time to help review [...]
A few weeks ago Jasmine Star interviewed me for her blog. I couldn’t have been more flattered. One of the questions she asked just seems so appropriate this time of year. The question was, “How do you jump start a photography business?” It’s a great question and deserves to be expanded.
We’ve got to start with the [...]
Social Media is more than just a way to stay connected or communicate. For me it’s become the ultimate doorbell when it comes to knocking on the doors of photographers who I’ve never met and who are inspirational. I’m not sure how the friendship with Nicole Wolf even started, but I wound up on her site [...]
