A couple of weeks ago, Scott Bourne and I announced we were shutting down GoingPro2011.com.  In the letter from both of us, which was on the site for a couple of weeks, we said,
“We find ourselves at a crossroads. The GoingPro project has helped so many aspiring photographers, but in its current form it’s pretty [...]

A year ago, good buddy and GoingPro partner, Scott Bourne, did a rant on five of the most stupid things photo-related companies do to us. It’s one of my favorite posts, because of two things, the actual points he made are dead on and the sarcasm with which each point hits [...]

WARNING:  It’s a Monday morning rant…
I accept that we live in an instant gratification world. I accept that Twitter has changed the way we spell. I’ll even accept the gr8 words U can cre8 to cram a full paragraph of thought in2 140 characters.
However, what I refuse to give up is my belief that nothing [...]

At GoingPro Bootcamp last month photographic artist, Michele Celentano, joined us for the day. Over and over again she hit on so many points that were invaluable to aspiring professional photographers.  But there’s something interesting in our industry about new photographers – they’re often dealing with exactly the same challenges as seasoned professionals.  In fact, [...]

Lately I feel like I’m trapped in an old Jimmy Stewart movie and the hands of the clock are spinning.  Time is literally flying by and projects I wanted to be finished with already are barely started. Julieanne Kost, in regards to asking her to be involved in a project we were working on, once [...]

Back from WPPI last week brought to a close what I refer to as my 2012 Trade Show Season. It started with PMA @ CES then IUSA in New Orleans, PhotoPro Expo in Covington, KY and back to Las Vegas for GoingPro Bootcamp and WPPI.  For many of you there’s still another round or two with [...]

I’ve written several posts over the last few years, both here and on GoingPro. With WPPI right around the corner it just seems to make sense to hit it one more time and here’s why. Time is your most valuable commodity. You’ll never have enough of it! Second on the list, for most people, will [...]

It’s that time of year and there’s a lot going on. You’re the only one who knows where you need the most help, but consider all of these upcoming events!

GoingPro Bootcamp is a one day event on Saturday the 18th in Las Vegas. This is about everything but photography. Michele Celentano, Scott Bourne and I [...]

I recently saw an email blast from my buddy, George Varanakis at Rangefinder/WPPI. He listed the top ten reasons not to miss WPPI. Personally, I’d drop a few and add a few, one of them being your ability to interact with vendor after vendor to help strengthen your business. I’d also add, one trip to Vegas gets you exposed [...]

This week I wrote a post for GoingPro about making mistakes that will run some time over the next week or so. What prompted the post was listening to the panic-stricken voice of an aspiring professional photographer as he went through the “what if” reasons for not being ready to go pro, even though his work [...]