The full registration site for each of the programs should be live next week, but here’s an update on what’s happening to finally bring some great programming to the Midwest.
1) The Hilton Akron/Fairlawn is the new location for all events. It’s much more accessible, since it’s only a mile or so off route 77, making it a [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about turning Akron into a hub for photographic education. I’m ecstatic to have been given the thumbs up to make an exclusive announcement: Clay Blackmore, one of the finest wedding and portrait photographers in the country, is bringing his new program to the John S. Knight Center in Akron on October [...]
A little over a year ago, frustrated with the economy and spending a lot of time talking to photographers who were finding new ways to “fight the battle”, I started my own campaign: Just because the media says it’s going to be a bad year, doesn’t mean it has to be!
Well, here we are a [...]
Every now and then I’ll be around a bunch of photographers and they’ll be looking at images of Joe Buissink’s, Jim Garner’s, Jerry G’s, Yervant’s or Bambi’s for example and somebody will always say, “Sure the images are great, look at where they are! I’ve got nothing that looks like the ocean where I live!”
This is [...]
So often people have given me positive feedback about my comments on something they’ve shown me regarding their own business. I’ll see things they’ve completely missed, but think about it for just a second. Yeah, I’ve got a lot of experience in our industry, but what could be easier than being asked to “Monday morning [...]






