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 [...]

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 [...]

The expression, time flies when you’re having a good time, has never been truer when it comes to buddy JB Sallee and his wife DeEtte. I first met JB at WPPI. He was our first Hy Sheanin Scholarship winner, going back eight years ago. He was single, getting married a short time after the convention [...]

I worked directly with Lori Nordstrom for the first time three years ago on the Young Guns program, kicking off WPPI.   She’s a terrific photographer and instructor.  Her website alone demonstrates everything I’ve been talking about and even lays it out on her home page in chronological order: “Expecting, Brand New, Children, Seniors and Wedding”.  [...]