A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, one of America’s leading portrait photographers put together a pretty terrific little book called Don Blair’s Guide to Lighting and Posing Body Parts. I wrote the book, but it was exclusively Don Blair’s words and images.
Tony Corbell, now at Nik Software and Terry Deglau, now retired, [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2011 in Summer School
I’m blown away by the involvement of this year’s sponsors at Summer School. Here are a couple of exciting new ones that just came in!
Triple Scoop Music, the amazing music licensing service used by just about all of the top photographers and videographers is announcing today OVER $4000 IN MUSIC PRIZES exclusively for Summer School attendees!
Every registered Summer School [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2011 in Summer School, Upcoming Events
There’s been a lot of excitement at RETV this week with the two scholarships they’re giving away for Summer School, (Hit their fan page and put in “I want to go to Skip’s Summer School” for a chance to win one of two scholarships.) So, it seems like a great time to share with you some of the [...]
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Posted on November 08th, 2010 in Marketing, advertising
We got a promotional piece from Macy’s over the weekend that got me thinking about the way photographers promote themselves. Getting something from Macy’s in the mail is like getting one of those 20% off postcards from Bed Bath and Beyond…you stopped paying attention years ago!
But, here’s the thing on this new promotional piece. First, [...]
Yesterday I wandered into a few different websites and found most photographer’s descriptions of their various services pretty underwhelming. Photographers, for whatever reason, hate to use adjectives, but you’re in good company, I found a few manufacturers who were just as bad!
Think about the last time you walked down an aisle at a trade show. Exhibitors who had [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2010 in Lighting, Portrait Tips, Skip's Akron Photo Series, Upcoming Events, Workshop Update, wedding photography
The movie was Field of Dreams for the quote and we’re going to take a shot at “building it”.
Here’s the challenge: There are a minimal number of speakers who come to Ohio, yet we’re in an area with thousands of photographers, being only a couple of hours from Detroit and Pittsburgh, a half an hour [...]
Posted on July 29th, 2010 in Marketing, Skip's Akron Photo Series, Summer School 2010, Upcoming Events, Workshop Update, wedding photography
August 1st is right around the corner. From a business stand point it’s a time everybody should be using to do at least one thing you’ve never done before to create a little buzz in your market, your community. Here are some ideas and thoughts on where you can get some help!
Postcard Mailing: How about [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2010 in Business, Networking, Summer School, Summer School 2010, Upcoming Events
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 [...]
No guest post for Open Forum this morning, but it’s only because I forgot I declared Monday as Open Forum and haven’t had a chance to sort out those people who responded. If you’ve got an issue you’d just like to throw out on the table, then here’s a place to vent, share or contribute. [...]
