If you were to look back at all the posts written over the last few years by me and good buddy, Scott Bourne you’d find hundreds that relate to expanding your education and networking.  They’re two key topics you just can’t hide from if you’re headed down the road to being a professional photographer. If [...]

Yesterday morning at 8:00 am I had my first Skype video call with Tomotaka in Kyoto. Thank God his English is better than my Japanese! We actually managed to converse for twenty minutes and when I hung up all I could do was smile the rest of the day!
Tomotaka is the son of Taka who [...]

You’re either back from WPPI already or headed back today. A key part of any convention is networking, but if you procrastinate, before you know it, the relationships you just built will start to disappear.  I’ve written a lot about the care and feeding of your network and the time to add those new building [...]

This is an amazing industry and so much of every one’s success is based on networking.  Well, meet a relatively new friend who’s friendship just keeps growing all the time, Levi Sim.  I “met” Levi through PWSPI when it first started. Sadly, PWSPI didn’t survive in the current economy, but the friendship with Levi did.  He [...]

I haven’t written a Sunday Morning Reflection in a long time, choosing to spend the mornings with Sheila, rather than writing a post. Well, we’ve got a long-time friend of Sheila’s here for the weekend and while they’re doing girl talk, I’ve got time. I feel like writing about what I’ve often referred to as the best [...]

With Summer School starting in just a few days, whether you’re joining us or not, you need to be thinking about your network. A good network doesn’t happen by accident – it takes work to keep it maintained, active and useful. In this Real World Real Lessons post from GoingPro, I hit on a whole [...]

The purpose of these Summer School Profiles started out to help attendees get to know the instructors they’ll meet in Las Vegas. I also can’t deny these profiles are self-serving. After all, with help from so many different people we’ve created a pretty amazing venue to learn, expand your network and recharge your battery. Some [...]

I know it’s not a new topic, but there are only a few times a year when I feel this way.  I’m in New York for Photo Plus Expo.  The show actually starts this morning, but yesterday I had some time and got over to Javits Convention Center.  During setup I probably bumped into at [...]

I usually keep Sunday mornings short, not because it’s the one day of the week when traffic is light in Cyberspace, but because I don’t feel like writing very much (the truth comes out!).    So, here’s what I’m thinking about this morning and I have to admit, the points are a little random.
It takes twice [...]

This is more for you newbies out there than the seasoned veterans, but yesterday was just a great day and spending the evening with Matthew Jordan Smith and Nozomi, just reminded me how special this industry really is.  The longer you’re in it, the more links you have to other photographers.  It’s like playing the [...]