Every year Summer School gets a little better thanks to the feedback in the survey we do a week or two after the program ends. After last year’s school we heard requests for more hands-on shooting, more marketing and business and several suggestions to make the program more centrally located. Well, we’ve managed to do [...]

Over the last couple of years I’ve probably written a few dozen posts related to getting the most out of the various major trade shows and conventions.  The importance of attending goes a lot deeper than just fine-tuning your skill set.  A great show is about staying on top of technology and recharging your battery. [...]

I’ve known Scott Sheppard for a lot of years, but we’ve never done a talk-show format interview together. Yesterday my interview on Nik Radio went live on itunes.  If you can find the time to listen to the podcast, I can pretty much promise you’ll pick up some new ideas, not because I said it, but because so [...]

We all tend to pick up on different things in everything we read and watch. This post byJoe Farace is a good example. While many of you will be focused on Joe’s technique and the explanation of how he’s using a Westcott Spiderlite, for me it’s all about the interaction with his subject.  I love [...]

I’ve repeatedly written about the importance of building your network, of keeping it “nurtured” and staying in contact with as many people as possible on a regular basis.  Well, I honestly can’t remember where or when I first met Rolando Gomez. We see each other at least once a year at one of the major [...]

I’ve talked a lot about networking and how small an industry we really are.  Usually it’s been in the form of advice to newbies about being careful of what they say when it’s negative, because you never know who’s close to who.  This morning it’s just for the fun of it.  What got me going [...]

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 [...]