“If you guys can dive in this water, you can dive in anything!” Those were the words of the boat captain twenty years ago as we went diving off the coast of the Florida Keys. We were in a small boat, probably no more than 25 feet and we had 4-6 foot swells. I love [...]

Yesterday I got an email from Bob Bell at United Funding.  I’ve never met Bob, nor do I have any kind of relationship with his company. I got the letter because I’m on the attendee list from last year’s Imaging USA show.  What Bob didn’t know when he sent it out was how timely his [...]

Years ago Kodak produced what most of us think of as the finest commercial about photography every made. Truthfully, I’m not sure it even qualifies as a commercial, when it’s really a short film. It hasn’t been shown for a long time, but thanks to YouTube it’s still available to watch.
Six months ago I wrote [...]

Last week Scott Bourne wrote a pretty remarkable post on GoingPro. It’s received such great feedback I wanted to share it here on my blog.  If you don’t already follow Scott and me, along with a few terrific guests now and then, check out GoingPro. 
Scott’s point is about attitude and the need for photographers to work together. I’ve seen so [...]

It’s mid-November and your last chance to put together a holiday card using one of your own images!  This is an opportunity for advertising at its very best.  It’s soft-sell and an opportunity to remind people what you do for a living.  Sending out a card you bought at CVS does nothing for you or your business.  [...]

Okay, so somebody help me out here…I got an indignant email from a person I didn’t “friend” the other day on Facebook. They were “disappointed” I didn’t allow them in my Facebook “family”.  I didn’t because they had no head shot; we had no friends in common and there was nothing that suggested they were a photographer.  [...]