Yesterday’s post gave me a chance to share an example of film-making from Cinestories, founded by Jeff Medford and Ross Hockrow.  Here’s one more birth announcement they just did for a client that’s completely different from yesterday’s. When you watch it, pay attention to the way they tell the story. With virtually no words spoken [...]

Long before PPA did their storytelling campaign in the 90’s I believed photographers were the ultimate storytellers.  Look at a wedding or for that matter any event.  Nobody can tell the story better than a great photographer. If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, then a photographer has the ability to match the [...]

There’s so much to choose from when it comes to on the road tours these days. Well, here’s one that definitely needs to be on your radar.  And, if you like the program, join us at Skip’s Summer School where Clay Blackmore will be teaching hands-on. Imagine how much you’ll raise the bar on your [...]

On July 8, 2009 I wrote my very first post. It was a month before the first Summer School. What I really enjoyed when I ran across it today is realizing so little has changed in terms of the importance of blazing your own trail and not listening to the media. While the economy is [...]

Over the last few months, we’ve had three posts about pricing, a two-part piece from David Ziser and one from Joe Farace. Here’s another outstanding perspective from Sal Cincotta.  If Sal isn’t on your radar he should be. In fact, he’s on the road now, with a terrific tour. Here’s the Link to register  for [...]

This is the second part of a two-part series from good buddy John VanSteenberg. We hit a few of his favorite Tamron lenses yesterday and today we’ll round out John’s creativity and ability as a portrait artist.
If you’ve ever met John, then you know he eats, sleeps and breathes photography. He’s all about passion [...]

One of the most fun aspects of the photo industry is all about the friendships. I can’t remember where John VanSteenberg and I first met, but I know we’ve both been knocking around the industry for years. We’ve gone to more than our fair share of rubber-chicken dinners!  We might not see each other for [...]

At GoingPro Bootcamp last month photographic artist, Michele Celentano, joined us for the day. Over and over again she hit on so many points that were invaluable to aspiring professional photographers.  But there’s something interesting in our industry about new photographers – they’re often dealing with exactly the same challenges as seasoned professionals.  In fact, [...]

Here’s a great example of why you need to attend every convention and workshop you can find: you meet new people!  At WPPI I had a chance to meet and talk with Jeremy Cowart. I’ve admired him for a long time, but our paths just never crossed.
This morning I got an email from Yasmin Tajik [...]

Most of you have attended at least one major trade show and convention during the first quarter of the year. If you’re like most people, you came home with tons of notes. You had lists of great ideas. You might have even photographed a few speaker slides or new products creating ideas of things you [...]