Every time I read Bruce Berg’s posts, I learn something new. Earlier in the year I shared a post of Bruce’s about a 27 year old children’s promotion supported by three different photographers in Oregon.  In any other market these three studios would all be competing, but instead they work together each year.  They create an [...]

I don’t normally do afternoon posts, but this is one everybody needs to know about. For the third year in a row, PMDA (Photographic Manufacturers and Distributors Association) is sponsoring Portraits of Love.

The project offers families of deployed military personnel free portraits for the holiday season. Photographers who volunteer their time will be asked to [...]

Last week I ran Kevin Kubota’s promo video for his new book, The Lighting Notebook.  It really created a lot of interest, because lighting repeatedly comes up as every one’s biggest challenge when it comes to mastering their skill set. Well, this week Kevin is back with a great video, much more than just a promo.

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Last week my buddy, Dustin Meyer from Austin, published this post on his blog, MPactPhoto. It’s a great blog and should be on your list of weekly reads. In fact, it’s more than a blog, it’s exactly what he calls it ”a professional photographer resource”.   Dustin always has great information to share, helping to make every one’s life [...]

There’s so much great material on the Internet and I’m blown away by how many people don’t pay attention to what’s out there. This interview posted just a few months ago was done by Marc Silber. Besides showing so many of Matthew’s outstanding images, Marc’s questions really bring out what Matthew is all about.
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With Summer School coming up in a few weeks, whether you’re joining us or not, I thought it would be great to share some portrait components of various techniques and images, this time from Matthew Jordan Smith.  Most of you don’t shoot the way Matthew does, but I know you want a certain look to [...]

Here’s what I love most about the Internet.  It’s made the world smaller! News that a few years ago might have taken a month to get to us, and then, only if we were reading a story in one of the photographic magazines, now comes in seconds via email!
Yesterday I wrote a post about being more [...]

The original post from Joy Bianchi Brown and Jules Bianchi had so much information, I broke it up into two parts, with Part I running yesterday. This second part this morning expands your strategy and should help get you thinking about what you’re actually selling along with how you present your products to your clients.
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It’s hard for me to remember a time when Tony Corbell wasn’t one of my very best friends! I know we met in 1987 and have worked together, traveled together and most important of all I can’t begin to count the number of times we’ve laughed together! He was working with the legendary Dean Collins [...]

Regardless of your photographic specialty, be it wedding, family, children’s portraiture, high school seniors, boudoir or even commercial work, sooner or later you’re going to be shooting in full shade. As buddy, Joe Farace, talks about in this post, it’s one of his favorites.  Shade is more than just a quality of light, it has a unique [...]