Last month Matthew Jordan Smith wrote the post below and this morning it just hit home on the issue of equipment. So often photographers, especially those just starting out, believe their biggest short suit is a lack of equipment. The truth is, it’s most often a lack of creativity, not so much in photographic talent, [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Scott Bourne and I announced we were shutting down GoingPro2011.com.  In the letter from both of us, which was on the site for a couple of weeks, we said,
“We find ourselves at a crossroads. The GoingPro project has helped so many aspiring photographers, but in its current form it’s pretty [...]

A while back I quoted a kitchen magnet on the blog.   “Life isn’t about waiting for the storms to pass.  It’s about learning to dance in the rain!”  I’ve probably requoted it a dozen times since then and in fact it was my closing slide during my Photographer’s Ignite presentation this year.
It’s funny how much [...]

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 [...]

“What good is working to create the finest images of your life if nobody knows who you are?” That’s pretty much the foundation of every marketing workshop I’ve taught over the last couple of years, along with my long time favorite, “Just because the media tells us it’s going to be a bad year, doesn’t [...]

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.

Ingvar Kamprad is credited with the quote. He’s the founder of Ikea and I remember hearing stories about him when I was with Hasselblad. He lives a quiet unassuming life and back then he was still riding his bike to work. Well, his quote got me thinking a [...]

I wrote this post a long time ago and even ran it as an encore once, but as time goes on it seems to get more relevant. So, I wanted to add a couple more images and while I don’t normally post on the weekends, today is Mother’s Day. I guess I’m writing it this [...]

Edward de Bono is a motivational author and physician who is quoted as saying:
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
As usual, a lot of the quotes I find really get me thinking about our industry. When you think about it everybody has the same [...]

Going into its fourth year, Skip’s Summer School just seems to get better and better, but this year it has little to do with anything I thought of. This is about input from all the alumni from past programs together with many of the instructors.
I absolutely understand how hard it is to decide on what [...]

I’ve written a lot about HeartsApart.org over the last year. My first post was last June.  I get so many requests from professional photographers who are looking for a way to give back. Well gang, here it is, but there’s a major qualifier – it’s not just enough to give back. You’ve got to have [...]