A year ago, good buddy and GoingPro partner, Scott Bourne, did a rant on five of the most stupid things photo-related companies do to us. It’s one of my favorite posts, because of two things, the actual points he made are dead on and the sarcasm with which each point hits [...]

Last week good buddy, Michael Corsentino, was in Orlando visiting his mother.  We decided to get together and spend some time just hanging out. He drove over from Orlando.  Sheila, Michael and I had dinner together and then he and I proceeded to get into a marathon conversation about photography.

New photographers don’t realize how small [...]

If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes!

Okay, I confess, it’s inspiration from a t-shirt somebody was wearing on Siesta Key Beach yesterday.  It’s only one stop above quotes from refrigerator magnets, but forget about the source and just think about the statement.
As a photographer and business owner one of your most important [...]

I originally wrote this post a short time back for GoingPro, but here’s why I’d like to share it with you here today. 
Yesterday I had a great conversation with a photographer who’s about to go full time. Her work is terrific, her website, while it needs a little fine-tuning is all in place and [...]

Okay, I’ll apologize in advance for the rant. This is about a challenge in just about every one’s marketing efforts. It’s an easy point to understand and even easier, at least for most of you to fix… Stop showing mediocre images!
I just spent an hour looking at images in the galleries of over a dozen [...]

Last week, after being overseas and forgetting it was Veteran’s Day, I wrote a post about it and tied it in with a photograph of my Dad in ‘43, just before he left for the Pacific in WWII.  The next day, I got the following email from good buddy, Brian Casey.
I liked your post on the [...]

WARNING: This is an adult post. If you’re bothered by sarcasm and use of the word “turd” please don’t read on. 
We’re living in the age of instant gratification. We text, we tweet, we abbreviate. Our spelling has become absurd, phonetically attacking a conversation for the sole purpose of packing a full paragraph into just 140 [...]

It’s 5:43 a.m. and for the fourth time in three weeks I’ve just completed my morning call to Network Solutions.  Months ago I had problems with their email product and threatened to make the switch to another company when they supposedly set up the system for routine maintenance during normal business hours of a big part [...]

I know yesterday was Black Friday, but maybe the definition of the day should be changed!  It’s called Black Friday because it’s the day when a retailer is supposed to finally make it into the “black” with great sales.  Unfortunately, after looking at my email for the last two days, I’m changing the definition.  It’s Black Friday because of the [...]

A few weeks ago I talked my Dad into doing a guest post, which some of you read.  Many of you have grown up in businesses started by your parents or even grandparents.  I’ve always been a little jealous of anyone who was fortunate enough to be part of a family business.  So getting Dad to [...]