My friend Trudy posted a great little article with the question “How Do Photographers Learn the Business? I read it and asked Trudy if I could take a few of …

Err… at least the 10 that I hear a lot of chatting about. I get questions about these at nearly every workshop. So a quick post on what some folks …

NOTICE: Because of a late plane schedule today, there will not be a Lighting Essentials LIVE show tonight. I will still be in the air at 6PM, and doing it …

Lighting Essentials LIVE: Tonight we discuss pricing strategies for emerging photographers. Log in to ask questions.

Thanks all for joining us this evening.
This post from a year ago has …

The interview with John Ricard comes after the jump. Click on the “more” link below.
Our next Lighting Essentials LIVE Broadcast, Sunday, Aug 22, 2010. Expanded edition (90 minutes). Here is …

A little over a year ago I posted “10 Web Site Strategies for Emerging Photographers.” I think the article holds up very well and is as relevant as it was …

This is the audio discussion to introduce Ed to you all.
A discussion with Ed Z, Philadelphia Photographer
You can visit his website at EdZStudios.com. We are working on creating his print …

Meet Keith Taylor, a photographer out of the Atlanta area. Keith has done a bit of everything and his insights into getting started as a photographer are fantastic. Take a …

OK… we got the gear and the portfolio is looking pretty good. So now we need to find clients to actually pay us for the images, and help us go …

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(NOTE) Tomorrow, August 8, 2010 we will have a live discussion on how to go about identifying clients who would be consumers for your work. This is for commercial photographers, …

I saw the tweet above and just smiled. Yeah, I know what she is going through. I emailed the ‘tweeter’ and she sent me an email back (reprinted below). I …

I have had the wonderful opportunity to hear from lots of terrific, upbeat and successful photographers at Lighting Essentials. We have posted interviews with many talented people working in this …

Well, we tried it with UStream and that was a bust. I think this solution may even be better. You will have the opportunity to ask questions live (and if …

Our Interview with Montreal Photographer David Giral. I met David in Toronto at the Workshop. I loved his work and asked him to do this interview with us.
1. How long …

This is for today’s date: Thursday, July 29, 2010. It will not be archived unless I decide to, you know, archive it… we’ll see.
We are going to try a little …

Well, I am kinda with my buddy Kirk here. We have had some distinctly powerful discussions on working for free and what to charge. So we are going to lighten …

While some pros are worried about kids shooting Facebook and concert pix for free, I think that the perspective is really skewed when we start to become more interested in …

Rant/Rave today.
So it kinda sounds like this to a lot of young photographers:
1. You can’t get gigs unless you have experience.
2. Without actual shoots you cannot get experience.
3. You must …

And I should add to that headline… “and not giving a damn?” Today’s RANT on common sense.
A recent post at Blackstar Rising has created a mini fire-storm there. The post, …

A bit of a Rant – a bit of a Rave. Something for everyone.
I just had lunch with a photographer friend of mine, Ken Easley. We were chatting about business …