Ideas, Inspiration, Information and Discussions for Emerging Commercial Photographers

OT- Sunday, #1: Darkness, Cello Madness and Jazz

Posted by on Feb 5, 2012 in Off Topic Sunday |

Sometimes I have an opportunity to discuss other topics than photography. These times are rare, of course, but they do exist. I thought it...

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“Average is Over” or Why Good Enough Sucks

Posted by on Jan 26, 2012 in Featured, Going Pro, Rants & Raves |

Thomas L Friedman, in a post today at the New York Times, says that “average is over.” And he is right. It is. You can see it...

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Preparing a Game Plan for 2012

Posted by on Jan 14, 2012 in Featured, LE News and Info, Rants & Raves |

Looking to start the year off right? Great. We all feel a little bit of a spring in the step and some empowerment at the first of the...

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Feature Article in Rangefinder: July 2010

Posted by on Jan 12, 2012 in Rants & Raves, Seen & Noted |

My friend Bill Millios wrote a nice article on me and the good folks at Rangefinder ran it in their prestigious July “Portait”...

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Take This Photograph, It’s FREE! Free is GOOD!

Posted by on Jan 12, 2012 in LE News and Info, Rants & Raves |

So I get a tweet ‘alerting’ me to this interesting argument. This photographer says his photograph is not free: From...

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Macro 4/3 Cameras Get A Pair of New, Fast Primes

Posted by on Jan 11, 2012 in Gear |

These look pretty cool. “As of now, photographers with Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds cameras and Sony NEX-series cameras...

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The “Business” of Photography: Have I Lost Perspective, Or Simply Disconnected?

Posted by on Nov 29, 2011 in Rants & Raves |

OK… Snarky Rant follows: You have been warned. So there’s this photographer on Google +, Colby Brown, and he is writing a book...

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What Happens When You Do Everything Right, And It Still Doesn’t Work?

Posted by on Nov 18, 2011 in Going Pro, Rants & Raves |

There was a very interesting post over at Kirk Tuck’s blog this week. It had to do with only being as good as the last shot, and how...

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Why I Teach: A Personal Perspective

Posted by on Sep 27, 2011 in Rants & Raves |

(NOTE: I would like to thank those students and alums who helped me become one of the top workshop teachers on Photo District News,...

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On Balance: Challenging the Nature of Gravity

Posted by on Sep 23, 2011 in Rants & Raves |

There has been one strong thought in the back of my mind lately. It sort of hangs there like a candle that is almost ready to die, but...

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