24 Project 52 Images to Inspire Your Weekend
These are some of the wonderful shots from a while back at Project 52. We are gearing up for another great year of shooting – and...
Read MoreDesigning The Image You Want (a Chapter from My Book, Lighting Essentials)
Today I present an excerpt from my book, “Lighting Essentials: A Subject-Centric Approach for Photographers” now available...
Read MoreSetting Goals: Is It Important for Photographers?
Yeah, we heard it all through our early schooling; “Set you goal to achieve…” And there are countless gurus out there...
Read MoreHow Do Photographers Learn the Business? Some Thoughts…
My friend Trudy posted a great little article with the question “How Do Photographers Learn the Business? I read it and asked Trudy...
Read MoreEnough Negativity: Ten Things to Positively Affect Your Photography
While some pros are worried about kids shooting Facebook and concert pix for free, I think that the perspective is really skewed when we...
Read MoreNo Assignments Without Experience, No Experience without Assignments… Yeah, That Makes Sense, Right?
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....
Read MoreTen Things That Can Help You Get a Photographers Assisting Gig
Getting an assistant gig is top of mind for a lot of commercial shooters starting out. It can mean exciting photo shoots, learning the...
Read MoreUse Google to Track the Popularity of Your Images
Finding your Creative Center with Google by Daron Shade A few months ago, I recommended that you sign up and implement Google Analytics....
Read More“So You’re a Photographer, Quick… Tell Me What You Do”
How’s that for a panic inducer? So could you tell them? Say someone walks up to you at a mixer for the Art Directors club meeting,...
Read MoreNick Onken’s New Travel Photography Book, “Photo Trekking”
I discovered Nick’s work a couple of years ago. Surfin’ from link to link, I stumbled upon his opening page and the image...
Read MoreThoughts on Photography, and Other Stuff, While Driving Across the Desert.
I love to drive. Cars and motorcycles and trucks… I love to get behind the wheel and just go. This weekend I drove to San Diego for...
Read MoreControlling Your World With the Lens Cap On
Seems like a crazy thing to say… put the lens cap on. Lens caps make taking photographs impossible. They don’t let any light...
Read MoreBranding Your Photography Business: A Realistic View
Branding Your Photography Business: A Realistic View Brand. Branding. Words that we hear a lot about. “Brand Yourself†we hear...
Read MoreA Passion for the Image
37,000 feet over the Great Plains of these wonderful United States and I find myself drifting off a bit, as the days have been long and...
Read More“Breaking Out” as a Professional Photographer: Daron Shade
Daron Shade presents a really well written article about ‘Breaking Out’ and Breaking In to the world of commercial...
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Glad you dropped by. This is my love and my muse. We talk about photography here, as well as the folks who make images. I am very focused on commercial and fine art photography, and we don't really spend all that much time on weddings and such. I have written 5 books - two I give away here, and two are for sale at Amazon, and the 5th one is being edited and designed right now! Thanks for visiting, leave a comment or join me the social networks...