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Deciding What “ART” Is, Or Is Not, Can Be Quite Instructive

by Donald Giannatti | Feb 23, 2011 | LE News and Info

A Little Rant today. “I saw Cady Harran wearing army pants and flip-flops, so I bought army pants and flip-flops” — Mean Girls. Recently at APE a post entitled “Why We Love Bad Photography” made me pause and consider what that meant to...

Setting Goals: Is It Important for Photographers?

by Donald Giannatti | Feb 21, 2011 | Going Pro

Yeah, we heard it all through our early schooling; “Set you goal to achieve…” And there are countless gurus out there teaching seminars and workshops and holding ‘retreats’ on the “Art of Decisive Goal Planning and the Strategic...

The Sassimi Collection: The Ins and Outs of Shooting a Catalog

by Donald Giannatti | Feb 14, 2011 | LE News and Info

I recently completed a job for Tera at Sassimi, a boutique fashion designer in Seattle. And while she is small for now, she wants to grow her business. I think she will do well. Oh, and you can visit her site here at Sassimi.com. (For those looking for Project 52,...

A “Visionary Website”: My Talk with Selina on Clarion Call on Saturday, 2-12-11

by Donald Giannatti | Feb 11, 2011 | LE News and Info

Thanks to Selina for a wonderful opportunity to discuss the ‘visionary website’ and how being engaged with your clients and prospective clients through your website can be a strong tool for photographers. I will be speaking at 11:15AM EST so for you in CST...

How to be Incredibly Average and Never Breakout as a Photographer

by Donald Giannatti | Feb 9, 2011 | Going Pro

I work with photographers on a one to one basis. I will only work with those who are really interested so we have a discussion on what is expected from both sides before the engagement. This weekend I had a conversation with a young photographer who wants to be...
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