by Donald Giannatti | Jul 23, 2010 | LE News and Info
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 always charge for your work (see # 1 above) 4. Get an assistant gig....
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 22, 2010 | LE News and Info
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, by John Harrington, who runs the very popular and quite informative Photo...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 20, 2010 | LE News and Info
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 when Ken brought up a recent assignment he had finished. It was a shoot of 13 or 14 corporate head shots....
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 16, 2010 | Going Pro
We were talking about style and vision in the last few posts. I thought I would take this point to show some photographers who I believe show a lot of vision and style. This is as nearly a random sampling of the photographers I love as possible. There are a lot of...
by Donald Giannatti | Jul 13, 2010 | LE News and Info
A reader left this rather innocuous comment on the post about gear, ‘What We Mean When We Say “It’s Not About The Gear'”. I read it a few times then decided that it was one terribly difficult question followed by one that may be even more thorny. Just...