by Donald Giannatti | Nov 16, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro
(from a recent forum post where a new blogger was talking about ‘getting out there and doing it… going pro.) Hi, I just looked at your blog and I have a few questions. Who are you trying to reach with the blog? Clients? Or other photographers? Clients...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 10, 2012 | Featured, PROJECT "52"
Some shining examples of food shooting and shooting to layout from the Project 52 group. The assignment: Your assignment is to do a very interesting sandwich shot that fairly reeks of “high end cuisine sandwich” – and for this you will have a layout. The designer has...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 5, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info
Today? I mean today… These are simple ideas, built to do quickly or without being in a rush. Do at least five of them every day. 1. Have you checked in with past clients? Have you kept up with them? And more importantly, have you kept them up to date on what you...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 1, 2012 | Featured, LE News and Info
Steve Collins has been a friend for several years. We met at a workshop, and he has been a huge part of Project 52. Steve is building his business one client at a time in Fredericksburg, VA (a small town outside of Washington, DC). I have watched his work grow...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 30, 2012 | Featured, LE News and Info
My kids love Halloween. I can remember every trek through the streets with plastic pumpkins in hand, towing a wagon with the smallest riding along. The great folks over at Project 52 have been adding zombie and other un-human images to our Flickr page. I thought I...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 29, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro
Recently I had an opportunity to sit and chat (over delicious Mexican food) with two very good photographers. Dave and Steve are both well seasoned, and full on commercial photographers here in Phoenix. As things do, we began discussing gigs and some of the war...