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How Do You Hit a Home Run If You Never Swing At The Ball?

by Donald Giannatti | Sep 16, 2010 | Going Pro

Recently there was a post on a forum that asked “Did You Ever Think You Could Be One of the the Best Photographers?” And sadly, many responses were of the “No, I only want to be fairly good”, or “Well, those people are special”. Or...

Style Week on Lighting Essentials: Day 5: Kirk Tuck

by Donald Giannatti | Sep 11, 2010 | Going Pro

Style Week Posts: Selina Maitreya Day One Daron Shade Day Two Christian O’Dell Day Three Ivar Teunissen Kirk Tuck Day Five There are few things I love more than taking a photograph of someone. From family to strangers, there is always something to learn from the...

Style Week on Lighting Essentials – Day Two; Daron

by Donald Giannatti | Sep 8, 2010 | Going Pro

Style Week Posts: Selina Maitreya Day One Daron Shade Day Two Christian O’Dell Day Three Ivar Teunissen Kirk Tuck Day Five If you have come in at this point, be sure to go back to the first post and start there. I believe that style is innate within each of us....

Five Ways to Differentiate Your Photography Business

by Donald Giannatti | Sep 3, 2010 | Going Pro

… and 5 ways you shouldn’t differentiate. There are a lot of photographers out there. Actually, there are a lot of really talented photographers out there. What separates you from them? How can you differentiate yourself from the throng? How to stand out,...

How Do Photographers Learn the Business? Some Thoughts…

by Donald Giannatti | Aug 31, 2010 | Going Pro

My friend Trudy posted a great little article with the question “How Do Photographers Learn the Business? I read it and asked Trudy if I could take a few of her questions and answer them here on my blog. Wednesday evening, September 1, we will have a show based...

Ten Myths of Professional Commercial Photography

by Donald Giannatti | Aug 30, 2010 | Going Pro

Err… at least the 10 that I hear a lot of chatting about. I get questions about these at nearly every workshop. So a quick post on what some folks think is reality and what IS reality. Yeah, I know… you saw it on the interwebs. Shoots with all the latest...
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