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10 Simple Ideas for Creating a Sustainable Photography Business

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 21, 2012 | LE News and Info

It’s one thing to get a shoot now and then, and another to create and sustain a commercial photography business. Here are a couple of thoughts for you to consider. 1. Get a hard edge to criticising your own work and make sure it is living up to your standards....

Changing Levels and Why Plateaus Are Dangerous

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 19, 2012 | LE News and Info

I started photography a long time ago. Longer than many of you, and not as long as some of you, but it was back when motor drives cost $5K, and we only printed black and white. On Fiber. Much of what I learned then has sustained me for decades, and I loved every...

Project 52, 2011 Edition, Comes to An End

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 18, 2012 | LE News and Info

Last evening critique for Project 52, 2011 Edition. Tonite was a special night. It was a year ago that we had our first meeting and what a year it has been. Some who started with us left for reasons of life and love. A few just evaporated into the ethos… and that was...

Project 52 Photographer Greg Kindred

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 18, 2012 | LE News and Info

Meet Greg Kindred. “I found project 52 January 3, 2011 as I read about the project I knew immediately that I would participate. As the assignments were given out I was challenged right away with photographing a stranger. Pros shoot strangers every day, but in my...

Project 52 Assignment Three is Posted

by Donald Giannatti | Jan 17, 2012 | LE News and Info

Assignment Three is a simple still life shot. “First – there is a difference between product shots and still life. Product shots show, well, products – tech or cooking utensils or cameras. A still life can be made up of items that are not for sale, but instead...

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