Bret Doss: “Fashionista”

  My bud Bret Doss turned in a wonderful editorial assignment for “Viva Fashionistas”, a Seattle fashion magazine. I want to have Bret on for an interview soon. See more about his shoot at his blog. “Hard to Call It Work” has links to more...

“What do you charge for…”

Five scary words to a lot of photographers. There is so much of US wrapped into those five words. I think they may be the scariest words we self employed folks ever hear. Although it is exactly what we want to hear… someone wants to hire us. All that marketing paid...

Knowing Your Subjects Well

One of the most important considerations of a photographers work is the subject matter they choose to make photographs. Sounds almost simplistic, doesn’t it? But there is a great deal of thought that goes into this part of what we do. If we have chosen subject matter...

ReBranding With Photography

This was an interesting week. An old friend and colleague reached out to renew a friendship and to discuss some epiphanies she had recently experienced. Lunch was near my studio and it was with a bit of trepidation that I had agreed. While I think the world of this...