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Three Ideas Thursday: June 8
3 IDEA THURSDAY 1. Partner with an up and coming graphic designer or PR firm. Connect at meetups for creatives and see if there is any synergy there. Find someone who has a similar vision and create a double hit agency to allow you to sell the graphics and them to...
Best of Project 52, May 27, 2017
The Best of Project 52 is a completion of images from our 2016, 2017 P52 Pro groups and any of the 8 Week Courses that may be live at the time. These photographers work hard to create images that will work for a portfolio and to show clients that they can indeed shoot...
Three Idea Thursday June 1
These will become more prevalent as I continue to exercise the brain muscle. Working the 10 ideas a day from James Altucher's great book "Choose Yourself". So here goes. Three Idea Thursday, June 1 1. Photograph all of the Thai Food (Italian, Mexican, French -...
Behind The Image: 5-21-2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQ7x1H1pOA
Best of Project 52: May 21, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYPBOhfWis
Do You Want a Stronger Portfolio? Try Writing About Your Images
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex8zMLrn1ug
Charge What It’s Worth… Or Shoot it For Free
A gift is a gift. If you want to gift your photography, I have nothing to say about it. Your right and good for you for gifting your gift. When you pull the plug on pricing, you bring everyone else down as well, and mostly you hurt yourself worse than anyone. If you...
Best of Project 52: May 14th, 2017 Edition
A new ongoing feature on Lighting Essentials; Best of Project 52. Project 52 has so many wonderful images posted each week and I want to feature the best of the best here for you to enjoy. Whether it is portraiture, product, still life, food or conceptual imagery, the...
“You go where you look…”
ON a motorcycle or in life, what we see in front of us will draw us in. Don't focus on the negativity or the problems, focus on the solutions and the positivity all around you. It works... it really does. WATCH THE VIDEO FOR MORE:...
Second Guessing the Art Director… Don’t Do It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jAWaekI4c There are two parts. 1. Don't shoot images you think art directors or clients WANT to see because you will be wrong more often than right. There is no aesthetic that everyone wants to see. So be authentically you and shoot...
I Nearly Destroyed Two Vintage Cameras in One Stupid Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsZG_DZmimQ
What I’ve Learned So Far: Twenty Eight; “Photography is Jazz With a Camera”
[ REPOST FROM 2014. ] JAZZ... with a camera. Let's start out by saying I love jazz. I love the swing, the blues, the instruments and most of all the improvisation of jazz. I listen to all kinds of music as well, from Opera to Country, but jazz is where I return to get...