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Then and Now: A Matter of Style
----------- (NOTE) Tomorrow, August 8, 2010 we will have a live discussion on how to go about identifying clients who would be consumers for your work. This is for commercial photographers, we will not be discussing direct-to-consumer photography (wedding and...
If You Have No Customer Skills, No Problem, You Will Soon Have No Customers
I saw the tweet above and just smiled. Yeah, I know what she is going through. I emailed the 'tweeter' and she sent me an email back (reprinted below). I have removed specifics so as not to cause any undue embarrassment of the people who should be embarrassed. So...
Interviews on Lighting Essentials: Get to Know These Photographers
I have had the wonderful opportunity to hear from lots of terrific, upbeat and successful photographers at Lighting Essentials. We have posted interviews with many talented people working in this most incredible business. They maybe aren't the most famous around, but...
Discussion: Social Media and the Emerging Professional Photographer
Well, we tried it with UStream and that was a bust. I think this solution may even be better. You will have the opportunity to ask questions live (and if you have a vidcam, you will stream right on up to me and be seen). I have tested it a bit and seems to work pretty...
Interview with David Giral, Montreal Photographer
Our Interview with Montreal Photographer David Giral. I met David in Toronto at the Workshop. I loved his work and asked him to do this interview with us. 1. How long have you been in business? Was it a slow transition or did you just open shop? Until recently, I...
First Live Broadcast: Discuss Photography and Promotion
This is for today's date: Thursday, July 29, 2010. It will not be archived unless I decide to, you know, archive it... we'll see. We are going to try a little something different. Recently we have discussed pricing and the perils of "shooting for free" and the perils...
Shooting Waverunners in Mexico – In the Ocean
Well, I am kinda with my buddy Kirk here. We have had some distinctly powerful discussions on working for free and what to charge. So we are going to lighten it up a bit with some discussions on images. So let's take a look at something I am working on right now. I...
Enough Negativity: Ten Things to Positively Affect Your Photography
While some pros are worried about kids shooting Facebook and concert pix for free, I think that the perspective is really skewed when we start to become more interested in what non-consequential folks are doing and forget to be excited about this wonderful thing...
No Assignments Without Experience, No Experience without Assignments… Yeah, That Makes Sense, Right?
Rant/Rave today. So it kinda sounds like this to a lot of young photographers: 1. You can't get gigs unless you have experience. 2. Without actual shoots you cannot get experience. 3. You must always charge for your work (see # 1 above) 4. Get an assistant gig. 5....
What is the Difference Between Shooting for Free and Shooting for Me?
And I should add to that headline... "and not giving a damn?" Today's RANT on common sense. A recent post at Blackstar Rising has created a mini fire-storm there. The post, by John Harrington, who runs the very popular and quite informative Photo Business News and...
Sometimes It Is About Being Able to Simply Get the Shot
A bit of a Rant - a bit of a Rave. Something for everyone. I just had lunch with a photographer friend of mine, Ken Easley. We were chatting about business when Ken brought up a recent assignment he had finished. It was a shoot of 13 or 14 corporate head shots. I will...
On the Matter of Style: Some Examples
We were talking about style and vision in the last few posts. I thought I would take this point to show some photographers who I believe show a lot of vision and style. This is as nearly a random sampling of the photographers I love as possible. There are a lot of...