REALLY GREAT WORK from our second assignment (2) free Tabletop Workshop for those who are not able to get out and do things. And for those of you who are, but just want to up your skills.
Here are the top ten images this week:
Dave Siegel: Photographer. Arizona and the West
Meet my friend Dave Siegel. Dave is a photographer in Phoenix, but works all over the country for major advertising agencies and destination resorts. He has several specialties over the course of his career, and is now focused on the spa/resort industry. I met Dave a...
Gary Crabbe, Enlightened Images: Interview and Images
I am so glad to welcome Gary Crabbe to Lighting Essentials. I met Gary last summer when he contacted me to discuss designing a new website for him. We hit it off pretty quick and I was really happy when he selected me to do the redesign of www.enlightphoto.com. Gary...
Clarion Call II, and getting ready for the new LE Contest
Selina Maitreya, a great friend to Lighting Essentials, is having a second Clarion Call. If you were on the last one, you will remember how cool it was. And if you missed it, you missed one of the most important two days of photography information in a long time....
A Strategy for Going Pro as a Commercial Photographer: Part Three – Engage
A Strategy for Going Pro as a Commercial Photographer: Part Three – Engage We have gone through a basic discovery process in part one, finding out who is doing what in your area. Are there clients and agencies buying photographs and are you able to make photographs...
“Can’t We All Just Get Along?” – Well, no… apparently. SPAM rage in Adland.
(Photograph by Ryan Hyde.) (As was noted in the first comment, the CD who was the focus of this flap has replaced the website with something less onerous. That may take the heat off of the current situation, but it does NOT change the underlying situation, does it. I...
A Strategy for Going Pro as a Commercial Photographer: Part Two – Preparation
This part two of a series on Going Pro from my perspective, experience and research. (Part One here) This one we call "preparation" because before we can launch into strategical and implementation, we must be prepared. Just as a surgeon prepares for his craft with...
