Everyone’s got an angle to the Anna Nicole Smith story, and I mean everyone. One of the “trashy” blogs I read to keep up instead of buying the National Enquirier during checkout is TMZ.com. Here’s an article about how much the baby’s daddy is being billed for an attorney. The final bill?In all, the packet … Read more
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Today is April Fool’s Day, but it’s also exactly 16 days from when you either must file your taxes, or obtain an extension, and joking around with your tax obligations can get you in hot water.It’s a sad fact that most people don’t recognize — the government, in one form or another, takes about 50% … Read more
The other day, one of you readers posited this:Hi John,I have a simple question for you, one I’m sure you get a lot. How do you go about building a portfolio when you are starting out without undercutting established photographers for a certain time period, even if you intend on staying in the business long … Read more
I’ve just posted over at my agency’s blog – Black Star Rising, an article on the Value of Post-Production, a little insight into what I charge, and so on, as promised in an earlier post this week Cost Justification Time. Long gone are the days where we made the last frame, and sent it to … Read more
Why must we stand by and somehow accept what other photographers are doing to the detriment of our profession? Why must we simply sit back and say “heck, go ahead and do RF!”, or “wow! You just took an assignment for $75, using $250 worth of equipment if you had to rent it all. You … Read more
No, sorry. For men, this one’s easy to illustrate – have you ever pulled out the black suit, and black pants, checked to make sure they matched outside your closet, and then once you’re outdoors, your wife points out that they don’t match? For women, it happens with dresses, but somehow, not so often.While this … Read more
I just loved when John Nack over at Adobe revealed the color schema and iconography of the entire Adobe line (click here to see larger)Which leads me to talk about software. Today, I committed to my upgrades to:Yes, that would be the amazing CS3, the new Bridge, Lightroom, and the new Acrobat 8 Pro. All … Read more
I’ve been doing a lot of readin’ these past few days on forums and other blogs. (That’s me, on the left, at my Remelli reading wheel. My laptop’s on the floor to my right.) A lot of people are bitchin’ about pricing, and RF, and so on. I’ve done that a few times here, hopefully … Read more
Best Business Practices for PhotographersProgram description:How do you operate a successful freelance photography business, even if you’re a staffer? How do you determine your rates, handle supposedly “no-change” contracts, late-paying clients, and debates over rate increases. Simply put —the business of photography is just plain time-consuming and oftentimes daunting. How can you negotiate better? How … Read more
