I’m heading to Texas — to the Professional Photographer’s of America gathering known as ImagingUSA, where I will be presenting on, what else? Best Business Practices for Photographers. My Monday session, January 15, causes me to be an early riser that day, but I am excited about this presentation. To learn more, visit ImagingUSA.org.Please post … Read more
Dilbert, so synonymous with office/job malaise, that The Dilbert Effect term has been coined, and used countless times to describe dissatisfaction with one’s job, or station in life.This week marks two years when, around January 12, of 2005, Dilbert’s sights were aimed squarely at the freelance photographer in this series of three strips. I would … Read more
There are times where you are more succepible to learning-and retaining-knowledge than others. Take the proverbial parent who said to me once “Johnny, don’t touch that hotplate, it’s hot. That’s what cooks the pancakes.” and what did I do? Defiantely looked at my mother square in the eyes, and put my hand on it. Lesson … Read more
Mark Loundy’s Common Cents column on the photo business. Loundy updates this column monthly, and it appears in not only in the NPPA’s News Photographer magazine, but also on the website Digital Journalist.David Hobby’s Strobist blog about off-camera lighting by Baltimore Sun photographer. Hobby presents a frequently updated site with a lot of great information.Sportshooter, … Read more
Often, it’s the small things – details – that can have, when combined together, an impact on the overall presentation you make before a client. Customers when entering a store with soothing music respond more favorably than a store without music. A frequent example I will use throughout my posts will be the Nordstroms vs. … Read more
So, here are a few of my favorite What The Duck comics, about a happless duck that is a photographer. Check out his entire strip which started in mid-2006. Here are my favorites:
I like books. They are concise collections of knowledge on literally every topic under that sun. Of course, some are total crap, and others are just so dead-on that they require a re-read just to gleen more insights from them. When I find an author who’s message, subject, concepts, stories or storytelling manner I like, … Read more
This business of photography is changing. Constantly. Yet, fundamental business principles remain the same.Here in the Photo Business Forum, we aim to make sense of all this left-brain stuff. We’ll leave the right-brain growth to other talented educators. But don’t get it twisted, we’re photographers first, and earn our living every day making images. We’re … Read more
PhotoPlus expo is in it’s final throws. With just under an hour to go, the credit card machines are churning out their last sales, the sales people have finally gotten a handle on the NY sales tax versus their own state’s tax rate, and the final presenters are on stage at Canon, Nikon, Adobe, Lexar, … Read more
Did I forget to mention the crazy PDN and PhotoShelter parties last night? Perhaps, but better to discuss them with tonight’s PDN (reprised) and Digital Railroad/et al parties this evening? It seems that the lines were longer than expected for those scantily-clad women (and overly stylish men) who expected to hop from their cabs into … Read more
