Giving Back
Hello folks, how is everybody? Things are picking up; my first book will be in stores early next month (pre-sales have exceeded expectations), my rep Wendi and I are lining…
Setting Goals & Managing Goals, Not the Same Thing
Hello out there in the netherworld of self-employment, I have a new post for you to contemplate: achieving success and managing the achievement. Before I get into the meat of…
The Challenge of Being Self-Employed
One of the biggest issues for any employed person, (heck any living being) is having enough money/resources to live on. When you work for a company, you get paid a…
Creatives & Self-Employed: Be Your Own Best Friend
As the month of September begins and I've paid my end of August/beginning of September bills, I got a bit nervous about my dwindling bank account. In the past, the…
Parlaying Sales Through Good Karma
So today's entry is about leverage, more specifically how to parlay one job into the next. For this discussion I will review one of my latest projects, a group portrait…
Engineer Bill
Back in the mid-1960's, there was a show on television called Engineer Bill. Ran weeknights on KHJ. Some of you may recall fondly how innocent and fun kids TV was…
One Self-Employed Success Measurement
These days, one of the tasks I relish is when former students who are now in the workforce (as self-employed individuals), reach out to me for advice. They are finally…
Slightly Deep Thoughts…..
Random thoughts went cruising through my mind and after they parked and were eating, I felt they wouldn't mind if I shared some of them with you: Your work should…
The Great Flood
As I went about the task of writing my book, there were several stories excised from the final manuscript. Don't despair though as I fully intend to bring them to…
Group Portraits and all that Schtick
So yesterday I photographed the 600+ people who work for Disney Animation Studios in Burbank. As some of you know, I was one of the main outside photographers doing business…