Thumbtack Marketing; It’s A Long Road
I am a professional photographer. I work for money. (usually) I need to get the word out. In as many ways as possible. Often. Thumbtack.com is one of the myriad…
Success is not the goal…..
...improvement is the goal. It seems to me that all the coaching, selling, negotiating and business tips, (mine included) that we dispense with great abandon are usually about achieving success.…
P.I.E.
Getting 140 different personalities to buy into my vision using my P.I.E. experience. As I'm waiting around for several thousand RAW files to convert to JPEG so I can edit…
Dream Your Photograph….
then photograph your dream. This quote is my version of the famous Vincent Van Gogh quote: "I dream of painting and then I paint my dream." When I first came…
Be Selfish and Volunteer Your Way to Success
September 8, 2011 I volunteered once again to photograph those less fortunate than myself. I did the same thing back in 2009, when I was not getting enough photography assignments…
Copy Wrong to Copy Right
During last weeks episode (29) of Build A Better Photograph I mentioned that one of my photos had been abused by an online publication without my knowledge or permission. The…
VR Panoramas 08/19/11
Todays show is a bit different. Links to the VR Panoramas are here. They will take you to the resource so you can follow along with the discussion Lee and…
My Competition is My Past
As part of my daily duties as a professional photographer and self-employed businessperson, I evaluate multiple aspects of running my business: finances, investments creative mojo, technical understanding/practical application, sales, marketing,…
Thy Muse Is Challenge
I've a muse to inspire push and motivate. As an SECP (self-employed creative professional) I want to get my bubbles of influence (creative, financial, relationship) out further and farther (or…
2011 Rose Bowl Time-Lapse of Fireworks Show
Here is the sequence I shot last night. I rendered the frames out at a much higher rate than I thought I would (10 frames per second vs. 2 frames…