Help Yourself By Being Interviewed
Do you realize how many sites looking are looking for content only the wonderfulness of you can provide? I have been highly motivated during my career to get the word…
Shameless Promotion
I received the most flattering and thorough review of my book. It is all I had hoped for in a review and clearly Dr. Roach read my book cover to…
Contracts Tell A Story
My final 2009 entry is about how I think about and use contracts. I was a member of APA (Advertising Photographers of America) for many years and the contract format…
For Arts’ Sake, Own It!
The single biggest headache I've had (and continue to have) as a self-employed professional artist is getting across the idea to my clientele that I own MY artwork and that…
Know Your Rhythms
I've been wanting to write this article for years (even before Al Gore invented the internet). What follows is my story about how the most important lesson I learned early…
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…
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…