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MOVING FORWARD IN 2021: A PHOTOGRAPHER’S PLAN
JUMP ON IN... AND GET READY TO SWIM LIKE NEVER BEFORE No more time to tread water, you have to make distance. Jump in and begin to push forward and know before you jump that the water has more resistance than it did before. That it may feel as though you are swimming...
WHAT MAKES THIS PHOTO GREAT: EPISODE ONE, GARY PERWEILER
https://youtu.be/GzOWXPaO8P8
HOW TO STOP SELF SABOTAGE AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEW YEAR
THE MOST IMPORTANT STORIES WE WILL EVER HEAR COME STRAIGHT FROM OUR OWN MINDS. OVERCOMING SELF-FOCUSED NEGATIVITY 1. Have Daily Negative Thought Time A paradoxical strategy to gain control over negative thinking is to commit to 10 minutes a day ruminating and...
PHOTOGRAPHERS: CONCENTRATE ON THESE THREE THINGS FOR 2020
WHAT SHOULD PHOTOGRAPHERS FOCUS ON FOR 2021?VISIBILITY, DURATION, FREQUENCY As we slowly begin to let go of the miserable business climate most small businesses, creatives, photographers..., well, just about anyone in the creative arts community has had this past...
FIVE WAYS “IT’S JUST NOT FAIR”
Five Ways It’s Just Not Fair!(And Why You Should Stop Expecting It To Be) Have you ever felt that way or uttered those words in a state of anger, or disappointment, or jealousy? Perhaps you felt cheated or slighted. You worked all through the night on that science...
A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY FOR A FICTITIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER
A SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY FOR A FICTITIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER My friend recently asked about what social media platforms work better for 'photographers' on Facebook? And that is a question a lot of commercial and editorial photographers are asking these days. In many cases...
STOP SELLING: WORK FOR A COLLABORATIVE COMMITMENT INSTEAD
It's sort of understood that creatives hate to 'sell'. It is an icky process that involves tricking people into purchasing stuff they don't need... as in used cars, or bathroom remodeling. Selling is akin to 'selling out', to becoming a slave to money, to ignoring art...
THE COMING AI TSUNAMI (Commentary)
COMMENTARY THE COMING AI TSUNAMI This is October 20, 2020 and these are my thoughts on the fast coming AI being introduced into the photographic community. Perhaps my feelings and thoughts will change. S'all good. AI is coming to the photography community like a...
PHOTO TALK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16: STROBES AND FLASH
https://youtu.be/A5rTOBSIngw Photo Talk with Don and SidOctober 16, 2020 We have these meetings every Friday at 1 PM Pacific. Our discussions are rarely scripted, and we answer a lot of questions from those who join. This PTF was a big discussion on strobes and their...