A MENTOR’S JOURNAL
THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL YOU CAN BE.
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...
WRITING ON PHOTOGRAPHS: STORIES AND IMAGES BY PHOTOGRAPHERS
Download a free PDF of this wonderful little book full of stories and images from the photographers at Project 52 Pro. Some stories are written about the photographer's own image, and occasionally they take a photograph from another member of the group to create their...
THE COLLECTIVE VOLUME TWO: SEPTEMBER 2020
DOWNLOAD FOR FREE.SHARE WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW.PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE WORLD OVER.The Collective is a loosely formed group of photographers from around the world. We share an enthusiasm for photography that knows no boundaries. Working with us to build your brand, create...
ONE PHOTOGRAPHER’S STRUGGLE WITH THE “SLUMP”
I have been a photographer for nearly my whole life. I was probably 12 when my dad brought me into his darkroom to see the photographs we had taken that morning come to life under his little enlarger. I had never seen anything so magical, so mystifying, so utterly...
MEET CARMEN BLIKE, PHOTOGRAPHER, ANTIBES, FRANCE
Meet Carmen Blike, an expat American photographer living in Antibes, France. She is one of my students and is really rocking photography in her little town by the sea. Carmen is a hugely dedicated and committed photographer and rarely does she not have a shoot day...
HOW TO FIND WORK TODAY
I recently posted this article at Petapixel. It is a simplified system based on my course Find Photo Clients NOW which is not for sale at this time. This is not new stuff, and it is not rocket science either. It is hard work, laid out simply for you to start today....
HOW TO DEFEAT GRAVITY
HOW TO DEFEAT GRAVITY I was noticing something day before yesterday as I stopped in a little slot canyon in the Escalante to make a photo or two. What I did, something we all do all the time, made me stop and think about how we have learned since we were very small to...