My image “Badlands in Bloom” had become quite popular over the holiday weekend. It appears that someone included it in a viral email titled “Extraordinary Pictures”. Quite the compliment! As a token of my appreciation, I am offering a post-holiday print special: an 8×10 archival print, double-matted to 11×14 and ready to frame for the [...]
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Charlie Borland, founder of Pro Nature Photographer. If you’re not familiar with the site, it is one of the richest and most informative resource for anything having to do with the business of nature photography. I highly recommend adding it to your daily reading list. My interview [...]
For many years, I resisted accepting commercial sponsorships, not wanting to be beholden to any one brand or company. Recently, however, I agreed to a sponsorship from backpack manufacturer F-Stop. What convinced me was their approach to pack design and the access to personnel within the company who are genuinely interested in creating useful products [...]
In Part I of this series, I mentioned interesting email exchanges around common photographic topics where my personal position may be at odds with traditional approaches. Continuing along this line of thought and relying on recent experiences at my gallery, I wanted to share a few more. In the way of a disclaimer: these are [...]
As some of you may know, I remain a skeptic about the business value (as distinct from social value) of Social Media. Friend and fellow photographer Jim Goldstein launched a survey which may help answer some of my questions and I urge you to participate. The results may prove very interesting: 2009 Photographer Social Media [...]
Since reluctantly joining the masses on various social networking services I received quite a few questions about any benefits reaped. Well, I’m hardly an expert, nor do I claim to be a typical user of those sites (far from it, in fact) but for what it’s worth – here are some initial impressions as of [...]
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