Let’s talk about lab loyalty…

In the beginning, when the ink was still fresh on my business license, I used whatever lab was running a sale. I hadn’t yet run into quality, delivery or customer service issues. I was a happy little photographer bouncing from vendor to vendor, collecting my paper samples from each and keeping up with the constant …

Why You Should Invest in Studio Strobes

So, let’s jump back to the cartoon and explain the concept behind it:   Yes, you can stock your studio with non-photography lights – but it’s so much HARDER and it’s difficult to find people that do it that way that have enough experience with it to help you learn. It’s all about trial and …

Do not use workshop images for your portfolio

Oh dear… I just read a post on Facebook about a 5 day photography shooting workshop and the organizer is using “refresh your portfolio” as part of the advertising mumbo jumbo. My thoughts on this are no, no and hell, no. Why? Because when you go to a workshop you are in someone else’s studio, …

Selling High Resolution Digital Files – Stop the Low Resolution Rip-Off!

Just so you don’t think I’ve gone all soft and mushy on you…. Seriously?? You contemplated the whole digital file thing and after careful consideration (or maybe you just jumped into it because a lot of other people are doing it) you’ve decided to sell them. OK, fine. Your decision, I don’t have any issues …

Full Frame vs Crop Sensor

One thing that it vital that you know about your camera is what “crop” sensor it has, if any. So, haul out your camera manual and look at the specifications pages. Or do what I just did and Google it. Please read the following article by David Rowse at Digital Photography School (an excellent resource, …

Studio lights cannot be purchased from Lowe’s.

One thing I really hate is seeing people cobble together crap for their studio out of crap they get from Lowe’s or Home Depot or some other hardware store. Seriously, by the time you cobble together all of those pieces and spend all that time trying to make it work, you would have been better …

If you want sheets, go to Bed Bath & Beyond.

Many thanks to David Deutsch for this little nugget of title. One of the things that drives me absolutely crazy is to hear photographers pricing by “sheets.” A sheet is an 8×10 piece of photographic paper, that can also be divided into 8 wallets, 4 4x5s or 2 5x7s. This is a unit name used …