Yes, I’m purposely using the word “passion” in a serious manner. Because this is a serious issue. I look around me. My only non-related friends are other photographers. I stayed up late last night making plans for a Labor Day get together 10 hours away with… you guessed it, a bunch of photographers. Virtually every …
Category Archives: From the Heart
The Photographic Fraternity
I’ve suddenly realized that I joined a fraternity that I didn’t even know existed. Some folks call it “family” but I think it goes more along the lines of “fraternity” than anything else. Deep down inside, you’ve recognized it. You’ve been traveling around and you spy someone else with a camera around their neck, you …
My Life from the Podium: Teaching vs. Selling
We’ve all done it. We’ve seen an ad for a speaker, we’ve gotten excited, gone to the gig, picked a good seat up front, and then gotten stuck there when the speaker started hyping their product line. With no graceful way to escape, we’re stuck in the 2nd row for several hours and walk away …
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Are Prints becoming an Endangered Species?
I remember way back, when I was a freshman in college, MTV debuted, and college students across the world skipped classes all day long. There are hundreds of thousands of us who watched “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired as the first video. Like a slap in the music industry’s face, there it was. We …
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New Year’s Resolution 2013
Recently, an email hit my inbox, featuring a set of Photoshop actions that emulated Instagram effects. Oh for the love of all that is holy, is this what we’ve been reduced to? We’ve become such an instant-gratification oriented society… my own timeline is filled with more cell phone photos than you can shake a stick …
What’s Up with Wootness?
Well, hello! First of all – I’m BACK! But, what I intend on doing from this point forward, is yet undecided. Wootness was born in September 2011. Not because it was needed, not because it was my main focus. But because I made the decision to leave my studio temporarily and help care for an …
Back to Basics – Should you go into business at all?
In 2001, my husband and I went to Ireland for 9 days. Mealtimes were difficult for me as it was the height of Salmon season and this girl is so NOT a seafood fan. Overall, I wasn’t a fan of Irish food (except for Barmbrack), so when we saw a little hamburger stand open in …
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For the new photographers selling disks of their work for under $100*
* The $100 is just an example. I cannot tell you what a good price is, but the bulk of what I see out there is under $100. “OMG, it’s another ‘everything on a disk for $50’ newbie!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words. So may times that I turn …
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Wootness, Explained. Again.
Warning: F BOMB contained within… It seems that there are some folks out there who think that Wootness is a site dedicated to education and nicey-nice, with a side dish of unicorns and rainbows. I’m not in the business of making fun of photographs or individuals like some other websites, but you should take a …
Gone Fishin’…
Hey everyone! Things have been pretty quiet around here lately. My schedule took a drastic change and then summer hit, complete with lawn care duties out the ears. Right now I’m in the middle of a total re-branding project with my studio, complete with name change. I anticipate a re-opening around July 2. All this …