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Did his light bulb just come on?Today

Ever since reading his third blog posting, I’ve been a big Strobist fan! So much so I put his banner on this blog right then and there because what David does for photography is so important. I have to come clean and admit I do talk with David, consider myself lucky to call him friend and enjoy our very meaningful conversations about our industry and the web. Well, David’s been thinking again and deeply, you can tell with his latest posting.

What he is proposing photographers try is actually something we did in the beginning  of our business for the reasons he talks about. We know first hand that it works if approached in a professional manor as he suggests. And in fact, to this day we still work for biologists free of charge. And it’s no secret I credit my success to the biologists I have worked worth. Give David’s piece a full read and leave a comment for him. He’s trying to help us all, he’s a really good guy (with a really odd sense of humor!)

Could be just THE book for you!Yesterday

I’ve never meet the lady, but I’m a HUGE fan of her and her blog! I’m a little behind on my blog reading so I just now noticed her new book is available. Now when you’re searching for photographic marketing advice and wisdom and the search engine comes up with Burns Auto Parts, you might think twice about clicking. I’m here to tell you I think this is one smart lady with amazing sound business wisdom. You’d be smart to check out the bog, smarter if you bought the book!

And from the other side of the fenceYesterday

We all have a different perspective on life which in a free society is a great thing because we can voice it. This week, I’ve heard a lot of perspective on the D3x. So much so, I put up that annoying animated Gif which did it’s job, stopped the angry pricing emails from coming to me (as if I’m in the garage assembling the camera and selling it to Nikon). Then started the emails from folks like the one below. I just wanted to share this view from the other side of the fence.

“I saw your BLOG Sunday night on the new D3X and figured that I would drop you a e-mail to see what you think, then being gifted with a “tiny” bit of common sense I figured half of the “Free World” was probably sending you the same e-mail asking you the same question.  So I went digging on line to see what I could find, wow, I thought I had walked into a pre-school that had just had just canceled snack time.  The whining and crying caught me a little off guard, so I enjoyed the article last night and the link over to Scott Kelby’s “Adobe Photoshop Insider”.

They act like a kid crying in the isle of a Toy-R-Us, they should have purchased two Canon MKlll’s, brand new, shot less than a 1,000 frames, sent them both back to the factory TWICE and still found out they wouldn’t auto-focus on a turtle crossing the street!  Then you get to sell two new cameras at a 50% loss because nobody will by a brand new used model released from

So, You Want to Learn CS4Yesterday

Either folks are opening their xmas presents early or they took advantage of the early bird specials, whatever the case, emails are coming in asking where to learn how to master the new features of Photoshop CS4. I recommend folks heading where I head to learn, Kelby Training online videos. As if I don’t get enough of Matt or Dave in person, I head to their classes to hear them share the creative ways they’re using CS4’s new features. It’s a huge time saver!

For a change of voice, I enjoy Terry’s class on integrating Photoshop CS4 with InDesign. And for commic relief, I head to Corey’s Design Effects. Most folks don’t realize that I personally do all the blog work (with an assist from RC every now and then) and a vast majority of the website these days so keeping up on what’s new and innovative so we can plan for the future are the main reasons I head to Kelby Training where learning is fun!

The Power of an ImageDecember 3

Doing my usual noontime cruise of current events I came across what I think is a cool story. Dorthea Lange’s photo you see above is one that was in my home as a kid because it was taken in this little town in California, Nipomo, that my family liked to visit. It was reminder my dad said of what it was like in those lean years compared to what we saw later in the better years. It’s a darn good reminder of not only times passed, but the power of a single good click. Both are lessons photographers should learn and remember.