Took me at least 10 minutes to get to the office this am – the sidewalks were icy and I was walking. Had to head down valley to find a few parts I needed recently. Couldn’t shoot a few weeks ago as an Arctic front moved in and the temps dropped way below zero (both [...]

Interesting 24 hours:
A modern icon of stock photography Getty Images is sold.
Apple kills its iconic storage system X Serve Raid.
Independent Irish musicians Glen Hansard of The Frames and girlfriend Markéta Irglová win the icon of awards, an Oscar, for their tune Falling Slowly from Once.
And CNN posts a great little [...]

Talking work with another shooter this am and the conversation was completely hijacked by the service aspect of photography. In the current market I think it’s often misunderstood how important it is to run one’s business as the service it is. Actually, it’s first important to run your photography as a business and then run [...]

Tony Stone has been a force in the image industry for years covering all kinds of ground. In the current edition of PDN they interview the man credited with creating the rights-managed business model in the 1960’s. His take on the stock industry is valuable from a few different vantage points considering his various roles [...]

Sometimes the best thing to do is run the opposite direction you see everyone else going. This obviously applies to life in general but is no doubt valuable in creativity and business from time to time as well.
In today’s hyper connected web 2.0 world we’re bombarded with attention to what’s happening everywhere all at once. [...]

The recent discovery of Robert Capa’s negatives and pending auction of Edward Weston’s work got me thinking about history. Not in general but in terms of photography and one’s personal tie to it. With the changing of the medium I’m curious how history will work out. Will we ever discover a suitcase full of hard [...]

Have had a few conversations and emails lately regarding the negotiating process as it pertains to photography. Thought it worthwhile to put down a few basic guidelines for anyone that has little or no experience in the field but values their work and knows how to run a business.
This is not a hostile process [...]