poached from margie zable fisher via smallbusinesstrends.com. a solid balance with a few catches that actually surprised me.
In a recent AP-GFK poll, 72% of Americans said they’re optimistic about what 2010 will bring for the country. That’s a dramatic difference from their same poll answer where almost 75% of them thought 2009 was a bad [...]

during the course of any give year i do a handful of talks + presentations that vary from teaching style to pure fun, from stills to video mash ups. if there’s one thing that comes with these it’s that you’ve got to have a nice little kit together to make them all successful as each [...]

very hard to put it bluntly.
what do ya mean? didn’t you just show up there with your camera + shoot a bit?
not on your life – but glad it came across as that calm + natural.

looking around through the glimmer + shine existing everywhere today + it’s easy to find great work. it’s also easy [...]

1: it’s not photography + works totally differently
2: it’s still visual + ideas do translate
3: takes twice as long to shoot + four times as long to process a final product
4: you can’t do it all yourself
5: sound is an entirely different beast then what you’re used to. use the right people + equipment (see [...]

1: evaluate take a hard look at what you’re doing. i like the hop, skip, jump metaphor – where are you in terms of where you want to be? do you have a goal? if not how can you hit what you’re not even aiming at? when you’re done with all three of these steps, [...]

i’ve been working on this idea for the past year + though it’s taken a beating lately with the economy + budgets being what they are i’m really happy with it’s success. i talked about the idea of including an optional line item for clients interested in carbon offset way back when. basically it’s a [...]

ok so here’s an update from our uber talented video assist + typing fiend at jdk. ross has brought up answers that i wondered about outloud via an earlier post, specifically we’re taking aim at why/how the shutter on canon 5D II’s hd video program controls light + secondly why it stops at 1/30th.
Hey Heath! [...]

good stuff happening all around. here’s a bit of what’s crackin’ from my point of view.

fantastic stuff from artist yellena james – showing in pdx july + august.
live by the numbers + nike+ in the latest wired – interesting concept of working numbers all the time. data, data, data. i’ve seen this taking hold in [...]

The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism was dead.
Robert Brault
different mind sets play more than we may ever know but like they say, “if everything you’re doing is turning out right you’re not trying very hard.” this goes against the idea of the midas [...]

in my ongoing series TEN we’re highlighting steps that any location photographer can easily incorporate into their business to green things up a bit. specifically we’re looking at recycling – from batteries to the material laden computers we all spend too much time in front of. i’m a tech guy as much as the next [...]