As a Washington DC photographer, knowing who the official photographer for the President is (or will be), is a big deal. It’s even a bigger deal when the photographer chosen was one of the official photographers for President Reagan. Such is the case as Pete Souza, a friend and colleague, has accepted the offer as … Read more
I ran across a comment in one of this weeks’ blog posts (the comment has since been deleted), promoting free in a way that is a new low.It’s one thing to argue about working for free for a charitable organization, or to say “hey, I can’t get the images in my portfolio unless I trade … Read more
Yesterday I was traveling uptown and I spotted this bus. At first glance, it’s just a plain DC Metrobus – the G8, in fact. It travels from Farragut North downtown all the way up to the eastern border of the city. All along, drivers to the rear of the bus are treated to an advertisement. … Read more
My issue of Picture Magazine arrived today, and at the end of the issue is a piece by consultant Selina Maitreya about affirmations, so I thought I’d take a minute to use the article as a jumping-off point to discuss the notion of affirmations as we depart 2008 and prepare for 2009.The article cites Deepak … Read more
I listen to a great deal of radio, from NPR, to Bob Edwards, to Air America, to Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern. I spend a lot of time driving around, and those are among the many things I listen to.One of the things I chuckle about is when people get all up in arms when … Read more
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At the core of the housing crisis right now is one simple fact – people were buying houses they could not afford. Now, you can lay the blame on the banks who told people what they could afford, or the elected officials who bent the bank executives over and got them to loosen credit requirements, … Read more
I spent a good portion of November being much slower than I wanted. In fact, I panicked a bit. Not the January/August panic that happens despite almost 20 years of photography that tells me that those are my slow months. It was a “oh my God the phone isn’t ringing, I need new clients” panic. … Read more
I can honestly tell you that 10 to 15 years ago, I was making images that, as I was contemplating the work being done and efforts made, I was considering it nearly the same as putting a few dollars into my retirement account. “My stock is my retirement” I said more than once. Thankfully, I … Read more
(updates exif revelations illustrating validity of claim of infringement – image at end of the post)I get a great deal out of my reading of the various photography organization listservs. Todays gem came from Chicago photographer Joe Pobereskin on APAnet*. It wasn’t curious because Joe was reporting that he’d found a food photographer in New … Read more
