Category Archives: The Photo Business You might’ve noticed that the picture above shows a little girl, rather than the landscapes, wildlife, wildflowers, and such, which I usually show. A couple days ago, someone suggested me to a bride-to-be, to photograph her wedding. The bride-to-be replied, “But he’s a nature photographer”. Yes, I photograph nature. I also photograph people, as you...
 You may not realize it from looking at my pictures, here, but I often have an alternate version of the same subject. I often shoot both a vertical and a horizontal version. In my mind, one version is usually my first choice, and the other is my second choice. I make the one I prefer,...
 As some of you may know, I recently joined Hold the Eye Images as one of the five founders. (I’m the one in the middle, in the picture, above.) That’s why I haven’t been posting as much, lately; I’ve been investing my efforts into starting this new business venture. Why have I gotten involved with...
 I’m going into business with Bill Henderson, John Omvik, and Rick Martin. Through this business, we’ll be offering all kinds of photography instruction (workshops, videos, books, etc.), and we’ll be offering photography services – headquartered in our fantastic new studio, in Campbell, California. I’ll be regularly offering nature photography workshops, beginning within a few weeks....
 If you listen to the word on the street in the photo business, you hear a lot of bad news – the stock photo industry is collapsing; the wedding photography industry is oversaturated; photojournalism is dead; in these hard economic times, people aren’t spending any discretionary income on family portraits, wedding photography, fine art prints,...
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