Throughout the last 5-6 years of meeting photographers on a regular basis, whether it be in trade shows or conferences, on the phone, via email or a forum; I’ve found a significant shift. I’ve seen the average photographer go from a person who is full-time in the business and makes a majority of their household income […]
Making time to do what you love
I posted the other day about being devoted to creating art. In my mind, that means you take the time to: decipher what you love. devote time to do what you love. I believe that we are all bent toward different ways of creation. Some may be bent toward creating art through photography, oil paint, […]
Life is Precious
Three years ago, I wrote about a near tragedy happening in our family. Our neice (Kia’s brother’s daughter) was born two months early. As is the case most of the time, it was really touch and go for a while. The situation was very poignant for Kia and I. Beale (our youngest) had been born […]
2011 – What’s Your Word for the Year?
Kia meets with a friend on a weekly basis to help her stay grounded. Someone to help her not get too high or too low. Another person in her life to be a sounding board and a friend. So they came up with this plan to pick a word for 2011 that would help them […]
Creating Margin in your Life and Business
Last week I was swamped between life and business. At the end of the week, I had to make some choices. Do I blog or do I let it rest? Do I Facebook or do I let it rest? Do I twitter or do I let it rest? A quick look back at my activity […]
Thankfulness
Sunday our pastor preached a sermon on thankfulness. Specifically being thankful as opposed to being angry and cynical (what he considers the exact opposite of thankfulness). Two great points he made. In general, he sees people who are really angry and/or cynical. More angry than they were 15-20 years ago. People are angry about the […]
Your Cheese is Going to be Moved. What are you Going to do?
I recently came across this article from the USA Today about the decline in the cable and satallite subscriptions across the country. Here is the crux of what the article says: The country’s eight largest publicly traded pay-TV companies, representing about 85% of the subscriber total, had reported their results for the third quarter by […]
How to stay CREATIVE
For a good portion of my life I thought that creativity was something that was innate. I believed that a person was either creative or you weren’t. Several years ago, I began to realize that this wasn’t true, I realized that I was creative (I had thought I was one of those who wasn’t creative), […]
Marketing to a new generation – Be Creative
We’re working on a list of 3 things to help your studio create BUZZ and develop FAME for your clients (perceived or real – doesn’t really matter). Here’s the list: Be Creative Don’t Be Cheap Get in the Networks Be Creative I’ve come to a point in my life where I’ve realized two things when […]
The War of Art
A friend of mine sent an email yesterday after he had a read a book over the weekend that had profoundly affected him. I haven’t read it, but plan to take a look at it. I thought I would take a few of his thoughts and share them with you. First of all the book […]
