If you’re as passionate about photography as I am, I have some great sources of photo inspiration for you to start your weekend. Art of Composition Lectures If you’re looking to improve your photography Art Wolfe (@artwolfe) is running a series of lectures on the Art of Composition in 5 cities through October. Check out the schedule here on his web site and if you sign up be sure to share that you found o
At the end of this blog post are the 3 links to change your life and our planet for the better in 2010, showing you the way to reduce the amount of paper waste you receive. The average person in the US receives nearly 11 pieces of junk mail each week, or 560 pieces a year. This amounts to 4.5 million tons of junk mail yearly, of which 44% goes straight to the landfill unopened and unread. The best thing I did at the
A few weeks back I was hunting for music that I could use on a web based video and had a challenging time. As a photographer who cares about rights to my work being respected, I felt it was important to share that same respect to musicians whose work I wanted to use. Searching and gaining permission to use music for my photo video proved to be a huge challenge and got me to respect the Creative Commons initiative all
Over the past two weeks a few sites have come to my attention that might pique your interest. My friend Rebecca Jackrel has her work highlighted under the “Guest of the Month” section at the Conservation Photography web site of Delphin Ruché. Michael Frye has launched a new blog as an extension of his web site that focuses on Yosemite National Park Photo Conditions. Renowned photographer and friend Art Wo
Once again 2008 proved to be an incredibly productive year for the many photographers who read the JMG-Galleries blog. The results of this “Best Photos From 2008” blog project puts a twist to the normal “Best of Photo” list by aggregating links to the work of 93 photographers from around the globe who are passionate and dedicated to their craft. The results from “Best Photos From 2007
Technically its been a month, but I’m now a Greener Photography member. Greener Photography is a place for the photographic community to consider the environment; learn to conserve and better preserve our resources and images; and connect by sharing suppliers, ideas, and methods. I discovered Greener Photography through Twitter about 5 weeks ago and promptly applied. The prospect of the photography community co
Chase Jarvis, a photographer whose work and business acumen I greatly respect, has announced that he’ll sponsor one lucky photographer to ASMP’s Strictly Business 2 event in Chicago. I attended Strictly Business 2 in Los Angeles and was incredibly impressed by it. See Review: ASMP Strictly Business 2 See Chase’s web site for more info: WIN a FREE Trip To ASMP Strictly Business 2 – Chicago [tag
I don’t talk about it much, but in addition to photography I’m also a web strategist with over 10 years of web marketing experience. On a day to day basis I’m constantly exploring and using a variety of web services and technologies that enable me to more optimally market my photography, track trends and track instances of copyright infringement. I’ve begun to take some of the core services an