Category Archives: Business
What SOPA And PIPA Mean For Photographers
You won’t have had to look far today to read about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), legislative proposals to protect copyright online that are currently making their way through Congress in the … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Copyright and Licencing, Opinion
Who Is Your Silent Support?
Editing a video is a very time-consuming process. That much I’ve learned over the past two weeks. It wasn’t a surprise. I knew from the short films I’ve produced on my own that the editing process is very involved. On … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Home Life, Personal, Videos, Where I'm coming from
Lapland Wedding – Day 1: Early
My least favourite time in the world is Oh-Bloody-Hell Hundred Hours, which is roughly any time before 9am. I’m not a morning person. It’s almost a clinical condition in my case. Such an affliction makes early starts something I don’t … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Wedding, Wedding Photography
The Road To Riches Is A Different One
My buddy Clive Evans sent me a link to an article about the US art community written by the splendidly named Hrag Vartanian. The article is well worth a read. If you don’t have the time, here is one of … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Professional Photography, Writing
The Good Book
Aodan Enright is a great guy. If you’ve been here before, you may already have read that before. He runs Smarter Egg, which, in its own words, “provides learning experiences that challenge and develop people’s thinking about work and business”. … Continue reading
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Words and Actions
Although I’m withdrawing from wedding photography, I am still taking bookings for 2012 (my final season) and I continue to get enquiries. I recently received an email that showed the direction the wedding photography business is taking. Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Wedding Photography
Professional Photography Is Dead – Part 3: The Rock Star Principle
Let me share with you a paradigm created by two other photographers over lunch in Arles in July. I wasn’t party to the meal, nor did I have any direct or indirect input into the thinking behind the model they … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Professional Photography
Professional Photography Is Dead – Part 2: Reality Bites
You know what? One of the reasons so many people want to become professional photographers is because professional photographers do such a good job of selling professional photography as a lifestyle. Pick a random professional photographer’s blog. Chances are it’ll … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Professional Photography
Professional Photography Is Dead – Part 1: Setting The Scene
One of the things I heard said in Arles at the beginning of the month was that professional photography is dead. It’s an interesting and inflammatory notion. The kind of thing that you could easily start an argument with. It … Continue reading
Filed under Arles, Business, Professional Photography
No Why, No Way – Part 4: My Way
A big thank you to all of the photographers who have come up to me in person over the past week or so to tell me how much they enjoyed the previous three installments of this series. Many commented on … Continue reading
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