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Kodak: the Debacle and the BS
By now, you must have heard that Kodak has filed for bankruptcy. All the noise from the web is that Kodak is a bankrupt company because, although they invented many of the digital technology, they were...
View ArticleYou're a Thief
I'm in the process of creating a new web site for my commercial photography. I have most of the content, the photography and much of the text. So I decided to look around. I'm not looking to steal...
View ArticleThe Pinterest Controversy
The new hottest Internet photo related social website: Pinterest with 1½ million people per day. People create a “Pin Board†and post their own photos or other people's photos that they like and...
View ArticleWe Need an Accurate Estimate
Last week, I received a call from an "old client" but it wasn't the "old client", my contact left about a couple years ago and there's a new person, Brenda. Brenda called to check if I was still...
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The Demise of the $149 Wedding
In October 2011, I wrote about the a photography store that advertised photography for weddings $149.99 at: $149 WeddingWedding Photos: $149 click on image for gallerysize>In the blog post, I...
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$2.05 for that Photo
On 14-May-2012, ShutterStock Inc has filled its IPO to raise $115 million. IPO: Initial Public Offering, the first sale of stock by a company to the public on a stock market. Part of being a public...
View ArticleSmugMug and the Kerfuffle
The Friday night of the Labour Day weekend, I received the following email:Subject: New Pro Account Pricing For the first time in 7 years, we're raising the price of SmugMug Pro subscriptions,...
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The End of Facebook
It's not the end of Facebook, but it's the end of Facebook marketing for photographers.By now, everybody must have heard about the financial problems at Facebook. On 18-May-2012, Facebook became a...
View ArticleWho's Your Customer?
Seth Godin is an empire by himself. He has published a dozen books, created a few companies and has one of the most influential blog on the Internet http://sethgodin.typepad.com/. In November 2012, he...
View ArticleAnswer the "Bloody" Phone
In the last month, I've contacted 3 professional photographers. I have emailed all of them and I have left voice mails with two of them. Three weeks later, nothing. Either they have not replied to my...
View ArticleThe State of the Photography Industry 2013
I was at a presentation in preparation for CES 2013. (What do they need to prepare?) It was a panel of men in the imaging distribution industry. We are talking the distributors, not the individual...
View ArticleDo Your Photos Have Any Value?
Photos can have 3 values:SentimentalFinancialHistoricalThe vast majority of the photos only have a sentimental value. These are the photos the people take with them in case of floods, fire, disasters…...
View ArticleSecrets of Great Portrait Photography
I was speaking with a “famous” photographer. He was showing me some of his photos, mostly posed portraits. He went on to point to me the highlights in the eyes, the fill-in in the shadows that were...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With Photographers?
Over the weekend, I was reading a local weekly newspaper with a wedding 2 page special. Contrarily to expectations, there was plenty of text but there were also big ads. One ad was a quarter page and...
View ArticleBook Review: Picture Perfect Posing
http://www.amazon.com/Picture-Perfect-Posing-Practicing-Photographers/dp/0321966465 or http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/picture-perfect-posing-roberto-valenzuela/1118414213?ean=9780321966469BTW, I am...
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