My 4 year old loves to watch movies. He’s a chip off the ol’ block, for sure. It’s funny. He goes through these periods where he’ll watch just one movie over and over and over and over…and over again. I think we’ve seen “The Polar Express,” “The Incredibles,” “Happy Feet,” and “It was the Year [...]
Read moreThe Cure for Twitter Envy
Are you one of the 10+ million people on Twitter, tweeting your life for the whole world to see? If so, you at some point may have suffered “Twitter Envy.” You know the feeling. When you click on over to someones Twitter profile to see how many followers they have, then you compare it to [...]
Read moreWhat's Your Perspective? Failure—Part 2
In continuing my theme this week on failure, I want to ask, how many times do you sit in your bed at night, sulking over how crappy life is? Do you ever hear yourself saying things like: The economy sucks! My photos suck! My videos suck! I’m not as good as “so-and-so.” I’ve never won [...]
Read moreThe Secret to Success…is Failure!
Last week I had the pleasure of being the guest on pro photographer and author Dane Sander‘s group coaching session via his AskDane.com series. One of the questions posed by a person on the call was, “when is the best time to make the leap from part time to full time?” That is an age-old [...]
Read moreWhat the "Foof"!
If you’re a wedding and portrait photographer, chances are you know what foofing is. It’s a funny little phrase coined by the recognized godfather of wedding photo journalism Denis Reggie. Foofing is when, instead of pointing a flash directly at your subject, you bounce it off some reflective surface, usually a wall or ceiling. If [...]
Read more

March 28, 2009
