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Continuing the Conversation: Picture Pundit

As mentioned in my last post on this site, I have a new site. The Picture Pundit is now online and contains its first few articles. Head over to Picture Pundit and get photography news, articles, and commentary that should make photographers think a bit.

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Innovative Times for SmugMug, Photoshelter

Photographers want easy ways to show off their work in online galleries. Clients want user-friendly systems to check out photos from their event or portrait session. Everyone wants prints from professional labs delivered in a timely manner. There are variety of ways to go about reaching these goals, but one increasingly-common scenario is for a [...]

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Great Camera & Photography Deals for Father’s Day

While they got their start with books, the folks at Amazon.com have expanded to a wide range of products including some great deals on camera gear. For three days only (today through Wednesday, June 9th), Amazon has some special Father’s Day deals going on – if you’ve been thinking about a new camera, lens, or [...]

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A Photographer’s Look at Promoted Tweets

Last week, Twitter announced Promoted Tweets, their first venture into the advertising world. Instead of giving you a bunch of my thoughts, I instead point you over to Black Star Rising, where Marc Benton has taken a look at the issue and offered his thoughts. From what I can tell, his impressions are correct, and [...]

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PhotoShelter and PicScout Announce Partnership for Easier Sales of Images

One of the biggest concerns for photographers (especially those who have been in the industry for quite a while) is the risk of photos posted online being stolen for unlicensed uses. In the last year we’ve seen a few software solutions developed that address some of the image tracking issues, but there has been a [...]

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Trey Ratcliff Speaking as Part of the Authors@Google Series

Trey Ratcliff, best known for his HDR work on his Stuck in Customs blog (and book), gave a talk last week at Google. It’s about an hour long and is a great overview of his take on photography, a look at quite a few of his photos, art and science, and attention as currency. Check [...]

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Another Day, Another Dollar: the oncemany Project

I love it when I run into a photographer who is thinking in new ways with a social marketing venture. I recently noticed the oncemany project by photographer Shane Rich. It’s a 365 day project, and Shane is selling each day for its numerical value. January 1st is $1, the second is $2, and so [...]

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One Week Only: Special Bonuses as Part of the 31DBBB Program

A couple weeks ago, I noted that if your goals for 2010 included improvements for your blog, the best bang-for-your-buck program is Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. What I didn’t know at the time was that he was going to make his workbook even better. For one week only, he’s releasing [...]

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Paul Cunningham Rounds Up Blogging Productivity Tips

Last week blogger Paul Cunningham polled a bunch of other bloggers about productivity tips. If one’s social media strategy includes blogging regularly, it can often be a challenge to balance that along with the various other duties of a photographer. I could rehash a bunch of what he said, but it’s a lot easier to [...]

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