It was the danishes that made me think. Well, the coffee too. (But mostly the danishes.) This past winter, my husband and I took a trip to Europe to celebrate our five year anniversary and over the last week of our trip, we developed a morning routine that consisted, quite simply, of danishes and coffee.
Archives for April 2011
The Photo Life Podcast: An Interview with Holly Andres
There’s No Place Like Home In this week’s episode of The Photo Life, we speak with fine art photographer and professor Holly Andres, as she takes us behind the curtain of the often mysterious world of the professional fine art photographer and shares some of the stories and concepts that have motivated her work as
Top Ten Galleries Every Photographer Should Visit
Call me old school. Go ahead, it’s true. I love seeing photographs in galleries. Not the galleries confined to a computer. I’m talking about the ones with walls. There’s just something magical about stepping into a gallery and approaching large photographs hanging around you. It’s like meeting a kindred spirit for the first time; by
10 Things I Learned Shooting Corporate Events
I’ll never forget the day I shot my first corporate event. I rented a Nikon D2h and an 80-200 2.8 lens. An hour into the shoot my neck was already killing me and the client had already told me to stand in the back because my camera was “making too much noise.” It was there,
The Photo Life Podcast: An Interview with Jeff Dunas (Part 2)
A Seat at the Table In this week’s episode of The Photo Life, we continue our discussion with Palm Springs Photo Festival founder and veteran photographer Jeff Dunas about the increasing responsibilities of the photographer to create the future for our industry as well as methods for approaching our primary outlet: the photo book. About
3 Quick Tips for Husband and Wife Photography Teams
This is part three of The Photo Life Blog Series, True Life: I’m Married to My Business Partner. This series explores how husband and wife photography teams find success when their business and personal lives collide. 1) Compartmentalize. Decide up front who is going to be responsible for what tasks that need to get done in
Get Out There! How Getting Away Has Grown Our Business
You can’t do a good job if your job is all you do. At the end of the day, your job is an extension of your life. We learned this lesson the hard way, and we’re still learning it. We’re learning that sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is to give
The Photo Life Podcast: An Interview with Jeff Dunas (Part 1)
Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble In this week’s episode of The Photo Life, founder of the Palm Springs Photo Festival and veteran photographer Jeff Dunas speaks about the power of sharing and finding a common voice in the photography industry and the efforts that the Palm Springs Photo Festival makes to provide a
How We Find Success in Dependent Systems
This is part two of The Photo Life Blog Series, True Life: I’m Married to My Business Partner. This series explores how husband and wife photography teams find success when their business and personal lives collide. Dave and I have been working together for five years now. Initially, it was hard and some days it still
Making Photo Enlargements in Lightroom 3
Join Jared for his next FREE Lightroom Workflow Q&A Session on Wednesday April 20th at 10 AM PT. There are plenty of plugins and photoshop methods for enlarging photographs beyond their native size, but Lightroom 3 can match or beat even Genuine Fractals or Perfect Resize on standard every day enlargements. In this video you