Continuing my 2011 article on the business of photography: Beginning professionals are rarely told that taking the picture is the easy part of the photo business. For the majority of you, finding [...]
A decade ago I was president of the American Society of Media Photographers. I wrote a column for the Bulletin. One of the topics was on pricing photography for professionals. You can [...]
Here’s a photo from our archives of MIT Professor Woodie Flowers holding an original World War II, German Enigma machine:
This portrait of Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino was taken on September 17th 2001. Six days after September 11th 2001. Here’s a photo of Mayor Menino with Senator Ted Kennedy at the [...]
I just returned from Woodstock Vermont. At dawn I was part of this scene. What were these photographers doing? Press conference? Photographing the sun coming up over the horizon? Nope. Answer [...]
Here’s another photo from my assignment photo archives of a woman faxing from a convertible car using her mobile phone. The Motorola phone gives away the age of the photo. Also the fact [...]
In my Composition in the Field classes at the Digital Photo Academy, I’m often asked: Which is the best camera and lens to take on vacation? The classic answer is “the one you have [...]
Use this photo of a painted-over sign as an omen of your new career: