Inspirational reading for photographers: Brené Brown and Austin Kleon

2017-07-24T21:21:06-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

booksInspiration is something every creative we know has struggled with from time to time.  We’re the same and find it valuable to get out of the photography world and seek inspiration in various facets of our lives.  Whether it’s seeing a movie, going to a gallery opening or the ballet to reading a book.

Recently I saw my photographer friend Helena Price post about some books she […]

Inspirational reading for photographers: Brené Brown and Austin Kleon

2017-07-24T21:22:03-07:00By |Categories: Business, Point of View, Reviews, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

booksInspiration is something every creative we know has struggled with from time to time.  We’re the same and find it valuable to get out of the photography world and seek inspiration in various facets of our lives.  Whether it’s seeing a movie, going to a gallery opening or the ballet to reading a book.

Buying Stock Photos / Custom Stock Libraries (aka how to stand out!)

2017-07-24T21:22:06-07:00By |Categories: Business, Commercial, Event, Photography, Portraiture & Headshots|Tags: , , , |

66-5825-SC-0632Recently I got to hear Joanne Dennison speak about intellectual property rights. She had some great insight into how to use creative and intellectual property correctly to avoid lawsuits and such. Many event professionals may be aware that using popular music at events and in presentations requires a license but many probably don’t do […]

Top Events Industry Blogs for 2015

2017-07-24T21:22:10-07:00By |Categories: Business, Event, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

We know everyone is busy welcoming in the new year and perhaps making their own New Years Resolutions so if you resolve to keep up with what’s happening in the events industry then here’s a list we’ve compiled of the top events industry blogs to follow.

1) Event Manager Blog

Another standby, the Event Manager Blog is full of great insights and perspectives.  We like their take on things like this post: 7 Winning Ways of the Event […]

chase jarvis LIVE with @swissmiss – passion projects!

2017-07-24T21:22:12-07:00By |Categories: Business, Event, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , , , , |

chasejarvisLIVEscreenWe were fortunate enough to get to attend chasejarvisLIVE live and in person recently!  Two members from our team were in attendance in the standing-room-only creativeLIVE studios here in San Francisco on Wednesday June 18th where Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka @swissmiss) was in conversation with Chase Jarvis.

genex2014_RAW-210fOne of the themes was side projects and labors of love and why you […]

Camera Bags and Compact Flash – the value of customer service

2017-07-24T21:22:13-07:00By |Categories: Business, Photography, Point of View, Reviews|Tags: , , , |

genex2014_0046fRecently we had two awesome customer service experiences with two brands we have had a longstanding relationship with.  One is Think Tank Photo who produces camera bags and accessories, and the other is with Lexar Media. The first product we ever bought from Think Tank was the Airport Antidote camera bag.  It was right after the company started up and we heard about them when shooting for the […]

The Instagram Papers – social media and usage rights grabs

2017-07-24T21:22:14-07:00By |Categories: Business, Photography, Point of View|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

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As photographers, you may have heard about the Instagram terms of service kerfuffle a while back, but it kind of died down and then it seemed like radio silence.  However, the real issue for all users is what the those TOS (Terms of Service) really are and how they impact all users of Instagram.

One thing we weren’t aware of was the fact that you can’t actually delete your account […]

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