We recently made a new friend of David Jedeikin when his P.R. Maven sent him to us to get portraits for his self-published travel book Wander the Rainbow. We took some time to chat prior to the shoot and were intrigued by his story. It looks like Amazon
Recently during a flight to and from a shoot in NYC I read John Harrington’s book: Best Business Practices for Photographers, Second Edition
and it’s got a wealth of great information for all photographers and small business owners.
He also had covered some of the info in his presentations at ASMP’s Strictly Business […]
This camera takes some amazing pictures even when using the flash indoors in the evening. My friend J Zubiere, a makeup artist, had the Samsung SL620 during a shoot out in Las Vegas, and I was really impressed by how great the shots came out in all kinds of environments. She also used it poolside in Ft Lauderdale during sunset on a steamy night and it took great […]
Being professional photographers, one of the most common questions we get is: “What’s a good point and shoot camera?”
Since we often don’t really use point and shoots very often, we thought it would be useful to post short reviews of the ones we have shot to put all that information in one place on our blog.
This particular review is on the Pentax Optio […]
Meet Gordon Edgar – author, blogger and cheesemonger at Rainbow Grocery Cooperative here in sweet ‘ol San Francisco. I had the opportunity to photograph Gordon for this image featured on the cover of his memoir Cheesemonger: A Life On The Wedge published and distributed by Chelsea Green. Chelsea Green is a unique publishing company that specializes in books on the politics and practices of sustainable living. They […]
Since we work with quite a number of freelance photographers and have been in business for a bit, we get a lot of requests for information on how best to run a photography business. Since our profile has been growing through articles about Orange Photography and speaking at various seminars, etc., I thought it would be […]
“Um yeah, can I order a book?”
So we like to keep up with what other small businesses are doing and thought we’d share some of the better business books we’ve read that are helping our studio do well during this tough time with the economy.
Two that stand out are Small Giants
I received At Work from my family as a holiday gift and read it in one day so you know it’s a quick read. The book clocks in at 237 pages and has a nice mix of images and the back stories to them. I really enjoyed the book to get her perspective on how she produces the images she creates as […]
Kiara Brinkman who’s new novel Up High in the Trees is coming out soon was in our studios for a photo shoot for her book cover photo and promotional shots. We’ve had quite a few authors in for shots and it’s always nice working with fellow creative folks.