PhotoArts Collector

To enter photography contests… or not!

I recently received this query from a photographer who had just written a book (left), and wanted to know, since “everyone” had told her how beautiful her pictures in the book were, whether or not she should answer “Calls for Entry.” Below, is the question: “I was wondering if you have any insight into the various [...]

On the road to fine art recovery…

Even though I have written a fair amount of text about marketing and promoting photography, I have written very little about selling it. This could be the area of our profession that garners the most fear and/or apprehension. The last few years have been my most productive in the area of fine art photography. I have [...]

Making money with photography and still having fun!

In my former life as a magazine publisher/editor, as you might suspect, I was asked on many occasions, “How can I get my work out there and make some money?” For most of those who were asking, I simply told them that they had to work harder, and create many, many, more images. For those [...]

Understanding the Blogosphere

Sure. I have read most of the books about blogging, read the articles in magazines, and visited websites. Ingesting all that information can stuff your mind with a lot of frivolous words. But  the main thing about blogging, as far as I can tell, is to really, simply do it. So, here I am, again. This [...]

Meeting Jessica Lange: 50 Photographs

This last weekend, my partner and I went up to Santa Fe, to attend a booksigning with Jessica Lange (right, the actress), at photo-eye, for her newly-released photo book, 50 Photographs by Jessica Lange. Granted, there have been many celebrities who have taken up “the other side of the lens.” Some have succeeded, and [...]

I have arrived into the 21st century!

For quite a while now many of my peers have suggested that I needed to begin writing a blog. “Nay,” I said. I told them that I barely know how to get a website up and going. Nonsense, they said. Anyone can do it. I am sure we have all heard that, before. Whenever I [...]