Jan 07

The Next Time You Have A Great Idea…

The next time you have a great idea, don't write it down. Just do your great idea. [Btw, the irony of this note is not lost on me...] ---- [I'm starting to more regularly post these little notes I scribble out--little journal notes to myself that I'm making public. If you like them, please let me know here, G+ or Twitter. I write them using Amazing Type-writer app for iPhone.]
Jan 02

What is Most Important for a Photographer? [Vision Wins–Over Pork Bellies–Everytime…]

I get more questions via email and social channels than I could answer in a lifetime, but occasionally one jumps out at me as incredibly worthwhile to share. The answer to this question is important, and my response is below. Chime in and let me know what you think: "What's more important as a photographer... to remove yourself from the photograph, or to make the photograph about you as a photographer?" -from photographer Jay McLaughlin... read more ›
Dec 24

Find Your Thing And Do That Thing…

Find your thing and do that thing better than anybody else does that thing even if you think that thing has no value because I promise you that it does. And I promise you that other people will see this value too. [I'll continue to post these little notes I scribble out--little journal notes--if you like dig em. Please let me know here, G+ or Twitter. I write them using Amazing Type-writer app for iPhone.... read more ›
Dec 23

Blender Blowout!! Why You Don’t Try This At Home [The “Blend” Spot Outtakes]

Hopefully you got a laugh from my video earlier this week where I literally blended (as in put them in a blender) in parody fashion an old Polaroid analog camera and a digital point and shoot, to give birth to the new Polaroid Z340 (avail here)... Well...we had a blast making the video, but we DID experience a full-on blender blowout in the final stage of blending!! (watch the original, see if you... read more ›
Dec 20

“Blend” of Old Analog & New Instant Digital: The Polaroid Z340

Got a wild hair one day last week and had a BLAST making this little video about the new Polaroid Z340 -- a blend of old analog and new digital technologies. Hope you dig it enough to have a laugh, watch it again, and forward to your friends. Polaroid has never been about specs or crazy high end performance, they’re about fun, instant prints, and kitsch. The Z340 delivers on that - perfect... read more ›
Dec 19

Holiday Sale + Round-the-Clock Creative Education Streaming at CreativeLIVE.com

What does a stream of non-stop 24/7 creative education look like? It looks like http://www.creativeLIVE.com/live looks for the rest of 2011. That’s right...24 hours a day, 7 days a week for the rest of the year, you can check out the most popular segments of streaming video education (there's even a published schedule on that page...) on lighting, fundamentals of photography, studio setup, gear, Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom, InDesign, fashion photography, wedding photography, portraiture, retouching, filmmaking,... read more ›
Dec 15

New Work: REI Ski & Snowboard 30-Second Spot

VERY stoked to finally share some of my latest commercial director work that's playing all over your TV's here in the USA. It's the new 30 second broadcast TV spot for that great outdoor brand, REI. Remember all these posts back in March, chronicling the day by day shooting of a video-and-print campaign-all-in-one shoot?...working through some curveball weather challenges? Well, this spot here is one of the fruits of that labor. As you... read more ›
Dec 13

Flying Rhinos: Mind-Blowing Photos & Video

Flying Rhinos from Green Renaissance on Vimeo. This story of Rhino rescue is beautifully told and heartwarming. Cheers to the people of Green Renaissance. BUTTTT...the VISUALS from this story? They are simply mind-blowing. Hey Team, keep doing your stuff.
Dec 12

The Best Advice Ever On The Business of Art & Photography — Ramit Sethi on #cjLIVE — Tues Dec 13

UPDATE: if you're reading this post now...The no BS Business Edition of #cjLIVE with #1 Amazon & New York Times best-seller Ramit Sethi is TODAY 11:00 Seattle Time, 2pm NYC, 19:00 London! Learn to negotiate fees and show value to your clients from one of the world's best... _______ No one has single-handedly given me better insight about the business side of art/photography than has Ramit Sethi. [Go ahead and read that again.] In a... read more ›
Dec 09

A Polaroid A Day for 6,000 Days [18 years!]

NYC Photographer Jamie Livingston shot a Polaroid photo everyday for 6,000 days, or, roughly, 18 years. The first shot was of his girlfriend at the time on March 13, 1979. His last photo was on his deathbed, dying of cancer on October 25, 1997. And so I ask you, how strong is YOUR commitment to a creative life? Enough said. Here's the site where most of the images are scanned in... [Thanks Lee.(via this...)]