Thursday, January 31, 2008
John Balliett
"I had just returned from a doctor visit where I was informed that I have an incurable disease which will make me blind over the course of a few years.
I reflected on the beauty in my backyard in the few remaining minutes of twilight... the sun had actually already set. God has been so good to me. Since then I "see" more clearly every day.
Getting old, going blind..... no problem. My hope and trust are secure. "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Ps 23:6
Now I just need a few more megapixels to share my vision. .....and a gallery to display them in. Thanks for the push."
see more images here
Preying on Photographers?

I can't help but apply my healthy skepticism filter to the many emails I receive offering to "revolutionize" my business. This is from a company called "LiveBooks" that has a template-based web design service for photographers - you can have a beautiful website in a few minutes - but it's notoriously expensive; I think it's about $5,000 for a site.
Anyway, LiveBooks is now offering workshops to "revolutionize" my business.
Here's a list of 16 so-called "consultants" that offer their services to photographers looking for the keys to success. To me, these services remind me more of a product that should promoted by infomercial on the QVC channel: "Miracle Cure: No Need to do all the hard work - turn yourself into Annie Leibowitz overnight...."
http://www.burnsautoparts.com
http://www.1portauthority.com/
http://www.deannedelbridge.com
http://www.monicasuder.com
http://www.mpiscopo.com
http://www.heartstorming.com
http://www.adbase.com/ContentPage.aspx?name=debraweiss
http://www.mvswanson.com/
http://www.fotoprojx.com
http://www.sosastone.com
http://www.suzannesease.com
http://www.fluidvisioninc.com
http://www.cpotts.com/
http://www.chatterboxenterprises.com/
http://www.sparkvisualresearch.com/
http://www.marketing-mentor.com/
http://www.kate-company.com/
http://www.workbook.com/resources/consultations/
http://www.brand-envy.com/
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Chase Jarvis
http://blog.photoshelter.com/2007/09/chase_jarvis_turning_frowns_up.html
Monday, January 28, 2008
Post Your Artist Statement Here

Artist's Statement Evolve:
from Alec Soth's blog - talking about Richard Barnes:
"As regular readers know, I have a fascination with ‘the sentence’ – the shorthand summation everyone uses to describe a particular person. Some are easy (“He’s the guy that photographs Weimaraners). But Barnes is a tricky case. I doubt people would remember ‘He’s an architectural photographer who’s done fine art projects on birds, museums and the Unabomber.’ Whatever the phrase is, Barnes was able to sum up his achievements with a remarkably elegant sentence: “My work is all about containment.” He went on to say that he’d only made this connection in the last few years.
See the whole post here to understand more about Barnes' statement about his work..