Photog Crush: Rod Brown

I think it’s great to have photog crushes. I have a lot of them. I’m happily (VERY happily) married, so my crushes are all about photographic ability. I’m an active member of the Professional Photographers of Ohio and am lucky enough to have been elected as a trustee on the board of directors for 2011-2014. …

It’s time for a Wootness!™ Critique!

Ok, ya’ll, this is your opportunity to tell Wootness!™ what you like, dislike, want to see more of, topics you’d like covered etc., etc., etc. All submissions are anonymous. Use the State of the Wootness!™  Survey below. Go! [cc_full_width_col background_color=”f1f1f1″ shadow_color=”888888″ radius=”6″] State of the Wootness Survey[/cc_full_width_col] [formidable id=6] [cc_col_end]

Just monkeys pushing a button…Part 1

This is so totally a pet peeve of mine. I’ve been all nicey nice about it because it can be a hot topic – but for the love of all that is holy, learn to take a decent photo before you start with all the Photoshop actions. Better, yet, just skip the Photoshop actions. And …

Stay off the tracks. Pinky swear.

I recently read a story on the www about a tragedy in Utah. Three girls were taking each others’ photographs on the railroad tracks when they were unable to get out of the way of an oncoming train. Here’s a link to the story. Go read it and then come back. I’ll wait. Here’s the …

Releases: Copyright vs Print vs Model

Put your brains in gear – it’s Manic Monday and time to wrap your head around some terms that are used interchangeably and incorrectly. First of all, NEVER use the term “copyright release.” You will probably NEVER be in a position of someone wanting to purchase full and permanent rights to one of your photographs. …

Syndicate your posts with Networked Blogs

So, today is Social Sunday. The time when we chat about social media, website, blogs and anything having to do with the WWW. A LOT of time can be spent, err… wasted….on social media.One of the biggest (legitimate) time suckers is populating all of your social media sites with your latest blog post. You SHOULD …

Your mission, should you choose to accept it.

You’ve just let me know that you are going to pursue photography on a more professional level. So, this is where we sit down and chat, you and I. And we go over your performance so far and we talk about how you’re doing. And we decide what you need to improve on. And sometimes …