Choosing a lab for your photography business, is like choosing a business partner. For a photographer, the lab printing the photos and products, is the core of a business. I often see photographers choose a lab like they are choosing fast food. Whatever is the cheapest and the fastest, that’s what they go with. What’s [...]
Joe Ciarcia has just launched Gamut Prints, a new professional lab specializing in fine art ink-jet prints. I’ve known Joe for probably 5+ years on the Digital Wedding Forum. He’s always been the go to guy for any color calibration questions. Now, he’s put his knowledge to use, offering professional prints for the discerning photographer. [...]
Harold at Finao was kind enough to let me print off a prototype of an Upper Elements album. As many of my readers know, I am a big fan of the 10 page album for portraits. That’s five spreads for those folks that try to redefine what a page means (if you are unsure, open [...]
The very first thing I do when I pick up a new album is knock on the front, back and spine, just like it is the front door of my neighbors house when I’m not happy with them for parking their car in front of my house. I give it a nice firm knock without [...]
We all work hard to sell the beauty in our photography and in our clients, but how about in our products. I’m a big believer that our product mix is what sets us apart from the crowd. And these days, the crowd is getting larger and larger. Costco is selling photo books and fine art [...]
It’s official, I’ve sold off my last DSLR and 35mm lens. The only “high end” camera I own is the Olympus EP-2 along with the 20mm 1.7 and 45mm 2.8 (remember, Micro 4/3 cameras have a 2X lens factor). Today, I took that little baby out on the town to see what it could do. [...]
Finao is my favorite album company for a few reasons. First of all, they make books. Their albums are made with traditional book binding techniques that will stand the test of time. That means the your sample or your client’s wedding album will not fall apart. They are sturdy. So sturdy, you could probably clock [...]
Well, they didn’t just release new lenses. They also released the D3100. The only thing really exciting about it, is the constant AF while shooting video, and a dedicated video button. While, I’m not that excited about the camera itself, that means that video is going to play an increasing roll in Nikon’s cameras. We [...]
The running joke in the studio last week was, “well, it has crystal nano coating.” I love to make fun of lens manufacturer naming. It seems like they spend all day trying to come up with new letters and words to tack onto the end of lens names. Some of my favorite names are from [...]
OK, I think that Fuji Film spent a few years inside of my noggin and actually listened to what I wanted out of a compact camera. You all know it. After spending all week at work with a heavy DSLR, the last thing you want to do is take one home for the weekend or [...]
