Cycling
I’ve been a bit behind on posting to this blog lately. It’s been a busy summer. This being the first year following the Tour de France since I started this blog. I hadn’t realized how much time I actually spent watching the Epic Race. Then in August I gotten a couple of projects, the first [...]
Why and How to Hire a Photographer
I wanted to take a second and thank Amber Flowers of The Amplifier for her excellent article “Why and How to Hire a Photographer” She explains, very well I might add, that sure anyone can buy a camera but it takes a photographer to make a photograph I highly recommend you head over and give [...]
What the Duck: “Good Enough”
Here is a recent posting from “What the Duck” as you may remember the other day I posted on a recent article entitled “In Search of Good Enough” Thank you Aaron Johnson
New record with 70 Gigapixel picture
The race for the picture with the most Gigapixels is not over yet. The latest one is a huge panoramic image of Budapest. The record, set by 360world. via New record with 70 Gigapixel picture. Personal Note: Is it REALLY the largest photo if it is never actually printed?
In search of good enough
As I have stated numerous times. We are at a time when people are not taking their business as seriously as they should (or used to). Recently Fast Media magazine published an article “In search of good enough” in it they discuss the emergence of the amateurs into the stock photography world and how it [...]
Great Photos not Great Camera
Here is an excellent video proving that it’s not the camera but the photographer that makes a photo Although Lee is trying to prove it’s not the equipment, notice that… 1) Fantastic Model 2) Professional Make-Up and Stylist is used 3) Excellent Lights are used (with the exception of the ones he got from Lowes. [...]
Two Landing Pages
This web site now has two separate landing pages. Vrbuzard.com for the blog and now voncommercialphotographer.com for the gallery. Both are actually the same site just different ways to access it. The photo above was part of a PAWS Chicago adoption event. If you or a friend in the Chicago area is looking for a [...]
Do you use photography?
Bravo to Smashing Magazine for their recent article How to Use Photos to Sell More Online If you are in business I HIGHLY recommend you take time and read this. Then take a look how you are using photography to sell your business. It might also help you if you were to print this out [...]
Who does your design work?
This is one of the funniest vids I’ve seen lately Scary thing is how many times I’ve seen this happen Thanks to A Photo Editor blog to turning me onto this As well as to “Why Design-By-Committee Should Die” at Smashing Magazine
Do you look at what you are doing?
This is too funny and way too common today I’m not going to name names but the other day I was working on photos for a brochure for a B2B distributor. I hadn’t seen the layout. All I was told was that that needed a photo of item X The item was a Large store [...]
How Good is Your Advertising?
The other day I was sitting in front of the Television. Watching a show recorded on my DVR. Of course I was hitting the fast forward button thru all of the commercials. Then in the blur of ads I saw one with Lance Armstrong for Radio Shack. Well of course I hit the play button [...]
Angels with Tails
The gallery from last weekend’s PAWS Chicago Angels with Tails adoption event is now live Click on the Photo to see all the entire gallery
Are you getting by with Good Enough?
Is what you do, Good Enough? Did you create your last marketing campaign with the idea to just make it, Good Enough? Did you look at your last trade magazine ad and think, “This is Good Enough”? I doubt it! But when I talk with prospective clients, you wouldn’t believe how many times I hear, [...]
Have You Googled Yourself Lately?
I know it sounds dirty. When was the last time you ran your own name or your companies name thru Google? What do you think you would or should find? What would you hope to find? Go ahead try it but please do it in a new tab or browser window. What did you find? [...]
Angels with Tails
I right now in the middle of editing the photos I made Sunday at PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) Chicago’s Angels with Tails adoption event. 38 shelters and 63 participating business were all there for one purpose, finding homes for some great pets. This was my second year photographing this event and I am already [...]
TIME Magazine
Welcome to the new age of media. Printed News is Dead, LONG LIVE the Newspaper and Magazine Time has posted a video of what (they are planning) the NEW Time magazine will be. For all those who produce photography (Still and Video) this could very well be the beginning of a new Renaissance in imagery [...]
Can I see your photo permit?
Did you know that if you want to take a photograph in a Chicago park you need a permit? Seriously! A while back I was doing a portrait for a friend in Wicker Park, When a person came up and said that commercial photography in Chicago parks were not allowed. I asked, “What makes you [...]
I Wub U !
Ah Grover, you’ve done it again. First Grover Sanschagrin at Photoshelter wrote “Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor” then posted “Top 10 Ways to Piss Off a Photographer“. Now he has posted “TOP 10 WAYS TO MAKE A PHOTOGRAPHER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU“. I’m only going to add a couple of points [...]
Don’t make me angry, You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry
Grover Sanschagrin over at Photoshelter has written a follow up to his blog post “Top 13 Ways to Piss Off a Photo Editor” with “Top 10 Ways to Piss Off a Photographer” I found it, in a way, kind of comforting to see that I wasn’t the only one who was bothered by some of [...]
What I do
Reading Chris Brogan’s blog last week, “What I Do“. In it Chris writes about his new logo and about people noting their dislike of it. That it doesn’t say, what he does. I then looked at my logo. Well, it says my name and Commercial Photography. When I think about it, does that REALLY say [...]
New blog
Well now I’ve done it. I’ have started a second blog. Technically I have reinstated my original blog over at WordPress.com This new blog will be geared towards my personal photography and such. If I can get onto a consistent schedule of posting (Once or Twice a week), then I may start a third blog [...]
Help Wanted: Writer
I am currently looking to hire someone to help me create some text for new pages on this site. You may or may not have noticed that a short while ago I created pages to describe some of the services I offer. Product and Event Photography. I would appreciate samples of work along with references [...]
Are You My (Potential) Client?
I’ve noticed that most photographer blogs seem to be geared toward other photographers. Looking at this blog I start to wonder at times, who am I writing for? One reason for writing this is, I hate to say it, but to raise my SEO (Search Engine Optimization). See, Google loves words, especially words about a [...]
