Quick Tips To Help Photographers Get Work
November 11, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Photo Business
This could very well be a guide of what to do, or what not to do when looking for new work.
1) Don’t go after something that is not in your portfolio if you cannot back it up with hardcopy or a client’s website. For example: I will do architectural work but you will never find [...]
Do You Count On External Hard Drives? Workflow Tip.
October 9, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Workflow
Hard drives always fail after time, if you are working on a very tight budget and can afford to run duplicate drives for backup, you should take a very small percaution to insure you will be safe. Every time you buy a new hard drive use a Sharpie marker or a paint marker to put [...]
The Number One Summer Digital Camera Killer
September 3, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under General
Many times I have spoken to people that suddenly cant figure out why their camera stopped working suddenly in the summer time. Its been a long day so I am going to make this short and sweet. Remember, digital cameras are electronics with tiny wires and connections that can measure in microns, and these tiny [...]
Using A Gray Card For Exposure
April 22, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Technique
There are many people out there that believe in the metering systems in today’s cameras so much that they claim there is no need for gray cards or light meters, and this simply is not true.
A reflected light reading will never be as accurate as an incident light reading. There are more than likely quite [...]
Reader Poll: What is your favorite thing to photograph?
April 3, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Photography

