For ASMP Director

As the new election season nears, with voting to begin in February, the following candidates for ASMP Director are on my list of favorites... Jenna Close, Blake Discher, Mark Green, Bruce Katz and Ed McDonald.

Of the six candidates, three: Blake Discher; Bruce Katz and Ed McDonald are currently directors with whom I've worked and respect. Mark Green is a long-time ASMP member, friend and highly qualified to hold office. Jenna Close, a relative newcomer, also merits and deserves my support, and the support of the voting members.

I sincerely wish all the candidates all the best of luck in the upcoming election and, if elected, I'll look forward to serving with them on ASMP's board of directors.

WOW! 2.0... ASMP's Strictly Business 3

It was almost three years ago, just before I relocated to the Chicago area, that ASMP staged Strictly Business 2. I hadn't attended the original Strictly Business seminars but I decided to go to SB2. Wow! That was a game changer for me, and even after I'd been in business for more than 20 years. I wrote a blog post about it at the time and you can read it here.

If you haven’t yet registered for Strictly Business 3, I suggest that you do it immediately as it's sure to sell-out. SB3 will be held in three locations starting next week: January 21-23 in Los Angeles; February 25-27 in Philadelphia; and April 1-3 in Chicago. Needless to say, I'll be at SB3 in Chicago.

Some of the featured workshops include: copyright; workflow; pricing; estimating; strategic career planning; successful portfolios & branding; video production. It's an impressive roster of speakers and seminars on hot-button topics.

SB3 is for all photographers, not just the newcomers. Photographers who've been in business for years will get just as much from it, maybe more, than someone new to the biz. Let's face it, it's more important now than it's ever been before to be up-to-date with our business skills and learn new ideas... and you'll meet your peers from all over the country, broaden your scope, make new friends and share. You can't get this kind of intense kick in the pants anywhere else.

I’ve always thought I had a pretty good handle on how to conduct my business, but I came home from SB2 with so much new information, so many good ideas to implement, that I didn’t know where to start. I'm betting that SB3 will be even better! Join us at SB3. Click here to register now.

The Time Has Come, The Walrus Said...

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax,
Of cabbages and kings,
And who will process Kodachrome,
Did you order your tee-shirt yet?

The last day to place any new orders for Kodachrome processing was Thursday, December 30th, 2010. Kodachrome film that was not in the lab by 12:00 noon on December 30th, 2010 wasn't processed. Don't be confused, Dwayne's Photo did not close. Dwayne's will continue to process other types of film and provide all of their other services, only Kodachrome processing is being discontinued.

RIP, Kodachrome. We'll miss you!