I’m about to leave my son and wife for more than 20 days – so I’m not going to spend too much time behind the keyboard before I leave – will be doing plenty of that in Beijing.     So here is a series of very basic – but incredibly useful – keystrokes that I use daily.   Thanks to my friend at Apple (A.G.) for these little nuggets of geek wisdom he shared with me a little over 2 years ago… Read the rest of this entry »

Well the interweb never ceases to amaze me…. but somehow my friend Andrew Hetherington found my blog (that I decided to put up just before midnight last night – and that I haven’t told a single soul about or sent a single e-mail out yet) and has already written a post about it…

Well – I guess I’ve been outted for now… the blog was supposed to start this coming Monday – but it starts NOW – Merci Andrew 😉 Read the rest of this entry »

This is where this little blog started… on June 30th 2008, I decided to write a piece for my friend Bert Hanashiro’s site SportsShooter about the state of the photography business and where I saw it headed – titled “The Cloud is Falling.” You can read it here.   In it I talk about the economic pressures that all newspapers and magazines are facing, as well as the effect the web is having on the traditional media.   Many of my colleagues are losing their staff jobs by the hundreds, and freelancers around the globe are scrambling for work.  While the situation is pretty dire on the surface – I tried to point out how essential it is for all of us to think “out of the box” during these times – and to look for the next big thing.

The response to the article from photographers, photo editors, journalists and even publishers was overwhelming and has led me to start this blog… so here goes!