Those who know me know I think Seth Godin is the bee’s knees. He’s just been interviewed on the DWF Blog talking about wedding photography.

Plenty to think about – do read it!

“When everyone has a camera, and everyone thinks they are a photographic artist, it’s clear that access to the device is not a scarce resource. If that’s all you’ve got, I’m not going to pay you. The art isn’t in the taking of the picture.”

Cheers, Ian

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You sell what you show, right?

Well here’s a few Queensberry friends we’ve noticed doing a fantastic job of showing off their albums.

Abby Rosenbaum from Abby Rose Photo seems to photograph and blog about all of her albums… Here’s one of the latest albums featured on her blog.

The team at Blue Sky Photography in the UK have a dedicated web page explaining their philosophy behind using Queensberry albums. They also include links to several example album designs.

And New Zealand photographer Bruce Gabites of Fine Photography features some lovely images of his Queensberry albums in the album section of his website.

How are you showing off your albums? We’d love to know!

Cheers, Nigel

PS Make sure you mention our name so we can help boost your google juice on queensberry mentions.

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Google Docs and Style Me Pretty help happy couples plan their weddings … and choose their wedding photographer. Style me uneasy but what do you reckon?

Cheers, Ian

Click the image to see the spreadsheet full size.

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This post by photographer and twitterman Seshu is food for thought on all sorts of levels.

Cheers, Ian

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“We love our customers, we love our job but we’re not going to forget that we need to eat…”

A thoughtful post from Dave Field of New England studio Strawberry Road.

Cheers, Ian

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The trouble with Seth Godin (I linked to him yesterday) is that once you start reading him it’s hard to stop.
Next day he’s talking about how, when you’re starting out … or you’re struggling … or the economy isn’t hot, it’s very tempting to “take what you can get”.

And that has consequences.

If you’re logged in there’s more about this on our website.

As if that’s not enough, his very next post says: “If there was ever a moment to follow your passion and do work that matters, this is it. You can’t say, ‘but I need to make a fortune instead,’ because that’s not happening right now. So you might as well join the people who can say, ‘I love doing this.’ ”

Cheers, Ian

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Yesterday our own self-confessed obsessive Johannes wrote about obsessive coffee brewers and photographers. How’s this for an obsessive soda pop shop? Forget about Coke and Pepsi, John Nese has everything (else) you could dream of. And if he doesn’t he’s looking. Seen on Seth.

More obsessives on Chow Hound.

Cheers, Ian

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Prompted by constant requests for advice by new and aspiring photographers,US portrait photographer Cheryl Jacobs Nicolai wrote an article called, “What every aspiring photographer should know”.

I liked:

Style is a voice, not a prop or an action. If you can buy it, borrow it, download it, or steal it, it is not a style. Don’t look outward for your style; look inward.

Learn that people photography is about people, not about photography. Great portraits are a side effect of a strong human connection.

Read the full article here – noticed in GRINZ.

Cheers, Nigel

PS Be sure to check out Cheryl’s portrait website and blog. She describes herself as a film addicted photographer who doesn’t hate digital folk. Black and White Photography Magazine credits her “anti-cute approach to photographing children”.

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