If you used to type “Portland Wedding Photographer” in Google, one would get a list of 7 photographers next to the map due to Google Local Business search feature. Now it only shows one company. What is odd is that particular company does not even have a optimized web page. Not sure why Google picks that one, or the one for another spamming web page, …
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The orphan works bill is a terrible bill that will hurt a lot of photographers and other creative people. It will make it far easier for corporations to steal our images and creative work. This will seriously take less than a moment. Please send this to your representative NOW! http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11980321
Continue readingGood friend Josh Johnston pointed this ebay auction below. Maybe I don’t have to leave my studio to shoot a wedding anymore? Thanks Josh! Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm 1:14 This is the only ultra-telephoto lens in the world capable of taking photographs of objects 18 to 32 miles away (30km to 52kms away). Having a focal length of 5200mm, Canon Mirror Lens 5200mm can obtain …
Continue readingI am very prompt in responding to emails, so if you do not hear from me, it is probably because either your email or my email response got stuck in a spam filter. This happens a lot with wedding related emails. In addition, if you use GMAIL, you are in risk of having your emails rejected from a lot of places including my host’s email …
Continue readingI am doing spring cleaning and getting rid of two books: Professional Photoshop 5 – The classic guide to color correction (the techniques in this book apply to any version of Photoshop) Adobe Photoshop 6.0 for Photographers (w/disc) – again most techniques here apply to any version of Photoshop let me know if you want these – come and pick them up!
Continue readingI am updating my blog so I can post larger photos and provide a more user friendly interface. You can subscribe to my RSS feed as well – it is at the bottom of the page (look for orange logo). There will be some more changes coming up but meantime, enjoy the larger photos!
Continue readingHere is a cool interview with Canon’s Chuck Westfall. He is a very straight forward guy known for answering a lot of questions on forums like dpreview. Very cool guy. http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9865553-39.html?tag=nefd.lede
Continue readingThis has nothing to do with weddings or photography right now but I think it will be the future of web browsing, so it is worth looking. I can think of photographer websites utilizing this technology when it becomes available! http://www.spacetime.com/
Continue readingThis is a very cool article that shows how durable the digital media we use is: http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/story/222385.html
Continue readingPortland is a very relaxed area. WE do not have a very high rate of crime, or too many organized crimes. However, it is very easy to see that weddings are a very easy place to target for thieves. Here are two blog posts about thieves making it a career targeting weddings. They steal money envelopes, gifts, purses from getting ready rooms, and photographer/dj/videographer’s gear. …
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