Ever thought about doing a book? Sure you have. Maybe you even looked into the economics of it, and realized that, in order to pay for all the setup charges, you needed to have a press run of at least 1000 copies.  Two thousand turns out to be in the sweet spot. You figured out… [Read More]

Two friends and I went on a photo trip a few months ago. We went to the Owens Valley to make landscapes. None of us is an accomplished landscape photographer.  Our motivation was to have a good time together doing something we like to do. Still, we were serious about it. We scouted locations during… [Read More]

We had a little of what passes for controversy on this blog last month. Two whole comments! A couple of other people (you know who you are) said that they’d post something, but so far have not followed through. I did run into Hunter shortly after he posted his “you ignorant slut” comment. I asked… [Read More]

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, said in a recent Business Week interview, “I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do.” Replace “innovation” with “creativity” (I’m not sure I can tell you the difference, but “innovation” is not a word that resonates as well with artists) and “frugality” with darn near any constraint,… [Read More]