Neel from LearnFoodPhotography.com posed an interesting question to me in email a short time ago. He asked “What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to build their portfolio? What are some things to keep in mind?” This is actually a question I get very frequently. In fact, I’ve answered it here [...]

Here’s another reader question from the mail bag.. one I get quite frequently. I enjoy both food and travel and love flicking through cook books and magazines. Your photos are exactly the kind of photography I could look at for hours!! Do you have any advice as to how I could build up a good [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the business end of photography these days. I’m in the midst of reading John Harrington’s Best Business Practices for Photographers, a book intended for professional photographers with well-established businesses, but still a good read for those just getting started. It goes into almost painful detail about licensing and rights [...]

Most professional photographers out there put some sort of transparent-ish watermark on their images when posting them to the web. It’s one of the few, albeit not necessarily fool-proof, ways to keep your photos from being used without your authorization. For pros, this is important not only to protect the value of the work, but [...]

After I got back from Matt’s, I realized how much meeting a group of folks that share my interests in food styling and photography meant to me. It was just such a thrill to see people light up the way I do. Obviously, that’s a large part of the appeal of blogs… to connect with [...]