Your portrait is my art.
Posted in Business, Creative Effects, Mainely Portraits, Photo Illustration on Sep 3rd, 2010
There are many reasons people need a professional photographer. Special event Too many years without a family photo Business Something Fun I recently did a multi-need session for a client (who happens to be my daughter) opening a new business. Headshots Web Photos Something Fun!
Posted in Business on Aug 30th, 2010
If you could design a local organization that would support artists and promote the arts as key to economic development, what would that organization do? What would that organizational structure look like? How would that organization support itself? Do you know of such organizations in Maine or other pats of the world? Is such an [...]
Posted in Business, Mainely Portraits on Jul 8th, 2010
Would you get a small biz loan at Wal Mart? I would really like to know how you feel about this. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/07/06/128333221/wal-mart-isn-t-a-bank-yet-but-it-s-getting-there
Posted in Business, Community Event, Mainely Portraits on Jun 23rd, 2010
Today I go the the Maine Women’s Network annual meeting, Celebrating Amazing Women. My business has been part of MWN through all of its growing cycles, and it has been a wonderful experience. The Androscoggin Chapter is my home, but MWN has opened the door to the Midcoast and Portland Chapters. Women in large and [...]
Posted in Business, Creative Effects, Mainely Portraits on Jun 11th, 2010
Lisa Shulz, Absolute Marketing and Design Products, surprised me at yesterday’s Business 2 Business Trade Show in Lewiston. She had this beautiful blanket made from one of my favorite photos! We had talked about this as a possible product for my clients, and Lisa took it to the next step. Once I felt the incredibly [...]
Posted in Business, Community Event, Mainely Portraits on Jun 10th, 2010
Economic Growth Council’s Business 2 Business Trade Show
Posted in Business, Creative Effects, Mainely Portraits on Jun 7th, 2010
Not too long ago, a client requested permission to use one of my portraits for a pastel. Today the pastel artist, Sandra Lee Huston, sent me a copy of the piece that she did. You will notice the addition of the little girl’s kitten to the portrait. It is a lovely gift for her mommy [...]
Posted in Business, Creative Effects, Mainely Portraits, Photoshop on Jun 4th, 2010
I have OPD. Obsessive PhotoShop Disorder. And I do not intend to try to overcome it. There are days when I play, play, play and learn, learn learn. Many of the images that I play with remain buried in the computer, but the skills that I develop while playing emerge when I need to retouch [...]
Posted in Business, Creative Effects, Mainely Portraits, Photo Illustration, Photoshop on Jun 2nd, 2010
I finally bit the bullet and entered two photo competitions. This is a scary move for many artists. It’s one thing to prepare a piece for a client but quite different to put yourself out there to your peers. That’s OK for basketball players and golfers, but ME?! The first was sponsored by a photographer [...]
Posted in Business, Community Event, Mainely Portraits on May 7th, 2010
LA’s Pecha Kucha Night #3 is looking for creative presenters.
