It should surprise no one that Discover Yourself Through Photography was written in 1971 and if there’s just more than a bit of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” in Hattersley’s writing and more than a bit of the reflection of the times—times I used to consider the most creative in my life—when it was written, which may be before some readers of this blog were born.

While today’s post isn’t strictly about film photography, it does provide some background on my evolution from film photography to digital (and maybe back?)

In my photographic lifetime I must have photographed hundreds of brides. Most of the images of them were in the traditional church setting with their gown’s train spread all around her, much as in my own mother wedding photographs were made before WWII. But somewhere around the late 1970′ s all that changed…

If there is any real “secret” to any successful professional photography enterprise, it’s establishing practices that protect your cash flow and help your operation grow. Here are a few suggestions that may help insure your studio’s profitability no matter what kind of photography you do.

A long time ago an old school photographer told me that “light is light.” What he was trying to tell me was that it doesn’t matter what kind of lighting equipment you use, be it speedlights, power pack and head systems or monolights, the most important thing is the quality of the light that’s being produced.