I finally decided to cancel my American Express Delta SkyMiles yesterday. After evaluating my current spending and travel plans, I didn’t feel it make sense to continue to pay $95 annually for the privilege of using the card.
One of things that surprised me was the customer service rep made no effort to eliminate the fee for a year, just trying to talk me into keeping the card. Even that effort wasn’t that strong …
From some random place on the internet. Felt it was worth sharing …
Exposed, by Claire Lewis, is a quick, fun read into the neurotic world of wedding photography. Claire gives quick, funny, and insightful comments on a wide range of weddings – from the quirky to the disaster to the perfect. And perfect, isn’t what most young brides think of – it’s what works best for the couple, their families, and their friends. About every three chapters, Claire gives a quick autobiography of her life – both professionally and personally.
There’s not necessarily a lot to learn from a technical standpoint outside of the additional equipment list that she carries in her bag. But wedding photography (from an outer sider’s perspective) isn’t about technical skill (which is mandatory), it’s about how to run a business and survive what ever gets tossed your way.
Final recommendation: Read a copy from the local library. It’s enjoyable, but necessarily something that you’ll want to read again. If you enjoy the story, you may also want to lurk on the wedding forum at Fred Miranda – glimpses into a spectacle that can be like watching a train wreck, but at the same time, seeing some amazing photography.
This book is very similar in some ways to Bryan Petterson’s Understanding Exposure, but goes beyond into covering more technical details and providing specific techniques to improve the photographs that you make, as well as details to improve through post-procssing.
I don’t think advanced photographer’s will benefit from reading the book, but both beginners and intermediates will. The book starts with an overview of composition, followed by discussions of exposure in terms of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Next, he presents an excellent overview of the various ways light appears in photographs (side, top, front, back, ….) with very relevant photographs. Rick covers various exposure modes available in digital SLR camera’s, hints for tricky circumstances, and ways to improve your photographs with flash.
The photographs throughout the book are stunning and appropriate for the related text.
Well worth the purchase price for $19.77 at Amazon.
One of my college memories was seniors hanging their rejection letters for graduate school or employment outside of their rooms.
Now, their rejection (or the occasional acceptance) is on display (although anonymously) for all to see – http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/
If you publish a vendor’s site that has just declared bankruptcy prior to the list being published?
RitzCamera appears #67 on this list – http://www.web100.com/photo-100
What’s even more shameful is how much higher it appears ahead of couple serious camera stores such as B&H (#89) and Adorama(#100).