I just used some Staples rewards credit to get a new phone system for the studio. It’s pretty cool — you can actually link your cell phone to the system so that you can make and receive cell calls from the handset. This particular product is made by Panasonic, and you can expand the system [...]
I recently tested out the pro features of AirTight Interactive’s SimpleViewer galleries, as well as the PHP gallery management interface, svManager. Check out the full review over at Professional Photographer, but I will say this… If you need a simple, easy-to-use gallery interface for your portfolio, you should really look into SimpleViewer… and svManager. The [...]
This week I was pleasantly surprised to see an email arrive in my inbox from my blog. It was auto-generated by the theme I’m using, ProPhotoBlogs. Hello, this is a friendly reminder from the ProPhoto theme that now would be a good time to back up your blog. We recommend doing a complete backup of [...]
The 2010 Great Lakes Institute of Photography (GLIP) is already halfway over… and things are going great! For the first half of the week, I helped out with Andrew Jenkins and Jackie Palmer’s class — which the students really enjoyed. Today and tomorrow, I’ll be sitting in on Mark Allen’s advanced lighting class. All the [...]
I’m not one to normally drool over things like this (ok, maybe I have some denial issues!)… but the newest version of ProPhotoBlogs is out… and I am really impressed with everything. When it was still version 2.0, I recommended ProPhotoBlogs to photographers as a nice WordPress blog theme… but they’ve made so many changes [...]
Shortly after I reviewed ExamDiff Pro for Professional Photographer magazine, version 5.0 came out of beta testing. During my evaluation of the software, I didn’t install the beta version since I was backing up critical files and such, but now that it’s official, I figured I could share some of the new features that you [...]
As you know, I post about PPA’s Print Competition from time to time (If you’re new to PPA Print Competition, check out my blog post, PPA Print Competition Basics). I think it’s a great way to challenge yourself as a photographer and artist. Besides, when you are inspired to do better work, you will create [...]
My review of ExamDiff was just posted to Professional Photographer web exclusives. Read it to learn why I decided this piece of software was a lifesaver during my hard drive backup / upgrade process! [...] The tedious way of doing this involves manually opening each folder, counting the number of files, and cross-checking creation/modification dates. [...]
I’ve been receiving a number of inquiries (like this one) as to whether I’d located the 10th edition Photography (London, Upton, Stone) Companion website. A logical question, considering that both the 8th edition and 9th edition have had companion websites. After a little digging, I discovered that yes, there is a Photography 10th edition companion [...]
You might recall that I reviewed Photodex’s ProShow Producer, as well as their Device Output Plugin, for the April 2010 issue of Professional Photographer magazine. Well, as of today, Photodex has added the capability for you to render slideshows formatted especially for the Apple iPad. The output plugin works for both ProShow Gold and Producer, [...]
Betsy is a Michigan-based portrait photographer, and a contributing writer for Professional Photographer. In college, Betsy majored in Business Management and Studio Art, giving her a unique viewpoint of the industry.
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