apparently I now have a book
More than a few months ago I sat in our dinning room and sweated out the text for this book. It is part 'Great Picture Hunt,' part how-to and some memoir. What I have tried to do is tell you what goes through a photographer's mind before, after and during the making...
changing landscape
The world of communication is changing. Here Rag + Bone skipped a traditional runway event to shoot an interesting and catchy video that will have a 'long tail,' ie. people will discover this, share it and enjoy it for a long time. The company will also attract folks...
Digital storytelling
Stills: Mercury News, Formula one sounds. Example from the NYT, 1-in-8 million. LAT, Waiting for death. Missing pieces. NPR, Black hearts. Magnum photos: Conflict. Goodnight moon. Video: Hey, baby! PostSecret: Confessions. Moments. Blue Chalk, A tribute. Undefeated....
getting the word out, part 2
It takes a concerted effort to get the word out these days. You can wait for this to happen, you can start doing things in-house, or you can start to bring in people to consult, who will work with your staff and design a strategy to communicate and interpret what you...
get the word out
24th Annual Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits | United Way of Kern County Resources PostSecret: Fifty People One Question Orchestra made out of trash - Upworthy Food Insecurity in Kern County. An anatomy of a movement 1. A narrative that tells a story...
vision
So, why pay a good visual person what their time and craft is worth? Perhaps because you can't afford not to. At the end of the day, I spend a great deal of time looking at things, watching, seeing the world and light and how they interact and play off of each other....
Dan Pallotta and rethinking nonprofits
The short observation regarding this post is that we need to start rethinking how we as a society and country think about nonprofits. Dan really changes the status quo train of thought and the emphasis on bean counting over results. All too often we measure overhead...
welcome
I plan on using this blog to discuss thoughts on the visual world, business, non-profit work and how to think about communicating in the 21st century. Oddly enough, Seth Godin has a great post today to kick things off: 'The winning strategy for the local business or...