Author: Mark E. Johnson

If you’re freelancing you know you have to do your own promotional work for a while. Hopefully, someday, your reputation grows your business, but when you’re starting out you need to poke folks from time-to-time to get noticed. Casey Templeton, a commercial shooter up in Richmond who’s done pretty well already, decided to go well beyond a postcard mailing to...

There are thousands of blog posts out there about how to succeed. “(Insert random prime number) Tips to Making Thousands of Yen in Photography”* … but not many on how to fail, very quickly, at being a professional. Paul Burwell, a wildlife shooter, has posted ten simple ways to completely screw-up your business model. Go read it, then don’t do...

According to a CNN.com report, Peter Parker is unemployed as of the latest issue of the comic book, Spider-Man. Hearing side stories he was fired for an ethical lapse, will try to track down the comic book and see if it’s true. It’s a tough day when even Parker struggles to work.