Professional Photographers, Watch Out!

For all you photographers, if you're worried about Uncle Bob's taking your business, now you have another competitor to worry about! Felines are now getting into the biz! I wonder how much traffic, Cooper the Cat's blog gets? Cooper the Cat has his own fine art gallery exhibit, too!

Guess we all need to step it up a notch!

Passage to India

   
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Mark Twain

Last night, as I excitedly watched Slumdog Millionaire win Best Picture at the Oscars, my heart danced back to India. In January, our family traveled to India to visit Andrew's youngest sister, who is living there for a year.

My first impression of India was the smell. Strong scents embrace you; India assails and inspires your senses. The feeling is visceral, internal and is very hard to articulate. The only thing I can say is: you MUST go!

Hopefully, this slideshow will give you a glimpse of Incredible India!

WPPI Survival Tips

When the Livebooks team asked me if I was interested in contributing to their new blog RESOLVE, I was thrilled!

At LaCour and ShootQ, our mission is to empower photographers to create profitable and purposeful businesses by providing them with the tools they need to succeed.

RESOLVE's mission is consistent with our mission. Together, we connect photographers to each other and to valuable resources that will help them grow their businesses.

Check out RESOLVE to read my first contributed article, WPPI Survival Tips: A Photographer's Perspective.

Grow your business while saving lives!

LaCour is giving two mentor sessions at WPPI through ThirstRelief's auction.

ThirstRelief is a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian and disaster relief to those in need worldwide through the provision of safe, clean drinking water.

You can meet with LaCour's Mark Adams for workflow advice, or with LaCour's Andrew and Rachel Niesen for marketing advice for your business.

Also, you can get technical or software advice from ShootQ's development team.

As a bonus, anyone who wins a LaCour auction (or ShootQ development team) will get a ShootQ Studio account for free for 3 months!

Thirst Relief International has partnered with ShootQ to provide clean drinking water to communities around the world.
Did you know that every 15 seconds someone dies of a waterborne illness? That's 5760 people every day! Photographers can help in a unique way. Check out Thirst Relief's Mentor Auction RIGHT AWAY and bid on a mentoring session with one of us.

Bidding ENDS between 10PM and 11 PM EST (7PM and 8 PM PST) on Thirst Relief Mentor Auctions!
By tapping into the talent and generosity of the wedding industry, Thirst Relief raises funds and expand their impact around the world.