Canon Explorers of Light at Palm Springs Photo Festival

Hey All

From left to right: John Paul, Chris, yours truly and Vincent - all Canon Explorers of Light taking a break after teaching at the Palm Springs Photo Festival.

An honor to be teaching with these dudes . . . even though I am the oldest dude!!!

Explore the light,

Rick

P.S. Canon's Barbara Ellison (who is also a wonderful fine-art photographer/printer) took this fun shot!

Social Media Marketing Week - Day 3

I am giving my Social Media Marketing talk at the Palm Springs Photo Festival this week. Good fun, and of course, good info if you want to grow your business.

This week's posts will focus on Social Media Marketing. I'll post a slide or two from my show along with a tip or two.

I had a ton of fun putting together this slide show. It features my favorite photographs paired with my favorite social media tips.

Today's advice: You have to do what you don't want want to do (tweet in your office) to do the things you want to do (perhaps travel to Mongolia).

Explore the light,

Rick

P.S. At the festival, I will also be interviewing the pros for the podcast I do with Juan Pons over at the Digital Photo Experience.

Rick and New Friends at the Palm Springs Art Museum

American Photo magazine's photo editor Chelsea Stickel took this photo last night of me hanging out with some new friends. It's an exciting crowd here at the Palm Springs Photo Festival!

Great presentations and workshops!

Hope to see you here next year!

Explore the light,

Rick

Social Media Marketing Week - Day 2

I am giving my Social Media Marketing talk at the Palm Springs Photo Festival this week. Good fun, and of course, good info for those want to grow their business.

This week's posts will focus on Social Media Marketing. I'll post a slide or two from my show along with a tip or two.

I had a ton of fun putting together this slide show. It features my favorite photographs paired with my favorite social media tips.

Today's advice: Keep an eye on your competition - even your friendly and very friendly competition. Get ideas from what they are doing. Maybe even work together on a project or promotion.

Explore the light,

Rick

P.S. At the festival, I will also be interviewing the pros for the podcast I do with Juan Pons over at the Digital Photo Experience.

Doing Double Duty at the Palm Springs Photo Festival

Yikes! I did not know I was going to be working this hard at the Palm Springs Photo Festival!

Great fun!

Photo by Jonathan Marks.

Off to teach my social media class.

Explore the Light,

Rick

Social Media Marketing Week - Day 1

I am giving my Social Media Marketing talk at the Palm Springs Photo Festival this week. Good fun, and of course, good info if you want to grow your business.

This week's posts will focus on Social Media Marketing. I'll post a slide or two from my show along with a tip or two.

I had a ton of fun putting together this slide show. It features my favorite photographs paired with my favorite social media tips.

Today's advice: Embrace social media! If you do, you can lead the pack (with good content). If you don't, you may ride along.

Explore the light,

Rick

P.S. At the festival, I will also be interviewing the pros for the podcast I do with Juan Pons over at the Digital Photo Experience.

Plug-in Surprise Sunday

Thanks for stopping by this week for some plug-in fun. Next week it's back to regular posts.

The Sunday surprise? Well, I think you will be surprised at how much fun you can have with plug-ins. I do, as you can see. This image is combo of using of Photomatix and Topaz Adjust.

You can learn more plug-ins – and get discounts on some plug-ins – at the Plug-in Experience.

Explore the Light,
Rick