Over the past years, this blog has been a catch-all for all of the different kinds of photography I do.  I’ve been wanting to separate it and make this blog be more specific to portraits, weddings, and events (with some fine art peppered in), and over the past few months, I’ve been working on creating a new blog off of my cultural, humanitarian, NGO, and fine art website.  I’ve now moved about 25% off blog posts related to business of photography and Africa photography over to the new site now, so if you look for them here, you won’t find them.

I just put up a post a few minutes ago on the new blog announcing a Q&A – Ask the Gallery Owner – Webinar by Jason Horejs of Xanadu Gallery.  The webinar is this evening.  Get more information on the new blog.  Make sure you also subscribe to the new blog by clicking “subscribe” in the menu at the top of the page.

Photo District News (PDN) and partners are sponsoring (I believe it’s second) virtual (online) wedding and portrait expo on May 24-25.  These kinds of educational and networking events have been critical to helping me constantly evolve my photography and innovate in new and exciting directions, refine the products and services that I offer my clients, and help me grow my business, so I want to thank PDN, ASMP, Canon, Photoshelter, and all the other sponsors for yet another valuable contribution to the professional photographer community!  I wasn’t able to attend last year’s PDN virtual expo, but I’ve registered for this one!  Not only am I looking forward to checking out all the new gear and product goodies, but the webinar agenda looks great!  This year’s lineup includes:

• Suzan Moody: SEO/SEM 101 for Wedding Photographers
• Jim Garner: The Experiential Style of Wedding Photography
• Gene Ho: Exceeding Client Expectations Through Speed and Opportunity
• Laura Novak: Defining Your Niche and Building Your Brand
• Rebeka Fluet: Effective Tools for Self-Promotion
• Doug Gordon: Creating Show-Stopping Bridal Images and Contemporary Posing
• Judy Host: Unique and Artistic Tools to Create Fine Art Images with Templates for Photoshop
• Skip Cohen: Survival and Growth in a Tough Economy
• Catherine Hall: Building Relationships with Your Clients, Branding and Niche Marketing
• Allen Murabayashi: Your Website is Killing Your Business.  Get an Extreme Makeover.

Can’t wait for this next expo!  Photographers, you can register for the PDN PhotoPlus Virtual Wedding+Portrait Expo here.

And by the way, let me do a plug for PDN.  I’ve checked out a lot of photography magazines over the years, but I’ve found PDN Magazine to be, hands down, the best business of photography magazine for professional photographers out there!  Subscribe to PDN here.