http://www.lbecker.com/blog Street-smart marketing, photography... oh yeah, and smartphones Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:48:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I started to compose this post, I was a bit worried about hurting the feelings of some of my readers. I certainly wouldn't ever want to hurt someone's feelings or make them feel bad, but then I thought, my blog is frequently laced with messages about being a self-starter ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1688 Holy cow! This was my absolute busiest Photoshop World ever, including the planning week before Vegas! I was booked solid every day and had zero time to catch any classes (and there were a bunch I wanted to see). Still, just like always, it was one of my top three ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1683 I love being able to share things that help other people. I usually try to do that when I set out to do a blog post, but today I just have some information. (Although it might be helpful to somebody, and that would be great!) I've been working on an invention ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1676 I have a Nikon D200 and almost all my shooting friends at work have a D300s, D700, or D3s, and some have two or more cameras. Because I'm a "normal" photographer, I have gear envy and I usually want a different (newer, better) camera. However, I certainly don't need one. ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1665 I found a great site for a little photographic inspiration. There are collections like 33 Examples of Perfectly Timed Action Photography and 30 Stunning Examples of Long Exposure Photography. The site is Web Design Ledger, but the links above take you to one of the sets of inspirational shots with ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1656 If you're a shooter and you've been to any photography related trade show, you've seen LensBabys. They're a very cool way to create artistic zoom blur effects in camera. Photographers love them and with good reason. More about that in a minute... I have always been at least a bit of ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1651 It seems that Model Mayhem is the go-to site if you want to find models for a shoot in your local area. In fact, I did a search and there are literally thousands of females in a 25 mile radius of my location in Tampa. But wait, you don't exactly ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1644 Note: It should take you about 15 - 20 minutes for today's blog post. Do you have a goal, or even a few goals, that you've been thinking about for a while? Have you been thinking about doing things toward those goals and possibly even taken steps toward their realization? If you ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1634 I'm 47 years old, so I grew up in a time before every home and every white collar job revolved around computers. During my childhood, adults generally expected to have a handful of full time jobs in their life and one (or possibly two) careers in their lifetime. Computers changed ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1625 Yesterday I spotted a really cool post on LifeHacker.com. It was about the little mind games we play when we procrastinate by telling ourselves that we'll get to it later. The gist of the article was that your future self isn't any more likely to get it done than your ... http://www.lbecker.com/blog/?p=1622