This second part of the Mission Impossible: Performance Photography article will deal with the challenges we face and how to best use our equipment to conquer them.

One might think that the greatest frustration faced by today’s photographer would be something like mastering the sophistication of a modern digital camera,lighting under challenging conditions, or learning the ever more complex world of Photoshop.

The last day. And, my head is spinning. I’ve learned so much. Sort of. From experience, I know that no matter how much knowledge I cram into my head during a conference or seminar, I really have not learned it until I use it.

Even though my family genealogy charts cast great doubt on the possibility, I’ve always chosen to believe that I am, at least in part, Native American. And, today, at Photoshop World, that belief was strengthened when my friend, Joe McNally, called me from the audience to “model” in...

I never tire of learning — but, now, I’m tired from learning. I feel like I’ve eaten too much at a knowledge buffet. I am sated. Stuffed. And, this is the first of three full days of classes and trade show news.

By now, many of us actually have CS5 up and running on our computers. Some have had easy installations. Some have not. Unfortunately, I am in both camps. I had an easy installation. And, I lived through the installation from hell. I trust that most of you will travel the “easy path”. The...

I remember when my 18 year old, soon to leave for college, daughter, Jenny was a teeny tiny and needed her Daddy to do the simple things in life like feeding her, bathing her and changing her diapers. I remember thinking how cool it would be when she could feed herself

Every once in a while, it’s time to make an investment in my most important creative tool. No, it’s not my camera. No, it’s not my lenses. And, no, it’s not my computer. It’s my head. Yup. My head.

Some people measure time on a clock. Others on a calendar. And, there are those of us who measure time in terms of “software life cycles” — the time between major product upgrades. For those of us in the latter category, this is a time to celebrate.

2. From R.C. Concepcion: How to Make a WordPress Web Site The number one complaint I hear from my photographer friends is not about photography. It’s about web sites.