Do you shoot weddings?

“Hey, Jim, we’re getting married next month and we’re just starting to think about getting someone to take pictures. Can you recommend a local student? And do you think $500 is OK?” OK, there’s a lot to cover here but…

Affirmation

So a nice thing has happened. After many years of selling almost no prints, someone called me, out of the blue, and wants to buy a bunch of prints. I won’t tell the details just yet, it’s not final, I’m…

Kaleidoscope experiments

Below are several experiments with making kaleidoscope images in Photoshop. Yes, I know this is a bit of a gimmick. So sue me. There are plenty of gimmicks in photography these days. They’re all wonderful or terrible, depending on who…

Time to ban WWW

OK, I’m not advocating banning the web, the internet, etc. Just that we need to STOP USING the “www” that used to be the beginning of any web address. Why ban it? Because it’s completely unnecessary and can cause problems.…

Slushing the Mast

The Camden Harbormaster posted on Facebook: Daily Def: “SLUSH FUND”-slush was the unpromising name for fat scraped off the top of the barrels of meat. The crew found it perfect for greasing masts to make sail hoisting easier and for…

Choosing and Keeping a Domain Name

A couple of almost-random thoughts about domain names (like jimdugan.com): 1. Choose it carefully Here is my best advice on choosing domain names: .com is best almost always (as opposed to .net, .info, .org, etc.) . People remember it, it…

Funny Story

Our delivery man always talks sports: “We had softball playoffs last week. Church League, not the Adult Men’s League.” So you don’t get to drink beer at Church League? “We still drink beer. We just have to do it quietly.…