Saying Goodbye and Thank You to Penn Camera
This morning, we start saying goodbye to Penn Camera. It has served the Washington D.C. area since 1953 with several store locations. Three locations, E Street, Rockville, and Tysons, will remain open for their clearance sales.
Having Penn Camera in the neighborhood was great for those immediate purchases or rentals you needed to make if a job called for it. When I moved to the D.C. area from a small town in Pennsylvania, I was so thrilled to finally have a major photography store in my immediate area.
I’m sorry to see them close their doors for a final time. Best of luck to all those who have worked at Penn Camera and thank you for your many years of care and service!
You can read the official announcement here.
Sharing my personal work online with 500px
Over the years of being a photographer, I’ve noticed that I’ve done less and less daily personal work while concentrating mainly on client and portfolio work. I want to feel excited about taking personal snapshots like I did when I first picked up a camera, and joining 500px is how I hope to get that feeling back.
So what about you? Where do you upload your personal work? Share a link in the comments below so we can all check it out.
Happy shooting!
Are you on Google+ yet?
Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and now Google+. Does it ever end? Before thinking you just can’t spare anymore time to another social network, ask around and try it out for a moment. As I’m still rather new to Google+, I believe that it has serious potential, especially for photographers.
My new blog, Tumblr-style
Some of you may have seen my recent posts on Facebook and Twitter asking for input on Blogger vs. Tumblr. After researching and discussing this topic with some of you, I have finally made the jump to Tumblr. I’ve done this for a few simple reasons.
No more paper model releases for me
Say goodbye to the days of having to pack and carry paper model/property releases with you to your photoshoots. Those were the days of 2009 when that business was all done with a pen and paper. Thanks to Robert Giroux and the guys at ApplicationGap, model releases and property releases can now be filled out and signed all on your iPhone.
Easy Release ($9.99) takes all of the inputted information and signature and emails you a copy of the release in PDF format. There is also the option to be sent a JPEG version as well if that suits you better. After receiving the digital copy of the release in your inbox, you can then forward it off to your subjects and or property owners.
