I’ve worked with the fine folks at BNN, a full-service accounting firm based in Portland, ME, for a few years now. In honor of their 20th anniversary, they just relaunched their refreshed website look this week with a new logo and a few of the environmental portraits we’ve done featuring their principals within their beautiful downtown Portland office space. They wanted to emphasize the personal, human component of their services, and I think the new web design and images work well to do that.
What is a pug? No, it’s not the curly-tailed, bug-eyed kind. PUGs (Pictage User Groups) are wedding and portrait photographers organized in local groups around the US. Most attendees are customers of Pictage (hence the name), a photo lab that is much, much more.
Local PUG organizer Emilie of Emilie Inc. invited me and several other commercial photographers to take part in a panel discussion at the next gathering, July 15. We’ll be there to show some of our work, discuss questions on things like licensing, etc. and generally have a good time talking shop.
I’m excited because it’s a good opportunity to see colleagues and to meet some new talent. Although we are all photographers, there are notable differences between wedding and commercial photography–not just in terms of subject matter, but also when it comes to things like clientele and workflow. Primarily, we deal with businesses and agencies and wedding photographers work directly with consumers. As such, there are some differing traditions in terms of licensing and use of commercial images that most (but not all) wedding and portrait shooters may not be aware of.
When it all comes down to it, though, we all are creative, motivated, visual people who are lucky enough to make a living doing what we truly love. Looking forward to July!
Fall isn’t just a great time for photos of leaves and beautiful New England landscapes. It’s one of the best times to take photos of virtually anything outside.
Think about it–if you have a building, a group of people or even trucks that need to be photographed outside, then the changing leaves of Fall provide a dramatic visual punch that will make your images stand out. Couple that with the often-changing (and usually dramatic) weather here in New England and you can get some truly wonderful serendipitous effects that you simply won’t get any other time of year.
I love Fall. I like bundling up in layers that I can remove as the day warms. I love the crisp smell of Autumn in the air. Mostly, I just love shooting photos out-of-doors this time of year.
