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Honesty Is Your Competitive Advantage

This is the everyone-is-trying-to-teach-you-something era. The quickest way to make money from this era is to tell people what they want to hear. Package it in as many appealing formats as possible and “launch” it to the masses. Honesty is a much more long-term proposition. It’s about reputation. It’

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The Romantic Locations Where A Lesser Photographer Was Written

I stumbled across this book [http://amzn.to/1XlFi9L] in the library recently, which appears to tap into a romanticism about the places writers create books and the places written about in the books. Photographers have it somewhat easy in this department. We can see where you were when the

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The Romantic Locations Where A Lesser Photographer Was Written

I stumbled across this book [http://amzn.to/1XlFi9L] in the library recently, which appears to tap into a romanticism about the places writers create books and the places written about in the books. Photographers have it somewhat easy in this department. We can see where you were when the

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Why You Need to Publish a Photo Book

If I had one wish for photography right now, it would be for talented photographers to publish more books. Publish 5 or 1000 copies, but get it out there. Share what you’ve learned, even if the lessons you have to teach are lessons we’ve already learned. If they’

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Why You Need to Publish a Photo Book

If I had one wish for photography right now, it would be for talented photographers to publish more books. Publish 5 or 1000 copies, but get it out there. Share what you’ve learned, even if the lessons you have to teach are lessons we’ve already learned. If they’

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Reader Question: Too Many Limitations?

Reader Jorge E. wrote in about my last interview [http://blog.mylio.com/cj-chilvers-with-honest-advice-for-amateur-photographers] : > …After reading your last interview at Mylio and that, at the moment, you only use your iPhone camera, I am curious. Does that not limit yourself too much? I am not thinking so much about

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Reader Question: Too Many Limitations?

Reader Jorge E. wrote in about my last interview [http://blog.mylio.com/cj-chilvers-with-honest-advice-for-amateur-photographers] : > ...After reading your last interview at Mylio and that, at the moment, you only use your iPhone camera, I am curious. Does that not limit yourself too much? I am not thinking so much about

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Book Review: Deep Work

Cal Newport is a great author because he doesn't need to publish books. He does just fine in academia. So, you know when he publishes something outside academia, it's going to be good. His first book, So Good They Can't Ignore You [http://amzn.

Book Review: Deep Work
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Professional Photographers Are the .1%

How many professional photographers are there? The short answer is: no one knows for sure. We can make an educated guess, though. Just in the U.S., there are 124,900 professional photographers according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics [http://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/mobile/photographers.htm]

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Professional Photographers Are the .1%

How many professional photographers are there? The short answer is: no one knows for sure. We can make an educated guess, though. Just in the U.S., there are 124,900 professional photographers according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics [http://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/mobile/photographers.htm]