RECOMMENDATION - BOOK: "You are a Badass”

I wanted to share my book recommendation from this week’s Blue Moon meeting, but don’t believe that I can post to the blog. It’s called, “You are a Badass” by Jen Sincero. It’s a quick read, funny and inspiring. I’ve also been enjoying listening to it as an audiobook. It’s a really positive take on getting out of your own way to accomplish your goals. Good for a photo business and life in general.

Here’s a link to her web site and amazon:

http://www.jensincero.com

http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Badass-Doubting-Greatness/dp/0762447699

Best,

Melissa

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Book Recommendation: Vision and Art, the Biology of Seeing

Book Recommendation: Vision and Art, the Biology of Seeing by Margaret Livingstone

The Late Great National Geographic photographer Galen Rowell was obsessive about our method of "seeing" and how it translates to perception of photographs.  This is a great book.
See the Amazon review below.  I got mine in paperback for $19.95 at Amazon.
JA

Now in paperback, this groundbreaking study by Harvard neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone explores the inner workings of vision, demonstrating that how we see art depends ultimately on the cells in our eyes and our brains. In Vision and Art, Livingstone explains how great painters fool the brain: why Mona Lisa s smile seems so mysterious, Monet s Poppy Field appears to sway in the breeze, Mondrian s Broadway Boogie Woogie blinks like the lights of Times Square, and Warhol s Electric Chair pulses with current. Drawing on history and her own cutting- edge discoveries, Livingstone offers intriguing insights, from explanations of common optical illusions, to speculations on the correlation of learning disabilities with artistic skill. By skillfully bridging the space between science and art, Vision and Art will both arm artists and designers with new techniques that they can use in their own craft, and thrill any reader with an interest in the biology of human vision.

Here is a link to PhotoBizCoach.com (Beate Chelette)

 How To Be Happy (A Three-Step Approach)

http://photobizcoach.com/2015/07/31/how-to-be-happy-a-three-step-approach/?inf_contact_key=ad2acecad0df3c6559ec956e700f78c6fe891028a4276df1094d4ac15985075a

The Vendor Client relationship - in real world situation

Hi Folks! Sorry I missed the last meeting!

I came across this video called "The Vendor Client relationship - in real world situation" and it just made me laugh and thought it really summed up what some of us deal with on an all too regular basis. Sit back, enjoy and share it with your fellow creative business owners!!

https://youtu.be/R2a8TRSgzZY

SHARPNESS MEASURING TOOL

Got a look at a cool sharpness tool for your lenses:
It is a target called ISO 12233

http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/misc/ISO_12233-reschart.pdf

Check it out,
JA

Documentary Preservation From Joe

Hi John,
The Documentary Preservation summit invites the public this week.
I have my job most of those days but maybe some can make this.

http://www.docnyc.net/news/documentary-preservation-summit-march-31-april-1/

Best,
Joe

Mary Fran's recommendations from the December meeting

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/11/26/a-closer-look-at-flickrs-curated-wall-art-collections/

https://www.aclu.org/kyr-photo  (this was updated in July, 2014)

Taking other’s photos from Facebook and publishing them on commercial sites is not a copyright violation? Well, some think so! 

https://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=3173603&type=member&item=5942806089224450052&trk=groups_items_see_more-0-b-ttl