by Skip Cohen
It's Throwback Thursday, and I'm surprised at how accurate the expression "time heals all wounds" really is. Five years ago, our vet made me realize how selfish it was to prolong Molly the Wonder Dog's life. She was fighting liver cancer, and serious intervention would have only prolonged her pain without any quality of life. When I shared the images above on a Facebook post, there were close to 300 comments from people who completely understood the hole in my heart that day. Molly had been by my side non-stop for 13 years. I honestly was at a complete loss for how to deal with the sadness. Nine months later, Sheila and I decided to add Lucy and Belle to the family. But here's what amazed me...The two pups have Molly's spirit, especially Lucy. It's almost as if they went to "Molly Class," and she made sure they were tuned into what made us laugh. And their energy as smaller dogs is so much like Molly's, as a pup. I get that those of you who have lost dogs before wholly understand, but it took me a while to realize that being consistent with having a pup or two in the house was a tribute to Molly, not a replacement. All of this seems pretty trite to share today, but the hole in my heart never healed. It just got filled up with more love, this time from two pups. Having two dogs totally expanded and strengthened the bond between all of us. It's non-stop unconditional love all day, every day, and it just keeps getting better. Finding the pics above on Facebook today as an FB Memory, finally made me smile - sure it's a little bittersweet, but I feel so lucky to have had Molly in my life and now be hanging out with Lucy and Belle. Happy Throwback Thursday!
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by Skip Cohen In 2001, I met Vicki and Jed Taufer for the first time. While we don't catch up that often, nothing changes how much I cherish the friendship. I caught up with both of them this week at IUSA, As I sat here this morning looking for a great Throwback Thursday image to share, I ran across this post from seven years ago. I started the "Why?" series in 2016 to introduce you to the movers and shakers in our industry. In the next few years, we shared over 130 posts by some of the most respected artists in imaging. I'm about to bring back the series with more photographers, but this one out of the SCU archives is perfect for today. The audio quality isn't as good as I'd like - I had problems with the original file, but it's still a great way to get to know a little more about Vicki Taufer. And to Vicki and Jed - we sure do love you guys! From the archives... When I started "Why?" I thought the artists would typically share one of their favorite images captured for clients over the years. What's actually been shared is a wide variety of incredible backstories, and often very personal memory-making images having little to do with imaging, but a lot to do with life. Vicki Taufer is in the "Why?" spotlight today sharing a very personal backstory which brought a number of us in the industry together on her behalf. It's the perfect example of just how close an industry we are and as sappy as it might sound, a family. And, in terms of Vicki and Jed's family, they believe in giving back. As a result of their experience in the adoption process of their daughter Purnima, along with the people of Nepal, they started a non-profit, Aasha. "We were inspired to start The Aasha Fund by our daughter’s adoption, but our focus is to help people all over the world, specifically families and their children." You'll find more of Vicki's work with a visit to her website - just click on her "Why?" image. Happy Throwback Thursday!
by Skip Cohen
​The fun of Throwback Thursday is in the memories that old photographs and videos bring back. I was a year and a half into my new career at the time of this short interview. I left WPPI in April of 2009 to start my own company. At the time I was writing for Resource Magazine, Scott Bourne and I had a podcast, our book Going Pro had been published, and we were about to launch our second Skip's Summer School. The links on the video are no longer active. Marketing Essentials (MEI500.com), while it's still the legal business entity for everything I do, SkipCohenUniversity.com became the website destination. PMA, mentioned in the video, went through some serious management changes and eventually closed. And Skip's Summer School continued for four more years, finishing in Chicago. Even PPE changed and became Create NYC, which is not being staged currently, but instead, WPPI, owned by the same parent company, has ramped up and is in Las Vegas, March 3-7 this year. While a lot of things have changed over the last 13+ years, so much has stayed the same. Diversity in your skill set is still a key to success. There's still a feeding frenzy over education and new technology. Attending every convention/conference you can is still vital to your growth. And while my hair got a lot grayer - my love for the industry has never slowed down. The video interview is only four minutes long, but some of the fun comes with the cuts RETV put in showing speakers and exhibitors. If you were at PPE in 2010, you'll spot some familiar faces, maybe even your own.
​PhotoPlus Expo was the largest photography-based convention in the US back then. And while many conventions have gotten smaller over the years, the benefits of attending don't change. WithIUSA kicking off this weekend, WPPI in early March, ClickCon in late July, and so many state and regional conferences, artists have so many opportunities to grow their skills...and network. A great conference is about networking, education, and recharging your battery.
You should be attending every conference you possibly can throughout the year. And when it comes to classes/programs to attend, remember - Growth only happens outside your comfort zone! Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen Throwback Thursday doesn't always have to involve old photographs. I thought it would be fun to tie in old concepts and products from the past. Check out the four products below and tell me what happened to them...
Then, there were expressions and definitions that changed...for example, a troll was just a character in a children's book or an ugly doll. The "mailman" walked your street. You had a paperboy who delivered your paper on his bike. And speaking of bikes, I won a "three-speed English Racer" in a Cleveland Plain Dealer contest that was the greatest bike ever! Now go back to just the last 10-15 years...I found my old Palm Pilot the other day. And I can only laugh over how cool it was. Then came my Blackberry; again, it was slick. I was crushed when I lost my Blackberry while at IUSA in Nashville. I immediately hit the Verizon store in Nashville and paid top dollar for a replacement. Feel free to add your memories from your own walk down "Nostalgia Lane"; if there are enough of you, I'll publish another post with your additions. Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen
The fun of Throwback Thursday is often in the hunt. I never know what I'm going to find. Since it's the start of the new year, it seemed appropriate to look back on a moment of celebration from my past. And even though I shared this story in a post almost ten years ago, it deserves to be shared again. The year is 1993, and Hasselblad won a Mobius Award for print advertising. Even though it's usually an ad agency event, off I went to Chicago for the dinner and evening presentations. Just to say we were proud of the recognition would be a huge understatement. However, God forbid I should have to go to a rubber chicken dinner solo, so I talked my good buddy and Chicago resident, Tom Danielson, into joining me along with Jim Ritter, the Hasselblad sales manager for Chicago. Here's what I didn't know...the appropriate attire. I called and spoke with one of the more senior people at the Mobius Awards, and I was told it was usually a mix of black tie and business attire. All three of us owned a tux, so why not represent Hasselblad as upscale as possible? Here's the second thing I didn't know...that we'd be the only three in black tie out of a couple hundred people that evening! Three times I was given a drink order by somebody who thought I was a waiter! Had we been smarter, Tom, Jim, and I should have taken their money and split the evening's profit. There really is no moral of the story here, just a fun thirty-one-year-old flashback and a lesson learned: Always check with at least two sources regarding attire at any industry function. And one more lesson: print your images. Had this been digital at the time, it would have been on a floppy disc and long since lost. I'd be missing all the fun of Throwback Thursday! If you have yet to go off searching for an old memory-maker, you're missing an excellent opportunity to create a reminder of the wonder of our industry. As professional photographers, you're magicians, helping people turn the intangible into tangible memories they can hold for a lifetime. by Skip Cohen It's Throwback Thursday and my favorite day of the week! But it's not just about old photographs but the great memories they bring back. The fun of throwbacks is often in the hunt. And because I'm so unorganized with images all over the place - while I should be embarrassed, I love not knowing where I'm going to land when I step into the time machine. Today, I'm turning the clock back to January 2010 and IUSA in Nashville at the Gaylord. That's me on the right, hanging out with three great artists and legends in the industry - Jim Garner, Joe Buissink, and Scott Bourne. It's incredible to think of the talent these three possess. I've lost touch with Joe, but I catch Jim on Facebook now and then, and Scott and I talk regularly. Take a second and think back to fourteen years ago. What were you doing in imaging? Some of you were at that convention. For me, it was one of my first times out in public as an independent business owner. I left WPPI/Rangefinder May 1, 2009 to start my own company.
Here's my point - take a few minutes, and whether you share them or not, search for a photograph or video at least ten years old. Then kick back, look in your rearview mirror, and savor the memories. Besides the fun of a quick walk down Memory Lane, it's a great way to remind yourself of the importance of what we do as an industry - help the world capture memories they can hold on to for a lifetime. Happy Throwback Thursday! If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African Proverb by Skip Cohen Ten years ago, I was writing for Shutter Magazine. All the writers would include a short video with each month's article. I had a blast doing the videos, realizing early on that the more absurd my presentation, the more likely readers would remember my marketing point. In this video, going back ten years ago, I hit hard on partnerships, especially with promotions. I've just published posts on the same topic in the last few weeks. Partnerships allow you to share the cost while expanding your reach to each company's database. Plus, each company becomes an ambassador for the other partners. Stop thinking you have to do everything solo! Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen
I shared this image a few years back, but November is the anniversary of when Sheila and I first met. I wrote a piece for my high school's alumni newsletter a few years ago and ran across it recently. This is an excerpt of what I shared. ....Staying connected to my hometown, Painesville, Ohio and digging back to Clyde C. Hadden Elementary maintains a particular place in my heart. There's a smile on my face just writing about it. So, turn back the clock to the 50s and Clyde C. Hadden. Here's a taste of what makes those days so unique and the memories so vivid. My wife Sheila and I met in second grade. My parents moved to their first real house in November. I started the school year as the new kid, almost three months after everybody had already been in school. Being the new kid, the principal, assigned somebody to show me around. Whether it was because he had a soft spot for this young girl or simply knew she had five brothers and was tough enough for the task, Sheila Fetterman was assigned to give me the tour. I remember it like it was yesterday – "Here's the gym… that's where we have lunch…this is Mr. Paxton's office… there's the playground… that's the Boy's Room…see ya!" The photograph above is the 3rd-grade class at Clyde C. Hadden a year later. Both Sheila and I are highlighted. I'm in the top row, second from the right, and Sheila is in the bottom row, third from the left. But Throwback Thursday photographs always bring back memories beyond just the picture itself. ...Rosemary T. had an autograph book, and everyone got to sign it. Thinking I was outrageously creative, I mimicked the Coke commercial at the time and wrote, "Feel refreshed, have a sh _ t." Little did I realize the teacher would be asked to sign the book following my page. Even more painful was that she played bridge with my mother, and the torn-out page of the now "ruined" autograph book was delivered to my Mom. Like the scene in Christmas Story, I was marched into the bathroom, and the giant bar of Ivory soap came out. My mother was mortified and demanded to know where I had heard such language. As the tears flowed down my cheeks, I whimpered, "Grandpa uses that word all the time." Mom bought the story, and for the moment, I was off the hook. A day later, she cornered my grandfather and screamed at him to watch his language around me. My grandfather took the heat, winked at me, and later whispered, "You owe me!" It was another building block in a remarkable relationship with my grandfather. For the next ten years, Sheila and I would often be in the same homeroom, but that was it. We were never good friends. I was a nerd, and she was a cheerleader - we just didn't run in the same circles...So, Sheila went her way in life, and I went mine. Fifty years later, at the fortieth high school reunion, the friendship started. That was in 2007; we were married in 2010. If you have yet to search for at least one throwback image, do yourself a favor and get started. Throwbacks bring back memories and even more important, they're a perfect reminder of the value our industry provides to the world. What would life be like without our photographs and videos? Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen For six years I wrote for Shutter Magazine. Each article was accompanied by a short video highlighting the topic. The fun of the video really was in the theme that always followed my article. And the more absurd I could be, the more likely readers would remember what I said. This particular video was for an article I wrote in 2014. It was all about your greatest marketing tool - building relationships. From pounding the pavement and knocking on doors, to partnerships and community involvement, Scott Stratten says it best, "Stop Marketing and Start Engaging!" While Unmarketing certainly isn't a new publication, it's an outstanding book. It's well worth a trip to Amazon to add it to you business library. Just click on the cover shot to the right. Meanwhile, think about every aspect of your business where you can touch a past or potential client. From how quickly you respond to questions on your website, to keeping in touch with past customers to working with other vendors, and being helpful on your blog - every contact is an opportunity to build a stronger relationship. Happy Throwback Thursday! Image copyright Cindy Harter Sims. All rights reserved. by Skip Cohen When you've been blogging for a long time another aspect of Throwback Thursday is digging through your archives and "mining" for older posts. As I wandered through my archives this image from Cindy Harter Sims came up. It's one of my favorites from the "Why?" series which featured the works of over 125 artists. So, the original post below was in 2016 and the first post featuring Cindy's story was 2013. Today, she's one of the most accomplished professional photographers in the industry. Five minutes with Cindy and you feel like you've known her your whole life! Happy Throwback Thursday! "Why?" is about images, artists and backstories. It's about artists who need to be on your radar.
I'm betting many of you don't know Cindy Harter Sims. She's not typically on the speaking circuit, but she's always at the key conventions. Besides having become an outstanding artist, what I enjoy most about Cindy is her focus on building her skill set. She never slows down! Cindy was the music teacher in a Georgia school for many years and decided she wanted to be a professional photographer. She took classes, practiced for endless hours, and then in 2011, after five years of saving and planning, opened her studio. She's never strayed from building her skill set and in the process has worked with some of the finest artists and educators in our industry. Cindy is all about quality - in her images, business, relationships with clients, the community and her friends. Check out Cindy's 2013 guest post on how she got started. In regards to the portrait above, in an IM she wrote to me: "I get pretty emotionally attached to my work. This print is my whole heart. I have been feeling the urge to make a portrait of my father for a while...I wanted to recreate that scene as if to live it once more." To see more of Cindy's work, just click on her image. by Skip Cohen As I started my weekly hunt for throwback images this morning, on my Facebook notifications page, they posted my memories from today going back the last few years. The very first one was a comment from a friend in the industry about Terry Deglau passing away on September 14, 2019. Off I went in search of grab-shots with Terry, and with each one, the smile on my face got bigger. Yeah, there was a tear here and there, but throwbacks are about reliving memories that make your heart soar. The ones I pulled together above are the tip of the iceberg. We did so many things together, and as you can tell, the four musketeers were Terry, Tony Corbell, Don Blair, and yours truly. Rarely was there a convention that the four of us weren't creating chaos. But my favorite is the one here of the four of us. And while Don and Terry might have "left the building," Tony and I are the keepers of the memories and stories! Nothing beats great memories. Old photographs are the mortar that keeps all the bricks of friendships together. And while we all miss people we've lost, it's those throwback photos that help create a very special immortality and testimonial to the impact they had on our lives. Happy Throwback Thursday! This is what I like about photographs. They're proof that once, even if just for a heartbeat, everything was perfect. Jodi Picoult by Skip Cohen I know I've often promised I'd never use that quote again, but I lied! The truth is, there isn't another one better suited to the moment. It's my favorite day of the week, and today's post is a perfect example of why throwbacks are important. I rarely have any idea what I'm going to share in advance. Most of my posts are written the same day they're published, and throwback themes are no exception. This morning, I went off searching for "buried treasure" and found these shots of my good buddy Duncan MacNab in an old file on Shutterfly. Photographs bring back memories - Duncan may have "left the building," but not my heart. And while I miss my buddy, it doesn't change the smile on my face looking at the grabshot on his boat from twenty+ years ago. Duncan had a boat on Lake Mead in Las Vegas, and we spent a few hours together on the water. It was a perfect day, and when I spotted this photograph, it brought back so many times we caught up to each other. We used to laugh about the line, "He who dies with the most toys wins!" Well, Duncan had the most toys of anybody I know. From his stereo system to snowmobiles, to the Harley, his gun collection, dive gear, camera collection, woodworking tools, and even a gas grill on runners for snowmobile trips - if something was missing, none of us could figure out what it was. But with all those toys, what I remember most is Dunc's heart - it was bigger than life itself, and his focus on people he considered friends never wavered. He had an amazing zest for life. If you were a friend, then you also knew that he always had your back. He was ALWAYS there if you needed help. Another good buddy, Bob Thompson, and I visited Duncan a year ago today. For those of you who never knew Duncan, I shared a more in-depth post when he passed away. Here's the link. Here's my point: Where would we be without imaging? The fun and power of Throwback Thursday is in the memories old photographs and videos bring back. Whether they result in tears or laughter makes no difference. We're all part of a fantastic industry that turns intangible moments into something we can hold and savor. Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen
It's Throwback Thursday and I almost missed it, but not without making a very specific point about the standards you set for quality. The portraits above are of my grandparents and great grandparents. That's my grandfather and grandmother on either end, and my great grandparents (my grandmother's parents) in the middle. My grandfather and grandmother's portraits would have been around 1920, and my great grandparents late 1800s. Here's my point: Beverly and Tim Walden talk a lot about how they don't create portraits but family heirlooms that are meant to be handed down from generation to generation. You owe each client your very best skills. They trust you to never say, "That's good enough." Think about the portraits you've done over the last few years. Will they stand the test of time and be considered just as beautiful to family members when you're long gone? by Skip Cohen
Today's Throwback Thursday is out of the SCU archives. I shared the images eight years ago, but it makes such a good point. The two images above are of my Dad. The one on the left was taken around 1938. Seventy years later, Bambi Cantrell captured Dad, and it's one of my favorite portraits of him. But today's post isn't about Dad - it's about you. "What will people be saying about your photography years from now? How will your work be perceived?" My buddy Scott Bourne said once, "Shoot as if this is the last photograph of yours anybody will ever see!" The image on the left was hand-colored, and I love the Olan Mills signature. On the back is the ordering number and a stamp, "Olan Mills Portrait Studios, Springfield, Ohio." It's printed as an 8x10 on double-weight paper. The image on the right couldn't be more classic as well, even though I've cropped it for this post. Dad was around 85. I love the pose and the lighting - She captured how I see Dad, casual yet focused with a whole lot of love on his face. He had that same smile right up to when he passed away at 93 in 2015. If you've ever heard Tim and Beverly Walden speak or take one of their classes, they always talk about creating an experience for your subjects. It's not about "getting their picture taken" but the event itself. You're also not capturing a portrait but creating a new family heirloom - an image that will last the test of time and be handed down from generation to generation. A portrait session ALWAYS deserves your very best! So, what's the answer to that question? Are you creating images that, years from now, your clients will be looking back and smiling, remembering the day you did their portrait? by Skip Cohen It's Throwback Thursday, and since today is exactly sixteen years since the friendship with Sheila launched, I had some fun digging through old images. While I know I might have shared a few of them in the past, according to the "Rule of Throwbacks," they can be shared again if you're too old to remember sharing them previously...and I qualify. At the end of April, 2009, Molly the Wonder Dog and I packed up the car and headed east from Playa Vista in California to Ohio. Sheila and I had decided to move in together. The movers had packed up my apartment, and we hit the road the minute they were done. At the time, the movers refused to ship liquor and wine, so the car was loaded with 24 bottles on the front passenger seat floor and another 40-50 in the trunk. The trip was a kick, and I remember it bothered me that Molly had to stop fewer times to pee than I did! I let her drive across parts of Oklahoma and Texas since it was all open road, and there was nothing for her to hit! LOL Meanwhile, the shot at the top and the one below left me speechless. I still don't understand the cars, but a 72 oz. steak, back then, I probably would have been stupid enough to try and eat the thing - but "free limo service" plus blocked arteries - How could one resist? If you haven't gone off on the hunt for your Throwback Thursday shots, what are you waiting for? Old photographs are a never-ending reminder of how incredible the career path most of us chose really is. What would life be like without photographs? Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen As I've written virtually EVERY week for years - the fun of Throwback Thursday is in the hunt for old images combined with the memories they bring back. In August 2014, the ALS Association launched the ice bucket challenge. The story goes that it was never meant to be conducted the way it was, but the challenge caught on and spread like crazy. In the end, they raised over $220,000,000! In my search today for a great throwback, I ran across this video from eight years ago. While I know I shared it once before, it's too much fun not to share again. That's the fun of throwbacks - they don't have an expiration date. My Dad passed away a year later, and while he's been gone for almost eight years, nothing can stop the smile on my face as I post this. Throwbacks are also a solid reminder of the importance of our industry. We help people take intangible memories, stop time, and create tangible moments that can be appreciated forever! Think about the value that imaging has added to the world. So, what are you doing to share your own throwbacks and great memories today? Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen I'm back to 19 years ago at WPPI, thanks to one more batch of photographs from Alan Karlin. The top image is from print judging, one of the convention's greatest assets. Years ago, I entered one of my own images in print competition and went into watch the judging. I was still with Hasselblad then and wanted to understand what the event was all about. I stayed in print judging for hours, completely enthralled by the process and what I learned. Each category had a panel of five judges, all experts within that specialty. As each print went up for review, the judges would comment. It became one of my favorite events at WPPI because there was so much you could learn about composition, posing, lighting, and even printing. And that's Michele Celentano below in 2004. One of the most respected educators in portraiture - if she's teaching a class or speaking in a booth on the trade show floor, run, don't walk to grab a seat. You'll never be disappointed. Last but certainly not least - David Anthony Williams got the Lifetime Achievement award that year. Besides being a WPPI icon for so many years, nobody's more genuine than David. He was caught completely off guard, and the emotions just flowed. These grab shots may be from 19 years ago, but the fun of Throwback Thursday is in the memories they bring back. As things slowly get back to normal, if you've got a convention, conference, or even a workshop coming up in your area, make it a point to be there. It's not just about what you might learn, but being together with other artists and creating new memories. Remember - today's grab shots are tomorrow's throwbacks! by Skip Cohen
Thanks to photos captured by Alan Karlin, I'm going back to WPPI 2004 again. The top image is the late GREAT Monte Zucker with Joe Buissink in the background. The bottom photo is Calvin Hayes with Clay Blackmore holding the microphone. If you've followed me for even the shortest time, you already know my love for Throwback Thursday. These quick looks in the rearview mirror are perfect for appreciating the future. And they're right on target to remind you to capture images at every convention and workshop you attend. ClickCon is coming up - so if you're there, grab images at every chance, and remember to download them when you're home. Remember, today's captured photos become tomorrow's throwbacks. But there's another point I love about these two images today. Around the same time I started as president of Hasselblad US, Clay was starting as Monte's assistant. The two of them became legendary, like Batman and Robin. A few years later, Calvin appeared on the scene. Together with Clay, they were responsible for some outstanding programs, always loaded with great content. Great friendships are a signature of this industry. If you've been to the Texas School, Tony Corbell and Joe Glyda are another pair of power educators. Then there was Don Blair and his son Gary back in those earlier WPPI days. We're not quite back up to speed the way we were pre-pandemic and people teaching together, but there are a few power couples around, like Jerry and Melissa Ghionis, Bobbi Lane and Lee Varis, and the list goes on and on. But it's not just about the skills these power pairs have but their contagious love for the industry. It's their passion for education, sharing, and helping other artists that sets them apart. They never slow down, and they never show any lack of content for the career path they chose. Great memories, even better stories, and it's another Throwback Thursday with me excited about what the future holds. There are so many new people on the horizon to continue the legacy left by people like Monte Zucker and Don Blair! Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen Throwback Thursday is definitely a favorite day of the week for me. The fun of it is the hunt for old photographs, which bring back great memories. After my life-long career in this industry, poor Sheila can probably lip-sync all my best stories. I was president of Hasselblad USA from 1987 to 1999 and left on terrific terms to play on the Internet with a company that made me an offer I couldn't refuse. However, hindsight is always 20/20, and my 2 1/2 years on an Internet start-up was like 7:1 in a dog's life, so it felt like 15! Sometime in '93, Mamiya America, our main competitor, ran an ad congratulating Annie Leibovitz on her new exhibit. It didn't say she was a Mamiya shooter, but the inference was obvious. So, I started thinking - what could we do that would pull together all the great names who were then using Hasselblad gear? The answer was to launch Hasselblad University. We started with two weekend workshops, one in Santa Barbara at Brooks Institute and the other at RIT. I don't remember who was teaching where, but on two different weekends at the end of the summer, we had ten different industry icons teaching at each campus. The program was set up so that over a weekend, each attendee could spend four hours with four instructors of their choice. Also, we had evening programs featuring all the instructors, which added to the power of the event. The program was a dismal failure. Nobody wanted to go to Rochester, although there was plenty of interest in Santa Barbara. Unfortunately, we underestimated the popularity of Santa Barbara the weekend before Labor Day. Room rates were absurd. In the end, we quietly canceled both workshops. But the logo for the event won a design award, thanks to our ad agency, Kalmar Ad/Marketing. It later would become the brand symbol for everything we did in education, which then became road shows with 3-4 speakers and 4-6 cities per series. At that point, I considered myself responsible for one of the greatest selling jobs in the industry - I talked Tony Corbell into giving up California weather along with his view of the ocean at Brooks and swapping for a view of the Hasselblad parking lot in New Jersey. He was the first and only Dean of Hasselblad University.
Tony and I worked on so many projects together that our VP, Al Zimmerman, finally told us we weren't allowed to travel together! LOL We'd come back from a road trip with more ideas for workshops, new speakers to work with, and programs to sponsor. There's only so much any company can do, and we were always headed to being over budget. It's Throwback Thursday, and I can't think of a better way to wander down one path of Memory Lane in my career than to think about those incredible days at Hasselblad. It was last week in 1987 that I started at Hasselblad and was introduced to the professional side of imaging. What a wild, crazy, and wonderful ride it continues to be. Take the time today and look back on some chapters of your career - it's a terrific experience to look at where you are now by appreciating your roots and everything you learned along the way. But there's another important thing about throwbacks - they remind us of the power of the career field we've all chosen. As I've written so many times before...with the exception of modern medicine, no career field has given the world more than photography. Happy Throwback Thursday! by Skip Cohen
When we were all hunkered down through the worst of the pandemic, time seemed to drag on and on. No conventions, no workshops, meetings all on Zoom, conference calls - that personal appreciation to be with friends disappeared. As a result, it seems like I don't have to go back very far to find an "old" photograph for Throwback Thursday. The shot above is me and Scott Kelby from The Grid a little over five years ago. It was my first time on the show, and being there was simply a kick. I don't remember the topic that day, just that I had a blast, and if you've ever hung out with Scott, he's the perfect host. In fact, everybody involved from Kelby Media is top shelf! If you haven't tuned into The Grid, click the banner below. There's always something worth watching, and all the episodes are archived. It's a lot of fun to look back on past episodes, and there's always something new to learn. Meanwhile - have you gone off in search of your own throwbacks today? You don't have to go back very far to find a memory or two you forgot about! Happy Throwback Thursday! |
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