So as my 4 or 5 regular readers may have noticed there’s been a lack of posting of late.  Between post-holiday syndrome and whatever else (laziness, 24 and LOST) I’ve been delinquent and I apologise.
There’s been so much doom and gloom every day and obviously our industry has been directly affected.  Domino Magazine closed last […]

I subscribe to Creativity, which most of you might know is AdAge’s great monthly magazine covering all things related to art direction, design, production and interactive in the advertising business.
Recently, Creativity had an article on how producers build great directors.

The producers, directors and production co’s they asked are a who’s who of the business, from Radical Media […]

I was dropped a line not too long ago by one Jesse Miller, who recently started the photography agency Tinker Street and acts as agent and producer.  We exchanged a number of interesting emails before I realised I hadn’t conducted a Dialogue in long while..so here was the perfect chance.

Jesse Miller, Founder/Agent/Producer, Tinker Street
1. Why […]

While we are not an ad agency nor a magazine, we get our share of portfolio drop-offs (though unlike many agencies and magazines, we do not have a drop-off day…these are largely unsolicited.)
I try to look at as many as I can and when I do, I try to leave a note of some sort so […]

GO. VOTE. TODAY.

Fellow agents, have you had the “talk” with your photographers recently?
No, not that sort of talk.  The one that starts with “So, what do you think of the economic crisis…”
You might have heard about the current state of things.
Well, unfortunately a deep understanding of macroeconomic theory was not a prerequisite for this job so my […]

(Paul Schroeder)
As you have probably heard, one of the greatest American icons in acting recently passed away, Paul Newman.
The Starworks blog has a great tribute over here.
A few days later after hearing this sad news, I was reminded of a book I once read: Adventures in the Screen Trade, by Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman.
I don’t remember […]

 
I think just about everyone has chipped in their 2 cents on this little commotion caused by photographer Jill Greenberg and her commission by The Atlantic Monthly to shoot portraits of Senator John McCain.
A Photo Editor of course wrote a great bit of commentary and generated lots of comments, Conscientious had a very thoughtful and critical analysis of […]

Ah….the beauty of trackbacks.  LA-based photographer Nick Onken recently underwent the search for an agent and he detailed the process on his blog Shoptalk (post here).
Nick happened to read my post about getting an agent from awhile back, so I’m very happy it was of use to somebody!  His post details his search quite thoroughly, from his […]

Art Producer has some excellent posts on finding an agent (with anonymous input from agents) as well…read up!
Finding an agent.
The Agent/Artist Relationship Part I
and Part II.
What makes a good agent?
And a good post on the future of production as well.

Since I haven’t written anything original in awhile I thought it’d be a good idea to link some of my favourite old posts.  Is there such a thing as self-plagiarism?  I have no idea. 
Getting An Agent
Becoming An Agent
Portfolios part I + II
Your website may suck
The Producer of the Future.
I’m going to do some mass linkage soon.  You’ve surely […]

Summertime is normally a good time in our business to reflect and set up for the fall. 
Update the books, put new pages in, make sure the website is up to date, get in touch with old clients and seek new ones (hello breakfast meetings…nothing gets your foot in the door like the promise of bringing […]