American Tourist Polaroids
Anytime we travel we make sure we bring the Polaroid. Here are some recent Polaroids from our travels. See more from the project in the American Tourist gallery on our website.
Author Archives: Jenn Ackerman + Tim Gruber
The Review Workshop Recap and Resources
We recently had one of the most memorable weekends we can recall hosting The Review Workshop. It’s rare as freelancers that we have the chance to be so immersed with other creatives and have the in-depth discussions that are so thoughtful, look at new work, and just flat out be inspired. The weekend was just [...]
Speaking at UNC’s PhotoNight
We are honored and excited to be speaking at the Carolina Photojournalism PhotoNight at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. If you are in the area we would love to see you there! It’s tomorrow night(March 23) at 7:30 in Carroll Hall Room 33. More details on the Carolina Photojournalism site, which is [...]
Communication Arts Photography Annual – Served Out
By now I know well enough that you can’t put a lot of weight in contests, but we all know they’re good for keeping our name out there. I was happy to be included in the Communication Arts Photography Annual for my Served Out: Aging and Dying Behind Bars project. Communication Arts dedicated a full [...]
A Few Things about your Photography Portfolio
After a lot of editing, toning, retoning, printing, reprinting, reordering(repeat a few more times for good measure) my print portfolio is finally finished. The beautiful or perhaps the ugly thing with a portfolio is that it’s never truly done. Your portfolio just like your mind will continue to grow and evolve. There’s a good chance [...]
Vision and your photographs
Seth Godin, who I blogged about in the past with my Making Money Doing What You Love? post, had another great post the other day that should serve as another reminder for all photographers the importance of presenting you and your vision in your portfolio. Call me a broken record, but if you’re not showcasing [...]
Making money doing what you love?
See the second portion of Making Money Doing What You Love. Seth Godin if you don’t know is a marketing guru. His blog always proves insightful on topics dealing with marketing especially if you’re working to market yourself as a freelance photographer. One of his latest posts is worth a look: Maybe you can’t make [...]