Comments for Ackerman Gruber Images - A Visual Duet

Comment on A Few Principles To Help With Your Photography by andrei

andrei — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:22:49 +0000

On and off, I keep coming back to your blog for inspiration. Thanks!

Comment on Ackerman Gruber Images – Our New Home by Alex

Alex — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:49:33 +0000

Just curious who designed your site? It has the same feel as some of the Visual Society, Graph Paper Press and Photoshelter sites that I have seen, and I really love it!

It is so much more of a personal experience than a flash-based site. I’m building a new wedding website, and would love to have something that looks and works like this.

Thanks!

Comment on Ackerman Gruber Images – Our New Home by yoon

yoon — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:28:34 +0000

really looks great guys. congrats!

Comment on Ackerman Gruber Images – Our New Home by Ackerman Gruber Images

Ackerman Gruber Images — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:23:28 +0000

Thanks Katie! Jenn and I were just on your blog last week. Great work! Seeing your post about your dog was very touching — so many great photos. Sorry about the loss.

The galleries were built using a WordPress plugin called Galleria.

Comment on Ackerman Gruber Images – Our New Home by katie barnes

katie barnes — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:47:54 +0000

looks great… congratulations on the merge! just out of curiosity, what program did you use for the portfolio galleries. it looks like flash with the fading, but i know it’s not. thanks in advance! -k

Comment on How to Procrastinate Like Leonardo da Vinci by Matthew Cornell

Matthew Cornell — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:45:08 +0000

I loved the article too, which I mentioned here, FYI: How To Approach Solving Procrastination (Hint: Think Magnifying Glass, Not Tips & Tricks). Unfortunately, as a reader pointed out, the link is broken. It looks like it now costs to access it:

“This is an article for subscribers only. You may access this article by purchasing …”
How to Procrastinate Like Leonardo da Vinci
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Procrastinate-Like-L/26491/

Comment on A Few Principles To Help With Your Photography by Brett Buchanan

Brett Buchanan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:20:53 +0000

succinct and inspiring, thank you for sharing.

Comment on Picasso and pricing your work by Brett Buchanan

Brett Buchanan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:06 +0000

Definitely agree with everything said here. Thanks for sharing Tim. Reminiscent of this story too:

There’s an old joke about physicist Niels Bohr that illustrate this principle.

A company’s machine breaks down. The company’s owner, an old school chum of Niels Bohr, calls in the physicist for help in fixing it.

Bohr examines the machine. He draws an X on the side and says, “Hit it right here with a hammer.”

The company’s mechanic hits the machine with a hammer. It springs into action. The company’s owner thanks Niels Bohr profusely and sends him on his way.

A few days later, the owner receives an invoice from Bohr for $10,000. Shocked, the owner phones Bohr!

“Niels! What’s this $10,000 invoice? You were only here for 10 minutes! Send me a detailed invoice.”

Bohr agrees to send the invoice. A few days later, the company’s owner opens a new invoice.

INVOICE
Drawing X on the side of your machine $ 1
Knowing where to put the X $ 9,999
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Total $10,000

Comment on Picasso and pricing your work by Eric Kayne

Eric Kayne — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:55:23 +0000

That’s why its never wise to charge by the hour, but by the job. John Harrington said in his book “Best Business Practices for Photographers, that charging by the hour punishes experience. Five years ago, it might have taken me an hour to think through, set up, and shoot a certain kind of portrait. Now it might take me half that time, but it took me five years to get there.

Nice post.

Eric

Comment on Picasso and pricing your work by Tim Gruber

Tim Gruber — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:04 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to comment Christian.

I like what you’re saying. There are no shortcuts in photography. Sometimes I forget that myself in this online age where everything happens and evolves so quickly.

Tim