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A Holiday Gift for Members |
 We’d
like to wish you the happiest holiday season! And while we
wish we could put our gift under your tree, that would be
creepy.
So we’ve put it on the DWF, where today, you’ll find a
little box in the very bottom right corner of your screen:
DWF Live chat. You can chat directly with any DWF member
on your DWF friends list. Get help, say hi, whatever. All you
have to do is friend your fellow members, join or create a
chatroom.
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Look What You Did! |
 We
need to say thank you to the many DWF members who made
generous donations to The Soul Society, during December.
Our DWF Convention Mentor Auction and the Finao King
and Queen contest raised
$11,700!The Soul Society
was started by Jerry Ghionis and Melissa Tirado
to aid Third World orphans, and the best part is that your
donations won’t be plowed back into fund-raising. The money
goes directly to the cause. Thank you so much for your
incredible generosity this holiday season!
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See Ya'll In Nashville |
 We're
looking forward to seeing many of you in just a few short
weeks! We'll all be ringing in the new year with 4 solid days
of learning, networking, partying and recovering our passions
for the art and business of photography after the tough
challenges presented in 2009.Pre-networking?? Yes,
pre-networking! Hop on the forums, and get to know some of the
other attending photographers, look at their work and read a
few of their posts. Then you'll have people to meet and hang
out with at the convention, and things to talk about!
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Moderators, Mentors and Members Meeting Up |
 Sunday,
January 10th promises to be one of the best days for
networking at DWF convention 2010 sponsored by
Simply Color Lab!
With a sprinkling of light sessions, and plenty of well known
photographers who will be hanging around doing their mentor
sessions--this is the day to be here just to hang around and
chat!Also on Sunday: Registration, ImagingUSA, Shoot
With Beckstead Mini, Lighting 101 with Heidi Uhl, Gene Higa on
finding your niche, Skip Cohen on marketing and of course, the
legendary DWF Convention 2010 party sponsored by Pro DPI. This
year will be our 10th anniversary for the DWF, so we're taking
over BB King's!!
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Boudoir Without Lingerie!?! |
 Got
your attention didn't it! Well now that we have you reading we
should say straight up that we're not talking about nudes. DWF
blog regular Kevin Focht will tell you how to focus on
sensual over sexy.Also on the DWF blog this week,
Nikon's in Space, The Film Look is a Crock, and
An Irreverent Guide to Becoming a Photo Rockstar!
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You Screwed Up at a Wedding! What do you do? |
 Doug
McNamee, of Tilt-N-Shift takes a few minutes to share his
thoughts on how to handle situations at weddings where you
might screw up on DWF U We've all been in business for years,
but it still happens from time to time--you screw up. Whether
it's having your ISO cranked too high for outdoors, flashes
not firing or whatever--it happens!So click on over to view
this helpful video lesson, and then discuss it with other DWF
Pros in the comments.
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Shiny Skin Be Gone |
 Sometimes,
a client’s skin shines right through the thickest layer of
makeup.
One perplexed PRO posts about the problem in the DWF
Portrait Forum, and some great photographers come to the
rescue with a slew of hints, tips, and solutions for fixing a
face in a few short minutes. DWF members at their best!
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Pricing Your Weddings: Deep Think. |
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Christmas
Eve proposals will be followed closely by calls to
photographers. Are you ready with a pricing menu that helps
seal the deal at top dollar?
DWF Pro members are dissecting the science of restaurant
menus and coming up with great ideas for maximizing profits in
2010. Visit the thread, check out the videos, and post your
ideas, because the phone’s gonna be ringing soon!
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Tough Love? Nah. Just Love. |
 So
many members are afraid to post images. But here’s how it
goes: Present a specific problem, and you’ll find a host of
DWF Pro Members racing to solve it.
Check out this discussion, in which a member frets about the
quality of her reception shots. DWF Pro members offer their
critiques and suggestions. Nobody gets hurt, and one brave
photographer got some wonderful help with her work. Posting
images on the DWF isn’t painful.
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