Part Two: Q&A with Senior Art Producer Chrissy Borgata Liuzzi

by guest writer Brooke Hodess Our conversation with Innocean’s Senior Art Producer Chrissy Borgatta Liuzzi continues this week with the SoCal-based 15-year agency veteran talking about the highs and lows of the job and proves you can do a photo shoot in minus 6-degree weather. VC: Where does someone begin if interested in art buying? …


Catching up with the ASPP

The American Society of Picture Professionals is the definitive trade association for picture editors, art buyers, researchers and all engaged in the business of creating, archiving, marketing, researching and licensing imagery in North America. With Chapters through out the United States offering regular programming to one of the most comprehensive benefits packages for members to …


Creativity with your Coffee (or vice versa)!

In the Forever Hollywood Cemetery in Los Angeles, renowned musician Moby talks to a rapt audience about issues ranging from supplying free music for independent filmmakers, through to urban possibilities for creative freedom. In Edmonton, Alberta, stage manager and blogger Michelle Kennedy ponders the sexual health of her city. In Cape Town, Maximillian Kaizen, Public …


5 Ways to Network Your Business

By all accounts, Visual Connections, the PACA Conference, PhotoPlus and all related events were a smashing success. You are back at work, digesting all the info, new contacts and ideas gleaned from the events and maybe a little exhausted. Time to remind ourselves about followup networking. This guest post by Blake Pappas gives some valuable …


In white space, no one can hear you scream

One unfortunate side effect of the dramatic way things have sped up over the past decade is our failure to create room for anything. Because we can send messages instantaneously, we do. Because we can generate content 24/7, we do. Because we can publish things to platforms with theoretically available bajillions of eyes and ears …


Lost in Digital Translation

Guest post by Sharon Donahue Today if you wanted to find out more about Diophanti Alexandrini you might start by going to Wikipedia to read about this Greek mathematician. You can even begin with Google Images to see pages from his 1670 book on Arithmetic. The woman who introduced me to photo research at the …


Covering Yourself (Letterwise)

One in an occasional series from Networking Pro Michael Masterson Now that the economy is showing signs of life again, we’re seeing more job postings and opportunities. With the avalanche of resumes hiring managers receive for each opening, it’s a challenge to make yours stand out and catch someone’s eye. It’s your first and maybe only …


The Necessity of Networking (Social and Otherwise)

Guest post from Networking Pro Michael Masterson Some of us are natural networkers. We love going to events and parties, have no problem chatting up a stranger and make new connections smoothly. Others feel more comfortable using online avenues, posting to their Facebook pages, tweeting or just maybe monitoring what their friends and followers are …