Presentation at WPPI’s 2010 Business Institute
Posted on | March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments
First off, I love WPPI and the audience at the Business Institute. I have never had more fun making a presentation. You’re eager, attentive and I had a blast. Hope you did, too! Thanks for listening and asking TONS of questions (even while I am in line for morning coffee at Starbucks, LOL). Makes me glad to know that what I have to share is useful. Big thanks to Mitch and Steve for giving me the opportunity to present. Without further adieu, here is the slideshare upload of the presentation.
Oh, and sorry that SlideShare ate the fonts. It looks goofy, but it’s still readable. :)
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Film Entry for NikonFestival.com
Posted on | November 22, 2009 | No Comments
Check out the post on my photo site - exciting news!
Nikon did this one right - it’s a well-executed contest with a huge prize, but once you look beyond that you’ll see that the rest of it is brilliantly-executed. 140 seconds or less… 140 characters in Twitter. A Day Through Your Lens - photography company that wants to promote the new D5000 without hard-selling photogs. Gentle, simple, easy. Oh, and they will post to FB and Twitter FOR YOU (with permission, of course) when your video is approved. Genius. My hat’s off to you, Nikon. Hope your hat tips my way ;) Well, at least the judges’ may… LOL.
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Presentation from Skip’s Summer School ‘09
Posted on | August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Wow, that was fun. To all of you who attended Skip’s Summer School this August in Vegas, thank you. You were simply awesome. Excited, ready to learn and so open to new information.
As promised, here is a copy of my presentation for download in PDF format (10 MB)
Thank you, Skip, for inviting me. And big thanks to all the other speakers - what an amazing crew:
© Ken Sklute
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Cheggitout - Skip Cohen’s Blogging!
Posted on | July 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
Skip just recently added a blog to mei500.com - the site that is host to Summer School where I join a top-shelf crew of presenters in August.
Today’s feature is a guest blog written by Bambi Cantrell titled, Bambi Cantrell’s Photograph, Sun Kissed Goddess
Now I’ve known Skip for a while, and I’m happy to see he’s not dipping his toes in to test the water, he’s donning the banana hammock and diving right in! (grin) Expect more tasty bits from speakers at Summer School coming soon!
Do More, or Less Better?
Posted on | July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment
I knew I liked Ron Dawson the moment I first read one of his blog posts. Now that I’ve been exposed to more of his writing and thoughts over a period of time, I find myself liking him even more. A great example of why is his post from today titled, “Does Content Trump Quality in Video Production?” Take a read and C’mon back.
Check this quote:
We’ve all seen $100 million+ blockbusters with state of the art effects and killer cinematography that absolutely suck! You feel like you wasted 2 hours of your life. Then we’ve seen those $100,000 independent films that make you laugh and cry that you watch over and over and over. In the grand scheme of things, if you HAD to pick one over the other, I’d say content trumps quality every time.
This resonates deeply with me. My day job at MAC Group requires that I take to fruition a huge variety of content, including video. I’ve done it all - from camera, lights and sound, to writing, directing, starring in, producing and editing. And sometimes all at once. On top of that, I am the Editor for an indie film production that is wrapping up post right now as I write this - and its budget versus the one quoted above is but a fraction.
All that being said, I completely agree - having quality and quantity is the ultimate goal, but if something has to sacrifice it should be quality. Why? I’ll give you the math side.
More relevant quality information = more useful information by which people will remember you.
Just think of the math + my opening paragraph. My positive opinion of Ron developed over time and exposure to more of him. Fortunately, he’s got quality in the bag, too - a real class act. But most important is to set a schedule of production and a sustainable level of quality to match that and go to town (and enjoy doing it!).
How do you figure that out? Just get out there and do it. Don’t overthink it or you’ll never learn the lessons that experience brings to your front door. I’ve probably logged about 250 hours of camera time on video and the lessons learned about what it takes to get from concept to delivery couldn’t have been learned from a book.
While you’re at it, check out the rest of his blog to see what I’m talking about. By comparison, it’s obvious that this blog (by open admission) is less focused on the business of photography and more about my observations from life. But that’s why I started it :)
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