Pixish is a place for photographers and publishers to meet. It is another Derek Powazek production (remember JPG Magazine?)

I tooled around this site and made things look a little pretty. If you are reading this blog through a RSS feed reader, you are unlikely to see the sheer beauty of it all [said tongue-in-cheek]. I have thought about having a designer completely revamp this site, but that takes bucks. Got some to spare? I am going to continue tweaking the lists (especially the long ones) so that they are presented to you in a more elegant fashion. My goal here is to have my audience view this page quickly. Even on a fast connection, I sometimes feel I am viewing this site on a dial-up. Ugh!

So, keep coming back and comment here about your experience with this site. What works, what is useful, what is sheer crap. I am all ears. It's time for, um, CHANGE*.

*This post inspired by Sen. Barack Obama.

Oh, yeah, come and check out the “new” site.

“The MediaStorm Multimedia Workshops are intensive, hands-on educational experiences in advanced multimedia storytelling.”

Go apply … yourself!

I shot a wedding in California and have posted images here and here. Both are on my wedding and portrait blog, Saffron. Check it out. I'll be posting at least four more posts with a ton more images to view in the days to come. So, bookmark the site – http://www.seshu.net – and visit the blog!

Place a comment under either of those two posts and your name will be entered to win a CD by the Veena virtuoso, Dr. Krishna Raghavendra called “Rare Pulse.”

This post is part link love and part real love for what Justine Ungaro has brought me in terms of her knowledge about the portrait photography business over the course of the last few months. I belong to an online forum for professional wedding photographers and Justine has made a name for herself as one the most successful portrait photographers on the planet. That's really no exaggeration. She freely shares information and is clearly a wonderful teacher. I remember reading about some of her marketing materials and requesting that she send me just one sample for me to check out. Three days later I received a packet from her containing all of her samples. Woah! How cool is that?

And so, she is taking her skills on the road. Justine and her mom Diana, also a terrific photographer, are conducting a workshop in DC called “The Modern Portrait.” The associated blog is located here.

“We are not going to try to teach you how to be a photographer or how to be a better photographer. You can learn that anywhere. We are going to give you the tools and the knowledge to sell more of what you are already creating, how to price yourself for a higher sale , how to present your images for maximum impact and how to keep your clients coming back for more.”

Music to my ears. I would love to go. I want to win the scholarship Justine is offering. It's as simple as that. So, please do me a favor and click on this link (all 389 of you!) to send her some link love. Valentine's Day is around the corner isn't it?