Around this time of year, I get a lot of emails from photo students about to graduate. I think part of their curriculum is to go out and ask photographers they like how they got their start. So, when Andrew Torres emailed me a few weeks ago, I decided to make a blog post out [...]
Mar 26, 2010 | Categories: Photo Business, Pro Tips | Tags: being a photographer, interview, Lincoln Barbour, Photo Business, photo tip, photographer | 1 Comment »
I think one of the most challenging aspects to being a commercial photographer is the marketing. It’s ironic because we are in a commercial marketing environment, yet reaching the people we want to hire us can seem voodoo and difficult. In my experience, no matter how good you are or how “cool” you are, if [...]
Mar 05, 2010 | Categories: Photo Business, Pro Tips | Tags: commercial photographer, marketing, photo tip, photographer, photography, photography business, photography portfolio, portfolio | Comments Off
I signed up for a twitter account this week and have been playing around with it. It’s fun. It feels kind of like texting yourself. Which would be good for me, because I often find or see things I want to remember and this is a great way to do it. I’ll try not to [...]
Feb 20, 2009 | Categories: News | Tags: follow me, Lincoln Barbour, orange crush, Oregon, Photo, photographer, Portland, REM, spitter, texting, tweet, twit, twitter | Leave A Comment »
Recently, I photographed a remodeled home for my newest architectural client, Jessica Helgerson Interior Design. Jessica’s clean and modern design aesthetic was perfect for a young hip family relocating to Portland. From what she tells me, it was a pretty striking change between what the house was and what it is today. It was a [...]
May 29, 2008 | Categories: News | Tags: architectural photographer, architecture photographer, design, design*sponge, home photographer, Ides of May, interior photograph, jessica helgerson, Lincoln Barbour, photographer, Portland, remodeled home photograph | Leave A Comment »
Fall was very busy around here and it all culminated with a big month of published work in December. I was in four separate magazines and also shot all the photography for a website for a new commercial client (I did the web design and code, too. Yeah, I geek out like that sometimes). Here’s [...]
Jan 02, 2008 | Categories: Work / Tear | Tags: architecutre, Gigs, people, photographer, photography, Portland Bride & Groom, Portland Monthly, products, shoots | Leave A Comment »
