About

About foto-biz.com

Happy New Year

I want to wish everybody a happy New Year.

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year. Let 2010 be a good year for you from me and from my buddy Google:

Happy New Year 2010 from Google and Syv Ritch

Happy New Year 2010 from Google and Syv Ritch

Xmas Eve 2009 -- Swamped

Here's another one from What The Duck. Today's Boxing Day and this cartoon is for Xmas Eve. Why? Because I was swamped and didn't have the time.

Xmas Eve as per What The Duck

Xmas Eve as per What The Duck

Crashed Server

Friday, my server crashed. I knew for a week, that one of the hard drive was dying. The server send me a personal email announcing that there were problems with the first hard drive, the one that the server boots from. So I prepared, went to buy replacements, and was waiting for the weekend.

Friday morning, the server makes "funny" noises. It won't wait for the weekend. In anyway, it should be only an hour.

  1. Do a separate quick backup. 1% done, 10% done, 99% done, Done!
  2. Replace the drive
  3. Start with the boot CD
  4. Insert the USB backup

And I should be done.

1 Year Anniversary

Foto-Biz.com has been up and running for a whole year. There have been 401 blog entries. In the first month, I had 11 people coming to Foto-Biz.com. Last month, 8012 people came to visit Foto-Biz.com.

The Foto-Biz blog started in May 2008.

2008 Foto-Biz Blog Summary Part 1

If you operate a photography business, and you do not have some kind of regular blog, regular does not mean daily but at least weekly, the more often the better, you are seriously holding back your business.

Even when I do not get new clients from the blog, my existing clients read my blog and make comments about this or that article. I have had more extra job from existing clients because of the blog.

Do you know who's coming to your blog? How do they come?

Happy New Year 2009 From ....

Google - 2009

Google - 2009


Microsoft - 2009

Microsoft - 2009

Merry Xmas From ...

Here are some the Xmas welcome screens from the "Big 3".

Google

Google


Microsoft

Microsoft


Yahoo

Yahoo

Merry Xmas

In Memory

Wiley Grossman MWC died, this morning 18-Dec-2008, of a long and painful cancer. He adopted us 14 years ago. He was a curmudgeon with a quick temper but Wiley was always fair. He accepted the world as it was and never complained. Once Wiley trusted somebody, it was a full, 100% trust. He never questioned or argued. Some people eat to live, he lived to eat.

He always wanted to be a great explorer, he talked about it at least a couple of times every week. He did some exploration, but only during nice weather. Once he ventured in the "Great White North" in winter, I had to rescue him.

The Mavericks

Foto-Biz was mentioned by 1001 Noisy Cameras in the article: The Marvericks on 29-Oct-2008

There are hundreds (if not thousands) blogs about the photography business and the business of photography, but very few have the unique style and approach of Foto-Biz.com. A spartan but cutting style that gets straight to the point, as if each word costs dearly and has to be used judiciously.

Syndicate content