August 2017 – Brokaw Photography

31 Aug 2017

Trooper Tuber

Often it’s the simplest images that can be the most memorable and most fun. Frequently though, it takes a higher level of skill, thought and imagination to create that simple image. Think Apple. Its advertisements are always clean, simple and effective. That doesn’t happen by accident. The image shown above by Michael Flood, is one of the 63 images that make up the Summer on the Delaware project on display in my studio this weekend. Michael is a craftsman, an […]

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30 Aug 2017

Foreground

Revival Construction, a family run construction company based in Flemington, creates beautiful, new, yet rustic houses as well as renovations throughout the region. It is well known for its quality and people always speak glowingly of working with them. On a recent shoot we wanted to get a few exteriors and I noticed a small patch of wildflowers in a nearby field and thought about how they would make a great foreground for the shot. Positioning myself behind them way […]

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30 Aug 2017

Climb

I came across a group of young athletes early in the morning making their way up a five mile hill. Although near the top of the hill every one of them was still running, pushing their limit to the top. It occurred to me that climbing never really ends. Sometimes it levels off a bit and the type of climbing we do will vary but it’s always forward and upward. Can’t fight it, might as well embrace it. Every hill […]

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28 Aug 2017

Collaboration

When we collaborate, we grow. Naturally, there is collaboration between our businesses and our clients, as well as between ourselves and our suppliers. Collaboration between peers also has its rewards. We may not want to give our competition a boost or lose our edge but there are ways to collaborate where we all come out ahead. My schtick is organizing and producing photo projects with other photographers. My latest collaborative project, Summer on the Delaware, will be on display in […]

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25 Aug 2017

Underestimating and Under Appreciating

As part of a video for the Hunterdon County of Chamber Foundation I had the opportunity to do an interview with Joe Colalillo of Shop Rite, one of the inductees for the Foundation’s Hall of Fame. Joe is well known and loved throughout the county for all he does to support the community in many, many ways. I’m a regular shopper at Shop Rite and always knew how hard everyone works but I think I underestimated and maybe under appreciated […]

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24 Aug 2017

Country Fair

We’re only a frog’s hop from New York out here on the West Coast of New Jersey but we still got ourselves an annual country fair where eggs compete, Old Glory hangs over the exhaust pipes of farm tractors and girls take their cows for a walk. See you on the midway after I fill up on kettle corn and pick up a nice big bone for my dog.

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23 Aug 2017

Taking Aim

In the beginning when we first begin learning to shoot straight, there were those in the background keeping a watchful eye and making sure we weren’t aiming at our foot. Ideally, mentoring and guiding never really end in the business world, whether we are the eager student or the wise observer in the background.

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22 Aug 2017

“OMG” – Three little letters that mean a lot.

“OMG. So happy thanks so much.” When you finish a job and read these words, you can feel satisfied you’ve served your client well. Having recently received such an email, I’m happy as a peach and also well aware one should never rest on one’s laurels. Satisfying a client is more than the final product. It is the whole process that leads you there, from the first phone call to the deliverable and everything in between. It is an ongoing […]

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21 Aug 2017

Ready for the Eclipse?

Here comes the moon. Standing in front of the sun and casting us into darkness in the middle of the day. OK, so maybe it won’t get this dark, but it will be the biggest shortest show of the year.

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18 Aug 2017

Shared Vision

I talk to a lot of business people and I know how much everyone cares about the services and products they provide. This is their vision. Their clients and customers also have a vision. They want products and services that satisfy them. When we share our visions with other people’s visions, that’s when magic happens. We all have visions for ourselves and for our businesses. Visions are what we want to see happen. We want to grow, we want to […]

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