November 2020
Why Headshots?
Seriously. What’s all this fuss about having profile photos and headshots? Does it really...
November 10, 2020
April 2020
THE PORCH PORTRAIT PROJECT
It started with a Facebook message. A friend sent me a post about a...
April 6, 2020
January 2020
YOUR LOOK
Few of us feel that we know what our “look” is unless we are...
January 28, 2020
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BUSINESS-Five Questions
Photography is a powerful medium. Good images influence the way people think and act....
January 2, 2020
November 2019
TELLING HER STORY
Debbie Schaeffer, owner of Mrs G Appliances in Lawrenceville knows how to tell her...
November 12, 2019
October 2019
BUSINESS PHOTOGRAPHY IS MARKETING
Do your photos have punch? “Marketing is the difficult work of telling a story...
October 14, 2019
August 2019
MICRO MEMOIR
MICRO-MEMOIR This is my long form “About page.” A micro-memoir. I was born here...
August 13, 2019
ATTITUDE ADVANTAGE
Woodstock Trading Company, a small hippy store, has been in business in Cherry Hill...
August 4, 2019
July 2019
AUTHENTIC VOICES
Hearing people.
July 8, 2019
February 2019
B-ROLL
B-roll is the term used for video and film footage that isn’t part of...
February 22, 2019
December 2018
BEING SEEN
Being seen means being noticed, even if it is just for a moment. We...
December 28, 2018
October 2018
CHEFS
When I search restaurants online I’m presented with an abundance of food photos, some...
October 29, 2018
PHOTOSPHERES
What is a photosphere? A photosphere is a spherical photo. It is like a...
October 11, 2018
September 2018
SOUND ENGINEER
What does a sound engineer look like? This is Chuma Nwokike whose business it...
September 28, 2018
RESISTANCE
No, it’s not the Borg ship from Star Trek warning us that resistance is...
September 24, 2018
TANK RENTALS
Need a tank? Just call.
September 20, 2018
Telling Your Story
Consumer confidence continues to grow, which is great for everyone. When consumers (which is...
September 12, 2018
HEADSHOT v PORTRAIT
If you are in business, whether your own business or part of a larger...
September 7, 2018
SEPTEMBER NEW YEAR
For many of us September seems to be the real start of the new...
September 4, 2018
August 2018
Summer on the Delaware
Every year I invite photographers to be part of the Summer on the Delaware...
August 30, 2018
ZERO SUM
Does it have to be zero sum? When you are part of a zero...
August 24, 2018
Hunterdon County Agricultural & 4-H Fair 2018
The 4H used to be part of the larger Flemington Fair which was the...
August 23, 2018
Crown Tip Coral Fungi
This is mushroom season and it is a good year for you if like...
August 22, 2018
Disasters
The owner of Galassos Pizza, Joe Galasso, watches as firefighters dowse the smokey remains...
August 14, 2018
AUGUST HEAT
Here is a question many of us face on a regular basis, would you...
August 7, 2018
FREELANCING
Freelancers don’t work for anyone. Freelancers works for anyone. A gig is a gig....
August 4, 2018
July 2018
SELFIE 1982
OK, yeah, so it was 1982 in the photo office of the Fort...
July 30, 2018
MAKING PHOTOSPHERES WORK ON FACEBOOK
Do you stitch together 180 degree images to create photospheres? (Doesn’t everyone?) Here is...
July 29, 2018
July 28, 2018
ADD PHOTOS TO INSTAGRAM FROM A DESKTOP OR LAP TOP COMPUTER
If you are like me, cell phone photos just don’t cut it. Sure, cell...
July 28, 2018
ADVERTISE ON GOOGLE FOR FREE
Just by it’s nature, showing up on Google is good advertising. This is especially...
July 23, 2018
ATTENTION CAPITAL
There are all kinds of capital; financial capital, political capital, social capital, state capitals,...
July 19, 2018
USEFUL & INTERESTING SITES
Every month my Meetup Group, Frenchtown Photography Meetup, gets together in the studio to...
July 12, 2018
VIDEOS FOR WEBSITES
Videos for websites and social media that are well-made and engaging are excellent marketing...
July 9, 2018
BEING FOUND
Being found on-line by potential clients and customers is the ultimate goal of digital...
July 7, 2018
ATTENTION=ENERGY
There is equivalency between attention and energy and between energy and growth. When energy...
July 6, 2018
THE DREADED TIMESHEET
Does anyone like filling out time sheets and the struggle to keep jobs within...
July 2, 2018
June 2018
IS IT ME OR IS IT YOU?
Which perspective is better. yours or mine? When I produce content about my business,...
June 29, 2018
June 28, 2018
MINDFUL
You do not need to teach kids to be mindful, to know life as...
June 26, 2018
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
There are two sides to a story, an explanation or a sales pitch, you...
June 24, 2018
COMMUNITY
It can be easy to think the whole world is going down hill if...
June 23, 2018
SUMMER SOLSTICE 2018
How long have people been standing stones?
June 21, 2018
Morphing Headshots
One of my clients came up with an interesting idea. Instead of a static...
June 21, 2018
Seth Godin
If you’re interested in marketing and general helpful information about thriving as a professional...
June 20, 2018
May 2018
HUNTERDON PLACES PHOTO PROJECT DATA
The Hunterdon Places Photo Project shoot, April 21 and 22nd, has resulted in a...
May 4, 2018
April 2018
COMPRESSING A PHOTO IN PHOTOSHOP
Compressing a file will reduce the file size while keeping the dimensions and resolution...
April 29, 2018
ADDING LAT/LONG COORDINATES TO YOUR PHOTOS IN LIGHTROOM
This post provides a simple 5-step method for adding coordinates to your photos using...
April 17, 2018
ADDING PHOTOS TO GOOGLE MAP
If you have a Google account you can create your own custom maps and...
April 9, 2018
February 2018
DOES IT RESONATE?
They may hear what you are saying, but are they listening? Is it just...
February 20, 2018
LEARNING LIGHTROOM
FEBRUARY 24 AFTERNOON 2:00-4:30 LEARNING LIGHTROOM Taking great photos is the first step. Processing...
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February 19, 2018
PRINT IS NOT DEAD
Bridget Wingert had a vision to create a local paper in the early 2000’s...
February 5, 2018
January 2018
HUNTERDON PLACES
Hunterdon Places is a photo project open to all photographers: kids and adults, amateurs...
January 29, 2018
ARE YOU THRIVING?
I figure we are all thriving in one way or another. It’s mostly a...
January 26, 2018
FEBRUARY 2018 PHOTO WORKSHOPS
Brokaw Photography is pleased to offer five thoroughly enjoyable photo workshops at its studio...
January 23, 2018
EXPECTATION, A TED TALK
I’m a TED fan (sometimes a TED junky). It’s fun listening to smart speakers...
January 18, 2018
FUN
When it’s satisfying, it feels good. If it feels good, it’s fun. Even when it’s...
January 16, 2018
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
Or at least we hope they are. Being visible is good, being noticed is...
January 15, 2018
GOOD HANDS
I photograph fairly often for Hunterdon County at its special events and I especially...
January 3, 2018
RESOLVE
I don’t wait for new years to make resolutions. I make ’em everyday, all...
January 2, 2018
December 2017
ABOUT VIDEOS
“About Videos” on a your website, if done well, can be a great way...
December 26, 2017
JANUARY 2018 WORKSHOPS
Brokaw Photography is pleased to offer two thoroughly enjoyable (and very reasonably priced!) photo...
December 18, 2017
WHO OWNS YOUR ATTENTION?
What are you looking at? What’s got your attention? We are often told to...
December 13, 2017
HAPPINESS OR SATISFACTION?
What are you trying to get out of your career? Are you looking for...
December 6, 2017
SHARING SPACE & CUSTOMERS
It was a good weekend in Frenchtown. Six businesses: a computer service business, three...
December 4, 2017
November 2017
LEVERAGING GOOGLE MAP AND GOOGLE EARTH
Locations matter when having events. People need to know where you are. Brokaw Photography...
November 30, 2017
THE 65-10 RULE
Chances are you looked at Frank’s bright blue eyes before you read any text...
November 27, 2017
BRAIN WALKING
Have you taken your brain for a walk today? If you’ve ever had dogs...
November 27, 2017
VISION
I admire people with vision. Over just a few days last week, Patricia...
November 24, 2017
HUNTERDON CHAMBER AWARDS 2107
The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce celebrated business leaders in the county at its...
November 21, 2017
STUDY YOUR COMPETITION
“Steve” and I are part of a large photography exhibit that opened this weekend...
November 20, 2017
GAMING FOR ENTREPRENEURS
The Board of Directors for the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Foundation gathered at...
November 16, 2017
NOT AMUSED?
Have you ever had one of those days when you pitch idea after idea...
November 15, 2017
BOYS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN
Life accelerates as we grow. The Hunterdon Harmonizers, who are launching yet another production...
November 15, 2017
29th Hunterdon County Business & Home Expo & Restaurant Showcase
Food, food, food, from soup to pie Archie Fagan, here with Sue Lang Saponara...
November 10, 2017
TYPEWRITER MAN
Robert DeBarth has been repairing and rebuilding typewriters for over 70 years. Now you...
November 6, 2017
DOES YOUR WORK MAKE YOU HAPPY?
Sometimes. Yes? They say “work is work” and it is, of course, but if...
November 5, 2017
DO YOU JOURNAL?
I photographed artist, Todd Stone as part of a photo project about the Artists...
November 3, 2017
October 2017
LEVERAGING GOOGLE EARTH
Marketing is all about engaging the viewer. The vast majority of what we encounter...
October 31, 2017
FRENCHTOWN SCARECROWS 2017
Each year creatively created scarecrows suddenly appear in Frenchtown. Every night they wander the...
October 29, 2017
TREES WATER STONE
Trees Water Stone is a collaborative art event celebrating Solstice in Frenchtown. The intent...
October 27, 2017
FOOD TRUCK FUN
Like many companies, Promius Pharma annually convenes its people from around the country to...
October 25, 2017
INDUSTRIAL GRAPHICS
I don’t often think of the visual graphic appeal of sewage treatment plants. Actually,...
October 19, 2017
GEOTAGGING ONLINE
Geotagging is fairly easy and is required in order to embed a photo on...
October 17, 2017
DIGITAL BASICS WORKSHOP-OCT 21st 9-12:00
“Digital Basics” Oct 21st 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ($69) This workshop is for...
October 17, 2017
IS EVERYONE PULLING?
It’s often harder than it looks to coordinate teams, even when everyone is doing...
October 17, 2017
PROCESSING AND GEOTAGGING FOR FRENCHTOWN 150 IN LIGHTROOM
These are the steps for processing your photos in Lightroom. See “GEOTAGGING ONLINE” post...
October 16, 2017
FRENCHTOWN 150 MAPS AND LOCATION LIST
Frenchtown 150 is underway. This collaborative photo project is a comprehensive visual and on-line spatial...
October 15, 2017
WE’RE ALL SPATIAL
Everybody is somewhere. (Whether we know where we are is another question.) For many...
October 13, 2017
NJ GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
It was an interesting evening at the NJPAC with 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial candidates,...
October 11, 2017
UNDERSTANDING
Dr. Dan Cohen, “Dental Care 4 Kids” understands his patients. They are less...
October 9, 2017
APPRECIATION
Road Spaghetti! Traveling to a North Jersey assignment in morning rush hour, with accidents...
October 6, 2017
KNOWING YOU DON’T KNOW
I had a great session with a psychotherapist, recently. A photo session, that is....
October 3, 2017
FALL FAMILY PHOTOS
Fall is definitely prime time for getting outdoor family photos. The air is crisp,...
October 1, 2017
SELLING THE EXPERIENCE
Are you selling features or an experience? I think we all know that our...
October 1, 2017
September 2017
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Habitat for Humanity of Raritan Valley held a wonderful fundraising gala at Basking Ridge...
September 29, 2017
STEP AND REPEAT
When Habitat for Humanity asked me to shoot its fundraising gala I was happy...
September 29, 2017
SUNRISE-SUNSET
I wanted to share this great website, called the Photographers Ephemeris. It easily shows...
September 28, 2017
Picture Day at Crown Plaza, Princeton
If you’ve ever been part of a corporate headshot shoot (either as a photographer...
September 27, 2017
FALL PHOTO WORKSHOPS 2017
Brokaw Photography is pleased to offer a series of thoroughly enjoyable Saturday morning beginner...
September 26, 2017
LEADERSHIP HUNTERDON 2018
Every year I enjoy photographing the newest class of the Leadership Hunterdon program. Leadership...
September 25, 2017
Waxing Croissant
Who doesn’t love the crescent moon?
September 24, 2017
Equinox 2017
Happy Equinox. About equal day and night today as we continue to spiral and...
September 22, 2017
Topped Off in Newark
Newark, NJ continues to grow and expand with the help of Dranoff Properties (dranoffproperties.com) which...
September 20, 2017
Is it a gourd or a feeling?
What’s for sale here? On the surface, it’s a funky looking squash. Taken just...
September 19, 2017
Are you taking advantage of Google Earth?
Google Earth is a powerful program. It provides a 3 dimensional view of the...
September 18, 2017
Sage Wisdom
Recognize wisdom when you hear it. During the past couple months, I did video...
September 15, 2017
Business Hall of Fame Inauguration
The inaugural event for the Hunterdon County Business Hall of Fame will be held...
September 14, 2017
Seeing monkeys do …
Monkey see, monkey do? Maybe not such bad advice, depending on what the monkeys...
September 13, 2017
Ready for Monday?
Harry starts every week with total focus. Of course, he has his krypton glasses...
September 11, 2017
Steps to Candid Photography
When you think about it, there are a lot of steps to just about...
September 8, 2017
Envision-Plan-Implement
Frenchtown enjoyed two simultaneous events Labor Day Weekend that perfectly exemplified the envision-plan-implement process....
September 4, 2017
August 2017
Trooper Tuber
Often it’s the simplest images that can be the most memorable and most fun....
August 31, 2017
Foreground
Revival Construction, a family run construction company based in Flemington, creates beautiful, new, yet...
August 30, 2017
Collaboration
When we collaborate, we grow. Naturally, there is collaboration between our businesses and our...
August 28, 2017
Underestimating and Under Appreciating
As part of a video for the Hunterdon County of Chamber Foundation I had...
August 25, 2017
Country Fair
We’re only a frog’s hop from New York out here on the West Coast...
August 24, 2017
Taking Aim
In the beginning when we first begin learning to shoot straight, there were those...
August 23, 2017
“OMG” – Three little letters that mean a lot.
“OMG. So happy thanks so much.” When you finish a job and read these...
August 22, 2017
Ready for the Eclipse?
Here comes the moon. Standing in front of the sun and casting us into...
August 21, 2017
Shared Vision
I talk to a lot of business people and I know how much everyone...
August 18, 2017
Innovating
You never know what you will see when on assignment. At first I thought...
August 16, 2017
Value Your Team
A company is a team of people working together. The question is, “What are...
August 15, 2017
It’s Friday
It’s Friday. It’s August. It’s still summer. The boss is on vacation…. Have another...
August 11, 2017
Going to Camp
For some reason it always seem like I’m climbing ladders (or trees or fences...
August 9, 2017
The Long Tail (revisited)
Stuff we do today will reverberate in our future. Back in 2004 Chris Anderson...
August 8, 2017
Is Your Business LIke a Mushroom?
Mushrooms are funny organisms. Most of the time they are invisible to us growing...
August 7, 2017
Dating Site Photos
Sometimes, I get to do personal photos for people to use for their dating...
August 4, 2017
Window Light for Headshots
I love light. Soft light, natural light, bright light, dim light, light bulb light,...
August 2, 2017
Cool Group Shots
Shooting groups is an art in itself. Imagine corralling 5, 10, 20 or more...
August 1, 2017
July 2017
I Love Mondays
Mondays are always invigorating, especially after a great weekend. But I confess, I don’t...
July 31, 2017
Commercial Real Estate
Large open interior areas can be tricky to photograph. In fact, any interior area...
July 28, 2017
Watch what you say!
Headshots can be fun. All it takes is some imagination and a willingness to...
July 27, 2017
Interesting Headshots
Headshots are, of course, a staple of business. People expect to see a current...
July 26, 2017
Expectation
There are many times when we have a full plate in front of us...
July 25, 2017
Wild Mushrooms
April showers bring May flowers and July showers bring “chanterelles” a delectable, edible wild...
July 24, 2017
Size Limit
What is the size limit for Delaware dogfish?
July 22, 2017
Street Photography
Sometimes you just have to take the plunge and get your feet wet (up...
July 22, 2017
Summer Swelter, Embrace It!
It’s the peak of summer and time for many to hibernate inside in the...
July 21, 2017
Exploring the Waters
The Delaware River is not exactly known for its coral reefs and sunken treasure...
July 19, 2017
Street Photography
Local events like festivals, parades, fairs etc. are especially great for practicing street photography....
July 18, 2017
The lesson of the white chicory
Creating macro botanical images for scientific stock is one of my specialites. I have...
July 17, 2017
There is No Fun Like Work
If you’ve followed your gut when choosing your career path then the joy really...
July 14, 2017
Power Portraits
Executive portraits can be more than a nice PR photo showing great dental work....
July 13, 2017
Getting your business viewed
One of my business segments is being a certified Google Trusted photographer, trained...
July 12, 2017
Photo Ops For Business
There are photo opportunities all around us, every day, unlimited ways we can market...
July 11, 2017
Lifestyle photography
We all love candids, good candids of our friends and family having fun, being...
July 10, 2017
Street Photography
Street photography is very popular, pretty much always has been since folks like Henri...
July 9, 2017
Photo Exhibit
Photography is about vision. The stronger the vision, the better the photo. I often...
July 7, 2017
Coming up for Air
A refreshing swim is, well, refreshing. A vigorous swim is invigorating. Diving in headfirst...
July 5, 2017
Joy of Photography
The world population is now at about 7.5 billion and I’m guessing about 7.4...
July 4, 2017
April 2017
Workshop Information 2017
BROKAW PHOTOGRAPHY SUMMER WORKSHOPS 2017 Bill Brokaw brings over 40 years of photography experience and...
April 19, 2017