Welcome

Welcome to the blog for Thousand Word Photography!

The goal of this site is to help others develop their skill and knowledge of photography.  You will find posts discussing the creative side, the technical side, and the informational side of photography.  Try the links found to the right of this page to check out other sites devoted to photographers of all skill levels.  If you have a question and can’t seem to find an answer, send it to me via email (address shown on Contact Info page) and I will post it for you so the community of commenters can help you out.

I encourage commenting, even if your opinion differs from mine.  We can all learn from each other.

If you have any suggestions for this blog, please let me know via email.  I hope you find this site helpful in your pursuit of building your photographic skill and knowledge.

Joe Brauburger

Nikon Days at Lawrence Photo and Video

Lawrence Photo and Video will be hosting Nikon Days December 4th and 5th.  The Nikon rep will be on hand with the newest cameras and accessories.  If you are in the market for some new Nikon gear might be worth checking out.

New Classes Added for OTC and Lawrence Photo

New classes have been scheduled for both Lawrence Photo and OTC.  Use the Classes/Training links to the right of this page to see the new dates.

Join Me On Facebook

I have both a personal page and a fan page now on Facebook.  If you would like to friend up on my personal page search for Joe Brauburger in the friend finder and send me a friend request.  If you would like to become a member of my fan page go to http://www.facebook.com/ThousandWordPhotography and become a fan.  This is just another source for you to keep up to date on upcoming training and events and also to have access to articles and information on photography.

Special Offer on Private Lessons

From now until December 31, 2009  I am offering a special offer on Private Lessons.  I am offering all Private Lessons for $15 off the regular fee.

Private Lessons for individuals are now $60, $55, and $50 while group prices are now $50, $45, and $40.

Get Private Lessons for yourself or buy a gift certificate for someone else as a present.  Private Lessons would make a meaningful Christmas present for someone special.

For more information or to book Private Lessons feel free to contact me a (417) 209-1713 or email me at thousandwordphoto@earthlink.net.

Don’t Feed the Spammers

Recently I received an email from a member of the email newsletter with information I feel important for everyone to know.

When sending email to multiple recipients enter the addresses in the Bcc: field rather than the To: field.  Bcc stands for Blind carbon copy.

This keeps the addresses private and prevents spammers and others with less than honorable intentions from accessing the addresses.  Unfortunately people forward emails without removing old header information thus giving everyone who sees the email access to all the previous addresses.

By using the Bcc: field you help keep everyone’s email addresses safer!

New Service at Thousand Word Photography

Have you accidentally deleted your digital photos from your memory card or hard drive and wished you could retrieve them ?  Don’t fear, they may be recoverable!

Thousand Word Photography now offers a Digital Image Recovery Service.

How does this work?

Step 1: STOP USING THE DEVICE OR DRIVE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

Step 2: Contact me to recover the lost files for you!

For devices or drives up to 30 GB – $100

For devices or drives 31 GB to 300 GB – $125

For devices or drives over 300 GB – $150

If files cannot be recovered, there is no charge!

All retrieved images will be returned on CD or DVD.

If you are interested in more information on this service, please contact me at:

(417) 209-1713 or via email at thousandwordphoto@earthlink.net

Training Session at Chrysanthemum Festival

I have been invited to conduct a training session at the Botanical Society of Southwest Missouri Chrysanthemum Festival to be held on October 10, 2009 at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden in Springfield, MO by the amazing ladies of the Cherry Court Garden Club.  The training session I am conducting is on Learning to Take Better Flower Photographs.  If you would like additional information please check out the Botanical Society of Southwest Missouri website at http://www.botanicalsociety.net/mumfestival.html.

The Photographer’s Right

Have you ever wondered if you had photographed something illegally?  Do you have some amazing images and wonder if you can legally sell them?

Attorney at Law Bert P. Krages II has written a whitepaper that answers these questions and more.  You can find this whitepaper titled The Photographer’s Right on his webpage at http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm.

If you would like more information on the topic of photography law in the United States, Mr. Krages has written a book titled Legal Handbook for Photographers-The Rights and Liabilities of Making Images which is available from Amazon.com.  More information on this book can be found at http://www.krages.com/lhp.htm.

Email Newsletter

I have now started an email newsletter to send out to interested viewers.  This email newsletter would include upcoming training schedules, notifications of new postings to this website, and other information of interest.  If you would like to receive the email newsletter from Thousand Word Photography, please send an email to thousandwordphoto@earthlink.net with your name and email address.  Please type “Email Newsletter” in the subject line.

In-Home Computer Training/Support

Thousand Word Photography is now offering In-Home Computer Training/Support.  Want to learn more about your computer but can’t stand the thought of sitting in a classroom?  Needing computer support but dreading talking to someone who can’t speak English and won’t give you a straight answer?  How about getting the training/support you want in the comfort of your own home?  Give me a call or send me an email if you would like more information.  (Email and Phone information can be found on the Contact Info page)