LMAO at that last comment =) I will, give me a second as I’m on a roll right now taking care of stuff.

Don’t leave us hanging Alexis! Tell us what it is. 🙂

BTW, you and Carlos Baez would get along wonderfully I think. 🙂

Ha, Alexis, yes I know you’re a regular. I love your comments and appreciate your support. 🙂

FWIW, my wife wasn’t able to finish watching this video either. But for entirely different reasons. But I thought it was funny you mentioned that.

I want to also say up front that the “incompetent” comment seems much worse written here out of context. It comes of much more jovial in the video. He’s basically saying that a lot of people don’t really know what they’re talking about.

As far as Tre’s skill, he may be self-taught, but that doesn’t matter. So are Chase Jarvis and Jeremy Cowart. They’re doing okay. And as a matter of fact, so is Trey. His photos look pretty amazing to me, and he has a staff of ten to manage his business which is solely based on licensing. That means there are enough people out there who also think his work is good enough to purchase or license, so he must be doing something right.

I disagree that Creative Commons and the sharing of photos could make photography a low-level commodity. Mainly because the people and organizations who need it for business still need to pay for it. And for people who need personal commissions, they will still need to pay someone to shoot their photos.

Lastly, you can’t go wrong listening to Robbins, Ziglar and the rest. 🙂

Thanks again. Until the next blog post. 😉

I have not seen that 2nd video of Trey. I must admit, that I tried watching his 1st video when he spoke at google but had to stop within 10-15min. I couldn’t force myself to watch anymore. The reason why, is b/c everything he said was 100% subjective about photography and in some cases, the facts he was explaining were just plain wrong. Not about art/photography that can be opinions, but facts of photography he expressed. I can’t remember anything specific b/c it was a while ago, but I just could not watch it anymore. The feeling I got was that he’s all self taught? I dunno, maybe it’s just me that I’m a snob and studied art, photography & the history of art in school and still consider myself a student of art. But I guess I stopped watching b/c it almost seemed like the blind leading the blind.

Yes, I guess my comments can be a little out of line b/c I didn’t finish watching his 1hr long talk but it’s what a felt.

I completely agree about the bubble thing! One thing I always tell photographers is 1) don’t fall in love w/ your work. If you do, when someone is honest & actually gives you great feedback, you’re just going to shut-down & not listen to them. ALSO, don’t EVER go w/ the expectations of impressing someone with your work, that’s the #1 way of getting your ego checked. 2) don’t just show photographers your work. They often have their own vision and will sometimes try to press that upon you when you show them your work. Show photo editors, art buyers, everyday people, with an open mind and not trying to impress them.

I was actually tweeting w/ the old timer whose now trying the “Creative Commons Non-Commercial” thing. One concern that I have with that is if EVERYONE does it, it can make photography a free low-level commodity. It’s worked pretty well now b/c only a few “cool kids” are doing it, but I think it’s one of those things that if EVERYBODY does it, it can be a bad thing with a big grey area. NOT everyone can popular.

I’m sure Trey is great person. But I think his comment that you quoted is ironic!!! “many photographers are incompetent”, well, my comment about the “blind leading the blind” =) He would be considered a “leader” in this industry? Well, to respond to his statement which I also believe is sad but true, I have another quote… “Attitude reflects leadership”

I would try to listen to his 1hr long videos, but quite frankly, I would much rather listen to Tony Robbins, Zig Ziggler, Bryan Tracey, make cold calls to potential clients, talk w/ 1 of mentors, work on personal projects, or read another one of your blog post =D