EigenFunctions

In his book Small Business Management, Michael Ames gives the following reasons for small business failure:
1:Lack of experience
2:Insufficient capital (money)
3:Poor location
4:Poor inventory management
5:Over-investment in fixed assets
6:Poor credit arrangements
7:Personal use of business funds
8:Unexpected growth
Gustav Berle adds two more reasons in The Do It Yourself Business Book:
9:Competition
10:Low sales
What is the common thread - Poor Planning!
Let’s […]

I’m not unhappy or dissatisfied but …
I want a better lens. No, not just a more expensive one with a large aperture and the manufacturer’s name emblazoned on it for show. I want a lens that I will fix to my camera and use all the time.
I’m fed up with having to swap lenses for […]

It is possible for nineteen dollars and ninety five cents plus the cost of the paper and framing to create a work of art worthy of hanging on your wall. All it takes is a little planning, a five to eight megapixel camera and a good printer . Today there are […]

Fact of life: when you’re the dominant company in your industry you no longer have to innovate.
It makes sense - with the lion’s share of the market, why change anything? If it’s not broken don’t fix it.
It’s the little guys who must be creative to get noticed.
The Olympus Edge
Many will agree that Olympus is not […]

When I teach a new class learning digital photography, over 75% of the students turn up with the camera the salesman suggested.
Guess what? They soon find out that its wrong one for them. This can be a very expensive mistake. So the big questions are what is the right one for me and how do […]

You can’t pose undomesticated animals per say, but you can capture the moment―even if it looks like you posed them.
Much of the same principles apply towards photographing animals as it does towards humans. Keep these basic principles in mind as you photograph animals:
1) Eye contact is important, but not always necessary. […]

Don’t get confused
If you have made your mind up to start using a digital camera, or perhaps upgrading from an existing one, then you can be forgiven for being confused. There are thousands of digital cameras available and they all display a confusing array of specifications. And digital photography was supposed to make photography easy, […]

What is it?
Digital online photo processing is actually misleading. The photos are not processed with negatives as the word “processing” implies. When you take digital photos and store them on your computer in a usual way they are ready to be uploaded to a digital photo service. There are many companies that will print your […]