The 48 Laws of Power [Review]

by William | Apr 22, 2015

The concept of power is hard to nail down. Its meaning depends a lot on where you’re standing. Sometimes no sooner than you identify it, it’s gone. Said incompletely, having power means being able to get what you want.  The 48 Laws of Power by Robert...

The Education of a Photographer [Review]

by William | Mar 31, 2015

The Education of a Photographer compiled by Charles Traub, Steven Heller and Adam Bell is a collection of essays, articles, and interviews from the past and present of the photographic discipline. The point is inspiration, not education. In fact, there’s almost...

Photography: A Critical Introduction [Review]

by William | Mar 17, 2015

Photography: A Critical Introduction is an academic game of-catch up in the history of photographic development, and especially the debates around those developments. It was a good, exhausting read. The book, which is in its fifth edition, is on the reading list for...

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential [Review]

by William | Feb 25, 2015

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essentials… in Business and Life  by Leo Babauta is an abuse of the subheading. How am I supposed to tweet about that? I know, titling a book is hard. My abuse aside, Leo Babauta has collected a good...

Picture Perfect Posing [Review]

by William | Feb 20, 2015

Picture Perfect Posing by Roberto Valenzuela is not a book about the perfect poses, which is almost useless to anyone but the faddist. It’s a book about the building blocks of them and it’s a very effective instructor. Posing, like the rest of photography,...

Financial Intelligence [Review]

by William | Feb 8, 2015

I am not a numbers guy. And alas, I can’t say that Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs by Karen Burman and Joe Knight made me into a financially intelligent entrepreneur. But it did highlight how much I don’t know and that’s a kind of...