Sharing Our Photography is Joyful. And Marketing Can Be Joyful Too

Marketing is simply sharing our work with people who may want to hire us.

Don Giannatti

Oct 02, 2023

∙ Paid

On the Rim: Cedar Basin, Utah. Photo by the author.

Recently, photographer Donn Dobkin posted this breakdown of a remarkable shoot he did of an exotic mushroom farmer.

Glimpses and Visions

Can Marketing be a Joyous Thing? Wait, What???

We’ll answer the headline momentarily. Before we answer the first question, there’s a second one. Today we return to our good friend Ian Triplett, and ask: Can we get to better know the man behind the mushrooms? Yes we can. Here goes. Ready? A brief refresher. Ian started 3 Cap Farms just three years ago with a tiny invest…

2 years ago · Donn Dobkin

He tells a truly fun story of working with a reticent subject and creating a truly unique portrait of someone who spends most of their life away from lights and cameras.

Check it out. Dobkin’s blog is new, but it is coming on nicely.

In the title, he referenced the idea that some photographers believe marketing is drudgery, something to be scowled upon, or dirty and unworthy of our efforts.

Let’s dispel this quickly, shall we?

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