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Writing Testimonials:
photography • professional speaking • writing "Excellent column in the newsletter. Thank you for citing INTERPERSONAL DIVIDE: THE SEARCH FOR COMMUNITY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE. ... I'm a big fan of yours and have shared your materials with our photojournalists on staff." "I don't know why you are a photographer, because I can barely get to your photographs because your STORIES are so compelling. I loved this newsletter. Only this time, I am forwarding it to everyone I know including Dan Miller, the job hunting guru with tens of thousands of followers. This was a great newsletter and I don't read newsletters.” "I enjoyed reading this newsletter and I so very much agree with you... art makes us more aware, more sensitized and more human. One day perhaps I hope to acquire one of your photographs and proudly display it in my workspace. May God keep blessing you with the creativity and energy to continue to shine His light into the world." "I have been already reading your Snap book and gained a lot of cool tips and websites that are indeed hard to find .. this just makes life a lot easier - great job!” "Snap is a book that explains the language, software and equipment all photographers are dependent on today. Snap takes us on a practical how-to journey so we can intelligently navigate through the digital photography world and reach our image destiny. What I admire about Mark Sincevich is his technological expertise and his ability to explain this new medium to consumers. Sincevich's body of knowledge is impressive, but what makes his book stand out from other digital photography texts is his understanding of how marketing hype about equipment is something consumers must address and understand as they do camera operations. As the saying goes, "knowledge is power." The knowledge gained from this text allows the photographer to take control of the medium in a manner that best fits her/his personal, professional and financial photographic goals. Marketers are happy to fill in the knowledge gap with their mission. Mark empowers readers by helping us understand and focus on what equipment and software we need to accomplish our photographic goals. He provides a type of check and balance viewpoint that is refreshing in a market-driven digital world. This is a book I would recommend for the classroom and the professional's book shelf. Professionals considering a switch to digital, or who have recently made the switch to digital, will find Sincevich's book a good guide and reference tool. Students, in a basic photography class, will have access to the wide angle view of digital photography and can establish a comfortable foundation of knowledge so they can concentrate on how to effectively communicate with photographs." "I did read a good portion of Snap, as you indicate this is a very good resource to the consumer moving to pro-sumer and professional levels." "Thanks for sharing these newsletters with me Mark, I really enjoy reading them, and very much agree with your thoughts."
Comments from Photography Mentoring Program: "I was immediately impressed that Mark had done research on the particular camera I had chosen as well as providing additional printed materials with information on techniques and equipment. I felt comfortable with Mark and was quite impressed with his ability to 'read' my level of knowledge and to explain things in a way that I was able to grasp. ... I exuberantly recommend Mark. He is extremely knowledgeable in all areas of photography (as well as having the skills needed to produce beautiful pictures), but more importantly, he is a great instructor; he has the ability to convey information in a manner that is understandable, not unnecessary technical or complicated, and does it all with patience, good humor and with a honest and warm concern for the needs of his clients." "Thank you for the follow up e-mail. I appreciate the clear and concise way you summarized the many things we spoke about. It did give me some time to process the things we talked about. I have further clarified my goals for the boutique, defined my niche market and also the value statement I intend to use which will appear on most if not all of my printed materials. I've begun work on my portfolio as well. "Thank you very much for a really productive few hours of consulting. Your ability to answer my wide ranging technical questions and willingness to explore media options on the spot with such patience and positive energy made light work! Your consultation today enabled me to take the next important steps to speed up prioritization and processing of the content and work with photos and more." "It was such a pleasure meeting with you today. You gave me many new ways to approach my marketing, other venues for photography and a respected objective eye for my photographs." "(6 months later) Just an update -- thanks again for the advice you gave me a while back!! I have my cards in three stores at present and have sold quite a few cards this year -- over one hundred at last count. I am truly excited and now must think about how I really want to do the business in the future." "I've leaned more with you than I could have possibly learned on my own!" "Tangeable, very concrete suggestions to improve shots. And again - concrete websites and books to peruse." |
