I asked Vic how he sees the marketplace for professional photography over the near term?
… slow season – though things have come back, but not yet to 2006 levels. I’m working on a number of projects – particularly progress shots on construction projects
And over the next 5 years?
… referrals continue to be my best source of new business. Calls out of the blue . . . I’ve done lots of magazine work in the past – and now I see the quality of publications improving so much. My best work involves use of light and shadow – where a good photograph becomes a great photograph. That’s where knowledge and experience adds greatest value
What qualities distinguish your preferred colleagues, collaborators and suppliers?
… general knowledge, truth, customer service (ie: The Camera Store)
What distinguishes you that causes people choose Vic to do business with – why are you been selected over your competitors?
… follow through, and through – they don’t have to worry
What do you lose sleep over, what do you worry about?
… running across a great opportunity – but not seeing it as one
Who or what influenced you most – that has made a difference in your life, or that was a major turning point?
… Gary Eckberg who taught to be a better technician, that lighting set a mood – told the story
Who is your hero – real or mythical – who inspires you?
. . . two groups; photographers Margaret Bourke White, Avedon, Stern, Kane to name a few … and, non-photographers, Jarome Iginla .. attitude on and off the ice, Richard Branson
Work life balance?
… sports - skiing, downhill and cross country
What are you reading?
… lots of technical photography reading, spy novels, adventure … self-help books, Robert Frost poetry, Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson.
His ride?
… my snow-pig is a ’95 Lumina, my highway pride-ride a Grand-prix currently on the mend following an accident