Jared Bauman is the President and Founder of ShootDotEdit, a company that helps busy wedding photographers tackle their image editing processes. He and ShootDotEdit have made a long term commitment to sponsor and attend every Inspire Photo Retreat conference. And, they will be back again in February 2015 as well.

Anyone who meets Jared will be immediately taken by his warm California charm and his genuine interest in your welfare; not just business. As a photographer himself, he gets our rhythm like no other “vendor” and I put that word in quotes because I suspect most vendors have only their own bottom line to worry about, much less their clients. In this regard, I feel Jared is different. Of course, he is in business for his business, but it is never at the expense of his clients.

So, those of you who will be at Inspire Photo Retreats should make it a point to stop by the ShootDotEdit booth and just chill out with Jared. If you are a wedding photographer and you are overwhelmed, talk with him. He may be able to guide you in the right direction. Register for Inspire Photo Retreats now (before it gets sold out again!)

Find out more about ShootDotEdit, especially their awesome webinars. Also, the ShootDotEdit blog is incredible; yes, bookmark it! The next one up is by Jason Grubb on Instagram Essentials for Wedding Photographers.

Chris Scott launched Preveal a few years ago as an iPad-only application that helps photographers create wall art for their photography clients. But Chris isn't one to sit still. He felt the iPad application was a good start but it left so many who didn't own the device out in the cold. Well, Chris worked with a developer to create SwiftGalleries.

Chris and I got together to chat about what SwiftGalleries is all about and why photographers should consider this sales tool for their photography business.

Check out this video as well, explaining how SwiftGalleries works:

See Swift Galleries in Action from Preveal on Vimeo.

So, let me ask you … based on what Chris said and the video below it, would you invest in SwiftGalleries for your photography business? It's a whopping $7 per month, according to Scott. Really, to me, that's a no-brainer. But I want to hear from you. Sound-off below to tell me what you think.

And, if you are reading this post before Black Friday or Cyber Monday, do keep your eyes peeled for special offers from Chris here.

Dinesh Khanna and I passed each other at a Dayanita Singh lecture, in New Delhi. It was, as you might have expected it, quite a crowded space and I don't believe we traded more than a few courtesies. Sephi Bergerson, made the introductions because I nudged him to.

So, that's sort of the background on where and how we met. It was a hurried meeting but it left in me an indelible mark because of the sheer humility Dinesh projected. I was gasping to come up with something remarkable or flattering to say, but he slid right past all that and started to ask me about how I was using social media and what I thought would stick. I was just getting started on Twitter at that time. At that point he or I may have even talked about doing a workshop for Indian photographers about social media, but like all good plans that get shelved, this one too hit the deck.

Fast forward a few years ago when I noticed Dinesh on Facebook and connected with him there and we began “talking” again, engaging with photographs and thoughts we shared online. I finally had to ask him to come on Tiffincast (I really should start referring to it as TiffinboxTV, eh?) because I had so many questions about his background, his ideas of where things were going with photography and what photographing in India really meant. Plus, I heard he was deeply involved with Prashant Panjiar in creating the Delhi Photo Festival (yes, if you are in India and don't go, well, I have to wonder about you).

So here we are just chilling out and talking shop. It's a longish video chat, but one that will reveal quite a bit about Dinesh, his passion for teaching photography and of course his now famous chair project.

For a quick glimpse of Dinesh's work, check these lovely images out:

Do also take a moment to take a look at Nazar Foundation – also an organization that Dinesh and Prashant Panjiar have co-founded.

Dinesh has also published a few books, Bazaar and Living Faith among them, that take the viewer on an immersive journey of punchy colors and quaint Indian nooks, places you and I most likely will only dream of visiting in this lifetime.

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