Happy Birthday Shakodo!
Exciting news: Today is Shakodo's first anniversary!
Exactly one year ago, on December 8th, 2010 we opened the doors to the public, Happy Birthday Shakodo! See the original press release here: http://www.shakodo.com/blog/16/shakodo-opens-to-the-public-press-release-december-8th-2010/
As we started planning Shakodo in Summer 2010, we didn't really know how it will be perceived by the photographers community. After all, talking openly about pricing and money was/is still some kind of taboo.
However, looking back about what happened in the last year, we probably can say that Shakodo is a much bigger success than anticipated. Thousands of photographers used Shakodo to share intelligent Questions and Answers about the business of photography. This is really more than we hoped for and we are incredible thankful to all contributors and their contributions.
If only one information published here helped any photographer to negotiate a fair price for their services, we succeeded in our goal and we hope to help also in the future.
To more years of Shakodo!
7 Comments
Happy Birthday, Shakodo!
And a huge THANK YOU to Juergen and his team for having the insight and courage to get the project off the ground ... there's a wealth of information here for beginners to pros ...
Thank you, too, to the handful of extremely experienced and established photographers who have so willingly and unreservedly shared their knowledge and experience of the photography business with those of us who're just stepping onto the field of play!
Long live Shakodo!
commented December 8, 2011
Tanya De Leeuw
Semi-Professional
Thank you very much, Tanya! You are also here since the very beginning if I remember correctly, thanks a lot also for all your contributions! Keep 'em coming! :)
commented December 8, 2011
Juergen Specht
Shakodo Staff
Ah, yes, Juergen, I've been here since early days ... Shakodo started up at a very precipitous time for me ... I've been taking more than I've been giving, but I try to give feedback where I can! ;-)
commented December 8, 2011
Tanya De Leeuw
Semi-Professional
Happy Birthday Shakodo! Thanks to you Juergen for the vision to create a much needed resource on the web. Hopefully there will be many more anniversaries to celebrate and many, many more photographers who benefit from the sharing of experiences and knowledge. Salute!
commented December 8, 2011
Jim Greipp
Professional
Hi Jim, thanks a lot! As one of the top contributors here, a big thanks to you for sharing so much information, we need more Jim's here!
commented December 8, 2011
Juergen Specht
Shakodo Staff
Hi Juergen,
I have been in Antarctica and doing a lot of traveling in areas without internet. I am back for a bit before I head off to Africa but wanted to say congratulations. You have provided a great service to help photographers.
Best,
seth
commented December 30, 2011
Seth Resnick
Professional
Thank you very much Seth! We missed you and your valuable advice already! But Antarctica followed by Afrika, what a great life! Have a great trip and an even better new year!!
commented December 30, 2011
Juergen Specht
Shakodo Staff