IT'S FINALLY HERE! The "History Of Branson" documentary is out on retail shelves in several different location here in the Branson area. You can go to the Bear Creek Productions website and order one or you can pick one up at one of the following locations, The Mansion Theatre, The Oak Ridge Boys Theatre, The Clay Cooper Theatre, and the White Oaks Station 248 location and the 165 location. These locations were given to me by Mike Johnson the owner of BCP within the last 24 hours of this post and so they might have some delay at putting them out on display but give it some time or visit one of the other locations. Of course you could contact us and we will see to it that you get a copy or many copies as I know they would make great Christmas gifts. Prices may vary but I know they are less than $20 and I know you will find it well worth the money. So get out and pick up your copy ASAP! And be sure to tell your friends and family about it and where to get their very own copy unless you would like to be a warm giving kind of person and pick one up for them.
Let me shift gears for a moment. Do you remember Max Baer Jr? Go ahead, I will give you a minute or two to think. Hum Hum didy Hum Hum didydidy Hum Hum La La La Hum Hum (I'm humming a tune while you're thinking. Don't recognize it? Neither do I). Times up! Can you say Jethro Bodine? Who could forget The Beverly Hillbillies? He was quite the man. Done graduated the six grade making him one of the most educated member of his family. Many of the story plots for those weekly shows centered around Jethro deciding to take up a career as something he had no education in and it was usually left up to poor Mr. Drysdale and Mrs Hathaway to help him be a success in his efforts while trying to discourage him at the same time. One such show Jethro decided to be a brain surgeon. To do this he bought himself some brain surgeon's operating clothes and a stethoscope and, voila, he was a brain surgeon. Now back in the 60's and early 70's when the show aired that was a funny story line because virtually everyone knew that it wasn't that easy and not the way it worked. Nearly 40 years later that show might not seam funny at all because that appears to be the normal mind set for many professions including photography. I wonder if any of these newbees stop to think about the liabilities in the photography business. There was a TV court case that was aired a few years back where one of these "have camera, am professional photographer" wantabees was sued by a bride because the wedding photographs she had receive were bad in her opinion. Guess what? The judge agreed with her and got a sizable judgement. It's really not as easy as it looks but I have seen so many people grab a camera and start charging for their "professional" photos of weddings and other once in a life time events and don't give it a second thought about the degree of importance those photos hold. If those photos are missed or look bad and the judge feels that it was something that a skill photographer should have done better the judgement may cost them far more than what they would make for a long time. Can you say insurance?
With this in mind we have will be introducing a new website before the end of December just for those individuals who are working hard to study their craft (not the witch kind). The definition of photographer and photography in general have become very hazy at best since digital has come onto the seen. Digital photography is still in it's infancy in my opinion and as a results a large number of Jethros have managed to incorrectly assumed that it's the camera that makes the photos good and that somehow the camera is self correcting. It's taken me several hours to correct a lighting problem we have had in several of our venues. Now I'm not a expert in photography but I do have a lot of schooling, training, and experience and with all that I still run across difficult problems that need solved in many case in less than a few second and that takes a little understanding about the profession. This will be a site where people can come to continue their efforts to learn and be better today than the were yesterday, but not as good as they will be tomorrow. We'll let you know when it's ready.
Well that's all for today. Have a great day everybody!
Richard
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