Stuff I Do-

I do a lot of Stuff.

I teach. I shoot. I consult. I write. I fix things. I even find lost pixels.

Depending on how you got here, click the links above, or just scroll down the page.

oh. hey. I also build electric motorcycles...

Stuff I Do- Teaching and Training

First off, have a look at our Fall 2010 Workshop on the Windjammer Angelique- Sept 13-18 .

Very often I get calls to come in to a location and take a look at the procedures that are being used at a studio, lab or school. After getting a facility up to industry standards and working at peak efficiency and quality, often the final piece of the puzzle is to get everyone up to speed, onto the same page, in implementing these practices.

I've worked with committed amateur photographers one-on-one to address specific needs, I've trained entire Photo Departments in major companies. I can come in and talk to your crew for a few hours, or build a multi-day curriculum for you, very often based on my own books.

Speaking of that, I do actually do quite a bit of writing, too. Need some written guidelines for your staff, practices and procedures? I can do that too.

Email me, and let's see what I can do for you.

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Stuff I Do- System Mechanic, Consulting

I do on-call troubleshooting and maintenance for imaging systems, as well as workflow and color management consulting and training. I do basic networking work for Macs and PCs, and various services like RAM installs and other hardware services. This can be as complex as designing and installing entire imaging systems, or simply advising you on, and performing software and hardware updates.

My rates are $150/hour. Email me for more info.

Here's a nice recommendation from Jay Dunn. I worked for him at both Ross Simons and Lane Bryant as a consultant.

“When I reached out to my friend, Michael Oh, at Techsuperpowers, I was unaware of Ted Dillard. What I needed was the insight of a professional photographer, fused with the knowledge of the digital and technological advances, to create a cost-effective, efficient, multi-user, multi-city, photography and asset management workflow. Ted far surpassed any expectations I had.

He engineered a strategy that allowed photographers and color houses in seven different cities to align to standards and protocol that created speed-to-market and cost advantages worth large dollars to our organization.

If you are in need of relevant, business-focused, world-class insight and experience to revamp the way your company does photography, Ted will be the last guy you call.

In an industry where everyone knows "something" about digital photography, Ted is the only expert in the country that I've experienced who knows "everything" about digital photography. Hire him, or accept less. It's your choice.”

Thanks, Jay!

Here's more about that caper.

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Stuff I Do- Data Recovery

Not for nothing, but I've been doing data recovery for over 10 years now, and primarily on digital camera media- you know, CF cards and such. Using an array of data recovery procedures and some straight-out lessons learned from experience, I have a success rate of about 95%.

See my "Secrets of Data Recovery" post for a more details.

Shoot me an email and I'll answer any questions you may have, like, what I can do with what you have.

Basic rates are based on what I actually recover- no success, no charge.

1GB and below- $100
over 1GB and to 2GB- $200
over 2GB and to 4GB- $300
over 4GB by quote

Hard drives I charge a flat rate of $300.

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Stuff I Do- I Like to Take Pictures, Too

OK, yes, there's one more thing. I do, occasionally, get to take me some nice photographs. Most of the work I like to do is kind of blurry. It's, ah, art. I have some shows sometimes.

Like this.



But I shoot for the Angelique, a windjammer out of Camden, ME, and the Maine Windjammer Association too.



I do tabletop stuff, from this-



To this- for my wife, Teresa Dillard.



...and in between.



I also get to shoot my friends having a good time. Here's Kathy Tarantola and Bill Gallery at Bill's opening on Newbury Street this past year.



I have a particular style for each type of work I get to do, and I get to play with some really nice equipment thanks to Head-2-Head Reviews. But mostly I keep busy. And have fun...

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