It’s ironic that my most favorite blog of the week has become the simplicity of Sunday mornings, a time when a lot of people don’t even bother to blog, because “traffic” is low. However, those of you who know me, know this blog is a labor of love and Sunday’s are pretty special. There’s nothing really [...]
Yesterday I spent the day with four movers, two medium size trucks and 8 hours of “Where does this go?” It was the most fun I don’t ever want to do again! I was only moving 1.4 miles away and used a local mover, “Tony the Mover”. I can’t deny for a second I was [...]
In this tough economy most photographers try and shoot whatever comes through the door. Your business may have been focused exclusively on children’s photography, for example, but if a client loves your work and asks if you’d photography their daughter’s wedding are you going to say “Sorry, I don’t do weddings!” Weddings aren’t for everybody, nor [...]
I’m amazed at how many exciting things happen to a photographer every day, but nobody ever talks about them! Some events are more news worthy than others, but here’s the real issue: If you don’t talk about it nobody else will. So, with the trade show and convention season upon us, here’s an idea to [...]
Yesterday, a good buddy, Scott Bourne, posted an article on his blog called, “And You Call Yourself a Professional?” The blog made the WordPress Top 100 – meaning it was in the top 100 most widely read of all blogs posted to their system of several million blogs – in fact it was the 14th [...]
I’m having a lot of fun lately with quotes I’ve found here and there. I find it amazing that so many quotes can be so easily cross-referenced to virtually any industry, especially photography.
It’s down-time for many of you. It’s the dreaded, but welcomed first quarter. Cash flow is down, but you have the time to [...]
Moving? Yuck…sorry, it’s an expression used by six year olds who hate eating vegetables, but it sure applies. We’re only moving 1.4 miles away, but that doesn’t change the work involved. Years ago I read, “moving is the second highest stress producing situation, second only to death of a loved one!” Moving challenges every aspect of a [...]
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” -Anais Nin
Okay, so it’s a heavy duty quote, but now apply it to your own courage in business as a professional photographer. Think back to how nervous you were when you got that first job – it doesn’t matter if it was a wedding, a children’s sitting [...]
I met Heidi Uhl at Skip’s Summer School last August. She and her husband, Tim, are very involved in the industry, especially with DWF. While together in Vegas, I had a chance to look at her portfolio. One of the most fun things for me to do has always involved looking at portfolios. I was simply [...]
It’s an African proverb that I Tweeted the other day, but the more I see it, the more I’m in awe of how much these seven words really say. They sure seem to fit with everything we learned in 2008 and 2009.
Think about it. The economy was horrible and you worked harder than you’ve probably ever [...]
