If the answer is anything but *I AM!* we need to chat. I don’t care how busy you are. I don’t care how much you trust your employees. I don’t care if your employees are family members, long-time good friends or your own mother. If you do not at least double-check all financial paperwork and …
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Just Stomping on Through
There’s no tactful, gentle way of saying this. You cannot run a photography business from your home and parent your tiny tots simultaneously. I don’t mean as a stage of life, I mean you cannot serve a client while having your screaming two year-old sitting in a chair off to the side.
The only five models you will ever need.
You’re going to read over and over again about how you should NOT be practicing your skills on paying clients. At least you’ll hear it from me. I’ll lecture on that, later, but for now, I’m going to tell you about the five models you will need to get chummy with while you are learning …
Studio & Business Bootcamp
Before you start rolling your eyes and muttering “I KNEW she’d get around to selling something!” – I want to make it perfectly clear that I do not make one cent from teaching this class. All fees are paid to the PPA and that’s where they stay. Twice a year, on a Monday, almost 100 …
Your First Website
If you don’t yet have a website, at some point, you will want to arrange for that. Websites are technical time-suckers and can be lessons in pure frustration. The simplest way to get started is with a blog, and best of all, it’s FREE. There are a number of blogging platforms and services available that …
The “GOOD ENOUGH” Syndrome
Today we’re going to talk a little bit about marketing. Marketing is a HUGE part of running a business, and I’m not necessarily a marketing guru, but I do have some advice for you: Do not market yourself as a CHEAP/AFFORDABLE photographer.
Bed sheets belong on beds!
If you have decided to try your hand at studio photography, you have probably had to deal with getting a background. And yes, some of those backgrounds are high dollar. And you probably looked around and figured out that you could get a king-sized bed sheet at the dollar store for $12. Ha ha! You …
If you aren’t good enough to charge, you aren’t good enough to donate.
Oh, there she goes again, ranting and raving. Yep, I’m in a soapbox tangent phase right now. I’m a 48 year-old woman with hot flashes. You figure it out. So many times I see relatively new photographers try to make a name for themselves in their community by doing good deeds. Honey, donate your time …
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Copyright Shmopyright!
“Copyright shmopyright! “ This is the attitude I hear often from beginning photographers. If this is your attitude, go away. I have no tolerance for ignorance. If you wish to remove that ignorance from your brain, sit down in the front row and listen very carefully.
“Kiss my Ass!”
There. I said it. If you’re not offended now, then I welcome you to my little corner of the internet. We’re going to have a real beneficial time chatting (or rather YOU will have a beneficial time reading MY chatter). I hope. So, what the hell does that mean? (OK – 2 cuss words in …