Welcome to Day 1. Heh heh heh. Wootness challenge – take a photo of your office. Right now, Before you do anything in the 61-derful challenge. Don’t move a thing. Take a few different angles. Hold onto them for safekeeping. 😉 Seriously. You’ll be utilizing these later. MAIL CALL! OK – here’s the deal. There’s …
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61-derful Days to Wootness!
Here’s the plan. I have committed to streamlining, upgrading, and Super-Powering my photography studio to a better place by December 31, 2011. Are you in a rut? Each day, for the next 61 days I will do something to improve my business. Think “Extreme Makeover” for a photography studio. But in business and office organization …
Don’t be a Gumby!
What, pray tell, is a Gumby? I just made this up, but I’m gonna keep on using it. A Gumby is a person who bends. Specific examples of being a Gumby: Waiving a session fee because the client doesn’t have the money at the moment in order to book their session with you. Giving free …
More blog posting/social media integration…
So, I’m checking my blog updates to Facebook and I see the above. WHAT??? Last week I wrote an article about how to syndicate your blog posts and save yourself some time through the usage of Networked Blogs, but now I need to revamp that advice a bit. NetworkedBlogs (NB) continues to be a viable …
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Takin’ the easy way out…
The last few weeks of Photography 102 class I’ve been customizing the lessons and homework a bit. I asked each student 3 questions: What have we learned that you found particularly pleasing? Perhaps it was something you really enjoyed or found that you had a knack with. What have we learned that you didn’t care …
Attention to Details: Your Voicemail Greeting
Back in the day, I would have said something about answering machine messages, but I guess those aren’t big sellers any more. I’ve called quite a few photographers and have had the opportunity to listen to a variety of voice mail greetings. Sometimes it’s VERY hard to understand what the greeting says. I called someone …
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Do your best. Then relax.
I’m teaching a class today called Studio & Business Boot Camp. So, I have pre-written this article to keep me from freaking out at the last minute that nothing would be posted and scrabbling for an article. I know myself well. My mind is full of wonderful ideas for the class, but of course, as …
Just monkeys pushing a button…Part 1
This is so totally a pet peeve of mine. I’ve been all nicey nice about it because it can be a hot topic – but for the love of all that is holy, learn to take a decent photo before you start with all the Photoshop actions. Better, yet, just skip the Photoshop actions. And …
Git some fetchin’ up!
I said “I schedule those two times per year in my studio, usually during April and October.” What part of that sounded like an offer to meet you halfway between my studio and yours in December? “Yes, I live in Ohio,” does not mean – “Although we’re 4 hours apart, sure I will find one …
Ouzo & Baklava
No, you didn’t mistakenly find a recipe website, you’re at the right place. Today is Wootnessâ„¢ Wednesday, so I must talk about something that brings Wootnessâ„¢ to my life. So, I’ve decided to talk about teaching, And my students. And how sometimes they crack me up, sometimes I smile because they have learned the lessons …