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10 Reasons To Blog About Your Photography Business 2008-10-01 08:45:10 Blogging has become the most talked about, significant marketing strategy available to small business owners today. If you are planning on growing your photography business into the future, you should be familiar with the latest blogging techniques available to you, and start using the powerful features that will put you light years ahead of your [...] Read more:Reasons
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Photo Albums; How To Make A Professional Presentation 2008-09-30 07:54:27 What makes a professional photographer stand above an amateur? It’s the way they present their products and their services to prospects and clients.
Whether you photograph weddings, families, children or babies, adding a professional album to your list of services can showcase your photography in an elegant and impactful way.
With each of our weddings, it wasn’t [...] Read more:Photo
, Photo Albums
Part Time Photography 2008-09-29 10:32:44 A week or so ago I was introduced to Dan Eitreim with Part Time Photography. He has a great ebook available for anyone that is trying to use their camera to bring in a part time income. Its a book filled with tips and strategies from a variety of different professional photographers. And that is [...]
Photographing Using Ultra Wide Angle Lenses 2008-09-26 10:17:38 While searching the web today I found a great article on using ultra wide angle lenses. Here is an excerpt from the site:
Most people use ultrawides too sheepishly, and get crummy results with tiny subjects dwarfed in the middle of an open frame. When I use my 14mm I constantly have to force myself to [...] Read more:Photographing
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Wow Your Clients - Give Them Something They’ve Never Seen Before 2008-09-25 11:42:18 Okay all of you event and wedding photographers, I’ve got a site for you. It’s called I Dream Of Cake, and I guarantee you will be dreaming of cake long after you look through this site.
This company is not just a bakery, she is a cake artist. The difference is in the work [...] Read more:Clients
Photoshop Action - Curling Page 2008-09-24 11:20:55 Create an action that will add a curled edge to any image.
With this Adobe Photoshop
tutorial, I am going to show you how to create a curled effect to an image in just a few easy steps. This tutorial use the Warp filter added on CS2 and newer Photoshop editions
Let’s open a photo to start [...] Read more:Action
Include Engagement Portrait Sessions In The Wedding Package - Think Again 2008-09-22 10:01:58 In today’s world its easy to find out what other photographers are charging and offering in their packages. With a quick search, I found the following package deal for wedding photography:
Full day coverage, unlimited time, unlimited images
Free engagement photography session
Digital negatives included
Online galleries for ordering
Price $2500
This is pretty much the standard wedding packa Read more:Engagement
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Changing Your Photography Packages and Services 2008-09-17 22:51:00 When was the last time you sat down and changed your products, services and packages?
For a wedding photographer, it may be once a year. For a portrait photographer, it may be once every couple of years.
No matter what field your in, now is the time to rethink your current offerings, even if you restructured [...] Read more:Changing
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Wedding Photography - It’s Not That Easy 2008-09-15 14:12:10 One of the most popular field of photography is weddings. With millions of weddings taking place every year, it may seem like an easy thing to jump in on and make a few extra dollars.
As a professional high-end wedding photographer, I can tell you that it may sound easy, but in fact it’s one [...]
Photography Marketing With A Purpose 2008-09-10 15:07:11 Every month we receive a postcard from a photographer. It’s a simple card, with a new image on the back, his contact information and a quote on the front - and that’s about it.
How did we get on his list? I’m not sure.
What is he selling? I’m not sure.
His postcards are beautiful, and [...] Read more:Marketing
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Senior Photographer International - No More 2008-10-17 15:41:46 We just received word that Senior PhotographerInternational
SPI is no longer in business. Andrew spoke at one of their events a few years back, and we have always heard great things about the training they provide photographers that choose to specialize in senior photography.
So what does that say about our industry if large [...]
How Big Should Your Online Photography Portfolio Be? 2008-10-17 08:01:51 I’m willing to bet over 80 percent of all photographers websites have less than 25 images on them.
Why?
Can a prospect truly make a determination of your photography based on 25 images?
We all know that seeing 25 images means you’re seeing the best of the best. Even an amateur can find 25 great images. But being [...] Read more:Portfolio
Photography Motion - Photography Theme 2008-10-15 14:05:37 Photography is such a great medium to work in. Setting out to capture images with a theme can enhance your portfolio, knowledge and ability. Here are some images focused on one theme…motion:
Take time to experiment, to have fun and to open your mind…. Read more:Motion
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Photography Studio Lighting Explained 2008-10-15 11:01:18
Photography, through simple definition is capturing a subject illuminated with light. Light, natural (sun) or artificial (flash) bounces off a subject and is relayed into a recording device such as a camera and an image has been created. With natural light, you will see how the light falls on the subject and corrections or modifications [...] Read more:Lighting
The Fate Of Wedding Photography 2008-10-13 11:13:46 As a whole, where does the industry of wedding photography stand today?
I just read an interesting post by David Ziser (a June post, must have missed it when he originally wrote it) and thought it was filled with a lot of things I too have witnessed in this industry. (It’s worth the read.)
Wedding photography [...]
Photography For A Cause 2008-10-10 15:15:50 There are two sides to photography. The for-profit side, where we become photographers to capture images for clients. And the photojournalistic side where people become photographers to tell a story.
Andrew and I fall into the first category, and have made our living traveling to where our clients fly us. We love sharing in the dreams, [...] Read more:Cause
Inspiring Photographs - Get Yourself Motivated 2008-10-09 16:00:52 What’s the best way as a photographer to motivate yourself for your next shoot? Look at other photographs of course.
There’s just something about great photographs. Let me share what I’ve found this week.
Animal Photos - a series of photographs and photographers, all focusing on animals
Landscape Photos - beautiful outdoor photographs submitted by many different [...] Read more:Yourself
The Pendulum Swing Of Photography 2008-10-06 09:03:57 Think of how a pendulum works. It slowly swings back and forth. From one side to the next. It never stops, just swings from one point to the next, and always returns.
Business works in much the same manner. At some point you’ll have the best of times, with money flowing freely. And at some point [...] Read more:Pendulum
Twitter Links and Tools for Twitter 2008-11-07 13:54:27 Do you use Twitter
? Do you have a clue about Twitter or how it works. Twitter is a microblogging format that allow you to keep your followers updated on you. Any thing you want to post within a 140 character space. Yes it is short and sweet but you do get used to it.
Twitter can [...] Read more:Tools
Turn Your Photography Into A New Business 2008-11-05 08:01:15 So you’ve been photographing for awhile. You’re fairly well known in the industry, and most of your business comes to you through referrals.
You have the business part down, and you are ready to try something new. Now what?
I had those same thoughts seven years ago. So I decided to take on a new venture.
Creating [...] Read more:Business
Does Your Photography Studio Need More Sales? 2008-11-04 07:58:28 It’s finally here. After today, the election will have come and gone, and it will be time to move on, and focus on how to finish up 2008 with a roar. Can it still be done? Can you still meet your sales goals? You bet.
Now is traditionally one of the best times for a photographer [...] Read more:Sales
Target The Right Clients With Your Photography 2008-10-31 08:56:41 Happy Halloween! This has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s a great time of year with lots of color, and this year its still in the 70’s here in Denver! No snow tonight for trick or treating.
Every year our daughter gets excited to head out and gather candy. When she was little, [...] Read more:Target
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Smoke Photography Study - Photography Themes 2008-10-30 14:58:11 Photography themes are wonderful to work with and the study of smoke will really get those creative juices flowing. Here are a few examples of some stunning studies on smoke:
PhotographyImage by Jay PH
PhotographyImage by Idle Type
PhotographyImage by Dude Crush
PhotographyImage by ƒernando Read more:Smoke
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Kodak Shows Photographers Power Of Blogging 2008-10-29 11:25:33 Want to know who’s been using social media - namely blogging - very actively and effectively lately? Its none other than the powerhouse Kodak
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Kodak uses two blogs to connect up with their users and customers. The first is A Thousand Words. Its all about the stories surrounding the photography industry. As employees are out connecting [...] Read more:Blogging
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Lens Rental and Camera Rental – Where Can You Find It Online 2008-10-25 14:42:34 Have you ever thought of renting camera equipment or a lens to help you on a shoot?
1. You’re heading out of town for a specific shoot and need just the right equipment.2. You’re shooting a wedding and need backup equipment.3. You’re photographing a portrait and want more variety in lenses.4. You want to try out [...] Read more:Rental
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HDR Photography - High Dynamic Range Technique 2008-10-24 10:27:57 We’re heading out this weekend for a business retreat - and to have a change of scenery. The Rockies are beautiful anytime of the year, so we thought we’d head up to a few of our favorite places and try are hand at a new technique - HDR photography, or High DynamicRange
technique.
HDR [...]
Linking Your Photography Website With Other Sites 2008-10-21 15:22:31 Have you ever heard the term link strategy?
Link strategy simply means connecting your website up with other like-minded websites. Over the years, there have been many thoughts on this strategy. Link farms were built to add a ton of links to your site in a very quick time frame. Resource pages were added to sites [...] Read more:Linking
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Social Networking for Photographers - A New Market Reach 2008-10-20 16:28:32 This month I’ll be teaching six classes on social networking for small business owners. And the offers just keep coming in. With the current economy, I think people are really starting to understand that when you have more time than money, its important to do the best things to help grow your business.
According to a [...] Read more:Social
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How To Start A Wedding Photography Business 2008-11-25 08:12:17 So you have a camera, and you would love to earn enough to buy a few more lenses. So you make a few business cards and start announcing you’re open for business. People start telling you the easiest way to make money is to shoot a wedding. Why not? Sounds like fun.
Think again.
Wedding photography is [...] Read more:Business
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Learn Photoshop Now training guide 2008-11-21 17:15:08 Questions always come through in themes. I get a ton of email from you every week, and keep track of the questions to make sure I cover everything in a timely manner. (If you would like to send in your question, please send it to info at virtualphotographystudio.com)
One of the more common questions is:
“How can [...] Read more:Photoshop
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