Thumbtack Marketing; It’s A Long Road
I am a professional photographer. I work for money. (usually) I need to get the word out. In as many ways as possible. Often. Thumbtack.com is one of the myriad…
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Success is not the goal…..
...improvement is the goal. It seems to me that all the coaching, selling, negotiating and business tips, (mine included) that we dispense with great abandon are usually about achieving success.…
P.I.E.
Getting 140 different personalities to buy into my vision using my P.I.E. experience. As I'm waiting around for several thousand RAW files to convert to JPEG so I can edit…
Be Selfish and Volunteer Your Way to Success
September 8, 2011 I volunteered once again to photograph those less fortunate than myself. I did the same thing back in 2009, when I was not getting enough photography assignments…
Copy Wrong to Copy Right
During last weeks episode (29) of Build A Better Photograph I mentioned that one of my photos had been abused by an online publication without my knowledge or permission. The…
Thy Muse Is Challenge
I've a muse to inspire push and motivate. As an SECP (self-employed creative professional) I want to get my bubbles of influence (creative, financial, relationship) out further and farther (or…
RAW vs. JPEG. Which is better?
I'm a member of several professional groups on Linked In and the debate that has been raging for months on which format is better is interesting in that it touches…
Two Camera Tea House Time-Lapse
As many of you know I'm working on a project to deliver a four month time-lapse photography sequence. After capturing the first 5,400 exposures I moved camera 1 to the…
35,000 Frames Later
I began a new time-lapse project this week. At the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. 16 weeks of 9 hour days, one frame every two minutes. Additionally I'll…
Keywords & SEO, Playing Well Together Part II
In the previous post with the same name I promised to let you know if I got the job.... It took a bit of negotiating (completely normal), but we came…