So, yeah, I went MIA for awhile. Life got a little bit overwhelming because yours truly had WAY too many irons in the fire and then was hit with a health issue that required rest and care. Nothing serious and things seem to be fine, now, so I’m carrying on. While I was MIA, I …
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My MWAC Epiphany
Yes, it’s been awhile, we’ll get to that in another post. For now, I’d like to tell you about an epiphany I had the other day. February 25th, to be exact. On that day, I was part of a birthday gift to a young woman who had started a photography business. Her good friend was …
Maternity Photographers: STOP it with the crazy baby block colors!
It drives me absolutely crazy when I see a photo like this: Seriously, how HARD is it to change the color of the blocks so that they look nice? Don’t give me the blah blah about not knowing how to do it. The Photoshop technique for this is REALLY simple. Much more simple than the …
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The Gospel according to Aperture
In the beginning, the camera gods created the kit lens. And it was good. Kind of. But soon, heretics began worshipping at the feet of the kit lens and its goodness and proclaimed its glory throughout the Kingdom of Photographic. The prophets confronted the existence of the kit lens and smote them. The heretics saw …
What’s your 20?
Have you ever heard this? If not, it’s CB-speak for “What’s your location?” I’d like you to go to your website and pretend that you are not you. Pretend you are a potential client. Pretend you want to know what city your photography business is located in. Look. Keep Looking. Look some more. Did you …
The best high key tutorial in the universe
So… remember my little rant about shooting on white bedsheets? If you don’t remember it, CLICK HERE and read, I’ll wait. Recently, a Wootness reader commented on that article: If the skill level is only at the bed sheet stage, then getting white seamless paper is going to be useless. They will have no clue …
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Embrace your inner MWAC…
MWAC…we say it and we sneer. We jeer when Missy pronounces it the way she does and we roll our eyes when someone says they’re proud to be one. MWAC, DWAC, GWAC…they all mean the same…someone with a camera. We scoff and pronounce ourselves professional photographers and move on. But maybe, just maybe these chicks …
So long, 2011. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass…
Yeah yeah yeah. I’m supposed to be all optimistic and think positively about the new year. Screw that. All I can say is “so long, good riddance.” 2011 frankly, sucked. For a lot of reasons. Business-wise, it was a toss-up. Business was down, but I’m in tune with the reasons why. On a personal level, …
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Solstice Greetings
So, it’s been a few days, and honestly, it’s going to be a few more. I’ve got my head down dealing with holiday orders and year-end activities for the business as well as personal life stuff. So, take a break and have some fun. When we come back I’ll reveal a couple of extreme home …
Put on a Belt & Lose Some Weight
Be warned that this is a line of personal thinking that led to mini-epiphany about my business, so hang in there – I do have a point. Let’s talk about fashion. Me? Fashion? [pause for laughter] Let’s just say that once upon a time, my friend Karen admitted to being tempted to submitting my name …