My life has been one long, colorful history with book addiction. So you’d think I’d come home from the used bookstore with a wide variety of titles in my bag. After all, why go to an all-you-can-read buffet and pile up on just one item? But no. When I get home I always realize that...
I hand-wrote the letter maybe two or three times, wanting it to be perfect. With a brightly-colored pen, I drafted and edited with the same seriousness I would have approached a term paper. But it wasn’t an assignment – far from it. That sunny spring day, the end of my senior year in Boise, Idaho,...
Q: When taking portraits for seniors in high school, the final images that are given to the client do not contain every single pose that we did during the shoot (due to technical photography issues and/or the client just doesn’t look that great in the picture). The parents question me on what I...
This post is for photographers who wear their hearts on their wallets. (In a good way.) You know who you are. The folks who cringe at changing their prices, even though you “need” to, because you kind of hate that money has to be a part of this at all. You love photography so...
Last time, we discussed giving back with your photography business. But how can you give free sessions sustainably – especially when that’s mostly what you want to do? The answer should be considered by anyone looking to give back with their businesses: Q: I’m in the Canadian Navy. My love for photography has gotten me...
