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There are so many blog posts about photography that it’s hard to remember everything you read. In fact, there’s something called “the Google effect,” where there is so much information to be found online that we tend to forget things we know we could easily Google again. You’re more likely to remember where you found…
There was a time when I woke up every day dreading what I had to do that day. This was not just a run-of-the mill “aww, I’d rather stay in bed and read my favorite book” laziness, this was pit-in-my-stomach, please-ma-don’t-make-me, “holy cow how did I get myself into this” wrong-fittedness. So I walked away. …
We face a big problem with what we sell. When we market our photography, we tell people we’re capturing memories – but memories they’ll want to have later. We’re essentially selling the future. We’re telling them, “trust us, these are going to be important to you in a few years.” “Trust us, your wedding photos…
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You decide that once and for all, you’re going to finish that thing you’ve been putting off. And darnit, you’re not going to leave that chair until it’s done. You open Photoshop/Lightroom/Word/Email, and after staring blankly at the screen for a moment, you start. For about twenty minutes, everything…