Business Life
Your Client Hates All Their Images. What Now?
How would you deal with a selling session where once you have all sat down with your coffee and begin looking through the images, the client decides they don’t like any of them. Not one. (This hasn’t actually happened to me, since I’m not open for business yet, but I’m wondering how one would gracefully…
Read MoreThe Secret of Reverse-Engineered Productivity
Let’s talk about New Year’s resolutions for a second. Jenika, it’s June. Exactly. Do you even remember what your resolutions were, if you made any? I made one, but I’m not there yet. And that’s downright unsurprising, because New Year’s resolutions are not – by themselves – a great harbinger of change. New Year’s resolutions…
Read MoreHow To Keep Going
I’m in the woods photographing a Girls Camp this week. Lugging pounds and pounds of gear while chasing after an ever-moving crowd of teenagers through the trees, trying to be invisible and in the middle of it at the same time. I came home today to back up my images, and am headed back up…
Read MoreThe Red Flag That Says “You Need To Raise Your Prices”
A client emails, and just seeing their name in your inbox makes you cranky. Every little extra request sets you off and gets you huffing and puffing. You’re dragging your feet on the way to your computer. You don’t want to deal with it. Any of it. The sign you need to raise your prices…
Read MoreHow To Vanquish Your Worst Case Scenario
So I was watching this show once where a bad guy grabbed a fat yellow highlighter, put it in his coat pocket, and started robbing a bank. Everyone thought he had a gun, and not wanting to take chances, they did exactly as he said. And the whole time I’m shouting at the screen “It’s…
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