Business Life
How To Request Something From a Busy Person (And Get a Reply)
This is one of the most important pieces of business + life advice I’ll ever post on this blog. I hope you’ll read and remember accordingly. As photographers, we can’t always go it alone. There’s too much to do, too much to know. Sometimes we have to ask for help, and that’s totally…
Read MoreWords From a Pro | Interview With Jamie Delaine
All images in this post are copyright Jamie Delaine Photography. Used with permission. I can’t remember now who introduced me to the fabulous Jamie Delaine, but I wish I could go back in time and hug them. Jamie has been a staple of my blog-reading time for a few years now. In addition to her…
Read MoreA Business Lesson in Human Nature
More for adventure than education, I once spent a summer in Tunisia studying Arabic. After a brief orientation in Washington DC, I headed with a large group of soon-to-be classmates to the airport. Having traveled extensively before, I fearlessly marched through the airport in search of the right airline desk. Realizing that I had headed…
Read MoreOne-On-One Mentoring is Here
The hands-down, thumbs-up best business investments I’ve ever made – of time or money – were mentoring sessions with others. Sometimes you just need someone to talk you through your own situation. A sounding board, a brainstorm buddy, someone who can help you unsnarl a knotty problem or help you turn ideas into concrete plans…
Read MoreHow To Break Your Worst Habits
Let me tell you a little story. Once upon a time, “large format” cameras created negatives with a 4:5 ratio. Thus, print sizes like the 8×10 became the industry standard. Naturally, the frame industry that sprung up around photography created 8×10 frames, the paper industry made 8×10 paper, and film developers bought machines that spit…
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