Starting a successful photography business is hard. Extremely hard. Once you figure out how to take decent photos, you are suddenly thrown into the vicious world of business, design, sales, marketing, and SEO. Trying to figure it all out is enough to make any creative person want to vomit. Here are a few questions that […]

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In an interaction with another photographer yesterday, something happened to me. I was chatting with him and he said, “It’s refreshing to have realism. I mean you hear about the Mouseketeers or whatever being all happy and sparkly, and then when you’ve been in the industry for a while you realize that’s NOT what it’s […]

When Sarah and I first started our business our photography skills were, well, lets just say “lacking.” In spite of that- somehow we managed to book and shoot 27 weddings in our first year! “How did this happen? Why did this happen? Did we just get lucky?” These were all questions that ran through our […]

Today we close out our series on how to create a stellar client consultation experience with our final thoughts on how to close your consultations strong. Sometimes it all comes down to asking the right question. ASSUME THEY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU In his 2008 TED talk, Dan Ariely talked about the psychology of […]

When you meet with a couple for the first time, you’re setting the tone for the rest of your relationship with them. You want that relationship to be based on one thing – TRUST. Clients who trust you don’t feel the need to mirco manage the photos on their wedding day. They allow you to […]