How Sales Hurt Your Business.

Do you have any idea how having sales and mini-sessions may be hurting your photography business? I’m seeing a lot of talking about holiday sales and mini-sessions. I find myself often screaming into the void for them to stop doing that! It is one of the types of things that can often diminish the value of the brand they’re trying to build.

Your photography business is not a retail business. You’re providing people with a service. A service that has long been a luxury service; and many of you call yourselves luxury brands and talk about how you’re creating a luxury experience for your clients.

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You Must Use Contracts.

Contracts. That seemingly dirty word so many photographers seem to really dislike. It’s almost as if so many of these people don’t understand the purpose of contracts, or how having a written agreement protects them and their business. I mean really! How can you call yourself a professional and not use the tools of a professional.

I have seen some insanely ridiculous statements in a variety of groups lately about contracts and their use. Or their lack thereof. One of the groups in particular were run by a photographer who people consider a photography business mentor. She actually discouraged members in her group to not use contracts.

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Boudoir Business Ethics – VLog

Ethics. A Vital Business Component.

There are a lot of people who claim to be Photography Business coaches yet they know nothing about ethics. If someone tells you that as a newbie photographer you can charge or charge whatever you want though you may not know the difference between an F-Stop and a Bus Stop; or they tell you that you don’t need to use contracts in your business they are absolutely unethical and you should immediately reject those teachings.

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How Being a Boudoir Photographer Can be Difficult

You’ve decided to enter the exciting world of boudoir photography because you think it’s going to be easy and fun. Well you’re partially correct. But whatever your reason to want to add boudoir to your already existing business model or getting into it for the first time you should know; it’s not going to be easy!

There are going to be numerous obstacles to your boudoir business right out of the gate. And most of those obstacles are going to come from right within the industry itself.

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There ARE Rules in Photography!

There Are No Rules to Photography Because Art is Subjective??????

The so-called photographers who poo-poo the rules usually never took the time to learn them and wouldn’t understand them if they had. You can only break the rules if you know what they are. Most of the “rules” came about after years of trial and error and studying what the great master painters did.

The rule of thirds comes from the psychology of how the eyes look at any image or surface; and where things look best positioned. This is science people! Not subjective decisions.

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Photoshop Is NOT Photography

Learn Actual Photography First!

I’ve been seeing a lot of talk once again about retouching images and how only old school photographers say things like “get it right in camera”. Or people talking about how photography is different today than it was 30 years ago.

Today; Photoshop is a part of photography. Or so they try to tell me.

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