Photoshoot and Beyond
Today we are going to have a debate! And the subject is TFP, something which I have a had a fair few debates on already in Photography groups on Facebook. Now I’m pretty sure you all by now you know what TFP means and what it entails, if you don’t, you are either very lucky, […]
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Today we are going to have a debate! And the subject is TFP, something which I have a had a fair few debates on already in Photography groups on Facebook. Now I’m pretty sure you all by now you know what TFP means and what it entails, if you don’t, you are either very lucky, […]
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Hi my name is Jake Hicks, as someone who does both the photography and the retouching for my shoots, (learn my flow here), I got wondering if clients buy our photography or our retouching? As technology becomes more and more accessible our clients are becoming increasingly more aware of what is possible with image retouching software […]
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Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the “death of photography”. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously. In all their pain and detailed examples of how the art and business of photography have been “ruined” (their words), I can find little to no examples of the basic, […]
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Photographer and teacher Todd Bigelow is a little upset, although at first glance it might appear to be a little confusing as to why. Working as an adjunct at various educational establishments for many years, Todd has received many emails and letters of thanks from those students who have had the opportunity to learn from his […]
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I watched a two hour Periscope yesterday. Okay, I didn’t watch all of it because, well, it was two hours. It wasn’t an instructional video or a behind-the-scenes of a photo shoot. Rather, it was a workshop giver going into great detail about the current drama in her life with her workshop attendees. It sounded […]
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The word “testing” can have a variety of different meanings in the industry. But it always refers to creatives sharing their time to create something as a team. In commercial photography the test is done to see if the model is suitable for a commercial shoot, since models cost a lot of money and “bad […]
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If you are running a photography business there may be a need to set up an autoresponder (also called out of office message, or OOO for short). Maybe you are going away for a while, maybe you are on a busy project and maybe (just maybe) you are on a vacation (yea right!). A good […]
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If you’ve been in the creative business long enough, chances are you’ve been requested to do some spec work. As a photographer, you are rarely asked to do a complete shoot as spec work, but there is a good chance that you;v been asked to pitch a concept along with other photographers. And if you […]
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Of course this is more of an attitude than a literal truth. Point being, you’re the only one responsible for your business. I worked in two projects recently and both clients went out of their way to thank me for my cooperation and good attitude, that got me thinking… How is everyone else working? Why […]
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