Business Inspiration Photography Education The Cost of NOT Going After Your Dreams While today’s post is an introduction to Sarah Petty’s Quick Boutique Breakthrough Workshop, she makes a great point about doing business the same way, year after year. Just as technology keeps changing, so does consumer behavior, trends in style, and consumer demand. What worked in marketing just a few years ago, may not be successful […] Written by Sarah Petty June 22, 2023May 17, 2023
Inspiration Lifestyle Photography Education What it Takes to Have a Healthy Business I wanted to share with you my thoughts on a HEALTHY business. Being healthy (personally) plays an important role in how things happen in our lives, including in our businesses. The habits that we develop for ourselves play a key role in our performance, both in business and in life. We form habits around […] Written by Lori Nordstrom June 20, 2023May 4, 2023
Inspiration Lifestyle Photography Education Planning the Perfect Vacation – A Five-Week Plan Intro by Skip Cohen This is a little longer than the regular posts we share. Still, my good buddy Bryan Caporicci, founder of Sprout Studio, wrote some of the best advice I’ve ever read for photographers and business owners. While we shared his post many years ago, it’s even more relevant today. The two years […] Written by Bryan Caporicci June 15, 2023May 1, 2023
Business Inspiration Photography Education Building a Stronger Business With the Help of Your Peers Intro by Skip Cohen This post by Robert Nowell, co-founder of Sprout Studio, is out of their archives and really hit home for me. It’s all about how you can bring 5-6 individual business owners from your community together to create a Mastermind group. For years I’ve been writing about networking luncheons, bringing together a […] Written by Robert Nowell June 13, 2023May 4, 2023
Inspiration Photography Education Social Media Stop Taking on Trolls Just recently a good friend was attacked by a couple of trolls on Facebook, and it got me thinking about the blessing and curse of social media. The blessing is how it keeps all together, sort of like the mortar between a wall of bricks. We’re able to communicate and stay in touch. For example, […] Written by Skip Cohen June 8, 2023May 1, 2023
Inspiration Photography How to Implement Psychogeography Photography The term ‘psychogeography’ was invented by the French writer, poet, and philosopher Guy Debord in 1957. He defined it as the study of an environment’s specific effects on individuals’ emotions and actions. It is the intersection of psychology and geography. In other words, psychogeography is about how we feel and act when we are in […] Written by Carly Sullens M. Artist, CPP June 6, 2023April 19, 2023
Inspiration Lifestyle Photography Education Finding a Better Perspective Intro by Skip Cohen Yeah, it’s a travel log about a part of Suzette’s trip to Ecuador, but one of the things I love about her is how she finds a slightly different perspective on each journey in life. She takes applications she uses in imaging and applies them to the people she meets along […] Written by Suzette Allen May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
Inspiration Photography Education The Consequence of Being Afraid Several years ago I had a dream to have my artwork published in a Better Homes and Gardens coffee table book. It was kind of a fantasy, like living on a beach in Maui or winning the lottery (which really wouldn’t be one OR the other, because if I win the lottery I’m going to […] Written by Holly Howe May 11, 2023May 1, 2023
Inspiration Photography Photography Education Creating with Curiosity One of the best ways for me to create my most powerful work is often just led through curiosity. Generally, I think there are a lot of makers that think that you need to plan everything down to the last prop before shooting. That can be so helpful with sets that are a large investment, […] Written by Kenzie Hunter Hokanson May 9, 2023March 24, 2023
Inspiration Photography Photography Education How to Beat Burnout I’m willing to bet 99% of us got into photography because we love it. How great is it to have a job you love and can’t wait for each new day? But the reality is, no matter how much we love any job, there will be days when we are exhausted and burnt out. Through […] Written by Holly Howe April 25, 2023March 22, 2023