[break] We’re very proud to have lined up some awesome giveaways at Mystic. Andrew “Fundy” Funderburg will be speaking on increasing studio profit through albums. Not only will he be discussing profit, he’ll be giving away a ton of cool stuff. [break] First prize over $1500 in give aways! [break] [content_box style=”padding20″] [icon_boxCompany icon_url=”/presetImages/onone.png” size=”big”…
Why adding albums to your portrait mix can help you overcome objections, build loyalty and increase your sales.[break] [break]As small business owners, we create our product mix for many reasons. Some products we offer simply because they are so cool and they separate us from the competition. And we offer some products, like albums, because…
How did you get started in photography? I’ve had an SLR in my hands since the sixth grade, but to go pro took an 8×10 Christmas gift and my old creative director barging into my office to say, “Ya know, you’re pretty good at advertising, but THIS is what you should be doing.” Light bulb…
Heidi Ann is a Utah/California based wedding and portrait photographer. See more of her work here. [break] How did you get started in photography?[break] My dad gave me my first SLR when I was about 11. It was totally addictive.[break][break] Who have been your influences in photography?[break] Irving Penn and Richard Avedon[break][break] What is one…
Here are two images, the one on the left is the original image and the one on the right has some nice crunchy pop to it. There is a really easy technique to get this pop with just a few clicks. You can even write your own action and create it at will. The technique…
Clarity & Vibrance Clarity and Vibrance are one of the more confusing sections of Lightroom, hopefully I can make it “clearer” and help you be a bit more productive. Vibrance is easy. This is a technology that Adobe purchase from a competing RAW processing company. Vibrance automatically detects which colors are already saturated and leaves…
Harold at Finao was kind enough to let me print off a prototype of an Upper Elements album. As many of my readers know, I am a big fan of the 10 page album for portraits. That’s five spreads for those folks that try to redefine what a page means (if you are unsure, open…
The very first thing I do when I pick up a new album is knock on the front, back and spine, just like it is the front door of my neighbors house when I’m not happy with them for parking their car in front of my house. I give it a nice firm knock without…
We all work hard to sell the beauty in our photography and in our clients, but how about in our products. I’m a big believer that our product mix is what sets us apart from the crowd. And these days, the crowd is getting larger and larger. Costco is selling photo books and fine art…
It’s official, I’ve sold off my last DSLR and 35mm lens. The only “high end” camera I own is the Olympus EP-2 along with the 20mm 1.7 and 45mm 2.8 (remember, Micro 4/3 cameras have a 2X lens factor). Today, I took that little baby out on the town to see what it could do….