| May 10, 2011 |
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| April 21, 2011 |
The Photography Business,
It's Not About Photography
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Why do I have to keep telling people that the photography business is
not about photography, it is about business. Photography is just the
product that the business is built around.
I am tired, very tired, of new "professional" photographers that
can't understand the idea that photography is a business. At least, it
is as soon as you say you are a professional. I constantly hear from
these people: "I can't charge the same rates as my competition. I'm new
and I just don't feel right doing that." or "I'm not good enough to
charge the full rate for this job. I don't have the experience." The
hell you aren't!
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| March 10, 2011 |
Responsibility
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For god's sake buck up! Take responsibility for all that you do.
Everything! You may think that this is going to be a rant post; maybe a
little, but not too much. Read on good reader.
In my rather vast experience in business, I have seen many times
individuals who do not take responsibility for what they do. Sometimes
this is because they are afraid that they will get in trouble, maybe
even lose their job. In most cases no one is in jeopardy of losing
anything except some humility perhaps.
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| May 5, 2011 |
| Are You (re)Touched |
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I have been asked many times if I retouch my work. The answer is
complicated in a sense because although I don't like to retouch, I still
want my clients to look their best when they get their portraits. So it
comes down to more of a question of how much is too much.
We all know that in magazines like Glamour, Vogue and most of the
celebrity magazines the images are retouched and often to the point of
fantasy. It is easy to go overboard when retouching someone. When the
natural texture of the skin is taken away and the skin looks like
porcelain, it is overdone. If the photographer or retoucher makes
someone look so 'perfect' that you wouldn't know the person if you met
them on the street then they have gone too far.
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