Here is is. I’ve gone through the presentations and mastermind meetings in the last year and drug up the best of the best in my o so humble yet accurate opinion. These are replays for members. If you’re not a member, and want in, let me bribe you. Use the coupon code […]
What to do when people simply don’t want to have a family portrait taken?
I noticed a trend these days. And it’s not good. It appears many folks don’t want and don’t have much patience for family portraits. Adults seem to hate having their picture taken. Even when with their families. I could be wrong, but I think I’m mostly right. Priorities are changing. Cell phones are ruining us […]
The secrets to making money in niche photography…
Think of your photography business as a Swiss Army Knife. Many tools, each one doing a specific job. A versatile tool that comes in handy. Your photography business can be like a Swiss Army Knife too. In other words, it has many tools, each one with a specific niche purpose, each one unique onto themselves. […]
Frequency separation made easy and a free photoshop action
Frequency separation is a photoshop strategy that seems all the rage. Some embrace it, others can do without. Many, like myself, found it very complicated at first, however I wanted the “look” and end results it offered. Problem is, it seemed very complicated. So, I deduced it to a fast, easy, simple and effective solution. […]
7 Productivity Steps (For Photographers?)
I came up with a take on these 7 productivity tips, sent to me by Robin Spencer, based on this article by the same name. I shot this while down in Costa Rica on holidays….. Productivity tips for photographers, and for anyone really…enjoy…:
“SEO was easy when Friends was on TV” and other web optimization lies with Scott Crosby
I hear it all the time. “SEO doesn’t work anymore. It used to work when Friends was on TV back in the day, but not anymore.” A bigger lie has never been uttered. I know it’s a lie, I seen it in my photography business. And so has Scott Crosby, and his SEO students (He […]
What they will never teach you in photography school…
If you didn’t know any better…meaning, if you listened to everyone else, including the professors at photography school, you’d think the way to a successful career in photography would involve uber expensive lights, lenses, cameras and complicated software and more. BUT, and this is a big but, what they won’t teach you in school is […]
Sending in a 5 star chef to run a chip stand on the beach…
I was chatting with a retired RCMP and his wife, who recently got back from 7 days in Las Vegas. They recounted the shows, the casinos, the usual chaos that makes Las Vegas, well, Las Vegas. He pipes up and says: “Rob, you should go there. There were photographers everywhere, taking pictures that we buy […]