baby photography

“Wow! She is such an incredible inspiration….”

August 20, 2018 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

Laura emailed me last week, the day after we had Nancy Tillberg give us her follow up presentation (we had her on last winter talking about her specialty: High Volume Boutique photography…)

“Loved the webinar with Nancy Tillberg. Wow! She is such an incredible inspiration. I hope she comes out with either a book or a program for photographers on her 3-tier model program. It is something I have thought about for a long time, especially working with the younger gals, to build up role model teens in the culture. Thank you for such an inspirational webinar! In joy,

Laura J…”

That presentation was open to everyone, but the replay
is available only for members HERE

NOTE: Wednesday, August 22, at 8:00PM I am running the monthly Lighting Mastermind presentation.

All are welcome, join us HERE

I’ll be showing my examples from real money making sessions using the the Godox flash system and my on going love affair with this brand. Including weddings, executive sessions and more. This system is amazing!

Also, studio portraits, in living colour promo, studio grad sessions, studio and on location prom dress……and more to come….

Robert N. Provencher – Your Master Coach Marketer

“If you want to be a profitable and successful photographer, then study profitable and successful photographers.”

Join us…Content, Coaching & Community

Flipping babies upside down and other ways to get great expressions…

April 3, 2017 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

Babies love to fly. I discovered this years ago.
And get flipped upside down.

I had an adorable five year old girl, and her 8 month old brother in my studio 2 days ago.
A happy, strong rugged baby boy.

I asked mom to flip him upside down, and bring him close to his sis.
The laughs, the expressions, the pose.

What fun! They think I’m nuts. But they love me at the same time.

I jokingly add: “You can’t never do this to a newborn baby….”

Duh….of course. Always use discretion, and keep safety as top priority when pushing the posing envelope.

If he’s not able to maintain the pose, don’t do it. And if he can, only do it for about five seconds. Remember, all that blood is rushing to the little guys head.

When it comes to getting great expressions, when you can draw from a grab bag of strategies, and techniques, your clients will think you have super powers.

It’s part of our repertoire when it comes to posing. It’s why I love learning the secrets, tips and subtle, sometimes not so subtle nuances from others photographers.

This Thursday, April 6th, 9:00PM EST we’re bringing one of my favorite dudes back, Chad Pennington, to share with use some of his best techniques for getting great expressions in his portrait sessions.
This dude has it going on.

We can, and shall learn.

If you’re a member, INSTANT access, and the eventual replay, will be available HERE (login first!)

If you’re not a member, and want to access this event, it’s a mere twenty bucks (Canadian funds, no less….for my American friends, that’s like half price!…)…all you need to do is join us. (Cancel anytime!)

JOIN US HERE

Yours in photography and success,
Robert Provencher

P.S. It’s been said that genius is in the ability to learn from others. Your clients, your bank and your self-esteem will love you for it.

“The photography is the easy part…”

October 14, 2016 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

Friends in photography,

I was chatting with my main droog and photo associate James Hodgins the other day.

He said something I thought kinda weird, dumb even.

“I feel like putting on a wedding seminar and teaching all the newbie wedding
photographers how to make money in their business.”

“Uh? But you don’t even shoot weddings anymore. Haven’t for like 5 years.” I queried.

“I know” he replied “But what I have to teach is still valid. I see so many doing so many mistakes and leaving so much money on the table.”

Good point. Matters not that he hasn’t shot a wedding in years.
(He’s super busy shooting what he loves shooting, mining, industrial
and all kinds of dirty toys and places…..ugh…)

“The photography is the easy part.” He explained. “It’s the experience you give the client, that’s what matters.”

And when you give them a great experience, you get paid more.

James gave me an example. A friend of his just shot a wedding, made peanuts and complained.

He complained that the photography wasn’t good enough. When if fact, it was.

“Give me the same images, I’ll make a thousand dollars or more, easy. You’re leaving money on the table…the photography is great. That’s the easy part.” He furthered.

Then he pulled out his phone and showed me some recent industrial images that he shot using his latest lighting strategy, one light.

Okay, okay, lighting, selling, whatever….James is about as hyper as a Chihuahua with ADHD on coke and coffees…. he’s passionate too. Loves the game and business of photography.

His images were stunning. So, I did the obvious thing. I invited as guess to the Lighting Mastermind that night so he could show everyone his goods.

We had a blast. Packed an hour and ten minutes with lighting strategies from REAL, genuine, legit PAID sessions.

James had so much fun he says he’s coming back. He wants to talk bid’ness and exlpain more on the “the photography is the easy part” concept.

Allllllrrrighteee. Let it roll. James will be back. Dates and details to follow….

Meantime, for all members, the replay for said Lighting Mastermind is here.

Not a member? Listen, the price is going UP! Right now it’s insanely cheap at $19.97 CA a month. (plus a 97. one time sign up fee)
That’s like .66cts a day.

Join us.

Yours in photography and success,

Rob

Wrap Up, May 21, 2016

May 23, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

CANADA - CIRCA 1950s: Reproduction of an antique photo shows girl and boy posing with Christmas gifts in his hands

WEEKLY WRAP UP May 20, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

John Ratchford-Taking the good from America’s Next Top Model
Tue, May 24, 2016 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

This should be fun. John explains the content in this webinar:

*”The webinar will focus on how to listen to your clients, and listen to culture and even listen to divine prompting to come up with new promotions, this one will focus on taking the good from America’s Next Top Model and removing the bad to come up with our own studio’s version of Ratchford Next Top Model.

*How to market to tweens

*how to build relationships with the younger audience and stay relevant, even if your approaching 50!

*How to make everything you do an event!

*Making things an event separates you from the pack and adds excitement to what you do.

*Our annual gala night is a big event in our community, we induct people into our Hall of Fame, where we recognize people from the community for outstanding inspirational contributions. Our local cable channel covers the event too.”

Next Bull Pen Print Competition May 26, 2016

The next Bull Pen is FILLING up! But there’s still room…next Thursday, May 26th your nobull team
Ernie, Maggie, Rob and Ian will critique and judge your submissions….
The top three winners win cash……JOIN US:

Bull Pen

Frontline presentation with Connie Meyers….

She’s been in the game for over 30 year and shares her hard won wisdom and
insights on running a portrait studio.

Click

Rob’s First Communion Session

Rob will be posting some pullback shots soon, but click
here to see more of these sessions.

Yeeeaaaa! The Fuzzy Factor…..

The complete Transcend the Ordinary Series with Fuzzy Duenkel is
now in the forum for members only.

Fuzzy!

Shot at a bit of compositing

I’m always fascinated by compositors and how their minds work.
I do admit that some of the crazy artistic compositing I’ve
seen is not for me, but I had an idea and thought I’d give it a try.

Judy C

Easy Interiors Video

An oldie but a goodie; learn with Rob how to
do commercial interior photography.
Watch more

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Friday Wrap Up, February 5, 2016

February 6, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

WEEKLY WRAP UP February 5, 2016

From the noBs photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

If this site doesn’t spur with you with creative ideas, that you could toy with, I don’t know what will.
Click on editorial choice, to see the different Volumes. WOW!! CLICK HERE

January Bull Pen REPLAY is up:

Click here or above for the replay.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
January 2016 Lighting MasterMind Replay is in the forum

Loaded with valuable, from the trenches lighting tips, techniques
and strategies from real cash paying gigs. Click here or above to
watch.
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January Marketing & Goal Setting Mastermind is in the forum

It’s not too late to get fired up before the New Year
starts to get a little old and tired:) Click here or above for more.

Could this be one of the longest threads on Wedding Shows?

One thing for sure, is it’s packed with some very good insights and
detailed analysis marketing reviews from Marian who attended several
shows this year and gave us a detailed synopsis of booth layout, design and
wedding trade show secrets. This is good stuff, and more keeps adding to it.
Click here or above to read more.

DIY Lighting…

Neil says….”Great find on the Hurrell pullback shots!” in this thread on Marian’s post
on lighting….Marian’s post….”Westcott calls them the Spiderlite kits and they sell
different variations (along with other vendors). I couldn’t believe the size of this 500
watt bulb when I took it out of the box and it got me thinking. I like to DIY things and I
could rig up something permanently in my studio, with a few of these. (Heck, 3 of these
will give me 1500 watts.)
More wattage than the Spiderlite kits!…” Click here or above to read more.

“Increasing your work radius….” an excellent post by Sean….:

“I’m curious from anyone with stories they’d like to share who have expanded
their “work radius” ( to other towns, states, countries) and how its working for them. ”
Click here or above to read on.

Shoot in Costa Rica: in the commercial section

“By some twist of fate and fluke I got a gig here in Costa Rica shooting a
Teak plantation/manufacturer. I think they found us from the google adwords
campaigns I was running to promo my destination wedding photography offerings.”
Click here or above to read more about Rob’s commercial shoot in Costa Rica.

Fairy models needed

Sean’s looking for fairy models, “I’m currently having a problem getting more samples
of fairy portrait photos(always has been my problem really). I was suppose to have
a couple of girl models to shoot but it looks like they fell through for now. I’m under
the gun to get a couple more sets of samples. I currently have only one set of samples
from one model. Anyone have any ideas for quickly locating little models?”
Click here or above to read more.

Stepping outside my comfort zone

Thomas said, “I rarely ever photograph at night. This was a group of Models,
Make up artists and photographers that had a get together last night to
just go out and play in Old Sacramento. I almost bailed at first as it didn’t
seem too organized but I stayed and glad I did. ”
Click here or above to read more of Thomas’ post and to see his results.

Fuzzy Duenkel Advanced Training series coming up in Feb 2016:

One thing is certain. In portrait photography having control over your lighting
and creating images that sell based on your lighting abilities can make all the
difference in whether or not your create a steady demand for your photography.
And profits. After all, isn’t that the bottom line? Profits. Success.
Creating stunning portraits is all about good lighting. Created consistently, over and over.
Join us for part 2 in the 4-part series with one of the best lighting
gurus in the industry. Click here for more.

Baseball in January

Here’s a great post from Randy: ” Last week I had the chance to photograph a high school
baseball team for a national media outlet (Shhhh…all hush hush for now).
Click here or above to see Randy’s shots and how he achieved
his lighting.

Creative Cross Training with Brian DeMint Feb 18/2016

Have your images critiqued by Brian. First come first served…..click this link for details.

Replay: Marketing Mastermind with Dan Morency

Click the photo for the replay link.

Baby Girl with Special Props

|I always encourage my clients to bring along an item that has special
meaning to them. In the past I have had little tipper trucks, Granddad’s
army slouch hat, the Dad’s school case and many outfits either worn by
the parents or knitted by Grandma etc, etc. Click above or here to see more.

Yours in Photography and all things NoBs,

Gabi Wright

Babies First Year Marketing Program…

October 15, 2015 By Robert Provencher Leave a Comment

I built my business on this marketing program. It has served me well and has been the groundwork and foundation for my photography success.

In this series, I reveal everything…I mean all of it…every single strategy on marketing, lighting, posing...

AND it’s in the forum for MEMBERS HERE