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. […]
“Gotta punch that internal drama queen in the face…”
Every time I find myself whining about something, I say to myself “Punch that drama queen in the face…” I know, sounds a little aggressive. But when it comes to whining, blaming and complaining, I tend to over react. It’s my nature. Somewhere, somehow, someplace a long time ago I got the message. And that […]
“There’s a lot a of money on the table. All you gotta do is ask for it…”
I was chatting with a photographer not so long ago. He asked me this question: “Rob, what’s your secret?” As if there’s a “secret”, once discovered, all one has to do is wave a wand and magic happens. Instead of blowing smoke his way, I said this: “There’s a lot a of money on the […]
DO what you’re supposed to do…..Lessons from Second City
Whenever the queen bee Tina and I find ourselves in the big smoke, aka hogtown, aka Toronto, we invariably make our way to Second City for a fun time and many laughs. One of our favorite things. And it’s only like $30.00 bucks a person. A few weeks ago we did just that. And we […]
“People will trade quality for ease.” ~Evelyn~
Well, it happened. The idea behind chosen the path of least resistance has become part of our culture. Saw the movie The Incredibles 2 last week, and a line stopped me dead in my tracks. Evelyn Deavor, the main antagonist, says: : “People will trade quality for ease” at one point during the movie. I […]
You don’t really need a studio….but….7 reasons why it’s really cool to have one
It’s true, you don’t really need a studio to be successful in your own photography business. But it sure is nice to have one. Here’s 7 reasons why it’s really cool to have one: You have control…lighting, drops, looks you want to create. To me, it’s like a chef in his own kitchen. I feel […]
“Wow! She is such an incredible inspiration….”
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 […]
I can’t undo what I done or unlearn what I learned….
What do you do when you’re wracked with guilt or shame about something you done way back when? Or, something that happened to you. Even something completely out of your control. Shame, guilt or anger can be very toxic. For me, forgiving myself and others was the key. Accepting the fact that the past is […]
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