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.
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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