Photography lighting tips from the trenches Some of the best photography lighting is also some of the most basic lighting. Two lights, one on either side, both with the same, or near same output. Wash the subject with light. Kinda flat, kinda boring…. We used to call this idiot lighting. Maybe we still do, as […]
Finding, seeing and using the light you randomly find on location…
When I show up at the brides home for pre-ceremony photos, I look around for creative lighting and posing options. In this example, you can see the light reflecting in my assistant Danielle’s eyes. I spotted that right away, looked to my right and noticed the source. The same light is, in this shot, bouncing […]
This method almost guarantees top google ranking for your studio…
Last week during our first installment in the Sales Success Secrets for photographers, Maria mentioned that the majority of her new clients came from online searches. You know, master goog. The Yoda of search engines. As it turns out, we get top ranking in our area as well. And I’m not talking about paid searches. […]
Market your studio like a Navy Seal….
Got an idea, a promotion, a money making strategy for your studio? Never mind the over-complicated, bureaucratic, uber-rhetoric marketing strategies often promoted by the gooroos…. There’s only ONE WAY. Market like a navy seal. Maria Sampao, now she’s a SEAL if I ever met one. I prompted (aka light a fire under her butt) her […]
Chad 2.0….”How to interact with clients and get killer expressions.”
What happens when your roll Yervant, Ghionis and a few other big name marquee photography names into one? You got Chad. He’s a just a regular dude pushing his wedding photography business and totally crushing it. I call him Chad 2.0 because we had him present 3 months ago and his ideas, his content was […]