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Friday Wrap Up, April 15, 2016

April 17, 2016 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

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WEEKLY WRAP UP April 15, 2016

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Next Bull Pen Print Competition April 21st, 2016

Less than one week away! Get your images in before we fill up.
Next Bull Pen Print Critique is April 21st 9:00PM EST.

Sign up here

The Wedding show report from Marian has created one of the best, and on going threads on attending wedding shows. He keeps adding new updates and very good info for anyone who wants to come up with the very best in wedding show booths…..check it out:
HERE

Maternity On The Beach In Costa Rica

This young lady is about to have a baby any day…
I’ll be creating a video soon explaining in detail how I shot, and processed these…

More…

Fairy Day Ads Using Canva.com

Rob’s back in the saddle running his studio. Fairy day is set and already booking in. See his ads created using the new service canva.com posted here:

Check it out

Fairy Portraits Mastermind Bull Pen

Speaking of fairy day promotions (and how much moolah you
can make running them) here’s two of the best
presentations from the recent past
on selling and promotion faiy day portraits.
Click

Mastermind on Selling Fairy Day With Tina Provencher

Watch

Feedback: Communion Portrait

Want feedback? of course you do. Ok, it’s a straight on portrait,
communion, of a young girl looking at the camera, slight smile.
Read More

Another Beach Session…

I know, I know….not another beach shot. I had like three in
our last week in Costa Rica…
started to feel like I was making inroads and a name for
myself. But alas, we had to go home.

Who knows where and how this will evolve. If we stayed
there permanently, I feel there’d be
a market, judging by the response so far, and I have
a fairly good idea how I would push
offers and promotions to said markets.

Beach

Wedding Season Is Here… Looking For Inspiration?

Time for some wedding photography inspiration? Wedding season is
upon us and there is some great information from Vanessa Joy, Sam Sciarrino,
Rob Provencher, Jaco Fourie and many others in the wedding success section in the forum.

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.
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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

Bull Pen Print Show December 16th, 2015

December 5, 2015 By Robert Provencher 2 Comments

Join us. All are welcome.

The next noBs photosuccess Bull Pen Print Show is scheduled for December 16th, 2015.

A note from Ernie Basciano, our Bull Pen moderator:

Email up to a maximum of 3 images (NoBS Members) or a maximum of 2 images (for non-members) (unique images, not a series of similar ones) to me at bullpenprintshow@outlook.com and be sure to put “Bull Pen” in the subject line.

I will send a confirmation back to you when I have received your entry.
Images should be named with the title of the image.
If you do not receive a confirmation email please let me know in case I didn’t receive your submissions.
Please resize your entries to 1200px on the long side, jpg only. Watermarks are NOT allowed.
Name your image as the title for your entry.
Give your images a title that is suitable. Use the title in the file name so we can track it easily.
Judges will each recommend the image as either Not Accepted, Accepted, Merit, or Excellence.
We use PPA, PPOC, and WPPI style print competition levels.
*Not accepted= means it does not meet the minimum level requirements to “hang” as they say.
*Accepted prints= (at these events) will be put on display in the print room. And win a ribbon.
*Merit= means it’s a better image yet. Has reached a higher level of visual impact and accomplishment.
*Excellence= is the highest achievement
If you were to attach a numerical value, not accepted 79 or less, accepted would score an 80 of higher, merit 85-95. Excellence would score 95+

ABOVE: Doug Gibbons…winner first place and third in our November 2015 Bull Pen Print Show..
Congrats Doug! Doug received a beautiful certificate, $200.00 in cash and a Topaz Labs Plugin of his choosing…

First place winner gets $200.00 hard cold cash.

Second place winner gets a much valued online or in person consultation with Maggie Habieda (worth $500.00!)

Third Place winner gets a TopazLabs Plugin…of their choosing.

Send in your submissions to Ernie. Join us during the event as we run it live via webinar…HERE

Friday Wrap Up November 20, 2015

November 20, 2015 By Gabriella Wright Leave a Comment

WEEKLY WRAP UP November 20th, 2015

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

Curved comfort for your monitor?

Let’s discuss….is it good for editing? Or a passing fad?
CLICK THE IMAGE FOR POST

Chinese flash invasion…

Click image above for FlashHavoc.com reviews…

I know that everyone has different flash units, be it hot shoe or studio flash units. I ran across this article several months and I am wondering if anyone has any of these units? They are now marketed and branded under different vendors. CLICK HERE for forum thread

Join us for the next Bull Pen Print Competition on November 25, 2015 at 9pm!

The winning image will receive $200 in cold hard cash!! (via paypal)

Second place image wins an exclusive hour long tutorial with award winning photographer
and digital artist Maggie Habieda of Fotografia Boutique.

Third place image receives a Topaz Labs PhotoShop plug in.

Click here for all the details.

Wedding/Bridal Shows

Ben wrote:
“Hey Everyone,
Need some help/tips on how to best prepare for a wedding/bridal fair/show.
This is my 1st show so I’m wondering what to bring….obviously album samples
and some samples of my work, business cards….. but how about contracts,
or hand-outs, vouchers etc??” Click here to read more.

Entering Prints and Judging Competitions

Folks, I want to start helping everyone out by teaching the rules and regulations on print competitions.
Print competitions, although not the be all, end all, are an excellent way to master the basics of
impact, composition and the technical side.PLUS, I want to enhance the posting of images within
the new site to follow certain guidelines.
Click here for more info.

Frontline With Carole Honeyman November 18 REPLAY!

She’s worked in Saudi Arabia as a photographer…she’s from Scotland, and
she lives and works in Olympia,WA, USA.
Carole decided to make her work stand out by applying paint techniques. If you
missed the webinar, click here for the replay.

Creative Cross Training with Brian DeMint November 24, 2015

Brian is back! Creative Cross Training.
This time, he’ll be digging into equipment and lighting….a la DeMint!
This unique class focuses on expanding your creative and technical abilities
through what Brian refers to as “Creative Cross Training”.
Also, Brian will be deconstructing images from his most recent
work and sharing his creative strategies. Brian also brings experiencing other
fine arts and processing them so you can influence your own work.
For those who are open to learning through non-traditional photography
training methods a plethora of knowledge.

Click here to find out how to register.

Photoshop Marketing Templates and Photoshop Actions Exclusively for Members

Marketing templates and photoshop actions included in the forum, and more added all the time…

Members click here to get your hands on these goodies.

From the NoBs Photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

From the noBs photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

Join us. All are welcome.

ABOVE: Doug Gibbons…winner first place and third in our November 2015 Bull Pen Print Show.. Congrats Doug! Doug received a beautiful certificate, $200.00 in cash and a Topaz Labs Plugin of his choosing…

First place winner gets $200.00 hard cold cash.

From the noBs photosuccess Inner Circle Members forum

ABOVE: Doug Gibbons…winner first place and third in our November 2015 Bull Pen Print Show..
Congrats Doug! Doug received a beautiful certificate, $200.00 in cash and a Topaz Labs Plugin of his choosing…