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It’s Christmas time. The season of giving. It’s kind of funny to think back to being a kid. Honestly thinking back I feel a little selfish. Spending this time of the year just getting excited thinking about what I was going to get for Christmas. What was under the tree for ME?! And as I […]

When I first started my business I viewed every other photographer as competition. I know I’m not alone in that. And as I spent my days stalking blogs and reading and watching anything I could get my hands on, there wasn’t anyone or anything saying go make friends with other photographers. Friends with planners, florists, […]

Just about three and half years ago I started this journey of becoming a photographer. It was hard. It’s hard to be the “newbie.” Everyone looking down on you because you don’t have a $3000 camera. Or high end lenses. You don’t charge enough. You don’t do things their way. Honestly I’ve always done things […]

I stand in the way of myself. It’s a simple as that. If I think something can’t happen, it won’t. And every time I tell myself I can’t do something I’m holding myself back. I’m standing in the way. Of me. Looking back I’ve done this over and over and over.  This little thought that we […]

I’m a new photographer and want to get my work out there! How should I do it? Do I really need a website, blog and a Facebook page? Will just one work? Which one? I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. And it’s a GREAT question. I once asked this myself. It’s a common […]

To do lists are a big part of actually getting work done. I previously blogged about the workflow chart. It’s a great chart giving you information on what has been done, what needs to be done, etc, with just a glance at it.  But what about those daily to-dos. How do you organize those? Post […]

Have you written your 2013 goals yet? Started them but haven’t finished them? They aren’t always so easy are they?! I won’t lie. I just wrote my 2013 business goals today, on the 4th of January. I knew what I wanted for 2013. But goals aren’t just what you want to accomplish, shouldn’t they be […]

We don’t all have the same wedding season. Some of us in those warm climates (aka Arizona) are just picking back up with weddings. Cause seriously no one wants to get married in the Arizona heat. At least I don’t think they do. The southern hemisphere is just starting their wedding season. But most of […]

Christmas Eve I was jammin’ in the car, headed up to the ski hill. About 20 minutes out so I was really getting into the tunes and getting pumped up for the day. The song was interrupted by someone calling. I said something like “How dare you number that I don’t know interrupt my song […]

I was a bride before I was a wedding photographer. And honestly that has helped me in so many ways, but has also held me back in so many ways.  I started my business from the viewpoint of a bride. Not a bad thing. But I failed to also view it as a business owner. […]