A month back I decided to quietly slip away from social media to facilitate a creative reset of sorts. There was no dramatic reason for it as such, but I know myself very well and I was beginning to feel that creatively something was a little off. I was spending more time on social media […]
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Embrace change. It is inevitable and should be celebrated, not feared. Just because you start at the beginning and have a map of how you want to get to your destination it doesn’t mean the particular route you’ve chosen will actually end up being the way you’ll get to where you want to go, nor […]
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You need income to run your business. You will be a little naive about this when you first start. You’ll go all in and quit your full-time job (which to this day you will never regret) and with your rose-coloured glasses plastered on your face, you’ll assume that your print sales will be enough to […]
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Know what it is that you actually want. In deciding to take this path of having your own business, you will have to make personal and financial decisions that will bring up a lot of insecurity, fear, and thoughts of uncertainty and overwhelm surrounding not only your future but also how your decision to start […]
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Build your support system early on, your support system is your most valuable asset in business and in life. Be sure to create a support system that you know you can be honest with and they can be honest with you. There are going to be times where you will have tunnel vision and you […]
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Mindset Is The Most Important Muscle To Exercise Essay 1 You will self-sabotage often, question your abilities and your decisions often and all of this will test your confidence and belief in yourself and your business. How you navigate these self-sabotaging behaviours, questions and decisions will determine how much you really want this, because the […]
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A year ago, I embarked on taking a huge leap of faith by quitting my full time job to focus on my photography business. I had never created a business from the ground up before, and so I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. It’s a much talked about general statistic that 60% of […]
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Post production for product photography is just as important as pre-production and production itself. So you’ve completed the photo shoot…..now what? Now we’re at the business end of the process. This is where you finalise your deliverables and send them off to your client. In this article I’ll give you my tips on post production […]
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After reading this beginners guide to production of a product photography shoot, you’ll be able to start creating your own checklist to start producing deliverables for your clients. This beginners guide to production of a product photography shoot is in no way a definitive resource for you or your business, but it’s a starting point. […]
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This article is a beginners guide to pre-production for product photography shoots and the process it involves before starting client projects. So you’ve got an enquiry from a potential product photography client…..now what? This was the very question I asked myself when I had an enquiry from my first client…..”now what?”. My client was engaged […]
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