Is Your Photography Even Relevant?

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Just yesterday I received an email blast from a 'leading industry consultant.' The consultant told her audience that (you) fail because you don't have a body of work that will sell. You should check out your visual product, solid body of work around a specific topic and your visual approach. At the

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What In The World Where They Thinking?

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I am flabbergasted by this Nivea ad. Needless to say it is causing a social media backlash, has been taken down and caused an uproar all over the internet. They had to pull it and apologize. We are talking about Beiersdorf and Nivea. Hardly an edgy product. My favorite is the tagline "Look like you

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More Negotiation Tips

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Dear Photography Professionals, My previous post where I showed you a video of my very best negotiation tip got a lot of feedback in the different forums. Here are a couple of additional ideas for you brought to you by your fellow photographers. Here are a few great lines brought to you by 

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Advertising Under Fire for Doctored Images

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I will be the first to admit it, Photoshop is great. Just this past weekend my daughter and I did a shoot for soon to launch Venusstock . While I am a very proud mom and stay fit, I appreciate the nip and tuck that I will get in post production to look (even more) fabulous. If I could get up in the

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Intern Opportunity At Jerry Avenaim

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            Renowned photographer Jerry Avenaim has an immediate opening for an intern. Please READ the post and DO EXACTLY what he is asking you to do if you are interested. I am spreading the word because you won't find an opportunity like this very often.

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Marketing and Branding – What's the difference?

PhotoBizCoach Beate explains the difference between marketing and branding. Watch 3 easy ideas how to better  your brand and increase marketing effectiveness.  

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Use Your Words

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Just the other day one of my clients showed me her photography blog. The entry featured 4 images and 6 lines of text. The text was very bare bones and almost written in bullet points by someone who's second language is English. The message was: here are my images. I called my client and asked if

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The Photographer Who Cried Wolf

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Have you noticed that when someone isn't doing so well in his business he or she begins to search for the reason as to why. Here are the most commonly made comments. Please note none include it being the fault of the photographer. For stock: The commissions are unfair. Agencies are taking

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I Know I Can Make This Work, But How?

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Just yesterday I arrived back from a week in Vancouver. Couple of days on the slopes doing my favorite sport in the world skiing really helps clearing my head. The peace and astonishing beauty of the Canadian Rockies will calm the craziest and busiest mind. I realized that I had gotten so close to

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Amazing Aerial!

Most of the time I stick to business topics but ever so often I come across images that are so stunning that they need to be shared. Enjoy these amazing images from photographer, Yann Arthus Bertrand. http://twistedsifter.com/2011/03/25-mind-blowing-aerial-photographs/   YANN ARTHUS

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