No New Year’s Resolutions Yet? Why It’s Ok To Take Your Time
If you were anywhere near social media on January 1, you absolutely saw two things: First, photos of whatever your friends, family, and colleagues did at the stroke of midnight; and second, what those same people have resolved to change, reassess, do, see, or learn…
How Photographers Can Make Extra Money During The Holidays
While we’ve already established that it’s perfectly ok to take a break during the holiday season, the raw reality is that a lot of creative types literally can’t afford to do that. Bills need to be paid, gifts need to be purchased, and tax season…
Sue Bryce Blogging Tips: Blog Like It’s A Wedding
For photographers looking to grow and retain an online audience, a blog and the right blogging tips are absolutely essential. Not only is blogging a great tool for boosting the SEO of a site that could otherwise be too static to rank highly on Google…
The Story That Inspired Nature Photographer Frans Lanting
Great nature photography (or landscape photography) is about more than beautiful atmospheric shots of the natural world, framed and hung on walls, or even stunning close-up photography of rare animals in motion. For iconic nature photographers like Carleton Watkins or outdoor photographers like Ansel Adams, it…
14 Vintage Photos of Real-Life Rosie the Riveters
Rosie the Riveter was based on a real woman — actually, a lot of them. The US cultural icon represented the many American women who found factory work during WWII, producing war supplies and other munitions, including aircraft. During this time, the female workforce more than…
Sue Bryce Shares Her Favorite Pose Ever
Most people are neither comfortable nor particularly experienced in front of the camera. Which means that, in order to take the very best photo of your subject, you, as a photographer, need to be able to give the kind of direction that makes sense and…
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Dumb Questions: Storytelling Tips from Alex Blumberg
Where do great stories come from? And how do the people who tell them for a living keep finding them? This American Life‘s Alex Blumberg explains that the best stories satisfy our collective curiosity — and that the best place to look for a story…
Sue Bryce and Felix Kunze Tips for Better Fashion Posing
There’s a wide range of portrait photography, and every client is different. But as a photographer, sometimes you’re not necessarily shooting for the model, you’re shooting for someone else, like a clothing company or another commercial client. Or, maybe, the model has contracted you to…
Free SEO Marketing for Wedding Photographers: How To Easily Improve Google Ranking
SEO for wedding photographers is the new way to reach clients. Back in the day, the best hack for a wedding photographer to end up in front of potential new clients was to make sure you were in the front of the phone book (nice…
How To Change Directions Without Starting Over
Remember back when Groupon was a fundraising sight for social change? Or when Pinterest, then called “Tote,” was all about retailers? Of course you don’t, because those brands successfully changed directions and became way more popular because of those business pivots. Sometimes, for whatever reason,…
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