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To learn more about how to price and market your photography, check out CreativeLive Photo Week. Jen Rozenbaum doesn’t shy away from change; in fact, the Queens-based boudoir photographer confidently embraces risk, experimenting with every part of her business at every turn.

There's been a whole lot of fun stuff on CreativeLive this Photo Week, from Peter Hurley and Sue Bryce kicking it off to host Russ acting as a model for Brooke Shaden, Lindsay Adler, and Jeff Rojas. But behind the scenes, the producers, crew, and instructors have been having a pretty good time in front of a different camera, thanks to the Slow Motion Booth.

Fine art photography doesn’t require Vogue budgets or tricked-out sets. Creative vision is all about ingenuity; the greatest artists make do with what’s within their line of sight.

If you were around the CreativeLive office (or even just watching on the stream), you might have noticed some of the crew and instructors rocking some fresh ink, in the form of our really cool Photo Week temporary tattoos. However, a lot of photographers actually go the distance and get real tattoos to demonstrate their love of the art.

[caption id="attachment_8861" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Josh Moates via Ryan Muirhead.

What was once the provenance of Hollywood actors and Fortune 500 CEOs is now in high demand by every professional with an online profile – and that’s pretty much all of us. Thanks to every social media platform that requires a user photo, not to mention every company website that asks for a portrait of the employees, interest in headshot photography is surging.

[caption id="attachment_8775" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by chancema[/caption] In the new era of social sharing, one of the best ways to find new clients is to ensure that you, as a photographer, have a robust social presence. Which means you're probably putting your photos — your intellectual property, your livelihood, and things that could potentially make you money — out in the world for people to see.

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“The whole point is speed," said Sue, who explained that, even though there are a ton of customizations possible, having just a few go-to defaults, which often come right along with the software, is just more economical for your business.