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Staying competitive means continuously improving your skills and business strategies. Here you’ll find exclusive insights for photographers, creative directors, and all types of creatives who want to sharpen their craft and grow their business.
Whether you’re looking to improve your photography techniques, boost your brand visibility, or stay on top of industry trends, this practical, actionable advice is based on years of experience working with leading brands and publications.
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If You Are Reading This…
I am going to make some presumptions about who you are. If you are reading this, then you are someone who works hard but know there is a better path for you and that you deserve more for your effort. You are willing to do the work required, but perhaps you don’t know...
What You May Have Missed
The James Patrick Photography and FITposium team have been white hot with pumping out career changing content. I wanted to key listeners into a few very important podcasts our team has recently released. FITposium Podcast featuring Chris Harder Discussion on making...
The Best Trait an Entrepreneur Can Have and You Cannot Succeed Without It
Within just a few minutes of meeting someone I can easily tell if someone is more likely to succeed or struggle in his or her career. Those who succeed possess a singular trait that those who struggle seem to lack. Curiosity. All the school, all the business books,...
This Won’t Work
When I look back over the last 20 years of my career trajectory there are numerous clusters of time where I did not advance, where things simply did not work out the way that I hoped they would. Contrast that to other times when things seemed to skyrocket even faster...
2018 Magazine Covers
In 2018 I had the pleasure of working on a wide variety of magazine covers for clients including: • Golf Magazine • Women's Running Magazine • Fitness Magazine • Modern Fitness Magazine • and more! My team and I were fortunate to work with a variety of professional...
What Changed My Entire Business in 2018 (and can for you in 2019)
Just yesterday I was recording a podcast with my business coach and good friend Chris Harder for the weekly FITposium podcast. Over the course of about an hour we discussed a blitzkrieg of topics from our fears leading to inaction to our limiting mindsets, to daily...
The A-Hole Who Ruined My Entire Presentation
Maybe seven or eight years ago I was presenting at a seminar for fitness models and actors on website strategy, analytics and search engine optimization – back when people actually cared about SEO. There were about 50 people in the room and I had rehearsed my...
Pain that Hurts Versus Pain that Helps
About six years ago I had this sharp tightness of pain under my ribs at the top of my oblique muscle. I assumed it was an odd muscle cramp or knot and that I needed to work thought it. For a week I heavily stretched and even more heavily trained assuming at some point...
The Question That Led to $37,000 in Gross Revenue
Imagine that, a question being responsible for $37,000 in revenue. True story and I was the person that the question was asked to. The question was asked to me after this individual gave me some consulting over the course of an hour. So for an hour this person is...