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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.
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How to Deal with Self Doubt
People don’t really like to discuss their self-doubts with others. It leaves you feeling exposed and vulnerable. Acknowledging self-doubts is akin to admitting failure. I’ve been having these visceral dreams lately, almost on a nightly basis, where I am carrying this...
Unworthy of Radio Shack
I get an uneasy feeling when I’m told how lucky I am that I found and am able to do a career that I’m passionate about. I have to wonder if I was unlucky before that? When I was playing baseball and my batting average dropped to .061, was that bad luck? (For those who...
Attempting to Leverage Crisis for Gain
A message was sent recently in which an aspiring fitness talent wanted a discount on a photo shoot from a pair of photographers. The page long message went into very specific details on this person’s life, tragedies and most recent crisis they have been facing. When I...
What Does TFP Mean to a Professional?
It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then a model will send me a message to inquire if I am willing to offer them a TFP photo shoot. Their responses vary slightly calling it “Trade for Print” or “Time for Print” or “Trade for Photos” but the gist is always the...
Understanding the Value of Your Images
Last week I received an e-mail from an South Africa based music company who wanted the rights to use an image I did of a model for a 20-minute workout track they were releasing. The e-mail noted that my “photographs are amazing” and that they would credit me for all...
Top Ten Reasons I Won’t Ask Clients to Sign Exclusive Contracts
I have been seeing photographers within our industry attempting to encourage fitness modeling talents to sign exclusive contracts to them limiting their ability to work with other service providers. Here is why I will not be asking my clients to ever sign such...
FITposium 2016 Recap
We are just a few weeks post our second annual FITposium event which was held for nearly 160 professionals in the health and fitness industry. We had a variety of presenters including Lori Harder, Jessie Hilgenberg, Bret Contreras, Dave Dreas and more. We were...
Dave Dreas & Jeremy Scott at FITposium 2016
Fitness talents, published models, entrepreneurs and more; Dave Dreas and Jeremy Scott are teaming up to present at FITposium 2016. The powerhouse duo will be discussing The Art of Hustle. How to develop the grit needed to success in the fitness industry. Information...
Awarded with the AAFT’s Hall of Fame Next Generation Award
Last week I was awarded with the American Advertising Federation Tucson’s Hall of Fame Next Generation Award. The Next Generation Award, founded in 2014, recognizes those outstanding advertising individuals, age 40 or younger, who are making a significant impact on...