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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.
From expert business strategies and marketing tips to creative inspiration and photography skills, this blog gives you the tools you need to succeed in the competitive photography and creative industries.
Earning Your Good Word
Have we at James Patrick Photography served you well? Since I launched James Patrick Photography I’ve truly been privileged to be able to work with so many fantastic clients. What truly fueled my business the most have been the gracious referrals from our clients to...
Become a Fitness Entrepreneur
Save the Date for FITPOSIUM 2016 happening October 1, 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona. Further details will be forthcoming including our lineup of speakers, topics and valuable career opportunities. You can also subscribe to the FITposium newsletter to get updated...
How Fraudulent Talents Impact Us
I went to school for many years to learn how to be a journalist. From the age of about 15 on up to when I graduated college I learned not just about writing, but interviewing, editing, designing and more. Outside of classes I interned for local newspapers and even...
Launch of You in Focus
GUIDING FITNESS TALENTS TO BECOME FITNESS ENTREPRENEURS James Patrick Photography is proud to present to our clients business and marketing consulting from YOU IN FOCUS. Marketing consultant and photographer James Patrick, ACG, ALB is an award-winning marketer with...
The Most Addictive Thing in Business
There are few very things I find addictive. If I want to do something I do it and if I decide that I don’t want something I won’t do it. I’ve always been fairly practical in that sense and can make most things black and white. That mentality I have applies to food,...
Four Things That Make You Feel Official
It can take a long time for your side gig, your hobby, your passion project to feel official. If you do work a full time job then it is so easy to dismiss the other work, the art, as nothing more than a foolish hobby. Yet there are certain things that can make it feel...
How to Discuss Money With Clients
Over the last dozen or so years I’ve learned a few things about how to discuss rates with clients and some of the better ways to negotiate rates to earn what you believe is fair for your work ethics. First off you should establish some structure or baseline for your...
Leap Year Bonus Day
When I travel I sometimes feel I am forced to read the USA Today, which, as a former journalist, is a pretty bleak portrayal of the American media system. For example, sometimes when there is daylight savings time the newspaper will publish an article or graph on what...
The Right Followers
One of my clients is growing followers by the hundreds daily. Yet every follower they mass is a guy wanting to see her sexier photos. Another client of mine has more than a quarter million followers – yet is egregiously obvious in the reality that she paid for these...