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Raising the Bar
Recently I wrote a post posing the inquiry of whether or not photography should be a licensed profession. The intent behind the question was two-fold. 1) To protect the consumer from fraudulent or unprofessional service providers by having a high standard of ethical...
The Beginner’s Mind
A little over a week ago I participated as a mentor in a high school workshop for aspiring photographers. Somewhere around a hundred students from various schools in Southern Arizona came out to work alongside a small group of commercial and editorial photographers....
Resenting Success
I see it quite a bit within our industry. A model is selected for a magazine cover, feature or even a commercial project. They proudly share it with their audience and receive a bevy of support in the form of likes and comments. What they are not privy to is the...
Is Anyone Listening?
Frankly, I am a little surprised. The James Patrick Photography blog has been live with at least one article (often two) going out each week for the past four years. The Pro Exposure podcast launched over two years ago and has more than 60 free episodes about how...
Where is the Accountability?
Here is an interesting question to ponder... should photographers be required to be licensed to do their work professionally? Let us examine the reasoning behind this question and some of the facets that can be discussed. I understand that one of the first objections...
The Hidden Tax of Projects
Every project you take on has a hidden tax. It could be the client who allows their stress to roll down onto the people they hire. Perhaps it is the client who habitually allows projects to go over schedule. Maybe it is the client who tries to get far more services...
Dedication to being Nothing
I found a photographer on Instagram with more than 20,000 followers. However - the average number of likes on any one of their posts was somewhere between only 3-and-5 likes. That indicated to me that probably around 99.99% of their followers were fake or...
Things You Never Want to Hear A Photographer Say
Here is a list of things you never want to hear escape the mouth of a photographer on set. - Whoops - Well... that didn't work. - Don't do whatever you just did again. - You didn't want these photos did you? - I've been out all last night so can we get through this...
New Team Members
I am so thrilled to announce the news that we have two new people who have joined the James Patrick Photography team. Amber Blom has taken on the role as our new Production Manager and will be assisting on many of our commercial and editorial projects. She has a...