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Dealing with a Bad Opportunity
Working within our industry, it does not take long before you come across a bad opportunity. Now when I say "bad" I don't mean bad overall (although that may be the case), I mean "bad" for you personally. But sometimes... someone will throw and outrageous and...
January 2014 Featured Talent: Annie Dulin
I first had the opportunity to work with Annie Dulin a little under a year ago and since that time I've not only been also to photograph her multiple times, I've witnessed her increase her fitness competition success, seen her appear in publications as well as in...
There’s something to be said for honoring commitments
Occasionally I find myself committed to doing things that I really don’t want to do. There was the recent holiday party that I was less than excited to go to as I had worked all day and just wanted to relax at home. There was the dinner with the friends of the family,...
For Love or Money?
It can be challenging, as a business owner to balance the two... love and money. There are jobs you have to take because, after all, you're a business and a business must turn a profit. Then there are things you do because you love what are you involved in. Personal...
What it is not about
As a modeling talent, you attempt to pitch yourself to a magazine or a commercial client and you don't hear back. Discouraged you decide never to submit again are feel resentful towards the publication or client. After all - how could they ignore YOU? It is you and...
Breaking Your Job Title
For seven years I held the title as "Marketing Coordinator" which may lead you to believe that my job solely involved the coordination of marketing efforts. If you were to read the job description it would say something like "responsibilities include proposal...
There’s No One Right Way
Occasionally I will jump onto various message boards - sometimes to see if I can learn anything, sometimes to offer input on things. Last week I came across a thread of posts on the original topic (from a photographer) on how to submit their work to magazines to be...
Are You Proactive or Reactive?
There is a publishing house that I've had my eyes on for a few years now, which puts out several athletic magazine titles I want to be working with. I had e-mailed in some samples of my work - no response. Maybe a few months later I sent in another e-mail - no...
Who we are and who we are not
As I enter into the New Year with you all, a significant amount of my time has been spent on determining what attributes define me not only as a photographer but also as a business owner. Equally, I’ve put just as much time into defining who I am not. All of us are...