Looking for tips on starting and running your pet photography business? From workflow to customer service to copyright – you’ve come to the right place!
In this post, you'll learn all about the world of commercial animal photography. In the video, I share the screen with Jamie Piper of Cowbelly as we hold a Q & A session for pet photographers interested in commercial animal photography....
What money sayings do you catch yourself saying regularly? “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” “You’ve got to work harder to make more.” “You can’t be successful without sacrifice.” “Rich people are greedy.” We all have them, whether conscious or...
Starting a photography business has approximately 8,736 moving parts, approximately. 🙂 In order to grow quickly, you need to make sure that ALL 8,736 moving parts are working together - this involves your website, marketing materials, and pricing,...
I’m addicted to education. I believe that we ALWAYS have more to learn and that we can pull nuggets of gold from many different areas. When one of my fellow Pittsburgh photographers was putting on a workshop on how she runs her Mermaid, Fairy,...
If you’ve looked at any number of photographer’s investment pages I bet you’ve seen the term “time and talent” on many occasions. I’m not going to mince words here….I hate that phrase. Why? A. Your “time and talent” is worth a heck of a lot more...
Last week I shared how I use Dubsado to manage my client inquiries and booking processes, this week I want to share how I use Todoist to manage my workflow AFTER the sales session. My brain is like the bin that they draw the lottery numbers out...
When you started your photography business did you think that you would spend so much time working on the admin side of your business? Contracts, invoices, and emails…oh my! I’ve tried many strategies over the years to streamline my admin tasks...
I hear it all of the time... "I don't have enough clients." "My calendar is empty." "I keep posting on Instagram, but I don't have any inquiries." I've said it before and I'll say it again, there is NO SINGLE thing that you can do to magically fill...
It’s that time again…trade show time! Two of the photography industry’s biggest events are happening over the next two months - Imaging USA in Nashville and WPPI in Vegas. These are events in which over 10,000 photographers descend to attend...
The holidays are almost upon us and that means a flurry of gift purchasing and holiday discounts from companies large and small. It also means that photographers want in on a piece of this holiday purchasing mayhem…but be careful as there are some...
It’s no secret that running a photography business requires us to wear MANY hats. We need to know the craft of photography and post-processing, animal behavior, website design, accounting and pricing, sales strategies, customer service, and...
The title of this post may be a little harsh, but it doesn't make it any less true. Have you heard of Snappr? It started in Australia but has now moved to San Francisco, it's the Uber of photography. They are advertising hand-picked pros showing...
Dog and horse photography skill-building tips
Photoshop and Lightroom tips & tricks
Pricing sessions & products, and selling both
Starting up, workflow, copyright and more
How to find clients and get your calendar booked
Mindset strategies for a successful business
