Join me in welcoming Terran Bayer to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of January. Photographing dogs on a paper backdrop in the studio means one thing: dirty, hairy, drooly floors. But...
Join me in welcoming Haron Haghuis to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of December. In his member's only tutorial, he takes us behind the scenes to show the specific conditions he...
Please help me welcome Jess Bell to the Hair of the Dog Academy as Guest Artist of the Month for the month of November. If you have seen Jess's work, you have probably been in awe of how beautiful it is. She is going...
Please help me welcome Danica Barreau as the Hair of the Dog Academy Guest Artist of the month for the month of October! I must say that I've been an admirer of Danica's (pronounced duh-NEE-kuh) work for a long time and...
Behind the Scenes at BarkzealandI’m not crying…you’re crying. It all started a little over 3 years ago - I boarded a plane for Barcelona to meet in-person for the first time two colleagues - Kaylee Greer and Charlotte...
Join me for a conversation with equestrian photographer extraordinaire Shelley Paulson from Shelley Paulson Photography. We talked about all things equine photography - from how she got started, to why she chose horses,...
MY TRAVELS IN THE PAST 30 MONTHS: 2017 - Ireland for 2 and Brazil for 4 2018 - British Virgin Islands for 2 - Croatia for 5 (3 in economy and 2 in business class) 2019 - Australia for 4 and 3 flights for 4 within Australia...
You know that social media is an important part of your business in 2018 – but you are so overwhelmed with the whole process you become paralyzed. Does any of this sound familiar… You don’t have time to keep up. Instagram...
In this video, I am sharing the screen with Jamie Piper of Cowbelly Photography as we hold a Q & A session for pet photographers interested in commercial animal photography. Commercial animal photography is quite...
I don’t know many photographers that haven’t had some sort of pain caused by our profession. While our job isn’t as physical as a 280-pound linebacker, it is physically demanding! Our gear gets heavy and that causes lots...
The official definition is “accomplishing an aim or purpose” and “ having achieved popularity, profit, or distinction.” I feel that both of these are missing the point, especially the second one. Success should not be...
If you have been a photographer for any amount of time, you realize that with each niche comes a new set of skills and best practices. While I have a strong knowledge of my camera, posing humans, shooting in a variety of...
Running a business comes with it’s own host of liabilities, but throw animals into the mix and you bring it to another level. This isn’t to scare away those that are passionate and skilled at animal photography, including...
Lens choice consists of so much more then the distance to your subject, it can drastically affect the entire look and feel of your image. First, lets go over the common lens focal lengths….. Fisheye or Ultra-Wide Angle:...
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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...
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...
Money. It’s a charged subject. Our culture makes talking about it taboo, and that’s really a shame because that just reinforces whatever money mindset issues we have lurking in our subconscious mind. These can be things that your parents said...
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...
“I’m second guessing my pricing. I was very successful last fall, grossing $17,000 in just two months, since then all I have heard is “I love your work but it is not in my budget.” I’m considering lowering my prices, but not sure if that is the...
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