I don’t know about you, but I love watching other people edit photos! As I was working on my final edits for our models from Barkzealand, I thought you all might enjoy watching this one. In this video, you will see how I...
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Lightroom Classic or Lightroom CC?
What happens when Adobe takes a product that we have been using for years and changes the name of that product while at THE SAME TIME adds a NEW product with the same name as the OLD product? Mass confusion. If you are a...
Editing a silhouette image
Creating stunning silhouette images is a piece of cake once you know some handy little Lightroom secrets to bring amazing color out of your raw file. Check out this image that I captured recently in Florida - a state that...
Pricing Articles
Find a selection of our pricing articles below.
Breaking Down Money Blocks
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...
Mini-Sessions do not have to equal mini-profits.
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,...
Don’t Pay Me for My Time and Talent
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...
When Can I Start Charging?
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...
Navigating gift certificates and Black Friday offers
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...
Should I lower my pricing?
“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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