The Business End of Your Business In this week’s episode we visit with Jared Platt, Phoenix Photographer and educator, and examine the new pressures that impact us in the digital age. Jared shares some practical workflow advice as well as some philosophical suggestions for keeping your feet on the ground in the modern world. About
Archives for 2010
A Look Back on Blog Posts from 2010
This year has brought about a lot of changes at Pictage, in the Community Team, and on this blog. We started out as the Pictage Blog, developed a new editorial direction, and are finishing the year as The Photo Life, an educational resource for professional photographers. We’re proud of what has been built this year
The Photo Life Podcast- An Interview with Miki Johnson
You Are the Sum of Your Bytes In this week’s episode we visit with Miki Johnson, former senior editor at American Photo Magazine, and discuss ideas for mastering social media and her exciting Matchstick Workshops, a program encouraging multi-discipline collaboration between creative professionals. Post a review on iTunes for a chance to win a LowePro
5 Tips for Increasing Your Portrait Sales
All the time I hear about successful wedding photographers dabbling in portrait photography who can’t figure out how to actually make any money shooting portraits. It has nothing to do with their photography and everything to do with the way they run their businesses. And it’s no wonder, considering that it’s a whole different business
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What frustrates you about the photography industry? Come on. You can share. What really gets under your skin and makes you want to scream? We all have something that eats at us about this business. Would you be willing to share your feelings in public, unabashedly, for the whole world to see and hear? These
Don’t Touch That Dial: Setting Lightroom Camera Defaults
Don’t Touch That Dial: Setting Lightroom Camera Defaults from Jared Platt on Vimeo. Don’t touch that dial… unless you have to. If you set your camera defaults in Lightroom, you may not have to. Setting Lightroom camera defaults is a great way to save time in the develop process of your Lightroom workflow. About Jared
The Photo Life Podcast- An Interview with Ralph Alswang and Paul Morse
We’re thrilled to launch a new educational and inspirational podcast called The Photo Life. Read more about The Photo Life podcast below as well as listen to the debut episode, an interview with former White House photographers Ralph Alswang and Paul Morse. Welcome to The Photo Life Podcast Everyone loves a good story. The Photo Life
Mirrors & Shoes – Joe Buissink
If you thought you knew celebrity photographer Joe Buissink, well, think again.
Brain Dump- Clearing the Clutter to Think Clearer
Years ago I found myself sitting at a conference listening to the speakers who had amazing ideas and instead of soaking up these great ideas, I was thinking about every small tasks I had to accomplish immediately when I got home. I was listening to their big business ideas, I was taking notes but somehow
Choosing Images to Deliver to Wedding Photography Clients
In selecting images for delivery to the client, we want to make sure we’re delivering enough images to tell the story of the wedding day while making sure that we’re not overwhelming the client with too many images. The purpose of this article is to provide a few objective guidelines to help with the very