Jay Goldman will be speaking about “10 tips to surviving a career in photography: 20 years in the trenches.” What are the top 3 things I want attendees to take from my presentation? 1. I certainly want the attendees who get up early for my presentation to be entertained for an hour. 2. I want the attendees to be inspired to step outside their comfort zone, and to try some other things to prevent the ” wedding photographer burn-out.” 3. I want attendees to leave with some new ideas on what to bring and how to prepare for a photo shoot. My favorite thing about PartnerCon LA is: The size of it. It’s not too large where it’s totally overwhelming, and still has enough variation in the presentation
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Speaker Spotlight – Mike Larson
What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1. I want them to walk away having a humble and objective perspective of the reality of how our leadership, personality and the way we work with people and their experiences has on the volume, and sustainability of work we do, especially in these unknown economic times. 2. Beyond shooting right the 1st time, There is so much to learn and grow thats outside of the camera with how we interact and lead the groups we work with, as well as leading our own businesses and the team we bring around us, no matter how big or small our studio is. 3. Todays up and coming photographer leaders are going to be tomorrows success
Speaker Spotlight – Will Jacks
Will Jacks will be speaking on “Inspire Yourself, Inspire Your Clients – Leveraging personal projects to enhance your brand.” What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1. A renewed inspiration to push themselves and their work. 2. A realization of how important personal work is not only for their own satisfaction, but how making a committed effort to the practice can really enhance their portrait and wedding business and add some income to boot. 3. Better understandings of how they can find their photographic voice, nurture it, and present it in the best manner possible for them. What’s your favorite thing about Partner Conference Los Angeles? I’m really looking forward to putting a lot of faces with names and being around
Speaker Spotlight – Justin & Mary Marantz
The Marantz’s are presenting on “Creating Loyalty Beyond Reason, Version 2.0” What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1. The power of momentum! So many times in business it can feel like we’re just pushing and pushing and getting nowhere. It’s all we can do to just keep our heads above water. But we want to help people figure out and focus on the things that really matter. The things that will help take that weight off their shoulders, grow their business exponentially, and take the work out of getting bookings. It really doesn’t have to be this hard! We’ve seen this happen in our own business and everything that’s happened in just the past two years. That’s
Ask & Learn Wednesday with Chris & Katie Humphreys
Session Topic: Creating Images with Impact Chris and Katie will explain how photographers create better images with greater impact by broadening their understanding in the areas of depth, lighting, and perspective. Those who employ these creative techniques set their work apart from an ever-increasing crowd of photographers. Those who find ways to add impact in the camera will create more memorable images than those who rely mainly on post processing techniques in an attempt to stand apart. Chris and Katie will talk about proven techniques to enable each photographer to enhance the impact of their own images while maintaining and developing their own sense of style. Bio: Chris & Katie Humphreys Chris got his unlikely start in wedding photography three years ago, when he met
Speaker Spotlight – Carlos Baez
What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1. A fire in them to go out to be the best. 2. I don’t want them to doubt who they are. 3. To laugh and feel alive with their photography. What’s your favorite thing about Partner Conference Los Angeles? You cannot beat the group of people that come together for 1 purpose, to pass on to those who want to learn. What is the best advice you can give someone who has never attended a Pictage Partner Conference? Please go, it will be the best investment of your time and money, especially with the amount of speakers you will hear, but also all the new friends you will make.
Speaker Spotlight – Liana Lehman
Liana Lehman’s presentation is all about “Money, Lies, and Photography.” What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1) Some of the essential not-glamorous business actions every small business owner needs to take so that they don’t end up losing tons of money, owing years of back-taxes, and deep in debt. 2) How to price so you can still make money and be competitive (using the big equation and three pricing methods) 3) Common lies about money and photography we (and the industry) tell ourselves and how to overcome these. What’s your favorite thing about Partner Conference Los Angeles? The people of course!! Since it’s a smaller conference than many, it’s much easier to meet people and build lasting
Ask & Learn Wednesday with Dane Sanders
Session Topic: Leveraging Technology to Brand Your Business Dane will de-mystify our times and offer tangible tools to help you sort through the value filters you need to make brilliant branding and marketing decisions without ever spending a dime on advertising. Bio: Dane Sanders Dane is in the midst of his fourth year of shooting weddings professionally and has been with Pictage since he began. He was one of the founding members of the now world famous OpenSourcePhoto Forum and has found his greatest joy in creating images around life’s most meaningful moments. Dane’s efforts have recently been recognized in such noteworthy publications as Professional Photographer and Rangefinder Magazines. He was also recently selected to be one of a handful of photographers highlighted in Lou
Mingle with Engle & David Esquire
Describe your photography style or words that describe your brand? I believe that my style is best phrased as Romantic & Artistic. I also bring a crazy/uber high amount of energy that I am naturally blessed with. I also combine the excitement and out of the box thinking that came from shooting extreme sports for many years and the entertainment/fashion/modeling industry. What is a must read or must see? I would suggest any photography or photographic art magazine out of Europe. They have fewer ads in them – which is very dissimilar to pretty much anything printed in the US. For a must see, I would HIGHLY recommend the following movies: Moulin Rouge, Matrix Trilogy, Amadeus, Love Actually, Shakespeare in Love, Ever After, Romeo &
Speaker Spotlight – Chris & Katie Humphreys
Chris and Katie’s presentation is on “Everything that is watched improves.” What are the top 3 things you want attendees to take from your presentation? 1. First, it’s so easy to subconsciously assume that the success of our business is simply measured in dollars and cents. But if our goal is to maintain continual growth, it’s got to be more three dimensional than that. We want photographers to become consistently focused on three different areas of their business that they can watch that will lead to sustained growth: relationships, money, and time. 2. Beyond that, we want to empower photographers by giving them systems they’ll need to develop their business. We see that development as having three steps: Watch. Analyze. Grow. 3. Finally, whether you’re an established