When a wedding is involved there’s something about “this is how it’s done” that grips us. We tend to feel the need to do everything the way it has been done by those before us. A lot of the time it doesn’t really matter. We all love pretty flowers so we carry a bouquet down […]
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I was recently asked by a college student to share my top 5 pieces of advice for those thinking about becoming professional photographers. I thought I’d share my response with you as well. 1. Learn lighting, not just digital photography There are so many “professional” photographers out there who don’t know what a histogram, […]
Over the years I figured something out: photography is a commodity. In today’s visual world, everyone needs a good photograph for something. Small businesses are hit the hardest when it comes to taxes. Trading is a great way for money not to exchange hands, which means just a little less is going to Uncle Sam. […]
So what if they are neither local to you or the venue? Then that means you couldn’t find the quality, customer service, or price that you were looking for. Thankfully Google allow us to get anything that we will ever need and get it to the exact specifications we want. A true professional can take any new location and make it personal to you. You will trust them because you click with them. We were hired off of a Google search to go to Alaska. Months after the wedding I am Facebook friends with that bride. We went to Oregon because it was a referral from a wedding in Seattle (still not local for us). She hired us because of the great referral from our Seattle bride. I could go on and on. Here’s the point. I want to like my clients just as much as they want to like me. Both sides do that by saying no or yes when they have that gut feeling. And you know what? We never have drama with our clients.