This has been quite the week. Highs. Lows. Rushing around and then sitting around, waiting. And I am just speaking about my work-life. I have had some great and not-so-great interactions with potential clients and I have had some awesome conversations with current clients. It’s really easy when running your own business to get caught […]
BUSINESS
Wedding planner? CHECK!
I have a newsflash for everyone: your time is not any more important than anyone else’s. You’re busy? Guess what? I’m busy. So is my studio-mate Jim. So is my Moms and even my eight year old niece. You feel like you are juggling a thousand things and doing it all with a lack of […]
Work for free? No, thanks.
This is my little ditty about working for free. Basically I am pretty much 100% against it and I will tell you why. I have been running my own business full-time for eleven years now so this opinion is based on my experience with clients – and those that end up becoming non-clients, as […]
What is in my Camera Bag
I have been photographing professionally since 2003. Before I start talking about what equipment I shoot with, let’s get it out there that I photograph with Canon. I hate the Nikon versus Canon debates that happen on a daily basis. I really do not care what brand you shoot with, as long as you are […]
A Little Lesson in Listening
Last night I met a guy in a bar. (Don’t worry, Josh was there, it wasn’t that kind of meeting.) Often when I meet people, I ask them what they do. I remember watching the portrait photographer Sue Bryce speak on Creative Live last year and she said that upon meeting someone, you can tell […]
That Feeling of Defeat
Yesterday Canada won Gold in the Women’s Hockey at the Sochi Olympics. It was a fantastic game. The ladies played hard and in the last few minutes of regulation, we pulled through enough to tie up the game and take it to overtime. Jian half-jokingly tweeted that there is likely already a film in production about […]
The Power of a Thank You Card
The power of a thank you card. I’m talking about a real-life handwritten note that has a stamp affixed to it and is delivered by a postal worker. The real thing. Not a quickly typed email. Not a text filled with silly emoticons (although I do love those thing too so much). When was the last […]
Avoiding Burnout
If you’re a wedding photographer, like me – and you live on this side of the world – your wedding season is winding down. If you are also like me, this is the time of year when you feel completely overwhelmed with work. Here we are, shooting awesome weddings every weekend and just as we […]
Having a Professional Workspace
I work out of an awesome studio. I would not say that I am lucky to have it because it has been work to get here. But everyday that I put my key in the door to open into this great space, I am thankful for it. I used run my business from home. Back […]