Wow, it feels like I just finished writing the post on my top lessons from 2020! At the same time, there was so much that happened this year that I can't even believe it all managed to fit in 12 months. It was my first full year in NYC, which brought a lot of big...
Creatives of any kind tend to be more comfortable with the artsy side of things than with the business end of the deal--and that's ok! Enough practice and experience tend to sharpen our business skills and help us develop a better intuition for dealing with things...
"Let the work speak for itself." ... Heard that one before? Me too, and I get it...in some contexts. The problem is when you're a creative trying to build a freelance business where you actually book clients and don't work for, well, free. We all need to do a better...
My Restaurant Shoot Gear Restaurant photography has always been the bread and butter of my work. I’ve had to work really hard to get good at food styling and studio food photography, but there's something about restaurant work that I just thrive in. I’ll never forget...
Calculating Value as a Photographer I’m back with part 2 of my series on value in the photography world. This post is a bit shorter ,but hopefully will help you to get some practical application out of the first post in the series, which you can find here if you...
Investing in yourself is scary, especially when you're brand new at creative business and you haven't seen how much investing in yourself can change the trajectory of your career. But what if I told you that an investment of just a few hundred dollars could do just...
Something I get asked frequently is “how should I price myself as a photographer?” And while this is not something that I can answer for you, I thought it might be helpful for me to write a two-part post on what it means to understand your value and some things you...
One of the biggest pitfalls I see creators get stuck in is building a business that is far too reliant on social media for exposure/income. But what happens one day when Instagram goes down? Or shuts down for good? Or when pay-to-play gets taken to an extreme where it...
Life has a funny way of making us do things before we're ready. After all, I don't think we can ever truly be ready for the big things in our lives, owning a business being at the top of the list. Now I do think it's important to have a business plan and know the...
Can you believe it's almost 2020? I can't! This year has been such a wild ride: some seasons felt like an eternity but at the same time I feel like I blinked and my life has changed dramatically in so many ways and I hardly felt it happen. I can't wait to see what the...
Is blogging dead? Lots of people will tell you that it is. Those people don’t know what they’re talking about. Blogging is a money-making business tool that you want to start implementing immediately if you haven’t already! I'm talking SEO, monetization, customer...