Photo Talk with Don and Sid
October 16, 2020
We have these meetings every Friday at 1 PM Pacific.
Our discussions are rarely scripted, and we answer a lot of questions from those who join.
This PTF was a big discussion on strobes and their usage with some ideas you may have not thought about.
HOW TO FIND YOUR VISUAL VOICE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
I get the question a lot. "How do I create my unique style?" This is one of the hardest things to answer because it has to take so many disparate parts of your photography into account. And in the end, you cannot create your style, you can only find it. Creating a...
PREPARING FOR CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Preparing for Changes in Commerical Photography We have been experiencing the fastest rates of change in this industry that we have ever seen. It took nearly 9 years for Nikon to bring out the F4 after the F3 while today new bodies are almost an annual occurrence. We...
SEEK OPPORTUNITY, THE REWARDS WILL FOLLOW
SEEK OPPORTUNITY, THE REWARDS WILL FOLLOW I see it all the time. Discussion after discussion on how hard it is to find work, and how hard it is to get paid, and how hard it is doing hard stuff. OK. I get it. It’s hard. It is generally hard to do something that is so...
WHAT STOPS YOU FROM EXCELLING AT PHOTOGRAPHY?
What Stops You From Excelling at Photography? We all have crap that gets in our way. I have mine, you have yours. I have never met anyone who didn't have stuff that slowed them down, made them pause, or made them consider their worth. Never. And I have met some pretty...
THE GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA BULLSHIT STRATEGY
Today's Inbox is full of "Get Rich with Social Media" marketing classes. I can learn to make $5000 a month from Pinterest, and "Leverage My Instagram for Big Bucks", while learning the "Secrets of LinkedIn Marketing" with some big-time Guru who made all...
IT’S A NUMBERS GAME (PART TWO)
It’s a numbers game… part two of our series. Find Part One here. Last time we discussed the numbers of getting people to see your work, and how that is so important to build a business. It’s been two weeks since that post. How many of you: Made the minimum...