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For Photographers: Rainy Day Weddings

With a hurricane coming this weekend and the uncertainty of the weather during the Fall wedding season, I thought this post would hopefully be timely and helpful! Shooting on a rainy wedding day is never ideal, but they’re still do-able. I know I stress less if I have a plan in place to tackle it, […]

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Finances for Photogs #1 Setting Goals

I’m a planner at heart, and goals really make me feel happy inside. I love a good spreadsheet or two! When I took the business full time three years ago, my goals were something that helped it be so much less scary! Having set goals helps you gauge your success (in more tangible ways than […]

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For Photographers: Pricing Albums

Maybe it’s just me, but pricing always seems like one of the trickiest parts of running your own business. And when it comes to albums, it can get especially tricky! Album costs, your time spent working on them, your market, and a ton other factors go into coming up with that specific number. You want your clients to […]

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For Photogs: Booking Season Peaks and Valleys

This post is going to be yet another one of those posts I felt compelled to write because I didn’t feel like there’s really that much of a conversation happening about it in the industry right now. Being a small business owner can be kind of isolating sometimes, especially if you feel like you’re always […]

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FBO: The Key to Dealing with Rejection

Today’s post is about one of those tough things that people don’t really talk about very openly. I like talking about these kinds of things though because I know that literally every single business owner deals with them and it makes it so much easier to deal with some of the not so fun parts […]

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The Pricing Series – Part Two

So you’ve got your pricing all set up and ready to go. You’re pretty much done, right? HAHA. Yeah, right. In the world of wedding photography (and other wedding vendor-y type gigs) your pricing is never going to be 100 percent set. Successful businesses will always be evolving and pricing will have to evolve with […]