At the shop this week, I worked on a little task where I was pulling names, principals, and email addresses of interior design firms in the metro area. A modern yellow pages search, if you will. Started with our location and worked out. Click on a website, copy, click "about," write down the name of … Continue reading One of these things is not like the other…
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Thoughts on a photography career. That’s not over…yet.
As always, as a neurodivergent perimenopausal women trying to make a living without working in a cubicle ever again, I struggle with EVERYTHING. Imposter syndrome is rife in a world where I run my business by my gut and not how "they" think a small photography business is "supposed" to work. Because I do things … Continue reading Thoughts on a photography career. That’s not over…yet.
Good lord. July.
Dearest gentle reader, I am terrible at this blogging thing. I promise you there are many posts that are created in my head whilst driving or trying to sleep or doing any other daily task that never make it out of my brain and onto the keyboard. Alas. Never ever ever enough hours in the … Continue reading Good lord. July.
The inevitable
aaaand...i went down a rabbit hole looking up prices for mitzvah photographers in the area while waiting for pics to upload from today's shoot from my camera to my computer. and don't get me started on the number of photographers who don't even put pricing on their websites yeah. some of these people are charging … Continue reading The inevitable
A tiny pivot
As I've been contemplating things and how I want this business to progress, I think I want to do less events* and more portraits. Like family portraits, but also just portrait portraits. Seniors, kids, headshots, theatrical headshots...Also? I want to focus more on families and clients who aren't "normal." Which means the people that are … Continue reading A tiny pivot
Happy New Year
It's taken our house four days to finally settle back into a routine (sort of!). January is thankfully a super light month for photography work and a much needed chance to close up business for the previous year (all that fun administrative stuff). It's also a chance to sit back and rethink what went right … Continue reading Happy New Year
April!!
Apparently I'm really good at monthly posts. Hm. No problem there. I have been thinking this month about what kind of photography I do more of. I have plenty of families, which I love, don't get me wrong there! And a fair amount of headshots which are fun in that I can work on my … Continue reading April!!
A few thoughts…
I haven't really cared too much about my web search presence - I prefer to pick up my clients by word of mouth but holy crap, my google analytics POPPED in September! A whole 52 new searches ended up at my site! I got a handful of folks to fill out my interest form which … Continue reading A few thoughts…
Updated Pricing Update
For the folks following this blog with baited breath waiting to find out what my 2022 prices would be, you might have seen a month ago when I posted my updated price list! I was so excited! I was going to make actual money this year and maybe be able to have some leftover after … Continue reading Updated Pricing Update
Legal Beagle
It is incredibly daunting to go from doing photography “freelance” vs making this business “legit” as a sole proprietorship. Honestly I don’t think it’s going to change much about how I do my taxes and all but still. Reading up on all sorts of legal things about contracts and such and I have to wonder … Continue reading Legal Beagle