So...one of the things I do is small schools and team photos. I am a one woman shop. These endeavors don't make me a ton of money. It's a lot of work up front with no promise of who will order what and if you'll make a profit or barely break even and pay yourself … Continue reading Small Business Life
trust your gut
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.
Hello HR Managers!
If you've made it to this post, that means you've seen a job application I've submitted and were just curious enough to check me out. Goodness. Yes, I am a photographer, yes, I run my own business. It is full time sometimes and nothing at other times. Currently I am a little psyched for August … Continue reading Hello HR Managers!
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
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
Many New Adventures Afoot…
You guys, I've applied for a muggle job. It's CRAZY. Kind of landed in my lap and started a whole soul searching and job searching push to see if this is really something I can do. Not that I don't think I could, it's more of a logistical thing as a working mom. Pre-covid if … Continue reading Many New Adventures Afoot…
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…
Well, Hello!
If you're seeing this, chances are you're snooping around my sparkly new-ish website via my email blast that went out this afternoon. Hi! There's been some changes this year so far. For starters, I'm doing all my invoicing via square. SO much easier to keep up with than my multi-paged color-coded spreadsheets. You can still … Continue reading Well, Hello!
Identifying my ideal clients: A List
people who HATE having their picture taken (raises my own hand in shame...er, solidarity)people who value photography but don't have the time or emotional bandwidth to be concerned about some social media worthy Pinterest perfect outcome - they just want nice pics to document this phase of life and don't care if their outfits are … Continue reading Identifying my ideal clients: A List
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