As we’ve started looking to the future of our business, I’ve been thinking a lot about my schedule. Right now I’m working about seven days a week and usually just getting done what is in front of me that must immediately be done. This doesn’t leave a lot of time to work on growing the [...]
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September 17, 2009
Fast food fast
How much money would we save if we stopped eating fast food? How much smaller would our waste lines be? How much healthier would our hearts be? So where exactly is the benefit in fast food?
I was pondering this after spending another $7 on a meal the other day. It was your typical fast food. [...]
July 27, 2009
August Family Photo Special
Today we’re rolling out a family photo special for August. The details are below and you can download a pdf file just below that. Feel free to pass it on to everyone you know. Refer a friend who also books a shoot and will give you another free 11″ x 14″ print.
The details:
2-Hour Location Photo [...]
June 30, 2009
Need some opinions
I created the above 8×10 from 20 of my favorite photos from my June 2009 daily iPhone photos. I really just wanted to order a print for myself but then I had an idea. I thought I’d run it by you guys.
What if I offered a subscription service where at the middle of every month [...]
June 26, 2009
Looking in all the wrong places
There are times when I want to shut everything down. I want to close my business, go get a job and just work for someone else. I know ultimately I would be unhappy working for someone else, but the temptation is there. The temptation of more reasonable work hours and a steady paycheck.
It usually happens [...]
June 19, 2009
6-19-09 Daily iPhone photo
Today’s photo isn’t overly exciting, however, I’ve had a few requests to see our new promotional material I made for this weekend’s bridal show. The top is a 5.5″ x 17″ brochure with all our pricing information and a little about us. The bottom card is a 4″ x 4″ card with our contact info. [...]
May 17, 2009
The second shooter
The joys of shooting in public places means you usually deal with, well, the public. Most people are very respectful of the fact that we’re working, and we try to be respectful of others and share the space. But occasionally you run in to the guy who has to get a shot of the horizon [...]
May 5, 2009
Marketing for next year
I’ve been working on my current marketing for the past few years and didn’t even know it. Over the next two days I’ve got two interesting new-business meetings. The funny thing is, both contacts came from some work I did in the past. The even funnier thing is, they weren’t big flashy projects. You know [...]
May 5, 2009
Challenge yourself
Yesterday was a long day. I prepped all morning for a bridal shoot with Mallorie. I arrived at the shoot around 2:00 and we didn’t finish until almost eight in the evening. It involved a lot of time in the heat and even shooting some bridal photos inside UT head coach Mack Brown’s office (but [...]
April 29, 2009
More Color posters
The poster above is one in a series of 10 we created for LearningZoneXpress.com.
This is what David and I have been working on for a long time. The order ended up being for 10 total posters, five for elementary school and five for middle/high school. The idea is to promote eating more fruits and vegetables.
We [...]
April 20, 2009
The week
This is the week. We’ve been planning for it for a while. My friend David is flying in to stay here in Austin for the week to work on a few projects. As soon as he gets off the plane on Tuesday, we head out to a bison farm for a shoot. The week will [...]
March 26, 2009
Still alive
I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I’m still alive. We got Cody out of the hospital last week and he has recovered nicely. Conner and I are sick, however, and that’s kept me down for the better part of the week. I’m still not feeling great, but I’m at least functional [...]
March 11, 2009
Become a better photo marketer
There are a million sites out there dedicated to making you a better photographer. Many are great, some are not.
One of the great resources, though, has always been Zack Arias. The past few days, he’s started presenting video critiques of photographer’s websites on his blog. These have been amazing so far. After just two episodes, [...]
March 2, 2009
Watch what you cut
A quick thought on watching the cuts you make to save money during the recession. It could cost you customers. What do you think?
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February 4, 2009
The 17-hour days
In the recent past I worked 15+ hours almost every day of the week. I had to in order to keep up with the mountain of work. Being a small business means I do everything.
And then I stopped. I was getting a lot of work done but was still always behind. My family was suffering [...]
