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My Photos Then vs. Now
I donât know if you know this but I was married once⌠for a total of 2 years, LOL. And we were together for a total of 4 years. He was abusive. But donât feel bad, Iâm a strong willed individual which is why we got divorced. AND if it werenât for him, I would have never attended American Society of Media Photographerâs Strictly Business conference where I would meet my future partner, whom I'm still with. Regardless, I was going through a very difficult time with my new reality of not having the life I thought I was going to have at the age of 31. And this was happening on the heels of my...
Memes don’t book clients (but this virality does)
I went viral on Instagram. And itâs not my first time. The first time was with this post on my client account which got over 1M views but it only got me 274 followers.đ¤ So here are my thoughts on how to go viral but also to grow your audience. Iâve been working on cracking this code for a long time. Youâve heard the âbe relatableâ advice right? But you keep trying to be relatable and nothing happens. Youâre probably questioning what the heck that even means. Be myself? Am I relatable enough? Well, hereâs what I realized. To go viral, with the purpose of growing your following, you need to be...
All My Gear Was Stolen Right Before A Shoot: Here’s What Saved Me.
For eleven years, I lived a double life but not like what youâre thinking.đ I was constantly traveling back and forth between LA and Detroit because I was in a long-distance relationship with my partner, Blake. We had to wait until his son graduated from high school for him to move to LA, so every other month, Iâd pack my bags and head to Michigan for 8-10 days and every other month, heâd pack his bags and head to LA for 8-10 days. Yeah we made Delta âď¸ rich. But hereâs the thing: those trips weren't vacations. I worked the entire week I was there doing headshots for Michiganders. One...
“Free-Flowing” Prices Will Kill Your Photography Business
OMG so back in 2021 my partner found a photographer who wrote an article that talked about me. It was about the Best Headshot Photographers in Los Angeles and his âthoughts.â đ Thank goodness my partner emailed me a copy of his âthoughtsâ so I have it word for word today. Iâll tell you why this matters in a second. But read this first. âThoughts: I have a great deal of admiration for Vanieâs work⌠Her portfolio contains a good number of actors who have built entirely different âtypesâ by using different clothes, hair, and facial expressions. I think (and this is my own professional guess)...