The Album Design

alison and jeremy.

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:11:53 -0700

alison and jeremy.

megan and ross - dan o'day

Mon, 30 May 2011 12:26:55 -0700

dan is a good guy and a wonderful photographer. please give him some love on his blog. http://www.danodayphotoblog.com/

bree and anton - christine pobke

Mon, 02 May 2011 14:03:41 -0700

this family looks fun. photos by christine pobke.

ginny and todd - sean flanigan

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:16:28 -0800

this wedding was un-real. give sean flanigan some love! http://www.seanflanigan.net

shery and andy - sean flanigan

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:02:05 -0800

sean is a beast. shery and andy. http://www.seanflanigan.net

brandon and kathryn - sean flanigan

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:04:39 -0800

i like this wedding. especially the shots in the train station. view full screen.

emily and kyle - the parsons

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:53:00 -0800

i am so excited about this album. so glad that i could put my touch on it. the parsons are amazing photographers. please give them some love.

if you’d like to look at another great album by the parsons. please take a gander here.

erika and malcolm - jamie delaine photography

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:59:34 -0800

photography by jamie delaine

Client work vs. Building your brand

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:50:01 -0800

Often times as business owners we can spend so much time doing work that we view as critical to our business (and most times we’re right), that we ignore what will eventually keep us in business.

Build your brand. Don’t ignore blogging or networking just because you have a lot of work on your hands.

Set yourself apart, and give the world a chance to see it.

why being busy won't help you

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:59:06 -0700

busy does not equal success. busy doesn’t mean you’re more important. busy means you’re bad at prioritizing.

busy: “crowded with or characterized by much activity.”

doing things never helped anyone.

what is VITAL to your business’s success? what is so vital that you can’t have anyone else do it? if you’re a wedding photographer, there should only be one thing that someone else can’t do for you. taking images.

is there stuff that you’re wasting your time doing that you could get someone else to do for you? maybe someone who’s time doesn’t cost as much per hour as yours does?

can you afford to pay yourself your own hourly rate?

when you’re busy you have a hard time prioritizing activities. an unimportant task takes up an hour in your day because you couldn’t be bothered to set up your workflow in a way that either cuts that activity out entirely or makes it simpler. important tasks get pushed to the back-burner because you are doing a bunch of comparatively small tasks.

take a step back and re-evaluate your workflow. can you get something out of your tasks that saves you 5, maybe 10 hours a week? how much is that worth to you? maybe paying yourself to do these things isn’t the final solution.