Monthly Archives: July 2010

quality time

I have been reading and listening to several productivity experts and many of them talk about chunking out time for important tasks. After thinking about it, I decided I would do that for my family as well. Often times, while my real priority list is family then work, the reality is that I spend tons…

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Get your head shot. I mean headshot!

I know that getting your headshot and having your head shot may feel along the same lines to some of you.  Believe me when I say I understand not wanting to have portraits taken. I am the Queen of Self-criticism. I make sure to pose in ways that (I hope and pray) will make me…

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How sweet it is! A great giveaway from . . .

. . . ME! I am so excited to announce that I am now a Certified Professional Photographer! I passed my exam and my image review and received my letter today! To celebrate I am giving away a dozen cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake (the gourmet cupcake shop featured on the new TLC show DC Cupcakes)!…

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How’d they hear about ya?

One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned along the way is to ask prospective clients where they heard about my studio. Asking this simple question lets me know where to spend my marketing dollars and when to staunch a money hemorrhage. For example, a couple of years ago I paid quite a bit of…

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Custom White Balance

So here we go . . . it’s confession time. I photographed in auto white-balance for a looooooong time. I truly felt like my camera was doing a good enough job at setting it for me and that my color was good enough as well. But that was the big problem . . . my…

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