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10 Mistakes To Learn From

After almost 5 years of doing photography as a business, I have made many MANY mistakes. It’s ok to make mistakes because there is always something to learn. But it’s never fun making those mistakes.

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Should You Work For Free?

As a photographer, you have probably been asked to work for free before. This is a bit strange and beyond insulting, to say the least. After all, you wouldn’t go to the cashier at Walmart with a big screen TV and ask if you can just have it for free now, would you?

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Do More Than Just Photography

As I’m sure you know, I take a very artistic approach with my photos. I also consider myself to be more of an artist than a photographer.

I have a lot of other interests that have helped contribute to my abilities as a photographer. These interests include cinematography, film making, music, CGI, drawing, and even woodworking to name a few.

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This Is My Main Camera Setup

I have several cameras and lots of different lenses, and I bring multiple setups with me on my sessions so I’ll have back up. But when I get to my location, I almost always only have one camera and one lens on me.

I’m asked all of the time what my main set up is, and that is what this article is about. Because this setup is about 95% the same on every session.

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Take A Break

If you have been following me you are no doubt sick of all of the snake images I’ve been posting and writing about as of late. 

As exciting as it all was and even landing me in the news (KY3, KAIT8), it’s time to focus back on the magical world of photography.

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How I Handle Competition and Criticism

Are you ever afraid to interact or even correspond with the competition out of fear that they would somehow steal your ideas or clients? Do you get super offended when someone critics your work, especially when you didn't ask for it? 

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How to Keep Your Camera Lenses from Fogging Up

Have you ever been on a photo shoot where you pull your camera and lens out of the camera bag and it instantly fogs over? 

I have, and it’s a bit scary if you don’t know what to do because it can take a very long time to go back to normal and you don’t want to have your clients standing around waiting for your lenses to clear up.

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The Two Types of Photos

One of the things that drew me into photography was the artistic side of things. I loved how you could tell a story in a single image.

When I started doing photography as a business I quickly realized that there are two types of photos, the Portrait, and the story. Each one is perceived completely different.

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Should You Shoot in JPG or RAW?

Should You Shoot in JPG or RAW? This was very confusing for me when I started out. I had no idea what the difference was except that one took a HUGE amount of disk space.

I eventually figured it all out and made the switch to RAW, but it wasn’t easy. 

Now I get asked this question a lot. So here is my answer to the question, should I shoot in JPG or RAW?

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