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Beer, Thanksgiving and Folios

Hello, This Friday is my last day in England, where I’ve been (mostly) for the last month, so if you’re near London on 13th October and you’d like to meet, or ask me questions about your marketing, please do pop into the Lansdowne Pub in Primrose Hill (where else would you meet in England but

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What do you do?

Do you have an ‘elevator speech’? I’ve just been in London for the AOP Awards (three of my wonderful clients were shortlisted which was very gratifying.) The last time I was here, I ran a workshop and at the beginning, I asked the photographers present to introduce themselves. ‘I’m a fashion photographer’ said one, squirming

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Purpose, personal work and more

Why are you a photographer? If you’ve worked with me you’ll know that the reason you do what you do is one of the most important aspects of your brand. Understanding your purpose, or ‘why’, is so incredibly useful in shaping personal work and guiding your decisions moving forward. This is just one of the

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Freaking out about your upcoming folio review?

If you’re about to present your folio at a review event, you might be wondering how to make the most of a 15-20 minute session with someone you’ve never met before, but you’d desperately like to work with. So much pressure! I’ve been asked this LOTS recently as we approach the CAPIC Portfolio Speed Review in Vancouver

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How to get your marketing done in 2 steps

If you’re a lens based image maker you are probably far too busy shooting personal and paid work (and don’t even mention all those estimates and treatments) to produce any kind of marketing content. And other times you’re juggling family, house reno’s, yada yada. (#life) But have you ever considered batching? As I write this

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Blitzes, Bootcamp and Goodbyes

Over the last 2 weeks I’ve been neck deep in Blitzes. In the process I’ve hurtled down ski slopes, tasted the dust at rodeos in Idaho, and brushed past starched silk on models at New York Fashion Week. I’ve felt the warmth of the sun on my face in the Australian Outback and the cool

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Inspirational mind bombs

This is my phrase of the week. Credit for it comes from a photographer I work with, who was grumbling about marketing. “I hate marketing.” he said. “I just want to make great images.” (Which he does, a lot.) As I pointed out to him, if you’re a photographer, your number one marketing tool IS

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