What a way to bring in the new year!
Last week, Adobe announced the public beta of Lightroom v4.
Grab it here!
Plus, we are joined by Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year, Sue Bryce.
Sue shares some valuable insights on how she approaches portrait photography.
Check out her blog or her website.
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This week, I caught up with Lorna after the final Sydney ‘Focus on Business’ meeting for 2011.
We discussed break-ins,
insurance,
the FOB series of meetings moving into the Adelaide (South Australia) and Newcastle (New South Wales) markets in 2012 (!),
the New Zealand holiday,
lens lust,
the January Sydney group shoot,
BWP calendars,
and the Barrington Tops meetup in November.
Have a merry Christmas one and all!
Talk to you in the new year!
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This week, I caught up with Lorna Andrikopoulos from Instinctive Desires for a chat about what she’s been up to in the last month…
which has included the Nikon AIPP event in Adelaide,
plus a double-nighter of the Focus on Business series in Melbourne the week before last,
and the same double-nighter in Sydney last week!
Topics covered were marketing (first night) and the introduction to the Emotional Sale (second night).
I would suggest that if you are looking to further your photographic sales in a retail environment (weddings, portraiture, etc), then you should definitely check out the DVD and audio CD, both available from Instinctive Desires.
Also, Elsie (aka Amberglass) sent me a message for Neil who wrote in last week asking about how to cope with hot pixels on his camera.
Elsie found Pixel Fixer (some donationware targeted at fixing images suffering due to dead or hot pixels), as well as this article on dpmag.com.
Good luck, Neil!
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This week, a quick chat about why I have decided to NOT shoot with auto white balance from here on out.
All of which leads perfectly into our interview with this week’s special guest, Les Walkling.
Les is Australia’s most highly respected authority on colour managed workflow.
Check out the Theory of Practise page on Les’ site for those pdf files he mentioned.
Also, some listener email from Neil regarding hot pixels, and this link to the camera simulator from Ron,
plus an inspirational quote from Ira Glass.
And keep those emails coming in!
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This week, Lorna Andrikopoulos pops in for a quick chat about the ‘Focus on Business’ series,
what photographic projects Bruce has been involved with recently (and in the near future),
plus the importance of setting goals.
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This week, Lee (along with a surprise appearance by Lorna) joins me for a chat about just how the plans are coming along for MY photography business.
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After the first of the monthly Sydney-based “Focus on Business” meetings, Bruce sits down for a chat with Lorna Andrikopoulos from Instinctive Desires for a chat about the program, and why photographers wanting to build a successful business should come along.
The next Sydney event is on Tuesday 13th September.
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This week,
outback Queensland workshops and small town attitudes,
why Bruce knocked back the job offer,
Shelton discusses the frame as a compositional element,
looking for geometry in images,
the Tobruk Station Sydney meetup,
and Bruce’s blog.
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This week, Lee shares some absolutely priceless information on handling objections from your portrait clients.
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We found him!! Shelton is back!
A lengthy catch up on the last 4 months,
Bruce’s job offer,
and do you have what it takes to RUN a photography workshop?
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This week, Lee discusses how in order to find your customers, you must first have decided on what style of photography you plan to offer to your customers,
the importance of a plan of action for your business (short, medium and long term),
dates for the Instinctive Desires business workshops in both Melbourne and Sydney,
Your Enquiry Manager,
and Real Portraits, Real People.
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This week, Lee joins us to talk about just how important it is that you communicate clearly with your client prior to a shoot.
Make sure you know what they expect from the shoot.
Also, how to deal with it if things don’t go exactly to plan.
Also in this episode, I have a few promo codes to give away to iPad owners who are interested in trying out some of those fantastic ‘Photoshop scripts for iPad’ apps that Phillip Andrews was talking about a couple of episodes ago, and with the release of Google+, a timely reminder about just what rights you’re giving away when you post your images to any social networking site.
Google+ TOS:
“By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.”
“You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.”
“You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.”
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This week, the first in a new series of talks for Shutters Inc.
I’m joined by Lee Andrikopoulos from Instictive Desires.
Lee has a wealth of experience to share, concerning how photographers can be better BUSINESS people.
We all love taking great images, but without understanding the marketing side of things, our photographic services business can be a little disappointing.
Over the comming weeks and months, Lee will share some of the things he’s learned about how to get your business on par with your photography.
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Another year, another PMA trade show!
Over the weekend, I attended the PMA trade show in Sydney and spoke with some of the vendors who were in attendance.
This year, I made a point of trying to talk with some vendors who were not in the mainstream; the types of vendors who might have not received the same level of attention as the big, bright flashy stands of the industry’s major players.
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Happy Feet – Simon Harper
3:40
Instinctive Desires – Lee Andrikopolous
7:26
Nushots – Nathan Muller
9:55
Photomerchant – Derek Clapham and Kain Tietzel
18:26
GE Digital Cameras – Stewart Pickersgill
22:03
Professional Photographers Insurance Brokers – Stuart Marr
26:13
Heartfelt – Gavin Blue
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This week, we catch up with Phillip Andrews and hear about some of the exciting things his company is doing in the crossover space between photography and iPads,
plus we also catch up with Paul Curtis from the PMA to talk about what to expect from this year’s show, which happens next weekend at Sydney’s Darling Harbour Convention Centre. Don’t forget to pre-register to avoid the $20 entry fee.
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