I'm working on continued promotions for the new year. I've been working with Agency Access to create a great promotional package for me and send out to their HUGE database. This image is the first one to go out. I'm really happy with it. I've also started trying other options to get my name out to the masses. I'm trying a Facebook ad for the month of January. I like how it can target just the people who are interested in what I do; photography and pets. My next goal is to work on an add through Buddy Dog Humane Society. They've got a news letter that goes out to about 8000 people. It is a good direction for me and targeted right to the people I'm most interested in. If nothing pans out from that, well, at least I'm supporting a great location. I'm also thinking of doing a...
I've got some lofty goals for the next year. I hope that I can reach them but I know that I've got the support that I need to make them happen. Last year was all about learning what I need to know to successfully run a business. This year is all about putting them into action. I've got some serious marketing campaigns starting this month that I'm super excited about. I'm thinking about promotions that I can do that will both support me plus support the people and companies that I work with. I also have more plans for my dog park book project that I dream about but still haven't gotten beyond the blog world. All that, plus teaching, tech stuff and spending as much time with the family is going to make for one great year. A few things I hope to do this year are: Spend more time with...
This last year has been a huge year of growth for me. Just looking at the total number of photos I’ve taken this year is twice what I took last year. In that process I’ve worked on doing less point and spray, hoping the right picture comes out. Instead, I’ve been shooting like each frame has value. I’ve seen some really inspirational photos, talked to some amazing people, and got my butt kicked like I was back in school. I wanted to point out a few of these inspirations to let you know what I’m thinking. The first was being involved in a Flickr group where I’ve got to take a great photo of my dog Toby every week. 52 weeks of dogs has helped me stay creative and find new, fun ways of photographing my favorite model. It is also great to be connected to so many other professional...
I wanted to write and thank everyone for such great support this year. I've been slowly making progress on getting my name out there, meeting great people and photographing some great clients. I've been working so hard to get my business off the ground and it's been such a great learning experience. It all started this year with my ASMP Strictly Business 3 event. I was so inspired by all the great ideas and people that I met that once I got back to Boston, I was started working on stepping up the quality of my work and reading everything I could about the business of being a photographer. In May, I started working with Agency Access to jump start the process and to get my work out to the commercial world. From then, I spend all summer, creating new work and pushing myself to get top quality work to show. My...
Pet Source loves us! They love me by letting me come into all their stores and do these fun photo events. They love their customers by giving awesome goodie bags and discounts to those who get photos from me. This holiday events is even bigger. They are promoting it like crazy AND if you schedule ahead of time, you get %20 off your shopping that day. That ROCKS. For only $25 for a 5x7 photo, you get %20 off your shopping that day and a goodie bag filled with fun stuff in a reusable shopping bag. Check out their website and call the store if you want to reserve you spots. I've already gotten some reservations started. Looks like it's going to be a busy day.
Last weekend was a beautiful sunny day in Boston. A bit cool but normal for this time of year. I got to photograph the Crow family wondering around the Boston waterfront. We had a great time. Their son Garrison is a beautiful little boy who was as happy as could be the whole time. Well most of the time. By the end, he was ready to stop but for shooting for 2 hours, he did really great. When we discussed what they wanted from the shoot, the urban city background was really important to them. I wanted to make sure we could get great city backgrounds without it being a postcard picture. We met up at the Children's Museum which itself is a great place. Being on the water, we could see lots of buildings skyline. One of my favorite photos is of them on the bench with the blue...
