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Finding your ideal client
Most common photographer marketing mistake
Having a full time job and pursuing photography
FAQ from Jamie Delaine: Getting started
How to pose the groom
Systematizing publication submissions
Breaking a model down to get the shot
Using Facebook in my wedding photography business
Where to find great free photo business resources

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*psssst! For those of you that hadn’t heard, I am a wedding and portrait photographer in Los Angeles.
I’d love to hear from you if you are in the area and looking for some family or couple photos….

Zach and Hannah in Phoenix wanted some family photos with their newest addition (4 months old in these [...]

Film photography crash course
Behind the scenes of a styled shoot
What lens should I choose?
5 Tips for food photography
13 things your camera wishes you knew
Fashion photography exposed – educational DVD available
Creating emotion in your photographs
Using natural reflectors – indoors and outdoors
$15 food photography lighting set up

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In a recent comment Gabrielle asked:

With so many cameras how do you decide which one to use in which situation? I have trouble remembering to take my camera with me, plus I get self-conscious about getting out a DSLR with lens. If I had more than one camera I wouldn’t know what to do [...]

Shanghai by Nick Onken (click for original post)

I know I’m a crazy planner, but I can’t help myself….. On top of my to-do-for-this-site and to-do-for-the-house and all my other to do lists, my to-travel list is impossibly out of hand.

And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Venice by Jonas Peterson (click for original post)

I [...]

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat; Please put a penny in the old man’s hat; if you haven’t got a penny a ha’penny will do; if you haven’t got a ha’penny than God bless you!

I don’t know what it is about that song, but it is ALWAYS in my head this time of year!

Anyway. [...]

Since you all know I am a wedding photographer in Los Angeles, I get some questions from time to time from other aspiring photographers about how I do this or how I handle that other problem.

I’m happy to answer whatever questions I can here – Ask away!

Today’s question:

How do you handle photo printing for clients?

There are [...]

How to shop for vintage cameras
5 tips for better self-portraits
An introduction to prime lenses
Shooting multiple times in the same location
5 photos to take while on an adventure
Using window lighting for great portraits
Finding the moment decisively – a practical guide
Learning your white balance settings

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Just recently bought myself a big fat coffee table book of photos by Linda McCartney.

I love coffee table books. I love photography. I love the 1960s. I love rock’n’roll – especially rock’n’roll history. I love the Beatles. How could I turn down this book?

Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs

I’ve flipped through the book twice now, and all [...]

the status quo will do just fine without you
maximize a photo shoot location
social media for photographers
should you go to photography college
using one color to say a lot
creativity with shutter speed
all about cameras: point and shoot vs dSLR
exploring color with hot peppers

Melissa Jill Off-Camera Flash series

part 6 Exposure
part 7 set up
part 8 angles
part 9 low light focus [...]

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