business of photography
30 lines that you never want to ever hear from a client
We love your style! So we’re going to hire you to do something completely different. If this made you laugh, then these responses are going…
Don’t Go into Debt For Your Photography
I remembered when I was sitting in my cubicle, dreaming and lusting after a digital Leica M9. I imagined after buying it, all of my…
How to turn exposure into income
It’s that word again. Exposure. It doesn’t keep a roof over your head, it doesn’t pay the bills or put food on your table. But…
Huawei P9 Leica camera sample image was actually shot with a $4500 Canon kit
I’m not entirely sure what they thought they were doing when Huawei posted this shot to Google Plus. Did they forget to rip the EXIF data out…
The photographers path to poverty
You open the box and there it is; a new digital camera. You’ve wanted to be a professional photographer for a long time and now…
The BrushKnob USB dial wants to help you speed up your Photoshop workflow
External dials and gizmos have been common in the movie industry for years. Their sole purpose in live is to help speed up workflow and productivity, assisting…
Confessions of a newbie – Business advice I wish I’d known
I have to admit, when I first started my photography business I didn’t think it was going to be that difficult. I thought I’d get…
Do clients buy our photography or our retouching?
Hi my name is Jake Hicks, as someone who does both the photography and the retouching for my shoots, (learn my flow here), I got…
My wedding photo went viral, and this is what I learned
One morning last December, I woke up and noticed that a dream of mine came true: I had taken a picture that went viral. A picture I took…
TAINTED LOVE: why photographers fail
Recently there has been a spate of very sad, and ultimately defeatist articles decrying the “death of photography”. We have no shortage of examples. Seriously….






































