5 Ways to Step Up Your Blog Photography Game

As a blogger, photography is your bread and butter. It’s what attracts your audience to your content. Your stunning visuals are the bait to get viewers to read, view or watch your valuable posts. If you want to take yourself seriously as a blogger then your photos need to be A-1. It’s time to step up your photography game. Here are 5 ways that you can achieve that:

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Top 3 places to rent photo equipment in Atlanta

When you are a newer photographer you may not have all the funds to buy all the equipment to run a freelance photography business...That’s where renting comes in. Here in Atlanta we have 3 main places that photographers go to rent camera equipment. 

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3 Questions to ask your photographer before signing the dotted line

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know what types of photos you need for your business and what to have in order before hiring a photographer. Now you’re at the point where you’ve found the right photographer and are about to go into business with them and sign the contract, which every legitimate photographer should have a client contract because it can save a lot of miscommunication, headaches and it’s just good business practices. Before signing on the dotted line here are a few things you should ask about and make sure are in the contract

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Atlanta Fashion and Portrait Photographer Allie Hine

Allie Hine is a portrait and fashion photographer who has set roots here in Atlanta. Since graduating Portfolio Center she has been published in Local Wolves and Lucy’s Magazine and worked with top models all around town. I sat down with her over coffee to see if going to a 2-year school versus a 4-year college set her on her path quicker and what knowledge she had for budding photographers that want to be in her freelance shoes.

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Why the iPhone 7 might make me change my mind about iPhoneography

As a photographer I’m such as snob when it comes to “iPhoneographers”, as if snapping photos on a phone makes you real photographers. I understand that not everyone can afford a photographer but when it counts knowing how to control the light around with a camera is a skill worth knowing. 

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The 5 ways I'm marketing myself in 2016

Today I’m going to get frank about how I’m marketing myself as a photographer. Here are the top 5 strategies I’ve been focusing on to get my photography business off the ground.

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7 things to have in order before hiring a photographer

One of the most frustrating things as a photographer is having a client come to you and expect you to magically solve all of their photography problems. While we can create amazing work, some work is done on your part as well. As a client there are a few things you need to have ironed out before you contact a photographer to make the whole process go smoothly.

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Why Your Business Needs Advertising & Lifestyle Photos and How to Achieve Them

Advertising photography is the second most requested type of imagery I get as a photographer right behind product shots. These images are unique because they marry copywriting and images to create a full graphic piece. The images used for advertising are usually more polished and look like magazine editorials if you remove the text. The only difference is that magazine editorials are there to sell you a lifestyle, an emotion or an attitude while advertising photography is selling you a product or service. 

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3 Things I Learned from Capture Integration

As a member of the American Photographic Artist chapter here in Atlanta I got to attend a tech training with Capture Integration. Capture Integration is based out of Atlanta and known for its industry standard software Capture One and the rental and sales of top medium format cameras and digital backs such as Hasselblad, Mamiya and their Phase One system. 

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