Words have meaning. The words we use to describe ourselves will impact how others perceive what we do and the value they place on our work. Traditionally a photographer was usually known as a …
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Ten Lead Magnets for Photographers
Increase subscriptions to your photography email list. Whether you call them lead magnets, incentive emails, email optins, or something different, the best way to get someone to join your …
How to Mute Stories on Instagram
It turns out you can mute stories on Instagram. With the ever-increasing number of media formats in Instagram, I’ve found that there are some folks where I want to see their posts, but I don’t want …
Three Tips to Become a Twitter Power User
Minimize the noise on Twitter. I’ve been on Twitter quite a while1 and have seen both my use, and the use of the platform in general shift over time. As more folks have joined the service, over …
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7 Smart Questions for iPhone Photo Backup
Backups don’t matter until you don’t have one. As I think back to my time in the mid 1990s selling computers at a now-defunct retail establishment, early digital cameras were available and in …
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Becoming Proficient
Professionals are proficient. In any industry, professionals spend time learning their tools and becoming proficient in their use. As photographers, the first tools that often come to mind are …