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Houston Wedding and Portrait Photographer - PPBF Position: Administrator
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From the Blog
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Act the Part
Your client has hired a professional. What does that mean in their mind? Several things.
1) A professional is a technician. The quality of your images needs to be
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The PPBF Weekly Challenge: Round
Each week the PPBF gives its readers a new challenge designed to help their studios grow. Sometimes the assignment involves shooting, and sometimes the assignment calls for a particular action to be taken. Whatever the assignment, you can be sure…
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Backup Equipment (but not what you’re thinking)
Every professional photographer knows the importance of backup gear. At least two cameras, two flashes, two lenses, etc. And I submit that most professionals have way more gear than that. However, the other night as we were preparing for…
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Daily Photography Tip – Custom Customer Service
Each day we clean the studio. All the lights are put up, and the cords wound and put in their places. The cameras are placed in the safe. Our presentation room is cleaned.
This way, when our first session of…
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Daily Photography Tip – Don’t Throw Away That Dead Lead!
Lucky you. You’ve received an inquiry about your wedding photography services. Nice!
You immediately reply back via email… only to be greeted by the sound of crickets. A day later you reply again, and still nothing. One more time?…
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The PPBF Weekly Challenge: Executive Session
Each week the PPBF gives its readers a new challenge designed to help their studios grow. Sometimes the assignment involves shooting, and sometimes the assignment calls for a particular action to be taken. Whatever the assignment, you can be sure…
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Daily Photography Tip – Does “No” Mean “No”?
You photograph a portrait session. You sit down to review your work so they can make their selections. The couple selects their favorite image, and leaves the rest.
“We really like all of them. Can we just order this one…
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Issue 08 – Honeymoon Photography
Honeymoon photography. The last frontier for wedding photographers. Listen to this teleseminar an learn how to get started as I disclose the language and tactics I used to get started with this new product. By the end of the teleseminar,…
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Daily Photography Tip – The Power of Newsletters
Many fledgling photographers out there often ask if they really need to have a blog, so I can only imagine what they would say to having a monthly newsletter. But the fact is, if you want to convert…
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Teleseminar Support Post – Honeymoon Photography
This post contains a link to be used in conjunction with the teleseminar held on 7/28/2010 discussing how to get started with Honeymoon Photography.
http://solarisstudios.com/category/image-blog/honeymoon/
Aric C. Hoek BFA, CPP, Author
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The PPBF Weekly Challenge: Two Light Sources
Each week the PPBF gives its readers a new challenge designed to help their studios grow. Sometimes the assignment involves shooting, and sometimes the assignment calls for a particular action to be taken. Whatever the assignment, you can be sure…
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PPBF Team Members
The Pro Photo Business Forum runs as smoothly as it does due to the contributions of its members and the PPBF Team. Our team consists of four moderators, and six contributing writers. Please contact Aric directly if you would like to know more about these positions, or if you are interested in filling a position.
- Don Barnes
Denton Portrait Photographer - PPBF Position: Moderator
- E-Mail: thephotographers@verizon.net
- Profile: Articles written by don-barnes
- Heather Nix
Brownwood Portrait Photographer - PPBF Position: Moderator
- E-Mail: heather@heathernix.com
- Profile: Articles written by heatherlou
- Brad Barton
Photographer - PPBF Position: Moderator
- E-Mail: brad@txheadshots.com
- Profile: Articles written by brad
- Scott Villalobos
Houston Wedding Photographer - PPBF Position: Contributing Writer
- E-Mail: scott@rsvpstudios.com
- Profile: Articles written by scott-villalobos
- Bryan Lindsey
Houston Wedding and Portrait Photographer - PPBF Position: Contributing Writer
- E-Mail: bryan@bclphotography.com
- Profile: Articles written by bryanlindsey
- Ben Drucker
Maplewood, New Jersey Portrait and Event Photographer - PPBF Position: Contributing Writer
- E-Mail: ben@bdrucker.com
- Profile: Articles written by bendrucker
- Matthew Lovell
Georgia Wedding Photographer - PPBF Position: Contributing Writer
- E-Mail: lhimages1@gmail.com
- Profile: Articles written by mlovell
- John Tucker
Dallas/Fort Worth Portrait & Event Photographer - PPBF Position: Competition Chairman
- E-Mail: john@john-tucker.net
- Profile: Articles written by johntucker
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