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May 13th at 7:00 pm | Hosts: Chris and Katie Humphreys
Blake Street Tavern
2401 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 675-0505
No reservations needed but definitely get there early for good seats!
People generally come at 7:00 for a glass of [...]
My interest for photography really sparked when I shot for UCLA’s Daily Bruin newspaper in 2005. I was a super bookworm, so all I did was study and manage my cyber cafe business in Atlantic City, NJ. Wanting to be more active because college was supposed to be the most “cherished years” in my [...]
Continue Reading →George Varanakis (WPPI and Rangefinder Executive Vice President) emailed me (along with many others I presume) to offer a 50-word thought on the state of the industry in the next five years. The following is what I submitted.
Influx of inexpensive DSLRs will create waves of new photographers entering the professional industry. That coupled [...]
Continue Reading →I know it’s last minute notice, but I will be speaking this Thursday at OC SmugMug meeting!
Date: 04-22-10 at 7pm
Topic: Understanding Your Target Audience
Address: Mesa Verde Country Club
3000 Club House Road
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
In marketing, before any product or service is promoted, [...]
Continue Reading →Everyone loves gifts. Everyone loves surprises. What’s even better is a surprise gift. It’s only natural.
In business, I encourage a model called, “under promise, over deliver.” By leaving customers with a positive indelible impression, you will be remembered for future work.
I got an idea from Goli – a salon director [...]
Continue Reading →Any professional photographer should ideally have a professionally taken picture. Being a semi-whimsical spirit, I always change my Twitter or Facebook (new fan page) profiles frequently. Most of the time with images taken with my iPhone.
After weeks of left-brained marketing work, I decided that it was time for a break. While visiting [...]
Continue Reading →Last Friday, Greg Bumatay invited me to speak at Cypress College amongst some of industry’s greats. I was very flattered.
I do not speak publicly very often. One of my greatest fears is an empty room. Some supporters promised to come to calm my nerves – thanks Julie, Rob, Jesse, [...]
Continue Reading →I will be speaking about “Understanding Your Target Audience” at Cypress College this Friday. As a marketing consultant, after having a clear objective, understanding one’s clients is probably the next most crucial step.
This presentation is catered for photographers of all kinds [and other forms of businesses, really]. Additionally, I will touch briefly on [...]
Continue Reading →I love cappuccinos, sidewalk cafes, Paris (France), baguettes and Kimberlee and Marissa! xo
Rather than enjoying each of them separately, The Boudoir Divas bunched them all together in a Parisian boudoir workshop. I would totally sign up except that it’s not easy to book boudoir photography gigs as a dude…trust me, I tried. So [...]
Continue Reading →If there was a competition at WPPI for not the prettiest booth, I would win hand’s down! I’m just glad that they still let me do my thang.
PROMISE – next year it’s going to be wicked. I have some insane, never done before, type ideas.
For those who missed out, I was doing [...]
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