I am absolutely humbled and honoured to announce that I was awarded second place in the portrait division of the world’s biggest professional print competition this past week! Hosted by Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), the competition is called “The Annual 16×20”, attracts 3200+ entries from 30+ countries, annually. Here’s how the evening went: it […]
(Or 7 months, to be exact) For the first 8 years of owning my own business as a professional photographer, I mainly kept to myself. When I was first launching my business I took a quick glance at what some photographers offered to get an idea of what my clients might like (I don’t recommend this), but […]
It seems like every month I have a new announcement to make! The past 7 months have been one big incredible whirlwind with what seems like big announcements ever month or two. In addition to getting to work with so many incredible clients, I have reached some pretty big goals and career highs! Here’s one more […]
Eight months ago I set a series of goals for myself. In the “5-year” category I wrote down, “Become an instructor on CreativeLive”. I am no different than most professional photographers out there. I love my craft and the business of my industry but I also have a big passion for teaching. I always have. […]
Happy World Photography Day!!! What better way to celebrate my amazing industry than with an exciting announcement?! This past winter I set a 5-year goal and last week, only 6 months later, I’ve received the invitation I had set out towards! As always, I like to celebrate all my big and small successes and what better way […]
The stories I love to tell As a teenager I often watched the Oprah show after school. One afternoon her guest was a maternity photographer – I had never heard of such a thing before but I immediately loved the concept and thought, “In my dream life that is what I want to do.” Fast forward a […]
This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series on the business & client management tools provided in 17hats. Two of the main things I hear new 17hats users asking is for help knowing where to start, and how to set up their 17hats workflows. That’s what I have addressed in this 4-part series. In Part 1, I touched on what […]
This is the third in a four-part series on the business & client management tools provided in 17hats. Two of the main things I hear new 17hats users asking is for help knowing where to start, and how to set up their workflows. That’s what I will address in this 4-part series. In Part 1, I touched on what drew me to 17hats and […]
This is the second in a four-part series on the business & client management tools provided in 17hats. Two of the main things I hear new 17hats users asking is for help knowing where to start, and how to set up their workflows so that’s what I will address in this 4-part series. In Part 1, I touched on what drew […]
This is the first in a four-part series on the business & client management tools provided in 17hats. Two of the main things I hear new 17hats users asking is for help knowing where to start, and how to set up their workflows so that’s what I will address in this 4-part series. In this post, Part 1, I share what drew […]