Wedding Photography Contracts Nobody likes to talk about contracts, but they’re a necessary part of running a photography business.  And even if you do not consider yourself a “professional” quite yet… you should sti...

Wedding Photography Consultation As a photographer and small business owner, our business, brand and our personal identity are endlessly linked.  There is no big corporate logo to hide behind and no sales or public r...

Photography Packaging Ideas (For Your Business) We all know how exciting it is to book a photo session.  That excitement carries into the day of the shoot and increases as we rush home to get those images on our comp...

Understanding Photography Client Expectations What do your photography clients expect from you?  Have you ever taken the time to sit and really think about what it may be?  If not, how do you know you’re living up to...

Have You Ever Thought About Teaching Photography? A great way to add an additional service to your photography business is to teach some aspect of photography.  As our world around us changes, it is always a great i...

Volunteer Photography (How to Give Back) Using your photography talent to make money is great.  Giving back through photography has literally changed my life, and will change yours too! How I Got Started as a Volunt...

This year, I did something drastic. It had been building for quite some time. Years of an inability to balance my photography work and family life caused me to lose focus. I photographed families, newborns, seniors, ...

Editing is one of those things that I’m constantly reevaluating in my photography journey.  Do these colors, tones, and shadows tell the story I’m trying to tell? Do they portray the mood I feel? And frankly, do I sti...

I recently wrote about a session where I lost all of the SOOC files.  Then it got worse.  The day of the in-person ordering session came and as I was getting the gallery ready, the files that I had exported from Ligh...

5 Tips for Using Instagram We all know how Facebook is a great tool for our photography businesses. Most of us have business pages and are actively sharing our work to get noticed and get new clients. But did you kn...

We all know Facebook is a tool we can use to market our photography businesses. Most of us have business pages and are actively sharing our work there as a way to get noticed and get new clients. But did you know th...

Entrepreneurs start businesses with hopes of doing what they love to generate income. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to create more sales, make more money, and grow profits, but how about learning w...

For our third installment in our series on how to market yourself in fine art and stock photography, I want to talk about a few of the many resources that are available to you as you begin your journey. I will touch ...

  In my previous post, we looked at some of the key points you should consider as you think about new ways to market your work as a photographer. In this post, we will go a bit more in depth and talk about how to fle...

Here at Pretty, we have a very diverse mix of photographers! While there are quite a lot of portrait photographers in our community, we also have a growing contingent of fine art photographers. And, for a lot of u...

I put together a short list of things I wish someone would have told me when I was first starting with In-Person Sales (IPS). I hope these tips help you on your way to becoming confident and successful at IPS for you...

Marketing.  When you read that word do you get all excited to read about it or do you feel your heart beating faster and a little anxiety coming on?  Whichever way you feel about marketing, it’s something that you n...

In May of this year, I finished my M.F.A. (Photography, of course!) and after three years in the protective bubble of the academic art world, I am so fortunate and very thankful to be able to pick up where I left off...

I just celebrated 5 years of being in business (yay me!!).  I remember when I first started my business, thinking it can’t be too hard.  After all, I just need to take great pictures, edit them, and give them back to...

I love Pinterest. It has replaced nighttime reading. I know, so sad. When I’m ready for bed, I fluff up all 6 pillows (one should be propped up properly for pinning fun), get under the covers and grab the Ipad. I go ...