You’ll be happy to hear that this episode is recorded in the peace and quiet of our studio – actually, I had intended to record it in the studio garden as the cool and the smells of late summer and early autumn are so seductive. Sadly, about a million drills, chainsaws, strimmers, lawnmowers and jackhammers ruined that for me. It …
Today I am musing (and, additionally, interrupting myself – not once but twice!) on being beholden to my diary. It is, of course, completely to be expected when you run a successful portrait photography business but that doesn’t make it easy. Instead, you have to find strategies for keeping motivated, keeping the excitement and keeping up the creativity. PS. there …
Along with thousands of other students, Jake, our son, has just had his ‘A’ level results. An interesting time to put it mildly. However, it did get me thinking about how incredibly hard he worked for his mock exams (it’s lucky he worked as hard as he did as it has meant he HAS been given a place on the …
Life as a photographer can feel like you’re working on your own – all those hours with the camera, lights, with Photoshop and the complexities of your own business. But, of course, the truth is a little more nuanced than that: we may be here in our studio on our own, but we have a wealth of talent around us …
In this episode, I get to chat with the guy behind the software behind the business – Light Blue Software. We’ve used this software for over a decade and it is the one application that each of us here is guaranteed to log into every single day. Tom asked if I would help spread the word about an offer that …
So, how are things with you? Still in lockdown? Well we are here – just trying to make the best of things. Anyway, good news (for me at least!): we’ve been listed as the top Portrait Photography Podcast on Feedspot (https://blog.feedspot.com/portrait_photography_podcasts/) which is lovely! I only started this podcast for fun (and because I simply love audio nearly as much …
Still here, still in lockdown, still working like crazy to make sure we’re ready for when things eventually open up again, as they must, inevitably do. Right now, things are busy: we’re re-designing our website and rebuilding a platform for our portfolio – a wonderful opportunity to go through images old and new and to decide which images we’ll use …
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Paul recalls how he became a Nikon user in the beginning – and what he would buy first if he was starting all over again… We’re in Starbucks in central London. We’re taking our daughter to see The Lion King, and we’re passing time before the show starts. JOIN NOW! LOGIN
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