The process of knowing what to say in your pictures is not unlike that of choosing a rucksack.
Too much information is not a good thing – so keep things simple!
Know which features are most important and have a plan of how you’re going to package them to work best for you.
Just a bit of fun for a Friday – but I’m sure the underlying message will resonate with many of you :)
Credit: Unknown source – sorry!
It’s Monday. What if I told you that by Friday, far from solidifying your reputation, the pictures you’ve used for promotion will have actually damaged it? Your ideal audience won’t be thinking “Wow… I need that!”. Far from it. Sounds dramatic – but I see this every day. It seems like folks sort of… well… […]
I’ve been asked to quote for a number of assignments recently, where the would-be client has approached me with something along the lines of: “We need photographs of X. How much will it cost?” Sadly, that’s not an over-simplification of their enquiries – it’s basically the full extent of their opening gambits. Whilst it’s a […]
This week: I’m working late into the night, preparing pictures for a client. Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do – and that can mean facing unsociable hours. Editing a recent shoot gave me the chance to talk about the process. Some quick links to things mentioned in this show: TAP Episode […]
When it comes to taking portraits of team members (regardless of industry), there can often be, shall we say, a certain ‘resistance’ to the idea. Often triggered by the official in-house reminder email doing the rounds, everyone has a number of days to overthink the situation and tell themselves all manner of reasons (excuses?) why […]
