Accounting & Tax Tips for Wedding Photographers
Tax season is never a fun time for small business owners (especially wedding photographers working full and part time jobs in multiple states), but it shouldn’t be a painful time either. If you start using some best practices early on, you can ensure that your...
Gimmick Camera Settings and the x100s
I’m slowly working on my review of the new Fuji x100s—the first camera I’ve used in years without a capital N in front of it—and figured I should post at least one photo from it. One of my favorite features of the x100s is the different filters that can be...
What’s in My Bag?: The Cameras
Having spent the years between 1995 and 2005 photographing hundreds of rock and roll bands with a point and shoot film camera, I completely understand that it’s the photographer that makes the photo and not the gear. When it comes to weddings, however, having a...
Data Protection and My Quest for the Perfect Storage System
I’ll admit it, I’m a little obsessed with making sure my data is secure. My friends think I’m insane, but I’ve spent years making photographs and have ripped my 3,000 CD music collection onto my computer, so the thought of having it all vanish...
Why Buying Alien Bees Makes Sense for Wedding Photographers
Dave Hobby has a fantastic, in-depth report on his blog detailing his time spent shooting with Alien Bees brand strobes. While not as gushing and glowing as most AB fan boy reports, the review hammers home an important point—buy what you need, not what you lust. As an...
What’s In My Bag?: 2009 Edition
Do a search on Flickr for “What’s in your bag?” and you’ll stumble upon thousands of photos of meticulously arranged junk. Looks like there’s a movement to photograph emptied out bags to show what people drag around with them all day....
Kill the Check Book – Manage Your Money Online
Image by Roby© via Flickr This is a hybrid business/tech article, as I’m not about to tell you how to go about investing or actually managing what you do with your money. What I do want to talk about is the basic process of balancing your checkbook and just...
ScanCafe Final Update
I just realized that I never posted a final review of my ScanCafe experience. Well, after nearly three months of waiting, I received a nice little box from ScanCafe with a fancy DVD (full-size case with custom art) and my original photos in the shoddy packaging I had...
ScanCafe Update #2
So, nearly two months after I placed my order, ScanCafe sent me the email I had been waiting for. My photos were ready for review. Just about 170 snapshots dating back to 1979 were available online for me to peruse, reject, and order. Just as Pop Photo stated in their...Reviews
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