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One of the questions I see asked in photography groups all the time is whether or not they should outsource their editing to a company or hire someone in-house to help them. Since my job is primarily as an outsourcer, you’d think my answer would always be to outsource to an editing company. …but you’d…

So you’ve started your photography business, and everything is going swell. You’ve got clients, you’re busy, and you love being your own boss. And this is really good, except for one problem: you find yourself scrambling to meet deadlines, you live at your computer, and your family is wondering when you’re actually going to make…

One of my audience members asked me how you know when it’s time to start outsourcing. Which is actually a really super awesome question. The short answer is, ‘before you need to.’ But that’s still not overly helpful. So, how do you know? In this post I’ll walk you through how to figure out if…

When I first started my business, I will admit that I was 100% unorganized. Over the years, I’ve found a few things that have made my life WAY easier and help keep things organized. Some of these tools are things that I use on my own, and some of them are things that I use to help myself and my clients stay organized and connected.

Monitors. Calibrating monitors. Ugh. The thought probably makes you cry a little bit on the inside. It really is a headache. But it really is important, especially for doing color-specific work (like editing or design, etc.). And I’ve heard photographers say they don’t know how to do it, or they just guess, or that ‘as…

Some years ago, a friend of mine was starting her photography business. She was shooting weddings every weekend and trying to keep up with the editing during the week. She. was going. CRAZY. Not just like, sort of crazy. But really super crazy. She had no time to spend with her friends, she was cutting it…