Today was another day I didn't get much done. Pretty much all I did was edit my sister's engagement photos. I guess when you consider an evening of editing, it really is getting something done, but it seems like if I can't do any of my assignments I don't feel like I've accomplished much. :(
Susie
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
29-April-2010
Today, the only thing I got done was meeting with a client. We met at 7pm and I didn't leave until 9. We chose all her photos for her Blurb Album, and she bought High Res CD of her photos, which means more money in my pocket. :) yay.
Now I have to get all the photos found and burned, and the album designed. I may just give them to my sister to design. She likes it, I pay her, and then I don't have to worry about it. It's a win-win situation. :)
-Susie
Now I have to get all the photos found and burned, and the album designed. I may just give them to my sister to design. She likes it, I pay her, and then I don't have to worry about it. It's a win-win situation. :)
-Susie
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
28-April-2010
Today was busy - but not with photography, unfortunately. :(
I did go through and delete some of my photos off my website. I decided that I really need to go through and get some more of my more recent work on there. [something else to add to my to-do list].
I also signed up for a free trial Zenfolio account to see how I like it. They only charge 12% to process the order, and, honestly, I hate when people order photos and I have to deal with it. haha. It's just so stressful to me. I have to go through and try to find the photos in Lightroom, match them up with the photos they want, make sure everything is the same...then upload them to mpix, and order. [and a lot of times, they wait too long and I've had to remove them from my computer....so then I have to go hunt them down on an external drive, yet, too.] So, yeah, Zenfolio is looking really good to me about now. :)
That's pretty much it....oh, I did arrange for two meetings with previous brides to get their photo orders. [haha. it would be so much easier if I would be going through Zenfolio now...;)] One of the brides bought the CD with the copyright release, but her Mom thinks it's too much trouble to order it herself, so she pays me regular prices for all the photos. I guess I can't complain about that. :)
Anyway, that's pretty much all that I got done today.
Tomorrow:
-Meet with one bride [from June 2009!...which means, I have to hunt down her photos]
-Find some more magazines to look through for inspiration
-Susie
I did go through and delete some of my photos off my website. I decided that I really need to go through and get some more of my more recent work on there. [something else to add to my to-do list].
I also signed up for a free trial Zenfolio account to see how I like it. They only charge 12% to process the order, and, honestly, I hate when people order photos and I have to deal with it. haha. It's just so stressful to me. I have to go through and try to find the photos in Lightroom, match them up with the photos they want, make sure everything is the same...then upload them to mpix, and order. [and a lot of times, they wait too long and I've had to remove them from my computer....so then I have to go hunt them down on an external drive, yet, too.] So, yeah, Zenfolio is looking really good to me about now. :)
That's pretty much it....oh, I did arrange for two meetings with previous brides to get their photo orders. [haha. it would be so much easier if I would be going through Zenfolio now...;)] One of the brides bought the CD with the copyright release, but her Mom thinks it's too much trouble to order it herself, so she pays me regular prices for all the photos. I guess I can't complain about that. :)
Anyway, that's pretty much all that I got done today.
Tomorrow:
-Meet with one bride [from June 2009!...which means, I have to hunt down her photos]
-Find some more magazines to look through for inspiration
-Susie
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
27-April-2010
ok...having my call with Christina over lunch break is not a good plan. I didn't want to go back to work! i was so inspired I wanted to start working on my assignments right away.
I did manage to get a few things done this evening - mostly research and working on my package pricing again. I'm trying to come up with better names than "digital album" when I'm talking about a Blurb album. But, of course, I can't let my customers know I'm designing a Blurb album for them, so...any suggestions?
I tried to find out what reprint prices were in the DC area, but I wasn't that successful. Most of the photographers didn't have their print prices on the sites. annoying. Anyway, what I did find was one photographer charges $20.00 for a 5x7, and the prices go up from there. Another starts their reprint prices at 45.00. ouch. Around here you can't charge more than $10 [if that much] for a 5x7. I have some serious restructuring to do.
Goals for tomorrow:
- go delete all photos I don't like from website
- think about pricing, do more research
- research Zenfolio and see about signing up
-Susie
I did manage to get a few things done this evening - mostly research and working on my package pricing again. I'm trying to come up with better names than "digital album" when I'm talking about a Blurb album. But, of course, I can't let my customers know I'm designing a Blurb album for them, so...any suggestions?
I tried to find out what reprint prices were in the DC area, but I wasn't that successful. Most of the photographers didn't have their print prices on the sites. annoying. Anyway, what I did find was one photographer charges $20.00 for a 5x7, and the prices go up from there. Another starts their reprint prices at 45.00. ouch. Around here you can't charge more than $10 [if that much] for a 5x7. I have some serious restructuring to do.
Goals for tomorrow:
- go delete all photos I don't like from website
- think about pricing, do more research
- research Zenfolio and see about signing up
-Susie
Monday, April 26, 2010
26-April-2010
Okay...so, I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I'm kind of enjoying this whole being a bit more interactive on our blogs. :) Feedback is nice...and I feel a bit more motivated when I actually comment on blogs rather than just read them. [maybe because I have to think of nice things to say. haha!]
Anyway, today was stressful. I didn't think I was going to be able to get any photography done, but this evening I managed to tear myself away from work at 8 [oh, don't worry, I still have lots left for tomorrow. :P] and come home. So, I've managed to get about 1.5 hours of photography stuff done. I revised some of my wedding packages I put together, trying to build value into them. I also was doing a bit more research on what I like about other photographers in the DC area. Unfortunately, there were a lot of websites I went on that I thought were cheesy. [I guess that's actually not so unfortunate, because now maybe if I get my website all nice and cool than it'll make more of an impression. ooooh, yeah...] I also looked through a magazine for inspiration. I tried an Outdoor photographer magazine instead of a Home and Gardens or Bridal Magazine. It was definitely not as inspiring. :P
Besides all of that, I started writing my "engagement shoot" part of my client story. I didn't get very far, though...but, hey, at least I started it. I also mailed a bride her photographs [exactly 4 weeks and 2 days after her wedding...yay!]
Tomorrow I have my call with Christina from 12-1. Besides that, I don't really have any other things that are pressing, so I am going to try and be working on assignments later on tomorrow evening.
I hope everyone had a great Monday. :)
Susie
Anyway, today was stressful. I didn't think I was going to be able to get any photography done, but this evening I managed to tear myself away from work at 8 [oh, don't worry, I still have lots left for tomorrow. :P] and come home. So, I've managed to get about 1.5 hours of photography stuff done. I revised some of my wedding packages I put together, trying to build value into them. I also was doing a bit more research on what I like about other photographers in the DC area. Unfortunately, there were a lot of websites I went on that I thought were cheesy. [I guess that's actually not so unfortunate, because now maybe if I get my website all nice and cool than it'll make more of an impression. ooooh, yeah...] I also looked through a magazine for inspiration. I tried an Outdoor photographer magazine instead of a Home and Gardens or Bridal Magazine. It was definitely not as inspiring. :P
Besides all of that, I started writing my "engagement shoot" part of my client story. I didn't get very far, though...but, hey, at least I started it. I also mailed a bride her photographs [exactly 4 weeks and 2 days after her wedding...yay!]
Tomorrow I have my call with Christina from 12-1. Besides that, I don't really have any other things that are pressing, so I am going to try and be working on assignments later on tomorrow evening.
I hope everyone had a great Monday. :)
Susie
Sunday, April 25, 2010
25-April-2010
This afternoon I had a relaxing time at a coffee shop working on my assignments. After that I had a photo shoot. It went well! I was happy. :)
My goals for tomorrow:
-Post on business blog
-Work on more assignments
-Work on inspirations box
Happy Sunday!
Susie
Saturday, April 24, 2010
24-April-2010
This week has been a busy, busy week. This was the first week that I am working full time with only the new girl in the office, so besides training her, I'm having to do pretty much everything the other girl did until the new girl gets trained. My desk at work is so full of papers right now I don't even want to think about it. :/
Besides working I managed to get the photos sent to one bride, and finished editing another wedding [yay!] and I'm currently exporting the photos so I can mail them on Monday. Wow, how exciting.
I have a shoot scheduled for this Sunday - a dating couple who sings. They want photos for their singing, so they want pictures that are more of a look like good friends than a couple. It will be interesting, but fun. :)
Lately I've been having a hard time trying to fit everything into my life, and as a result I've had to put a few things on the back burner to make sure my relationship with God stays as a priority. It's so easy for me to skip time with God because I'm so busy, but I always suffer for doing that in the long run.
-Susie
Besides working I managed to get the photos sent to one bride, and finished editing another wedding [yay!] and I'm currently exporting the photos so I can mail them on Monday. Wow, how exciting.
I have a shoot scheduled for this Sunday - a dating couple who sings. They want photos for their singing, so they want pictures that are more of a look like good friends than a couple. It will be interesting, but fun. :)
Lately I've been having a hard time trying to fit everything into my life, and as a result I've had to put a few things on the back burner to make sure my relationship with God stays as a priority. It's so easy for me to skip time with God because I'm so busy, but I always suffer for doing that in the long run.
-Susie
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
21-Apr-2010
Yesterday I was able to get quite a bit done in the evening. I worked on research for my client, wrote most of my back-story on how my client found me, and looked through magazines for things for inspirations box.
I need to write a longer post soon, and it's coming, but I've been so busy it's hard to do. Someday I'll sit down and do it.
Susie
I need to write a longer post soon, and it's coming, but I've been so busy it's hard to do. Someday I'll sit down and do it.
Susie
Saturday, April 17, 2010
17-Apr-2010
Yesterday and today were very productive for me, photography-wise. I finished sorting the wedding from March 20th, and got 400 photos edited and up online as a preview for the bride. :) yay!
I was happy to get that done.
-Susie
I was happy to get that done.
-Susie
Thursday, April 15, 2010
15-April-2010
I'm finally starting to feel better. yay.
This evening I worked on doing pricing breakouts for my Collections. Then I was researching more photographers in the DC area. There are so many it's overwhelming, honestly. I was trying to figure out what attracted customers to these photographers, and what I found was these tended to appear more than others: friendly, calm, flexible, professional, courteous, & prompt.
Then I edited photos until my computer battery died. I forgot to bring it with me this morning. This weekend I'm going to hit editing hard...
-Susie
This evening I worked on doing pricing breakouts for my Collections. Then I was researching more photographers in the DC area. There are so many it's overwhelming, honestly. I was trying to figure out what attracted customers to these photographers, and what I found was these tended to appear more than others: friendly, calm, flexible, professional, courteous, & prompt.
Then I edited photos until my computer battery died. I forgot to bring it with me this morning. This weekend I'm going to hit editing hard...
-Susie
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
14-Apr-2010
routine. I am always reminded how much I love routine when I get back from a trip and my life is anything but routine. It's even worse when you have a nasty sore throat/head cold. :(
This past Friday I flew to DC and spent the weekend with my fiancé. We had a wonderful time, and even got our engagement photos taken by the fabulous Abigail Vander Hamm while we were there. Now I just have to be patient until I see them. haha. It was great being on the other side of the camera and being able to relax and let a professional do her job.
As far as photography, on my trip up I did some wedding photo editing, but that was about all I managed. Yesterday I did place a photo order, and follow up with a few brides. This evening I have my call with Christina, and I've been working on Photo stuff since 5:30, and I'll be working on it all evening.
I will be getting back to regular posting now and more photography work. yay.
-Susie
This past Friday I flew to DC and spent the weekend with my fiancé. We had a wonderful time, and even got our engagement photos taken by the fabulous Abigail Vander Hamm while we were there. Now I just have to be patient until I see them. haha. It was great being on the other side of the camera and being able to relax and let a professional do her job.
As far as photography, on my trip up I did some wedding photo editing, but that was about all I managed. Yesterday I did place a photo order, and follow up with a few brides. This evening I have my call with Christina, and I've been working on Photo stuff since 5:30, and I'll be working on it all evening.
I will be getting back to regular posting now and more photography work. yay.
-Susie
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
7-Apr-10
Today I had a client meeting. It went really well! I have really been struggling lately with my client meetings, and wanted them to become more personable rather than just me talking about what I do and my prices. This one was about 80% talking about her and 20% talking about my prices/photos. yay! She love my work and thinks my photography is cool, and is pretty much already booked. She had on her facebook status this morning that she was "meeting with my photographer", which I thought was great--the fact that she was already considering me hers before she met me.
anyway, that's all I did. it was good though. well, I also did revise my collections for the millionth time. haha. i'm never satisfied with them. :P
Susie
anyway, that's all I did. it was good though. well, I also did revise my collections for the millionth time. haha. i'm never satisfied with them. :P
Susie
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
6-Apr-2010
Accomplished:
1) Wrote the "Client Meeting" in the chapter of my story
2) Worked on converting 5 phrases into words
3) Talked with Christina
4) Scheduled bridal consultation for tomorrow evening [yay!]
5) Uploaded a "guest gallery" for a wedding I shot for weeks ago and contacted Bride to let her know about it. Hmm...now my website is extremely s-l-o-w, and my email doesn't want to send. You think there's a connection?
6) Posted photos on FB group
Tomorrow:
1) Meet with bride - get pricing together for her, and client presentation packet together
2) Think. about. stuff. [wow, I'm so specific, eh? haha]
Susie
1) Wrote the "Client Meeting" in the chapter of my story
2) Worked on converting 5 phrases into words
3) Talked with Christina
4) Scheduled bridal consultation for tomorrow evening [yay!]
5) Uploaded a "guest gallery" for a wedding I shot for weeks ago and contacted Bride to let her know about it. Hmm...now my website is extremely s-l-o-w, and my email doesn't want to send. You think there's a connection?
6) Posted photos on FB group
Tomorrow:
1) Meet with bride - get pricing together for her, and client presentation packet together
2) Think. about. stuff. [wow, I'm so specific, eh? haha]
Susie
Monday, April 5, 2010
5-April-2010
Today was insane. It was one of the first hot days here where people turned on their air conditioning units, and the phone was ringing off the hook. Of course, this was also the day that the other girl who works with me was sick, and I was training in a new girl this afternoon. By 5pm my brain was jello.
But, here's what I managed to accomplish with photography [even with jello for a brain]
1. I almost finished editing the wedding I shot on March 6. [yayayayayayayay!]
2. I'm exporting a 'guests' gallery of about 200 images for the bride to show guests.
3. I had taken a few snapshots of families around the wedding time and I got them uploaded on a site so they can download their photos. [i get myself into weird situations. heh.]
4. I posted on my blog!
5. I thought about how great the engagement shoot went on Saturday, and it made me all happy inside. :)
6. I looked forward to being the client this weekend, when I get MY engagement photos taken. :D
7. I thought about all the stuff on my list that I'm supposed to have accomplished by tomorrow will still be waiting for me tomorrow. :P
-Susie
But, here's what I managed to accomplish with photography [even with jello for a brain]
1. I almost finished editing the wedding I shot on March 6. [yayayayayayayay!]
2. I'm exporting a 'guests' gallery of about 200 images for the bride to show guests.
3. I had taken a few snapshots of families around the wedding time and I got them uploaded on a site so they can download their photos. [i get myself into weird situations. heh.]
4. I posted on my blog!
5. I thought about how great the engagement shoot went on Saturday, and it made me all happy inside. :)
6. I looked forward to being the client this weekend, when I get MY engagement photos taken. :D
7. I thought about all the stuff on my list that I'm supposed to have accomplished by tomorrow will still be waiting for me tomorrow. :P
-Susie
Friday, April 2, 2010
2-April-2010
Today was a whirlwind of pretty much nothing I planned...which, I'm okay with, it just means I don't get any photography stuff done. I did spend quite a bit of time, though, trying to do some research for my client profile. I am a bit of a loss on how to do research, but so far what I've done is read the blogs of lots of other photographers who are shooting weddings that I want to shoot someday. It's been pretty helpful. I am also discovering there is SO much available out there with photographers, and branding, and editing...and just, everything you could possibly imagine with photography. It really is inspiring to see photographers who are so different in their approaches having great success. It means there isn't just one 'box' that photographers have to mold to, which means I might have a chance. :)
Anyway, that's my rambles for the night.
tomorrow: engagement shoot! yay. :)
-Susie
Anyway, that's my rambles for the night.
tomorrow: engagement shoot! yay. :)
-Susie
Thursday, April 1, 2010
1-Apr-2010
I guess my goals for yesterday were an April Fool's joke. haha.
I came home from work and was in a meeting all evening with extended family members. My Grandma had a stroke on Sunday, and when she comes home from the hospital in a few weeks, it definitely looks like she'll need 24/7 care.
The only think I did with photography is look at lots of engagement photos. I'm going to do my sister's engagement photos this weekend and I'm getting inspired. The thing I really need to work on is to bring lots of variety into my shoots. I tend to get stuck on a few different poses, and then I leave the shoot thinking of all the other poses I should have done. :P But this weekend I'm going to torture my future brother in law and take photos of him all afternoon, and force myself to be creative.
Susie
I came home from work and was in a meeting all evening with extended family members. My Grandma had a stroke on Sunday, and when she comes home from the hospital in a few weeks, it definitely looks like she'll need 24/7 care.
The only think I did with photography is look at lots of engagement photos. I'm going to do my sister's engagement photos this weekend and I'm getting inspired. The thing I really need to work on is to bring lots of variety into my shoots. I tend to get stuck on a few different poses, and then I leave the shoot thinking of all the other poses I should have done. :P But this weekend I'm going to torture my future brother in law and take photos of him all afternoon, and force myself to be creative.
Susie
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