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Backing up your photography

It is hard to know where to post this:  Photography genius, photography mistakes?  Over the past eight years of professional photography, I have seen any number of “backup systems” that others are using to keep their images safe.  From DVD backups to external hard drives, photographers are putting a ton of work at risk and [...]

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Ten-dollar off-camera flash review

Off Camera Flash Can you create some stunning off camera flash photography for under $60?  You sure can! As a professional wedding photographer, I am constantly trying to improve my work by increasing my abilities.  One of the things we learned over the past couple of years was to effectively learn to use off camera [...]

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Becoming a wedding photographer

Becoming a Wedding Photographer

Create a simple contract – Do this first. Because I am going to suggest you take some free weddings to get your feet wet, you should have a contract to protect yourself Shoot some weddings for free- If you have ever watched American Idol, Simon Cowell would interact with people who gave voice lessons to [...]

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Photography Internet Service

Getting the right Internet Service

Choosing the right Internet service as a photographer is crucial.  You have to look at the upload speeds, your office network and how everything is hooked up.  One piece could be causing the bottleneck. Your files will be huge…and there are a lot of them As a professional wedding photographer, you may shoot 1,000-2,000 images [...]

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