Client cancellations are inevitable. If you find yourself with some free time, there are simple things you can proactively work on to help your future business. Branding First, work on developing your personal/company brand. Have you updated your website lately? Are there some photos or videos you’ve been meaning to
Night photographers! Whether you’re staying home because of cloudy skies or less-than-ideal conditions, that doesn’t mean you can’t continue creating photos. Here’s a few ideas we can do while not leaving the house. Backyard light painting This first photo of R2D2 above was done in my backyard. I used electroluminescent
Before we go any further. Let me say that this is a profoundly personal article. Usually, I’m known to stick to talking about technology when I write or speak professionally. But I decided to use my platforms and share this. Hi, my name is Rich Harrington. I’m the publisher of
You’ve got to smile or you might cry with the past year of physical distancing. While many things were taken away, Covid-19 gave me new opportunities that would not otherwise have happened. Below I’ll share how I was able to deal with last year in a positive way. I call
With the vaccine rollout not as quick as we would like, it’s important to stay safe. I still want to get out to photo locations to get away and create. Outfitting the car for boondocking — or car camping — has been my ticket. In today’s article I head to
Most of us have to stay at home much more than we used to. But as creative photographers, we can use this time to learn new genres of photography. These are my first experiments with macro photography. Keeping expenses low I wanted something simple. I have minimal equipment and wanted
Being stuck at home doesn’t need to stunt our creativity. With just a few simple items that you probably already have around the house, we can create interesting images and have fun experimenting by doing macro photography. You have many items around the house that would be fascinating to explore
I’m stuck at home a lot. You probably are as well. But we can still experiment and be creative with our photography — and it doesn’t need to cost very much. Keeping expenses low I wanted something simple. I have minimal equipment and wanted to experiment with items found around
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change life profoundly for all of us, I’m sure that some may still be struggling to continue with photography whether for work or personal projects. Lockdowns and limitations have either hampered or heightened creativity for photographers and artists. Whichever is the case for you,
“I’ve had some scary shoots before … but this was different, and I remember walking in for the first time feeling rather scared,” shared UK-based photographer Slater King on documenting the COVID-19 pandemic straight from the hospital. “I was knowingly going into a Coronavirus hot spot, repeatedly and over many
The COVID-19 outbreak has taught me a lot as a part-time photographer and as a full-time survivor. Times are currently tough and challenging for many out there. As my secondary source of income, I started rebuilding the basics and continued learning the marketing side of photography. I knew from the
This is a continuation of how I’m able to safely get out and about during COVID-19. Being on location and able to cook and sleep with no other contact works well for me. I use this extra time on site to work on capturing more in-depth images. The image above
