Saint Clairsville Ohio graphic designer

Preparing for Summer Sessions

Preparing for Summer Sessions

This summer is already shaping up to have several horse shows, potential travel to Tennessee (for fun), and maybe Virginia/D.C. For both photography and maybe a mini vacation.

With that being said I am scheduling out my year fairly quickly in advance.

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Lessons: Business Owner Edition

Lessons: Business Owner Edition

I never set out to own, operate, and run a photography business. I never really set out to be a photographer. Yet that is what has happened in life. I have loved the journey even though there have been many, not very fun moments. Even though I had no idea how to start a business let alone make it successful in the beginning.

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My Hobbies as a Photographer Includes

My Hobbies as a Photographer Includes

Years ago photography used to be my hobby, the very thing I did for fun and not to earn a living. When I started doing it as a profession shooting for myself fell to the wayside, and it became a job. I had to develop different hobbies as a result things I would have time for; such as reading.

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Seeing Like A Photographer

Seeing Like A Photographer

Developing a photographic eye is one of the coolest aspects of photography. Yet it is strange because while we can be standing side by side with someone what they see is different from what we see.

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Hiring a Photographer is A Wise Investment

Hiring a Photographer is A Wise Investment

There comes a time in every ones life when they are wanting to have specific photographs made. Before when I was young that meant you looked up a studio or photographer in the phone book, called made an appointment and drug everyone to a studio in dressy clothes. Then you waited usually a week or two for proofs to come back and would have to go in sit down with the photographer and choose your images and prints.

It was a longer more drawn out process than it is today.

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Let Me Read You My Story

Let Me Read You My Story

As many of you know I am hard at work on my first non-fiction memoir. Let me entice you with the blurb from the back.

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