Ultimate Lightroom Workflow — Get your proofs out FAST

Ultimate Lightroom Workflow -- Fast, efficient post production

Ultimate Lightroom Post Production Workflow…

…fast, efficient process to get your proofs out quickly

Customers don’t like to wait, especially in the digital age.

We’re all spoilt by instant gratification, being able to see our images immediately on the back of the camera as soon as we click the shutter.

That’s why having an effective and efficient workflow is soooo important. The faster you get your proofs out…

  • the more money your client is likely to spend
  • the more you avoid a backlog
  • the more time you have to do other things

If you can’t get your proofs out to your client by the next day, this 5-step Lightroom workflow will be a big help. Continue reading Ultimate Lightroom Workflow — Get your proofs out FAST »

Image critique for your photography?

Just wondering how many photographers are interested in an image critique?

Tweet me @theLightMatters or leave a comment and let me know…

Can’t promise anything but I want to test the water. If there’s sufficient interest I’ll arrange run a critique trial over the summer

Lead generation ideas for photography marketing…

Lead Generation Ideas for Photography Business Owners

Lead generation ideas for photography marketing…

Lead generation is without doubt one of the most crucial skills a photography business owner needs — apart from creating images that is.

Fact: Photographers who can market themselves will always outperform those who can't, irrespective of the quality of their images.

Why is that?You may have a fantastic gallery full of wonderful, beautiful images but if nobody knows about you, if nobody sees them, they might as well not exist. You'll lose sales and market share for the want of being able to get your images in front of the right people.

If you run a photography business then it's your responsibility to drive as much traffic to it as you can. This article may be just what you're looking for…

Continue reading Lead generation ideas for photography marketing… »

Improve your Photography with these Game Changing techniques

Improve Your Photography With These Game Changing Techniques

Game changing techniques to improve your photography

PhotographerAre you looking to raise your game? To improve your photography and it to the next level?

Do you look at other photographers’ images and think “why do their photos look better than mine?

Are you looking for the secret sauce to improve your photography so you, too, can make professional looking images?

Like all things in life, if you want a different outcome, you have to do something different. Invariably that means stepping outside your comfort zone and trying new ideas and techniques. Photography is no different. I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve met who’ve told me they upgraded to a full-frame DSLR only to be disappointed because their photographs looked exactly the same on the new camera as they did on the old one. There’s a reason for that: it’s because they’re using it in exactly the same way.

The photographer makes the image, the camera merely records it. Continue reading Improve your Photography with these Game Changing techniques »