Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Have Camera Make Money Seminar

Last weekend I was at the STUN groups Heavy Metal photo shoot. The shoot was fantastic...over 100 photographers, 50 models, and a metal fabricating factory as a backdrop. The hair and makeup people did a great job and I think that everyone who attended truly enjoyed the hard work that Mark Anderson and Jaci Anderson put into organizing the event.

The reason I bring all of this up is a conversation that I had with a young man who listened into a number of conversations I was having with various photographers throughout the day. His question to me was this "why are you willing to share so much information so freely?"

My answer was this, 'I've been a professional photographer for over 20 years. It amazes me that photographers in my position would be stingy with the information they have obtained over years of experience. I think it is important to share what I know.'

He then asked "but aren't you kind of training your competition?" My answer to this question (which is asked a lot) is always the same...'I'm not training my competition or yours. YOU are your biggest competition. YOU decide when you get out of bed in the morning if you are going to make those cold calls, YOU decide if you are going to edit that wedding or design that album. YOU decide if you are going to network, update your facebook profile with useful information, or book yourself into a wedding show. It does not matter what JOE down the street is doing...he is not YOU. YOU have your own personality, your own style, your own brand...no one competes with that more than you do.'

If you are thinking about attending one of my seminars...stop thinking and sign up! Look, if you learn one trick, one piece of the psychology that helps you sign more contracts, one thing that tightens your time frame on doing formals at the wedding site...YOU have made yourself a better brand. http://www.az.weddingherald.com/ SIGN UP NOW!

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