by Ryan Oakley | Jan 23, 2019 | Habits, Productivity
“You do not rise to the level of your goals – you fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear, author of Atomic Habits and creator of the Clear Habit Journal. [Heads up: This article includes affiliate links. If you buy something through...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
One year ago – August 2013, I dropped my Nikon dSLR and it smashed beyond repair. The sad thing was – I didn't really care. I mean, I knew it was about $2000 worth of equipment that I just lost. But when I found out it couldn't be fixed, I seriously...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
For those of us that use SmugMug for our business needs (complete with client galleries and portfolio pages) we're often left with the question about what to do with our personal photos. You want the same privacy and archiving features that SmugMug gives to your...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
Here's something I realized really early on in my photography business – I hate selling myself. Telling people “Hey, look at my work. Isn't it great?! You should hire me cause I'm awesome.” makes me feel icky. At the worst end of this, if I try to...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
These questions might make you a bit uncomftorble. They did for me when I started thinking about them. I kept thinking… Of course I'm fully justified to talk about “budgets” on this photography blog because we're Of course we all know we should have...
