by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
A Passioned Renewed: A Story About Going From Zero to Publishing a Photography Book in Less than a Year 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...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
The SmugMug Mullet: Business Photos up Front; Personal Photos in Back 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...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
Word of Mouth: The Most Powerful Marketing and Sales Tool for Part-Time Photographers 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...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 27, 2018 | General Update
12 Reasons Why You Need A Budget 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...
by Ryan Oakley | May 25, 2017 | Animoto Tutorial, Slideshow, Slideshow Video
Create a Gorgeous Video Slideshow with Photos, Text, and Music – A Step-by-Step Tutorial Last Updated Feb 13, 2019 In this post, I'm going to show you the step-by-step instructions for creating a high quality, emotionally captivating slideshow video using...
by Ryan Oakley | Oct 20, 2015 | General Update
10 tips and tricks for doing beauty retouching with Lightroom The following is a guest post written by Jane Grates. Jane manages Sleeklens.com which specializes in Lightroom workflows and Photoshop. You can connect with them on facebook, twitter orYoutube. When she...