Photography Concentrate

There are so many online portfolio services available these days it can really make your head spin! Carbonmade is part of that group, but manages to stand out from the crowd because of two things: simplicity & personality.

With over 373,532 portfolios created, and counting, it’s obviously working.

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More traffic on your blog means more eyes on your work. And if more people are looking at your work, you would hope that the increased exposure would lead to an increase in sessions booked. Unfortunately this isn’t always the case!

Lets take a look at a common problem ...

You’ve heard that you should be blogging if you’re a photographer. You’ve seen more and more shooters with blogs. Heck, you’ve probably even started one yourself! But do you know why that blog is so critical, and the most important things you need to do to ...

This week we’ve been talking about finding your *Why* — your deep-down reason for being a photographer. Now we’re going to take that, and talk about how it can help you become more awesome at marketing and selling yourself to your clients!

To do that, let’s take a ...

When you’re early on in your career as a photographer (and by early, I mean the first 5 - 10 years) you probably are going to find yourself asking *Why* a lot. 

And that’s good.

Knowing the *Why* of what you do helps you in so many ways. Not ...

Photography is primarily a word-of-mouth business. While you might get bookings from someone coming across your website, or seeing your ad in a magazine, you’ll get the most of your work from other people spreading your name for you.

To understand why, you simply need to look at the ...

One of the mantras of web business is the money is in the list. It’s a simple idea. You have a list of customers that you can contact at any time, and let them know about what you’re up to. This ability to stay at the forefront of ...