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Changing course and starting fresh? Be bold!
(*UPDATE - we did a radio show all about career changing - you can listen to it here on CBC Radio Noon: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-102-radio-noon-montreal/clip/15753239-your-experience-changing-careers) Sometimes you need to hit the reset button. And not...
The Hidden Perils of a Shot List
When contracting a photographer or videographer to cover an event clients usually provide a shotlist (a list of key images the photographer or videographer needs to deliver after the event). While this practice helps organizers feel they have covered the bases and...
Running a fundraiser? Ask for a donation-in-kind.
Fall is a busy time for fundraisers, though the needs of most organizations are ongoing throughout the year. As a supplier of photo and video coverage for events and conferences we are often hired by organizations to cover their balls, gala events, art auctions, golf...
How to plan a headshot session
September is a good month to plan for a headshot renewal session for your employees. As the weather turns ever so slightly colder and the summer season fades into Instagram memories, the return to regular routines brings a new kind of energy planners can leverage for...
Family Reunions – Where Every Photo Tells a Story
Family - whether you love it, hate it or something in between there's no getting away from it. Even those lost poor souls wandering the earth came from someone and hold in their veins the story of their predecessors. For many others of us, our families - however we...
Getting great photos from presentations in the round
In the spirit of lessening the distance between the executive team and rank-and-file employees, the format allows for a more congenial presentation style. As the main stage is centred there is a much broader face of the audience to address and the most distant row is only a few layers back. In presentations, as in any relationship, proximity is power and the closer one stands physically to the audience, the greater the impact.
How to get the portrait you want
One of the challenges of shooting headshots and portraits is communicating how you want to be seen in your portrait. This is especially difficult because, as in many made-to-order bespoke creative services, clients don't always know what the want, but they know what...
Keeping clients happy in the collaborative economy
When I started out as a freelance photographer, that's all I was thinking of doing, and clients didn't expect me to offer more. I was a sole practitioner, offering a specific, in-demand service and that worked well for me and my clients. But much as I love the art and...
Japan: Part 3: Hiroshima, Hakone and Tokyo
(If you want to skip the read and jump to the photos click here) HIROSHIMA Another high speed train brought us directly into the heart of Hiroshima where we splurged on two nights at the Sheraton. We were welcomed by a friend, Carl, who has lived in Hiroshima for over...
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