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Sean Kernan, Looking Into The Light: A Workshop-In-A-Book

November 22, 2014 by Seshu | Editor & Publisher

Sean Kernan is a photographer, teacher and author based in Connecticut. He often teaches at the Maine Media Workshops + College.

We sat down to talk about his new book, Looking Into The Light, which helps photographers resuscitate their sense of discovery and wonder through exercises and practice. It is, as Kernan says, a workshop in a book, so it isn't something you should read cover to cover in one sitting. It is to be nibbled at and examined in a mindful manner.

Looking Into The Light by Sean KernanThese exercises will “let you be empty and expectant” at the same time, allowing you a “spaciousness of mind,” for injecting a sense of play and imagination into your photography style.

Grab this random chapter from the book to get a sense of what is in the book. I think you will really like it! And, if you do buy the book, please come back here and share with me the results of the exercises. How did you feel before reading and doing the exercises and then after it? What changed in you? Were your images different in some way? How do you think the suggestions Kernan makes improved you and or your photography?

If you enjoyed this interview, please share it with your friends and family. Also, don't forget to subscribe to TiffinboxTV. Lastly, please suggest other people I should speak with for this program. Your input is always welcome!

Filed Under: Interviews, Photography, Workshops Tagged With: book, creativity, imagination, Looking Into The Light, Photographers, Photography, Photography Styles, Sean Kernan, workshop

Click, Buy & Save BIG On These Black Friday And Cyber Monday Deals

November 21, 2014 by Seshu | Editor & Publisher

And, so it begins. Another Thanksgiving day will come and go and you'll find yourself stuffed with turkey and good cheer come Friday morning. Resist the temptation to run out at 2 in the morning to go shopping for that 43 1/2″ HD Cypersonic OLED television. Do all your shopping in your pajamas like I do starting today. I'll curate the best Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals for photographers right here. I would appreciate it if you used my affiliate links on this page to make your time-limited discounted purchases for yourself, your friends or your photography business.

I'll keep updating this page, so feel free to bookmark it and share it with your friends online. For your easy reference copy + paste this link when mentioning any deals: https://tiffinbox.org/best-black-friday-and-cyber-monday-deals-for-photographers/ – Thank you!

This one from Photography Concentrate starts today! It's an incredible deal on all of their tutorials. I have learned a ton from Lauren and Rob Lim over the years. I highly recommend what they have to offer and now at an incredibly low price, for a limited time.

Photography Concentrate: 2015 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deal

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Photography Spark has reduced its very popular “cookbooks for photographers” by about $60! Regularly $99, they are both being offered for $39, from now through December 2nd!

Business Planning Cookbook

Recipes to Rank Higher Cookbook

Everything in Rachel Brenke's Law Shop (think photography contracts and even the BizRevamp course) is a whopping 40% off from today through December 1. Use the code: BlackFriday40.

BizRevamp by Rachel Brenke

Preveal, Salesographer and SwiftGalleries are all on sale on Black Friday. Check out all the deals here or click the graphic below.

Preveal's Black Friday Sale

Design Aglow is my go-to-resource for templates of all kinds. This year the company is offering 15% off its framing and paper shops. Use code: THANKFUL when ordering.

Design Aglow Black Friday Sale

Modern Tog has bundled all of her amazing resources into one product and is offering it from today through December 1st at a ridiculous discount. I would grab these now! Also, she is offering her 6-week marketing course, called Marketog, also at a discount for a limited time.

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3 Weeks To Pricing Perfection by Joy Vertz: Black Friday & Cyber Monday DealGet your pricing all wrong and you can kiss your business goodbye. Joy Vertz is all about teaching photographers like you through her 3 Weeks To Pricing Perfection Course (regularly $575). Use code: blackfriday50 and get it for 50% off between today through December 2nd!

Susan Stripling's The Dynamic Range just launched. Did you catch my interview with her? Starting on Thursday, the 27th through December 2nd, she is offering all of her ebooks at 30% off! You don't need a coupon to buy The ThinkBook Compendium, The Business and Marketing Workbook, and Case Studies. Learn from a real pro!

The Dynamic Range, by Susan Stripling Mautner

psychology-for-photogs-bfcm14Jenika McDavitt of Psychology for Photographers fame is offering a rare sale on Irresistible Words $199 (reg $249), Irresistible Website for $109 (reg $159) and a bundle that includes both – $299 (retail for both would be $408). These are available only on Black Friday through Cyber Monday.

For the creative person in you or for a friend, consider the preset packs offered by Mastin Labs. November 28th through December 1st, you can snag all of the presets at 40% off! These are the same presets I depend on for my portrait photographs. No code required.

Mastin Labs Presets

Wedding Conversion KitScott Wyden Kivowitz is a friend and a few months back he released the Wedding Photographer Conversion Kit (regularly $149.97). November 26th through December 1st he is offering it to you for 66% off or $50.99! Use code: GobbleGobble [you can also buy his other ebooks and presets at 66% off using this special link]

Other special offers for photographers will be displayed right here, so please come back and visit and do tell your friends who are just as obsessed with photography as you are! Let's save some money and make things happen for our businesses in 2015!

Do you have a busy portrait studio or a wedding photography business? Then ShootProof is THE proofing option for you. Check out their special offer here for new customers only.

ShootProof's Black Friday Deal

Filed Under: Featured Post of the Day!, Photography, Sales Tagged With: 2014, Black Friday, Black Friday Cyber Monday, Black Friday Cyber Monday Deals, Business, Cyber Monday, Cyber Monday Deals, deals, discounts, Limited Special Offer, monday, offers, Photographer Deals, Photographers, Photography, resources, sales, special

The Scobey’s, Inspire Interviews: Episode 3

September 17, 2014 by Seshu | Editor & Publisher

I have a confession. When I was told about The Scobey's, I have to admit I didn't know about their awards, their images or that they had at one time lived very close to me in Connecticut. Now, as Atlanta-based wedding photographers, they are winning hearts and minds for their soft, immersive approach to capturing meaningful moments in a couple's life.

Now, as busy photographers, I have to also admit that it was very difficult to pin them down for an interview. I was eager to speak with them as I found out that they were speaking at Inspire Photo Retreats in February, 2015.

So here we were talking to each other like old pals and I had not even met them before! That's just how they made me immediately feel about them. I trust their presentation is going to be one I will not miss at Inspire Photo Retreats.

Here are some of The Scobey's award-winning images:

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

Atlanta, Wedding Photographers - The Scobey's

For more information about the conference please visit the site. If last year was any indication, registrations will fill up and the conference will be sold out. So, I urge you to register early.

Inspire Photo Retreats - February 9-11, 2015, Portland, Maine

If you are still on the fence, please take a look at all the speakers who will be coming to Portland. I believe speakers like Jane and others have one mission: to inspire you to do your best work in the near year. Everybody needs that kind of motivation year-in-and-year-out. If you agree, I expect to see you at Inspire Photo Retreats in 2015!

Filed Under: Conferences, Interviews, Photography Tagged With: Award Winning Wedding Photographers, Inspire Photo Retreats, Inspiring Photos, photographer, Photographers

How To Build Your Photography Portfolio Profitably

June 20, 2014 by Seshu | Editor & Publisher

It was 2008 and I had just wrapped up working at ESPN.com as a photo editor. I remember running into Zack Arias' advice to offer headshot or business portraits.

Zack taught us all how to light (see his One Light 2.0 tutorial) but the marketing was up to me. Back then, with little to no real business sense, I dove into Twitter and offered my services to the first 20 people to respond. Yes, I offered to photograph them for free.

Twenty eager and friendly people made appointments for their portraits to be made and I obliged them. I loved the experience so much that I launched Connecticut Headshots and have been serving business executives, realtors, lawyers and a few actors.

Would I do that again? Knowing what I know now, would I offer to photograph them for free? Probably not.

For me, it came down to feeling less than confident. I gave myself a goal of 20 people before venturing out and creating a business out of it. I am learning now that there is another way.

Molly Marie and Jamie Swanson have created Profitable Portfolio Builder just for photographers like you and me.

Profitable Portfolio Builder

“Portfolio building for free is like shooting yourself in the foot. It is hurting your business from the very start, and you’ll be losing out on a huge opportunity to create a client base and make money right from the start.”

Could I have used the revenue from 20 paying clients? Heck yeah!

What I was missing back when I started was a guide like Profitable Portfolio Builder that would walk me through the following:

  • Why the Profitable Portfolio Builder method is a better way to build your portfolio
  • How to get people to book portfolio building sessions with you
  • Exactly how to respond to people who want to book a portfolio building sessions in order to maximize the opportunity to get sales and long-term clients from the session
  • What you need to know and do ahead of time to get results
  • How to get the sale
  • The secret to getting powerful testimonials that influence others to book with you
  • Profitable Portfolio Builder also includes customizable scripts (yes friends, for those of us who are easily tongue-tied this will come in handy) to help us make the transition offering one type of photography service to another.

    The only caveat Molly and Jamie offer is this: “The Profitable Portfolio Builder is based on psychology and past experience, and if you leave anything out or modify a vital part of it, it may not work.”

    Are you willing to give this a try? Are you open to shifting gears and seeing what other opportunities might exist for you? I know I am glad I made the jump to also offering business portraits in Connecticut.

    Please read all the way through the Profitable Portfolio Builder page to see if your current or future choice in photography would benefit from this incredible resource. As Molly says, her advice is meant for a select (but large) group of photographers. Still, there are some, like wedding photographers that this resource will not be a good fit.

    Profitable Portfolio Builder

    It's normally $129.99, but right now and through June 29th, it’s only $79.99 (save $50!).

    Filed Under: Business, Home Middle Right, Photography Tagged With: Business, genre of photography, Industry, Photographers, Photography, profitable portfolio builder, transition

    How To Find Your Photo Success Outside The Photo Industry

    June 17, 2014 by Seshu | Editor & Publisher

    There is a small group of photographers who look beyond the photo industry to be inspired. They seek out leaders in other industries to keep their own businesses fresh and sharp. Are you one of those photographers?

    Clearly Jeffrey Shaw is. He and Lori Nordstrom (another dynamo in the industry) are hosting Photo Success Summit on June 24-26, 2014. I urge you to sign up and listen in. Not only will it do you wonders, I suspect it will help your business grow as well.

    What's more, it's 100% free!

    Photo Success Summit

    You read that right. No catches. Nothing to buy, if you don't want to. Register here. When you claim your ticket, you'll immediately receive gifts from Michael Port, Jeremy Cowart and Sally Hogshead.

    Photo Success Summit

    You don't believe me? Check it out.

    When I spoke with Jeffrey today, he told me even the replays for each of these presentations will be available for up to 30 days … for free! So, if you are busy or booked on June 24-26, you can always dip back in and listen to the presentation at your leisure.

    The Photo Success Summit, is from my memory, the first of its kind. Quite frankly, I have scheduled the Photo Success Summit presentations during the three days in order to learn and perhaps see my business from a very different perspective.

    It may be time for you to do the same. Register for Photo Success Summit now.

    Filed Under: Business, Home Middle Right, Photography Tagged With: Business Growing, creativity, Find Success, industry leaders, Jeffrey Shaw, lori nordstrom, photo industry, Photo Success, Photo Success Summit, Photographers, Photography, presenters, speakers

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