NoBs Digital Dogbowl
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August 2011 Digital Dogbowl
Webinar: Off Camera Flash Secrets Using LumoPro Flashes
August 11 brings the much-anticipated webinar event with James Hodgins who will teach some of his off camera flash secrets using the LumoPro flashes. If you haven't done so yet, you can register at this NoBS link. As usual, it's a free webinar for NoBS members and will be recorded and posted on the forum afterwards for members' unlimited viewing pleasure.
Photo of the Month Winner: Amy Coe
The winner this past month's "Urban" theme Photo of the Month Contest was none other than peppypea (aka Amy Coe). When not photographing babies, children, couples, families, and seniors, Amy can be found waxing poetic about her monarchy in Montana. She is after all the Queen :) Congrats, Amy!
Want to get in on the fun? Here are the details:
Want to nominate for your favorite photo you see this month? Please PM SarahM with your nomination. You can send her a link to the thread where the photo is located.
This Month's theme is BLUE
SarahM will post the images here once you PM her and the voting will start around the 11th of each month.
Thanks and get her those PM's!!
Want to know what you could win in the next contest? A 10x10 album from Shamrock, design house Vol. 2, a six-month pro membership with Animoto, Craig's Actions Toolkit, Craig's Beauty Bar Pro Package, Craig's Preset FX Power Pack, Mama's NuGlam Bundle, a Colorsmack from Silverlake Backgrounds, an exclusive download from Profitable Studio, and Marilyn Sholin's Painter 12 tutorial "12 for Painter 12"!
BONUS: For a limited time, Rob and James will throw in a copy of Jason Groupp's DVD, "25 Kick Ass Lighting Scenarios"!
After all entries are in, the voting begins! The winner will be contacted once the results are in and then they get to pick their prize.
Remember just send SarahM a private message with a link to where the photo is located here on the forum. You can upload it to a certain thread or even in the photo gallery.
Hot Topics On The Forum
- Pupils "ok so I did this headshot yesterday and in the past this problem has cropped up as well so now I want to fix it. In every video I see the photograph has all the ambient light shut off in the studio..every demo I have seen is always darkly lit as well..just the lights from the studio strobes...in order to not have a color cast and stuff right? " Pupils
- She Wants The Crappy Photos! "I did this wedding a couple of months ago and provided the photographs on disk. The bride has sent me an email today saying how much she loves the photos BUT there are none of the shots we did of her sitting down on the grass and she just cannot stop thinking about those photos. Well, I didn't include them because I didn't think they were as good as the others - approximately 200 of them." WWYD?
- I Wanna Bail... "So, I am scheduled to do a Wedding August 6 and I meet with the bride/groom for our last meeting today. I was 'casually' informed that she is having a 'friend' be a second shooter for her wedding and proceeded to give me a list of the shots her other photographer was taking for her portfolio. I was a little upset as it clearly states in my contract that I am the only hired professional at the event." BAIL
- Major Client Problem "The client's mom (not herself!!) called yesterday to say that they needed us to photograph her bridal session on a Sunday or Monday, because she gets off work at 4:00 and can't have hair and makeup completed in time for her shoot at the appointment time. I stood my ground and mentioned our hours again. She asked for a referral for bridal portraits, and said she was "very dissapointed" in me. The catch here is that I rent my studio from this client and her husband who own the realty company here!" Problem
NoBS member Marc Durocher has almost 25 years of experience in the IT industry and he can tell you that most small businesses do not have proper backups. Those that do backups, rarely ever test them to make sure they work. Find out how and why!
Title: System and Data backup strategies for professional photographers
Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Rob comes to us from his "cool red couch" with some anecdotes about recent studio sessions and other miscellaneous things like his ThinkTank bag, his cool red couch session, and marketing. Check it out.
Here is one of those tasks that many photographers find overwhelming: setting up their pricing. In this webinar, Rob explains his strategies for appropriate pricing. There is also a bonus included. To see more click here.
Here's a quick and dirty video from Rob telling how he uses Facebook and his blog daily to increase exposure of his studio to his target markets. To see this video click on this NoBS link.