by Donald Giannatti | Nov 16, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro
(from a recent forum post where a new blogger was talking about ‘getting out there and doing it… going pro.) Hi, I just looked at your blog and I have a few questions. Who are you trying to reach with the blog? Clients? Or other photographers? Clients...
by Donald Giannatti | Nov 5, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro, LE News and Info
Today? I mean today… These are simple ideas, built to do quickly or without being in a rush. Do at least five of them every day. 1. Have you checked in with past clients? Have you kept up with them? And more importantly, have you kept them up to date on what you...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 29, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro
Recently I had an opportunity to sit and chat (over delicious Mexican food) with two very good photographers. Dave and Steve are both well seasoned, and full on commercial photographers here in Phoenix. As things do, we began discussing gigs and some of the war...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 22, 2012 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
Recently a photographer asked about whether or not “Fantasy” makeup or “Avant Garde” images should be included in a commercial photographer’s portfolio. The work he was specifically asking about was a kind of shoot one sees a lot on Model...
by Donald Giannatti | Oct 2, 2012 | Featured, Going Pro
I purchased a car yesterday. I haven’t bought a car for a while, always getting the wife’s hand me down… heh. But with the new business, a new ride is imperative. It was pretty painless. I told them straight up that I had no time or energy for...
by Donald Giannatti | Sep 17, 2012 | Going Pro, LE News and Info
… that the secret doesn’t exist. There is no secret. Has never been a secret. Lately I have been noticing a lot more “Secrets to Successful Whateverthehellitis-ness”. Secrets that are so secret that you can buy them in a book or an ebook or get...