5 Ways to Use Styled Stock Photos to Support Your Brand
5 Ways to Use Styled Stock Photos to Support Your Brand If you have never used styled stock photos in the creation of your business graphics, you are missing out in the biggest way! Not only does using styled stock photos save...
Mompreneur, Part Nine
Solopreneurship with Your Partner As a mom and wife, I don’t always get to work in my business when I want to. I have the kids most days and my husband is at work. Sure, I have a sitter for days when I have photo shoots...
Where to Use Your Styled Stock Photos
Where to Use Your Styled Stock Photos I recently held a workshop, teaching business owners in Phoenix how to style their own stock photos. There’s a big need for these original photos, if you want to stand out and get noticed...
Dressing for a Business Shoot - A Stylist's Perspective
Dressing for a Business Shoot - A Stylist's Perspective Are you unsure of what to wear when getting photos or headshots taken for your business? Do you look in your closet and face the paralysis that comes with too many choices?...
Mompreneur, Part Eight
Mom of the Three-Ring Circus Life is busy, whether you’re working from home, building an empire, working in a corporate setting or focusing on raising a family. But combine two or more of these and you’re bound to feel a...
Do’s and Don’ts of Taking Stock Photos
Do’s and Don’ts of Taking Stock Photos Last week I gave you some tips on how to take better stock photos for your business. And while you may have a good handle on what you want to create for your own personal stock photo...
How I Use Stock Photos In My Business
How I Use Stock Photos In My Business - Guest Blog from Designs by Kayla About a year ago, I was busy scrolling through my Instagram wondering how all of these accounts and business owners created perfectly curated photos for...
Tips for taking better stock photos
Tips for taking better stock photos! If you run a business with an online presence, you know that you need stock photos to help add a visual element to social media posts and blogs. They’re the attention-grabbers that get your...
Mompreneur, Part Seven
Back to Mompreneur Reality (with an extra kid) Going back to work as a mom of two (instead of just one) a few months ago was like joining the circus. It really, unexpectedly, threw me for a loop. Sure, I have systems and...
3 Reasons You Should Use Professional Images in Marketing
Guest Blog From Jacqueline with Another Hand Advantage Three Reasons You Should Use Professional Images in Your Marketing Chances are your audience’s first impression of your business will be online, through your website or...
What is Custom Styled Stock Photography?
What is Custom Styled Stock Photography? Stock photos are a great resource for busy business owners who want beautiful photos on their websites and on social media (but who might not have the time or expertise to create those...
My Favorite Business Systems & Tools
My Favorite Business Systems and Tools (to help me keep my sanity) I don’t care what kind of business owner you are, creative or not you need to have systems in your business. They’re what will keep you on track and moving...
Mompreneur, Part Six
Mompreneur, Part Six: Giving up control of my newborn shoot Everyone in business has a specialty—an area of expertise that they do better in, clients they prefer to work with, personality traits that put them in a certain...
Making a Business Shift: Why it help me serve YOU better!
Making a Business Shift: Why it help me serve YOU better! I started my business as a family photographer. I loved capturing families in one moment in time—a memory that they could save forever. But the longer I worked with...
Custom Styled Stock Shoots - What you need to know!
Custom Styled Stock Shoots - What you need to know! We’ve already talked about the benefits of using stock photos in your business, but what if you want to take it up a notch? There may come a time in your business when...
A Headshot That Fits You
A Headshot That Fits You As a business owner, it’s important to update your headshots from time to time. You get older (I know, sorry!) and your hair, body and style change, but it’s important to look like yourself in your...
Branding Your Stock Photos to Make Them Yours
Branding Your Stock Photos to Make Them Yours Stock photography is an inexpensive way to use photos in your business--without having the expense of a branded photoshoot. But throwing stock photos onto your website or on your...
Mompreneur, Part Five
How to be efficient as a Business Owner and a Mom. You only have so many hours in every day when you’re a mom. Between diaper changes and tantrums, doctor’s appointments and playing mom chauffeur, there’s just too much...
Mompreneur, Part Four
When I finally found the courage to make my dream of being a professional photographer a reality, I had no idea what I was in for. Between the constant battles with my child, trying to build a client base, perfect my ...
Prepping for Your Business Lifestyle Session
Lifestyle photos for your business are a fun way to connect with your audience and show off a bit of your personality. Sessions length can vary from one hour to a few hours and can include multiple wardrobe changes and...