Growing Your Creative Niche

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You want better clients. I know you do… but you know the game, this won’t happen magically. You have to earn it and sometimes it’s your earnings that you feel will suffer if you limit your portfolio, your networking, or your business model. Your bank account probably tells you to take any gig you can get, and though you may simply be striving to pay the next bill, know this: desperate acts won’t help you build a better business. Your future success, as well as your creative legacy, demands so much more from you. Or dare I say… less. A …

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Image SEO – How To Name Your Files

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Optimizing images for SEO is an important step in the overall optimization of your website. Correctly naming your files is a crucial step in this process. Find out the best way to name your image files so that they show up in Google searches.

Impact Shooting Table Review

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Today we’re taking a quick look at a shooting table from Impact. These can be handy for macro photography, or product photography when working with small objects, like jewelry. I often want to take quick photos of small review items, so I’ve wanted to check out a shooting table for some time. The Impact Shooting Table is only $89 from B&H Photo, so it’s an affordable solution, and it doesn’t take up a whole lot of space. What’s important, is to be able to quickly get that infinite white backdrop, and I was hoping a table like this could do it with a …

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Finding New Clients

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No matter one’s geographic market, genre, or niche, the cliché saying, “It’s not how good you are but who you know,” is a lot more true than most emerging creatives would like to admit. I’ve heard a lot of whining over the years about how some guy got some gig just because he knew some dude. Well of course he did! The buyer felt that they could trust that relationship enough to move forward. Welcome to the ‘land of the real’ my friend (yep, that’s a Matrix movie reference 🙂 Creative freelancers gain more quality leads and better client engagements …

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Stay Out There With Adobe & The Creative Cloud

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I want to share some exciting news with you guys today! I don’t usually link back to my portfolio website from here on Shutter Muse, but today is a special occasion. I’m delighted to announce a new partnership with Adobe and their Creative Cloud Photography plan. To celebrate this new partnership, I shared an in-depth story about creating the panoramic image above. You can read the full story about it and learn about the adjustments that I made to it on my DanCarrPhotography.com website. As I said, I don’t often (if ever) post links back to my other site for …

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