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Category Archives: Photo biz

Client Appreciation & Friend Referrals

I looked through my business notes and noticed something big: Almost half of my new clients are referrals from current and former clients. First of all, THANK YOU to my clients for sending so many of your friends my way. This strong referral network has *almost* eliminated the need for me to have paid advertising,…

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Ask Me Anything

I recently started a Formspring page, more commonly known as “Ask Me Anything.” I didn’t set one up for a while for two reasons: One is that I’m busy and I dreaded having yet another task. The second is that I was afraid I’d look like an idiot if no one had any questions. “Who…

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The Wedding Rings

I love photographing wedding rings. I usually ask the couple if I can photograph their rings during dinner. Sometimes they offer their hands and say “Sure!” at which point I inform them “No, you need to take them off.” I actually feel bad about that. They just put them on and I’m asking them to…

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What the…. ?

You might have landed on this page because you googled “Moraine Farm wedding” or “Boston engagement photography.” If you’re a client, you might be wondering where my old website went. And if you’re a blog reader or subscribe in RSS, you might have noticed that you can no longer access my old blog page. What…

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2009 in Retrospect, with some Crazy Dancing Photos to Boot

2009 was an amazing, insane, wonderful year. One year ago I knew what I wanted to do: become a full-time wedding photographer. I read Malcolm Gladwell’s theory about 10,000 hours of practice and how the Beatles were transformed after playing non-stop gigs in Germany. I thought “2009 will be my Germany!” So from February through…

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