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CREATIVE SEPARATION CAPSULE

This is the crown jewel, my three-hour, one-on-one personal workshop which encapsulates a true overarching business view. It’s guaranteed to enlighten and inspire you.

The photographic landscape has changed drastically is recent years, this one-on-one workshop will help you fit in and succeed.

The Capsule is personal and is tailored made to your needs. Whether its website editing, curating, consulting, learning the estimating & negotiating process, best practices, promotion, portfolio review preparation or contest submissions we’ll together work through a solution.

I’ll help you learn how to reach and captivate your audience, whether it be a photo editor or a direct client. Most importantly we’ll talk about Creative Separation which is about separating yourself from your competition.

Over 1,000 photographers nationwide have attended my Creative Separation offering.

This one-on-one is about you, the business landscape and how to navigate it. The Capsule is designed to educate, motivate and inspire – come with energy! This is where the rubber hits the road, you won’t learn this is school.

CONSULTING / COLLABORATING

Its normal for a photographer at any stage of their career to hit a road block, lose perspective, and feel deflated, whether creatively or inspirationally. It’s the real smart shooter who recognizes it and says “I need a tune-up, I need to be inspired” .

Over the years, I’ve been able to partner with photographers and have had wonderfully positive results. The reason for the success is that we collaboratively found ways to move the creative process forward that was emotionally as well functionally achievable.

I always have an indominable thirst for being a facilitator and creative rejuvenator. Using my diverse experience of working with creative folks at ad agencies, galleries and museums has proven to be the perfect breeding ground to ascertain the “light bulb” moments when teaming with photographers.

Collaboration is about an explosion of ideas, with both feet firmly on the ground, that with intellectual conversation can become a reality. Think of our collaboraton sessions as an incubator for liberating ideas.

Fee: $150 Per Hour

EDITING / PRESENTATION

The editing and sequencing of one’s work is an exciting nerve-racking endeavor. Significantly, the presentation of one’s offering regardless of platform is the most important aspect of a photographer’s business.

How you present, promote and showcase your craft matters!

Representing photographers of every genre for 25+ years has given me the unique opportunity to collaborate in every aspect of the editing process. Whether it be your promotion pieces, website, art books, museum, gallery shows, portfolio or photo contest submissions the selection and sequencing of your presentation is crucial.

My experience of judging photo contests, editing of books, curating art shows has given me invaluable insight into what works as one tries to tell a story and to present themselves in a visually cohesive way.

Fee: $150 Per Hour

BUSINESS PRACTICES

The process of running a photography business like any business can be an intimidating task.

Weather it’s estimating, negotiating or writing a creative brief it’s not easy and the task can feel insurmountable. Most photographers are not comfortable in this space for fear of not knowing what the client wants or what to charge. You find yourself getting lost in the numbers, anxiety creeps in and the opportunity is lost.

Estimating is about creatively separating yourself from the competition and connecting with your client. Plain and simple it is a nuanced approach that leads to successful bids and being awarded jobs.

My approach is always collaborative, for any project we must work as a team. Crucially important, we’ll project a unified seamless approach to the client.

Over the years, I’ve estimated jobs for every genre of photographer from commercial to photojournalist. I’ve built my reputation on being fair, insightful and professional. I’ve worked with most ad agencies and with almost every art producer.

If you have a project or want to truly understand the business side of our industry feel free to reach out. Together, we can tackle any brief and submit a responsible bid that will represent your creative vision.

Fee: $150 Per Hour