“You sell a lot of 16x20s.” The Manager says with a bit of surprise. “Get me a 20×24 sample to point at.” I say with a shrug. “And I’ll sell a lot of 20x24s, too.” This is a tad facetious on my part, as I don’t really think I have the inside track to selling larger …
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Would You Like a 16×20 With That?
April 8, 2013 – 2:18 pm
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By The Photographer
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Posted in Directory Work, Money
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Tagged appointment, assembly line, attitude, car salesman, composites, facetious, freebie, good shoot, habit, internet marketer, portraits, portraiture, sepia tone, tv commercial
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Reinventing The Wheel
“So what your saying is that we should change the way we do business to suit you?“ The Manger says as he reads over a letter I wrote him with a number of suggestions on how we might improve our business. “Instead of-you just doing what everyone else is doing?” “Well, I think this would be …
February 1, 2011 – 5:23 pm
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By The Photographer
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Posted in Big Box Stories, Directory Work, Money, The Company
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Tagged account members, appointment, blog, cold comfort, free stuff, images, iphone, john kenneth galbraith, last quarter, open appointments, photo cd, photographers, portraits, programer, proof, sense of urgency, slots, talents
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Oh Be Nice!
“Are you ready to take pictures yet?” The eager little old lady says with a bright smile. “If your ready, you can take my picture.” “I’m not ready yet, Ma’am.” I say as I wheel my cart filled with black boxes into the future camera room. “I’ll be ready in about an hour and half …
October 30, 2010 – 3:30 am
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By The Photographer
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Posted in Big Box Stories, Directory Stories
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Tagged appointment, assembly line, assholes, black boxes, bright smile, burden of time, camera room, cart, churches, dolly, early birds, first person, job, little old lady, Money, odds, photograph, photographer, photographers, picture, Portrait, portrait photographer, portrait photographers, shopping malls, stupidity, temples, the company, wheel
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An Empty Room Becomes a Portrait Studio
“Wow, it looks different.” Said the Trainee Passer as she walked into the room while I was tearing down. “Yeah, it used to be a Portrait Studio, and now it’s just a room with some stuff in it.” One of the pitfalls of being a location photographer is that you are always setting up in …
March 5, 2010 – 10:12 am
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By The Photographer
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Posted in Big Box Stories, Customer Stories, Equipment
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Tagged appointment, assembly line, chairs, curtains, doors, fifteen minutes, gnashing of teeth, hallway, little old lady, location photographer, measurements, photographers, pitfalls, portrait studio, sunlight
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