Are you a Professional Photographer?

I'm really curious. 

What constitutes a "Full time Professional Photographer"?
Is it training?
Hours worked?
Income?
A cool, hip blog with underexposed, sun flared images?

Let me know your thoughts.
David

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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus

Class of 2014 - Special Savings on Sr Portraits

Who do you know that's graduating in 2014?

Now is the time to have them call us and reserve their summer session for senior pictures.

WHY?

Because sessions booked through June 15th will receive a 75% DISCOUNT on all session fees. That's pretty close to FREE for those of you keeping score.

Choose our popular indoor and out session. It's a great way to mix styles a clothing to please both parents and students.
Wanna try something different? Ask about our Secret Location. I could tell you now... but it's a secret.

Wanna earn some extra spending money this summer? Ask us about our referral program.

We are looking forward to talking to you.

A Passion for Personal Development

Time Management.

Do you ever feel "busier than a one armed paper hanger"?
Unfortunately, in this fast paced society in which we live, we are finding more and more things, activities and to-do's to fill our days.

When we focus on the massive list that most of us create for ourselves, it can be overwhelming and a source of stress in our lives.
That tends to cause us to think about and focus on the negatives in our day instead of the positives.

Change your self talk. Why? Because thoughts become things.  Stop shoulding on yourself with the things you HAVE to get done.

Watch this personal development video featuring Nancy Matthews as a way to shift your thinking from things you have to do to things you want to do and remove a source of stress from your day.

Check back every week. The content changes with practical information from top professionals in their fields on topics ranging from: 

Goal setting

Time management

Personal development

Business development

Leadership development 

Financial management 

Personal motivation, and more.

Leave a comment if you'd like to learn how you can have the new video delivered to your mobil device, weekly.

PAWS Shows Up at Wedding {David M Deutsch, Master of Photography, Wedding Photography}

Look who made a surprise visit at Emmy and Tony's wedding. It's PAWS from the Detroit Tigers!
He danced and partied with family and guests and even posed for a few photo-ops.

What a great time and AWESOME surprise for the bride and groom :)

In case you are wondering... Paws is the one on the right. Just thought I would clear that up.

A Healthy Energy Drink

You've seen all those Monster energy drinks that claim to give you 5 hours of energy and even make you a RockStar if you drink them, right?

Well, I've found one that is WAY more healthy for you and doesn't contain harmful chemicals or obscene amounts of caffeine either.

Check out the info on the ViSalus blog for a fact sheet on GO. You'll see why it's my pre-workout drink of choice.

Photography is a business

A nice graphic with interesting information. I'm all for new people wanting to "go pro" in the industry. Just remember a professional photographer is a business person who sells a product and a needed service. There is no prestige in the starving artist syndrome.
http://petapixel.com/2013/04/08/an-infographic-on-creating-sustainability-in-the-photography-industry/

Creating a B/W Conversion Action in Photoshop

Photoshop Actions really do help to eliminate repetitive tasks and ultimately speed up your work flow.
Here's a quick tutorial on how to record your own black and white conversion action.

Another of Emmy

I'm happy to say that classic bridal portraiture will never go out of style.
Who wouldn't want a little posing direction to look better, especially on their wedding day?

That's why I'm happy to say we still practice and teach the fine art of body positioning as it relates to photography.

For my students...
How did I light this??

Doesn't Emmy look GORGEOUS?!?!
Working on finishing the images now :)

I'm Back!

It's been a while!
Time to blow the dust off of this blog and start posting.

What blogs do you like to read? What topics do you find interesting?