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It’s Friday in Fredericksburg and instead of featuring some great place to shop or eat, I will be featuring some of Fredericksburg’s most awesome high school seniors. This year and last year were one of my most busy seasons for Senior Portraits and I loved working with each and every one of these amazing young […]
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Personal is better than Perfect Brand authenticity is as important for businesses as great products or excellent customer service. These days customers don’t lack for choices. In fact customers have so many options that making a choice about which product or service to choose can be overwhelming. So how do they choose? In my experience, […]
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Last year I decided it was time to niche down and focus in on the type of photography I really loved to do. This task was harder than I thought it would be. Branding with Creative Entrepreneurs and Seniors Sessions topped my list of most favorites. So this year SHP has added a new offering […]
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How often do I need to update my brand photos. That is a great question! The answer depends on the type of business you have and your social media strategy. Let’s look at one of my recent clients Sarah owner of SaSweets Bakery here in Fredericksburg, VA. She is a fabulous baker and is constantly […]
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Brand photography may sound sophisticated. Or maybe it just sounds complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. In my last post we broke down the basic definition of branding. Branding = Reputation. In today’s online world your branding whether it is personal or business is the same as talking about your online reputation. Before the […]
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Personal Branding – What is it and why booking a personal branding session is a great goal for your business this year. I’m sure most of you have seen this term floating around for a while now. This week I’ll be chatting about it right here on the blog. We will answer the first three […]
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It’s the New Year it’s time to make New Year’s Resolutions or instead New Year’s Goals. What’s the difference? Resolutions vs Goals. I like looking up definitions of things so how about we start there. Resolution: a firm decision to do or not to do something. Goal: the object of a person’s ambition or effort; […]
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What is your most valuable resource? Money? Material items? I would argue our most valuable resource is time. If time is our most valuable resource does that mean we need to fill every white space on our calendar? Does busy equal successful? I am not one of those “Look how awesome I am because my […]
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Senior year of high school only comes around once. It’s really one of the first big, transitional moments in life. A time when young adults launching into the adult-in-training years. Even though capturing pictures at this stage of life has been a tradition for a long time the method in how the tradition is executed […]
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After deciding what to wear posing is probably the next thing most seniors stress about during the sessions. Let me put your mind at ease right now. Repeat after me. I do not need professional modeling experience to have my senior portraits taken. I’m going to share four of my favorite poses for senior girls […]
