A Preschool Pick-up Line and Leaving Your Mark Last week I was headed into pick -up my daughter from preschool and saw what would normally have been an unremarkable and boring white line in the concrete.  However, it was broken up and marred by the most perfect imprint of a leaf.  That little crunchy fragile […]

Pricing and Romance in Your Business A few years back I realized that I was in love with my pricing but our romance was not getting me anywhere!  I was looking at the relationship I had with my pricing through rose colored glasses and not the harsh light of reality.  It took my sweet business […]

Why the Experience Matters We are just settling back in from our week long trip to DC and as a family who love history, art, and good food, we were in heaven.  As a business owner, I spent this morning reflecting on that trip as I edited our photos and the one thing that stuck […]

Importance of Venue Tours Whether you are a wedding, senior, or portrait photographer going on venue tours is incredibly important not only to your business but for others as well.  We have talked in the past about the importance of community and networking and when it comes to venue tours, thats exactly what they are about. […]

The Moving Blues If you have ever moved your family and your business half way across the country, then you probably have experienced the moving blues or even stronger depression.  There can often be a sense of loss over routine, familiarity, and a sense of impending failure as a business owner.  I was recently talking […]

A Time for Rest I was starting to lay out schedules and meetings for the rest of 2016 last night and couldn’t believe the summer has zipped by already.  J and I were chatting over a glass of wine and reruns of Malcolm in the Middle and realized it had been two whole years since we took a […]

Making a Game Plan The idea of making a business game plan amidst an ever growing mountain of moving boxes and a baby crying left me wanting to bury my head in a pile of cake.  That was several years ago and it wasn’t a pretty sight.  I had spent countless hours researching where to […]