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Looking Back: Opportunities Story 1 – Turning Prizes into Business

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 20, 2012 · Add Comment · In Looking Back, Opportunities, Series
Young Warriors : : Korinek Photography - Winner of 2nd Prize in Launceston's Festivale Photo Contest
Part 1: Day out at Festivale I’ve already written a small back story on how I ended up at Festivale in Launceston, Tasmania. The weather forecast wasn’t ideal for the Festivale weekend and chose to go to the Saturday events. Instead of bringing my who backpack-load of gear, I decided to use a small prime [...]
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Looking Back: Intro – Stay open to opportunities and then ACT!

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 18, 2012 · Add Comment · In Looking Back, Opportunities, Series
Looking Back
 Want to grow your business? Looking to extend your reach? This isn’t a post about specifics. It is aimed to help you take control of your business by looking for small opportunities and turning them into big ones. I don’t know if I can “teach” or discuss in detail how you can look for opportunities. [...]
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Inspiration: Tom exhibits not only beautiful photos, but a way forward for your business

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 13, 2012 · Add Comment · In Inspiration
Thomas D. Mangelsen's | Images of Nature Gallery
Thomas D. Mangelsen has demonstrated his success through the quality of his photos, the awards and accolades he has received and the business he has built over the years. He has won wildlife photographer of the year (1994), conservation photographer of the year and currently has some of his work hanging on the walls of [...]
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Action This: Being someone’s backup can help you grow

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 11, 2012 · Add Comment · In Action This
Second Shooter/Assistant
Have you ever thought about being a second shooter for another photographer? Do you even know what a second shooter is? It is fairly self-evident, but I didn’t really think about it before I read Trent Chau’s blog post titled: So you want to be a second shooter, assistant, etc… for a photographer. What is [...]
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Action this: Don’t get caught card-less, have something to hand out

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 9, 2012 · Add Comment · In Action This
Korinek Photography Business Card 2012 - Website Only
How far are you on your journey towards becoming a pro photographer? At what stage should you get a business card? Now. Or at least as soon as possible. Commonly anyone who owns a business should have a business card. You would expect that pro photographers are the same. What about those people just starting [...]
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Inspiration: Chasing down Jarvis’ steps on becoming a pro photog

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 7, 2012 · Add Comment · In Inspiration
Inspiration
Chase Jarvis is a Seattle based creative genius who has won numerous photographic awards and was named as one of the top 30 influential photographers of the past decade by Photo District News Magazine. He’s a successful pro who has a team of creative people who work for and with him to sustain his business. [...]
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Action this: Spread the word – you are a photographer

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Action This
Action This
Full time pros have no issue with this. Being a photographer is what they do. It defines them and what they spend most of their time doing. What if you’re turning pro but wouldn’t consider it your primary income? Maybe you’re like me and have dabbled in a few different career options (some at the [...]
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Pro Tip: Shoot RAW – get in control with the most data

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 2, 2012 · Add Comment · In Pro Tip
Pro Tip
Do you get perfect exposure, white balance, noise reduction and sharpening in every photo you take? If you’re like me, then you try to get everything right “in camera” but don’t always succeed. Sometimes one of the above parameters are not quite where I’d like them to be. Can’t you change those parameters on a [...]
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Inspiration: An Update from the Mountains in Motion Crew

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On April 1, 2012 · Add Comment · In Inspiration
Mountains in Motion Banner
Last week I featured the Mountains in Motion group and the exciting time-lapse work they’re doing. They’ve recently posted some new footage taken during an especially spectacularly coloured Aurora Borealis: Mountains in Motion: March 2012 Aurora from The Upthink Lab on Vimeo.
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Pro Tip: [VIDEO] How to assign the AF-ON button on a Nikon D90

By Matt @ Photo Proventure On March 30, 2012 · Add Comment · In Pro Tip
Photo Proventure: Nikon D90 AE-L AF-L button for customization to AF-ON
Last week I did a post on an advanced autofocus technique that puts you in control of your camera. Here’s a quick video to show you how to set this up on a Nikon D90:
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