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Custom Digital Photography Digital technology is brilliant.  The digital revolution has brought amazing flexibility and amazing amounts of control for the photographer, the hobbyist, the professional, the amateur.  With flexibility comes a price though.  Camera equipment is still considerably more expensive when you factor in its’ lifespan, the need for additional resources for processing those images, the time it takes to get a usable image and the effort that goes into all of this. Even though you pay $1.99 for a print at your local drugstore and paying for film is pretty much a thing of the past (although you still pay for memory)  you may be wondering why you may pay upwards of $40, 50, 70, 90 for a custom photography print. Some photographers hear this statement every once in awhile: “How in the world can you charge $60 for an 8×10 if it costs me less than $2 to print at the local drug store?” The answer is multifaceted and has a lot to do with the time, aforementioned equipment costs, artistic vision and reputation of the photographer, expertise and the usual costs of running a legitimate business.   TIME of the CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHER: Approaching it from a [...]

Newsweek

Published in Newsweek Daniel got published in Newsweek this month.  Not a bad thing.  I’ve been spending a lot of time reading about SEO (search engine optimization) and how to make it work for us.  And writing our business plan.  We’ve looked into a couple of leads groups but I’m just not sold. I put up the new text only version of the site – you can see it at www.troutmanphoto.com/sitemap.html Clare Troutman Troutman Photograpy 503.559.3106 www.troutmanphoto.com

More Photography Business Building We got the splash page up and running.  We’re still a little more limited by our website layout than I’d like to be, but I’m slowly working around it.  Daniel and I spent a significant amount of time getting some slideshows up on the web last night.  You can view the models one on modelmayhem, http://www.modelmayhem.com/9094 or you can view it directly off our site, www.models.troutmanphoto.com .  WARNING – Implied nudity – You can also view the wall art slideshow at www.wallart.troutmanphoto.com.  We’re using that one to approach restaurants and coffee shops about displaying our work.  You can see more at www.troutmanphoto.com.   Clare Troutman Troutman Photograpy 503.559.3106 www.troutmanphoto.com  

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