Ken Luallen
Welcome
I created this site as a one-of-a-kind resource for my like-minded friends. I hope you are one!
It's designed to help us all become better photographers and business owners by using road-tested, original strategies.
My wedding work and client info:
My latest wedding photographs:
Negotiating Against Yourself
When I started in this business I had no idea how to respond to couples who wanted an option priced lower than anything I had listed on my price sheet. As an artist, negotiating this was not something I knew how to do or particularly enjoyed.
But once I learned the right perspective it became easy as pie to make changes that still provided a win-win arrangement.
This video is about the wrong way to respond to a prospect’s request to negotiate… and the right way.
Washington, D.C.
Are you still doing your basic RAW processing yourself? Well this is an intervention.
Stop and get help.
I’m serious. Partnering with a RAW lab is the only way to maintain a reasonable level of stress, workload, and artistic growth as your business matures. The free-range photographer way is about leveraging technology and economics to design a business that improves your life. Getting help with your RAW processing should be a central part of your business design, especially given today’s highly competitive prices.
This post will help you find the perfect match for your image style… and give you 17 great labs to try.
Interview with Angelica Glass
portfolio: angelicaglass.com | blog: heartexplosions.com
Podcast: Download
RUNNING TIME: 25 minutes
00:00 – 06:55 – developing her own style
06:56 – 10:32 – prepping clients for engagement portraits
10:33 – 11:54 – practice
11:55 – 15:45 – accepting clients who can’t pay full price
15:46 – 17:31 – staying creatively and emotionally fresh
17:32 – 19:25 – not friending clients on Facebook
19:26 – 21:52 – limiting client choice in album designs
21:53 – 23:31 – creating her flashy blog design
23:32 – 25:07 – becoming a fashion photographer (one day)
Monica Bellucci (Book Review)
Monica Bellucci - The Book
Monica Bellucci
- Typical online price: $40
- Photographer: Various (33 prestigious fashion contributors)
- Cover: 13×10 hardcover with dust jacket
- Content: 244 pages (150 full-page and double-page photographs)
- Publisher: Rizzoli, 2010
Monica Bellucci is a jaw-droppingly beautiful woman. She’s so beautiful that she can fill several hundred pages with magnificent images of herself without even beginning to bore me. Quite the opposite – you can get lost for days just appreciating the perfect curve of her…
What was I saying? Oh, right.
This is a highly unusual photo book because every page captures Monica Bellucci, alone, photographed over several decades by the A-list of fashion photography. We’re talking Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, Ellen von Unwerth, among others. Many of the images came from shoots for high fashion players such as Vogue Italia, Cartier, and Dolce & Gabbana.
Monica Bellucci by Bruce Weber
