On todays show we talk to Celebrity Portrait Photographer Dan Kennedy. We discuss the importance of saying no, avoiding burnout and top tips for running a successful photography business.
Shownotes:
Some of Dan’s lessons
- The importance of learning to say no to stuff
- Outsourcing work eg. retouching, PR etc
- The importance of not burning out
- Businesses generally need Sales, Tech, Admin - most photographers do this themselves and that is not ideal
Annotations in CaptureOne
Overlays in CaptureOne
First one hour of the day and how you spend it
End of year review - positives and negatives
The importance of prep and creating mood boards etc
Joko Willink book - Extreme Ownership
Asana and Open loops
Dropbox and Synology for back ups
Notion
Tim Bret-Day
Levon Bliss macro work
Desert Island Camera
Nikon FM2
Desert Island Book
Richard Avedon: In the American West
