5 Tips to Get Your Photography Clients to Trust You

Getting your photography clients to trust you can hard - trust me, I get it. But it’s absolutely vital that you build trust with your potential photography clients because without trust they will never feel comfortable booking your services. Just coming out and saying, “Trust me!!” won’t really work either. You have to have a holistic way of building trust with your potential photography customers through actions and not words. You have to show up, prove to them that they can trust you and your work, and do it again and again and again…

Katharine HannahOctober 4, 2018Photography Tips, For Photographers, Education Comment

The Aspiring Photographer 5 | Concept & Meaning

Today’s a fun one, friend - we get to talk about the core message of your photograph - the concept and meaning behind it. What you’re trying to say, who you’re trying to connect with and what the hell the point of its existence in your viewer’s life (harsh, but good to acknowledge)…

The Aspiring Photographer Part 4 | Storage Systems and Workflows for Your Photography

Hard drives, cloud storage, best practices for how to secure your digital files, my personal backup systems and the un-sexy world of digital archives. This part is definitely full of concepts that make creatives nervous, but it’s better to realize you’re unprepared beforehand than when you’re in the middle of a client project and you make a costly mistake…

The Aspiring Photographer Part 3 | Setting Up Your Photograph

I saw an image a photographer shared once from a senior portrait session where she had her client stand in front of a graffiti wall, only to realize that there was a massive penis behind the client. Of course this was once she had already delivered her photos to the client and shared them online. Talk about awkward. Today we’re talking about setting up your photographs - the little details that can be forgotten in the moment but can be avoided with practice.

Katharine HannahApril 12, 2018Technical, Photography, Photography Tips, Aspiring Photographer, For PhotographersComment

The Aspiring Photographer Part 1 | Camera Basics

Every photographer starts somewhere, right? But if you’re just starting out with your camera or you consider yourself pretty secure and want to take your art to the next level, it can still be a little overwhelming to know where to start. I decided to create The Aspiring Photographer Series because I know what it’s like to start trying to figure out photography and feel like you’re getting lost in all of the endless tutorials you can find on YouTube.

What Happens if it Rains During Your Portrait Session | Ask Katharine

If you've been in Chicago anytime in the last few weeks, you've likely gotten caught in a thunderstorm. Because it's been so hot and humid, more days than not we get a massive amount of rain and lightning even if it's only for half an hour. But if you've got a portrait session planned for the day - what should you do...

Creative EducationKatharine HannahJuly 27, 2017Ask Katharine, For Couples, For Seniors, Advice, For PhotographersComment

What's Sequencing and Why is it Important for Photographers?

You know those Instagram feeds you see online that are gorgeous, effortless, and so cohesive it almost hurts to look at? Everyone does, and those feeds can inspire some serious jealousy if you're struggling to find out how to make your feed look just as cohesive. But what's sequencing, and what does it have to do with social media...

Katharine HannahMay 25, 2017Sequencing, Exhibition Strategies, Education, For Photographers, Freebie, EbookComment

The Power of Mentorship

I had taken the train from Indiana, overwhelmed and excited with the freedom my parents had given me, allowing me to go to the city on my own at such a young age. I was 14, walking in the door of the Harold Washington Library of Chicago with knobby...

Katharine HannahNovember 2, 2016Mentor, Brother Mike, Personal, For Photographers Comments