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I Dream of Cameras kicks off the new year with another blockbuster XL episode! Jeff chillingly limns the hundred-degree delta between Jamaica and Iceland, and how the Fuji GA645 and Hasselblad XPan fared in each. Gabe exhumes some old warhorses from the back of the camera cabinet. And they top it all off with some STRONG OPINIONS about a new film-camera book. Tune in for all the fireworks!a scant 13 days after returning from a beach vacation in Jamaica, Jeff jetted off to Iceland for New Year's, toting along the Fujifilm GA645 Professional and the Hasselblad XPan — how did they fare?Gabe recounts a recent photo shoot with the lovely Lyliana Wray, featuring the Nikon D700, Canon Sure Shot Owl and Jeff's beloved Olympus 35 RCin the course of reorganizing, Gabe unearthed a few long-neglected cameras he wants to shoot with:Exakta VX IIaZeiss Ikon Super IkontaPentacon Six TLand the mighty Graflex Super Dat Jeff's behest, the heroes at Ausgeknipst made a PX450 adapter for the Alpa 10 serieswelcome to another edition of Jeff's deeply nerdy “Nobody Cares” Corner! this time he does a lengthy exegesis of camera serial numbers — there's so much you can learn! some examples:FujifilmHasselblad, using the VHPICTURES codeKodak, using the CAMEROSITY codeKonica, using the MY BEST KONICA codeLeicaPolaroid SX-70Rollei 35Jeff reviews Ralph Bellamy a.k.a. Bellamy Hunt a.k.a. Japan Camera Hunter's new book Film Camera Zen. shots fired!! come at me, Ralph!and finally, we take a graceful swan-dive into our Prodigious Mailbag™

Alessia Grambone, nata nel 1998, è una figura emergente nel mondo della moda e della fotografia. Laureata in Scienze della Moda e del Costume, ha collaborato con la rivista 'Preziosa' ed è autrice di due libri. Appassionata di fotografia, segue le orme di suo padre utilizzando una Nikon D700. Ha lanciato un progetto online che fonde fotografia di moda e interazione con il pubblico, catturando stili di vita quotidiani. Buona visione! ---------------- Non Solo Upper Crew: Ketty Rabba Andrea Carriero Jonathan Pavoncello Bruno Pavoncello ---------------- This Song Certificate is granted by Artlist Ltd (hereinafter: "Artlist"), to: Ketty Rabba (hereinafter: the "Client") as of 7 Dec 2023, regarding the use of the song To the Party created by Ikoliks (hereinafter: the "Song") by the Client;

There's fever in the funkhouse now for Episode № 58 of I Dream of Cameras, in which we introduce a startling new segment: we ROLL THE DICE to choose from a bumper crop of listener-suggested topics. Tune in ‘cause the deuce is still wild!Cameras of 1965:Leicaflex MK2Minolta Autopak 700Hasselblad EL/MOlympus Pen EMNikkormat FTand something else that came out in 1965Jeff saw the Terry O'Neill show at Fotografiska……went to Overland Photo Supply in Overland Park, Kansas……and bought a Pentax Spotmatic F for cheap! you K1000 devotees are crazy!Gabe did a nighttime photo shoot at Mel's Diner on Sunset with his beloved Nikon D700, experimenting with flashJeff got the first roll back from his Minolta P's, and likes the results… though he misses having backlight compensationRecommended documentary: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, about photographer Nan Goldin, streaming on Kanopy (free with your public library card)It's been a year — how's Polaroid Music going?A new segment where we roll the dice and pull from our list of undiscussed topics!Celebs with film camerasOur oddest cameras:Contarex BullseyeVoigtländer Vitessa LAlpa 11siWerraMinoxNikonosPentax Auto 110Ricoh Mirai ZoomMinolta 110 ZoomScale-focus cameras - Gabe can't stand them!the prodigious mailbag!and finally: Chloe Kissner has a photography business, and her mom is buying a film camera

“On Wednesday evening, at the start of the opera in the St. Margarethen quarry, the unbelievable happened: Carmen survived.” And this is just the start of Episode № 56 of I Dream of Cameras, which features a harrowing escape from certain death, an enigmatic Central European supermodel, exotic cameras from East Germany and Czechoslovakia, and Jeff Bridges! Tune in for all the intrigue.On the final night of his Central European trip, Jeff was almost killed at an outdoor performance of CarmenCameras of 1967:Olympus Trip 35Hanimex Praktica Novo I BZenit EMore on Jeff's recent observation of fashion shoots, including two different professionals' use of the Olympus StylusLook for many behind-the-scenes XPan shots on Jeff's InstagramGabe finally found his long-lost Leica R6.2… he'd sold it to LA Film Camera!Our composer Fred Coury went to an LA Photography Club meetup and got hookedThe Argus C3 is terrible — fight us on this!On Alan Peres's recommendation, Jeff visited FotoŠkoda in Prague and it was incrediblePicked up a Zeiss Pentacon FM and a Carl Zeiss Jena 35mm f2.4 Flektogon lensIn Český Krumlov, Jeff visited the fascinating Museum Fotoatelier Seidel……and found a Czech-made Meopta Stereo-Mikroma at a local antique storeGabe got a black Olympus OM-2……and a Nikon D700……and is seeking a waist-level finder for his Contax 645The challenges of shooting film abroad: do you wrestle with unsympathetic airport security personnel? Ship your film home and risk it getting x-rayed along the way? Process it locally? After equivocating for days, Jeff rolled the dice and took 18 rolls to the lab at FotoŠkoda… and it was a smashing success!Also: Portra 400 is totally worth it, and the XPan is a great travel cameraExciting news: a new Widelux is inbound from Jeff and Susan Bridges and the team at Silvergrain ClassicsWhile the Widelux has a 126° field of view, the XPan with 45mm lens covers 71° — is that panoramic?What do we think of the Minolta P's and other “fake” panoramic 35mm cameras which merely mask the frame?Finally, a dip into our prodigious mailbag!

This is The Digital Story Podcast #782, March 16, 2021. Today's theme is "Do I Really Need All Those Photo Subscriptions?" I'm Derrick Story. Opening Monologue A reminder for my upcoming SmugMug subscription renewal arrived yesterday saying that I could lock-in the low rate of $85 if I pay for an entire year. Since the pandemic, I haven't used SmugMug once because I'm not doing client shoots. And it got me thinking about the rest of my annual charges. I think it's time to take stock of all my photo sharing subscriptions. And that's the focus of today's TDS Photography Podcast. I hope you enjoy the show. Digital Photography Podcast 782 Tune-In Via Your Favorite Podcast App! Apple Podcasts -- Spotify Podcasts -- Stitcher Podbean Podcasts -- Podbay FM -- Tune In Do I Really Need All Those Photo Subscriptions? I think part of what I had to deal with concerning this project was acknowledging that I'm not the same photographer I was at the beginning of 2020. Most of my assignments are created by me for my blog posts, LinkedIn Learning trainings, Medium articles, and workshops. I really don't need models anymore because I still can't interact with them, and I don't need sites to manage online galleries for those models and clients. Things have really changed. And the SmugMug renewal notice brought all of this home. So here's what I've been working on. The subscriptions I've decided to discontinue, I've been downloading all of my content off them in preparation to end the service. I had to start this ahead of time to allow the days required to ensure I got everything. Looking back over the last 10 years of work, I was amazed at how much content I had online. With SmugMug, for example, it was gallery after gallery that I downloaded. But I did so one at a time so I could organize the work on my backup hard drive. I just chip away at it while working on other projects. So, what did I keep, and what did I let go? Let's take a look. SmugMug - Let Go $85 a year - I really like SmugMug, and it was my go-to service for client password-protected galleries. Their organization, features list, and rendering are terrific. But I just don't do that work anymore, and it doesn't make sense to pay them $85 a year to archive that content. I've moved it all offline on to my backup hard drives. Flicker Pro - Keep $59 a year - Fortunately, SmugMug bought Flickr, so they still get some of my money. I'm keeping Flickr because it's cheaper, more versatile, and I have a deeper history of images there. Plus, we have the TDS Online Community on Flickr that I love, and draw images from for the TDS Member Photo of the Day. Flickr stays. (You might want to check out The Digital Story Public Group on Flickr where we have more than 80,000 images by TDS members. It's great!) Adobe Photography Plan (20GB) - Keep $9.99 a month - I like Lightroom and love having access to the latest Adobe photography features with this plan. I don't keep it for the storage, rather for the apps. And I appreciate them keeping the price stable over the years. Model Mayhem - Let Go $35 every 6 months - I have met many terrific people via Model Mayhem and hundreds of wonderful photographs have resulted. But again, my life is different now. I ended my subscription. Dropbox Plus 2TB - Keep $119 a year - Even though Dropbox is more than a photography plan, I use it mainly for that. And because of its versatility and popularity, it has keep its relevance even in this new chapter of my career. My online clients use it, and I need it as much as ever. iCloud 2TB - Keep $9.99 a month - If I had to keep just one cloud storage service, it would be iCloud. Since I'm in the Apple ecosystem, this services manages all the work I do on my Mac, including my photos. I wish they had a level in-between 200 GB (which isn't enough) and 2 TB (which gives me lots of head room). Regardless, it's a keeper for me. So, I've managed to trip 1/3 of my services in 2021. I'll review everything again in 2022 and go from there. Who knows what my world will be like by then? The Vanagon is Gone! I know this is a story near and dear to many hearts in our community, but I've sold the Vanagon that I used for workshops over the years, a vehicle filled with 20 years of fond memories. I've been working on it since that one miserable hot summer day a few years back when I had to have it towed from SF to Santa Rosa. I had feared that she died that day. But like a Phoenix from the ashes, she came back to full functionality. Of course, this included hours of my sweat equity combined with a few trips to Hans in Sebastopol. And on the day that I handed over the pink slip to a young German pre-med student and his girlfriend, she was running like a top. I honestly had a lump in my throat watching her drive away. Fortunately, Vanagons retain an excellent resale value on the used market, and the cash payment for my 1990 will be a sizable part of the downpayment for my new all-electric VW ID.4 5 passenger SUV. This begins a new chapter in my road trip adventures. I'll be using the ID.4 for upcoming workshops and my ongoing exploration of the world. I placed my reservation back in February, and was able to place the order just last week. So the new car is currently being built, and I should be behind the wheel by late April. I'll keep you posted! Adobe Photoshop's 'Super Resolution' Made My Jaw Hit the Floor You can read the entire article on Petapixel. Adobe just dropped its latest software updates via the Creative Cloud and among those updates is a new feature in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) called "Super Resolution." You can mark this day down as a major shift in the photo industry. I have seen a bit of reporting out there on this topic from the likes of PetaPixel and Fstoppers, but other than that the ramifications of this new feature in ACR have not been widely promoted from what I can see. The new Super Resolution feature in ACR essentially upsizes the image by a factor of four using machine learning, i.e. Artificial Intelligence (AI). What does this mean practically? Well, I immediately tested this out and was pretty shocked by the results. Though it might be hard to make out in the screenshot below, I took the surfing image shown below, which was captured a decade ago with a Nikon D700 -- a 12MP camera -- and ran the Super Resolution tool on it and the end result is a 48.2MP image that looks to be every bit as sharp (if not sharper) than the original image file. This means that I can now print that old 12MP image at significantly larger sizes than I ever could before. What this also means is that anyone with a lower resolution camera, i.e. the current crop of 24MP cameras, can now output huge image files for prints or any other usage that requires a higher resolution image file. In the three or four images I have run through this new feature in Photoshop I have found the results to be astoundingly good. The New Donation Kit for Carefree Shipping of Found Film Cameras We have more time around the house than ever. And you finally dove into that bedroom closet that's been begging for some organization. If you found a film camera that you're no longer using, our new Donation Kit makes it easy to pack and ship. Just visit the Contact Form on

Hoy empezamos una nueva sección en el podcast El Café del Fotógrafo. Se trata de las historias de Capbuit. No tengo muy claro que tal saldrá esta sección, pero la idea es hablaros de las aventuras que vive Capbuit. Como es la primera historia que os contaré, primero me gustaría presentaros a Capbuit. . https://youtu.be/m9STeVjwn5c ¿Quién es Capbuit? Se trata de una persona que hace fotos. A veces es un poco despistado, otras un tanto torpón y otras va con prisas o se organiza poco. La cuestión es que le pasan cosas que hace que pierda fotos, que se le estropee el material que se complique la vida o que incluso la ponga en peligro. Un poco por su forma de ser y otro poco por la cantidad de cosas que tiene que tener controladas al hacer fotos, le van ocurriendo cosas en muchas de sus salidas fotográficas. En ocasiones incluso le ocurren cosas que ya le habían ocurrido a otros de sus compañeros, amigos incluso a veces a sus alumnos, sí, también da clases de fotografía. Ya lo dicen, Capbuit es el único animal que tropieza dos veces con la misma piedra. Aunque no sea él el que haya tropezado antes. Pero Capbuit quiere compartir sus experiencias desastrosas con nosotros y de vez en cuando me manda un mail contándome una de sus historias. A veces son historias cortitas, de cosas poco importantes pero que son una faena y que simplemente prestando un poco de atención podría haber evitado. En otras ocasiones son cosas que le ocurren en el estudio. Y en otras, cosas que hace por falta de conocimiento y que resultan desastrosas. Decide contarlas más que nada para que a nosotros no nos ocurran esas cosas y nos encontremos en un aprieto como los que ha pasado él. A base de hostias se aprende, pero mejor que las hostias se las lleve Capbuit antes que nosotros. Así que allá va la primera de sus historias: La cámara voladora de Capbuit Era un día entre semana y había caído una gran nevada en Mallorca. (No se si os lo había dicho, Capbuit vive actualmente en Mallorca). En la Isla nieva poco y muchos años ni siquiera nieva o lo hace tímidamente. Así que Capbuit estaba muy emocionado ese día. La montaña estaba llena de nieve y los pueblos de cotas más bajas estaban quedándose blancos, así que allá que se fue. Cogió coche, la mochila con las dos cámaras, una Nikon D700 digital y una F5 de película, cargada con carrete blanco y negro. Decidió que en lugar de subir a la zona más montañosa, iría primero uno de los pueblos de montaña situado en el valle. Al llegar ahí, vio que la nieve empezaba a cuajar, pero había muy poquita, así que se bajó del coche y tomó algunas fotos con la cámara de película. Estaba emocionado y desde el pueblo vio que unos pocos metros más arriba la montaña estaba totalmente cubierta de nieve. Así que se le ocurrió regresar al coche y acercarse hasta una pequeña aldea a unos pocos kilómetros de donde estaba. Cambio de planes Estaba muy emocionado con esa cantidad de nieve que veía a pocos kilómetros. Así que se fue casi corriendo al coche y al llegar metió la mochila en el asiento de atrás del coche. Le puso el objetivo de la cámara analógica a la digital y la metió en la mochila. A la analógica le puso la tapa y como era una cámara pesada, decidió que no la usaría más ese día. Además era complicado meterla en la mochila por falta de espacio. Así que la dejó sobre el asiento de detrás, entre la mochila y el respaldo del asiento para que no se cayera por algún frenazo. Tan sólo tenía que conducir un poco y aunque nevaba, lo hacía con poca intensidad. Así que se acercó por la carretera hasta llegar al desvío y ver que la carretera que tenía que tomar estaba cortada. Había una barrera que cortaba la circulación en uno de los carriles indicando que era por la nevada. Pero sólo estaba cortado uno de los carriles y la carretera se veía limpia, así que decidió ignorar la señal y seguir su camino hacia la aldea. En cualquier caso,

The right way to hand-hold your camera & cold-weather shooting tips This week, Jason & Rick answer a listener question from our Facebook Page regarding an upgrade from the Nikon D700 to either the new D780 DSLR or the Z6 mirrorless camera. Then, we discuss proper hand-holding techniques and how to deal with shooting in … Continue reading The Image Doctors #32 → The post The Image Doctors #32 appeared first on Jason P. Odell Photography.

Tras superar un mes de octubre lleno de novedades y viajes, el gran oráculo de la diosa llama vuelve a abrir sus puertas para atender a todas vuestras inquietudes fotográficas. En este capítulo número 54 de vuestro consultorio favorito abordamos todas estas preguntas: Objetivo luminoso y macro para Sony A6400 (3:50) ¿Que ventajas tiene el cabezal redondo del flash Godox V1? (5:21) ¿Debería cambiar de una Fujifilm X-T3 a una Panasonic GH5 para eludir la limitación del tiempo de grabación de vídeo? (7:36) ¿Qué tal el kit de la Olympus E-M10 III con el Zuiko 12-200 mm f3.5-6.3? (11:42) Busco un 30 o 40 mm para Micro Cuatro Tercios (14:33) Cambio Nikon D810 a la Z6 (15:59) ¿Merece la pena cambiar de una Olympus E-M10 III a una Panasonic G9? (20:20) ¿Sony A7R IV, Fuji GSX 50S o lumix S1R? (23:20) Recomendación de objetivos para Nikon D700 (26:40) ¿Nos vendéis vuestro logo? (30:05) ¿Qué os parece la Canon EOS 90D? (32:39) ¿Merece la pena un adaptador de Fujifilm X a Canon EF? ¿Y la Fujifilm X-E3? (35:19) ¿Qué pasará con las Nikon Z y las tarjetas CF Express? (39:24) ¿Necesito sensor full frame para fotografiar estrellas? (43:31) Respuesta oficial (46:30) ¿Fujifilm X-T3 o Sony A6600? (48:05) Cual es mejor para fotos de pájaros, ¿Sony A9 II o A7R IV? (51:47) Vengo de una Canon EOS 6D, ¿Me compro la EOS R o me paso a Sony A7 III? (54:13) Problemas con adaptador de Canon M a rosca de 52 mm (55:16) Recordad que podéis hacer las preguntas a través de Patreon si sois embajadores o enviarlas a hola@photolari.com poniendo “Ola K Ase” en el asunto. ¡Preguntad malditos!

Hola y bienvenidos, un día más, a Aprender Fotografía – el podcast. Soy Fran Valverde y como siempre me acompaña Pere Larrègula. En el programa de hoy tocamos varios temas pero ponemos especial atención en daros algunos consejos sobre fotografía de comunión.  Os recordamos que hemos creado la red social aprenderfotografía.online. El principal motivo para que te unas a la red social es que vas a aprender fotografía, recibirás videos con consejos y trucos que hemos ido grabando. Cuando te suscribas recibirás un mail con estos videos. Conocerás a mucha gente con tus mismos gustos. Recibirás feedback de tus trabajos. Te enterarás de las quedadas que se organicen y podrás participar en ellas. Si te gusta el podcast, éste es otro motivo por el que apuntarte. Además ahora Pere está trabajando en la Agenda para las quedadas. Donde se podrá apuntar cada quedada y ver en qué ciudades hay organizadas, a qué hora... además se incluirá también el link al grupo que está haciendo la quedada en concreto. O por ejemplo, si alguien anota que va a salir a hacer fotos, también se podrá ver. Es básicamente una Agenda de eventos accesible a todos los usuarios. Tal y como os indicábamos en el anterior episodio, vigilar que el correo de confirmación que os llega una vez os habéis suscrito, que no esté en la carpeta de Spam. Tenéis que confirmar este correo para uniros a la red social. No marquéis este correo como Spam. Dentro de la red social, hay una sección en el foro donde nos podéis hacer sugerencias para el podcast. La sección es "Proponer temas para los podcasts". Dentro de la red social aprenderfotografía.online hemos montado la plataforma de cursos online, con conceptos muy básicos hasta más avanzados. Actualmente tenemos disponibles once cursos, de diez lecciones cada uno. El último que hemos subido ha sido el de Desnudo artístico. Cada mes vamos subiendo de uno a tres cursos. En la red social se pueden ver todos los cursos que has ido haciendo, dónde te quedaste la última vez, cuánto te queda... Tenemos previsto en un futuro incluir unas preguntas para ofrecer un tipo de documento que certifique que has realizado el curso. Además es un canal directo con Fran y con Pere. Se trata de una herramienta muy interesante. La suscripción a los cursos es de 10 euros al mes, da acceso a todo el contenido y se pueden ver tantas veces como se desee. No hay restricciones de contenido ni distintas cuotas. Os podéis dar de baja cuando queráis. Los cursos que están actualmente en la web son: Curso de iniciación a la fotografía digital Curso de gestión de modelos Curso de iluminación en estudio básico Curso de Adobe Lightroom básico Curso básico de marketing para fotógrafos Curso de cómo montar tu propio estudio fotográfico Curso de flash de zapata Curso práctico de iniciación a la fotografía digital Curso de retrato de carácter Curso de Boudoir Curso de desnudo artístico   Recordaros también que ya están abiertos los dos canales de Telegram: Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/aprenderfotografia Grupo de Telegram donde podemos conversar con vosotros y entre vosotros. https://t.me/aprenderfotografianoticias Canal de difusión de Telegram donde estaréis informados de todas las novedades de Aprender Fotografía El Podcast, cursos, nuevos podcasts, etc. En éste no podéis interactuar.   Consejos sobre fotografía de comunión Ignacio El mes que viene le toca a mi hija pequeña hacer la comunión, mi idea es hacer un reportaje post comunión en algún parque de Donosti y acabar en la playa para que se desfogue y meta al mar si le apetece, algún consejo o recomendación? Mi equipo del lado oscuro, Nikon D700, 85mm 1.8, 24-120 f4 y un flash chino de yonguo o como se escriba... Pere comenta que cuando hace social es bastante clásico y siempre sigue su estilo. Con ese equipo tienes focal suficiente para hacer este tipo de fotografías. Las focales cuanto más largas mejor, hasta 200 mm está muy bien para este tipo de fotos. El 85mm 1.

TNTtalk had the opportunity to speak with IronE Singleton about playing T-Dog on The Walking Dead as well as another project close to his heart. Tameche and guest co-host Sonya ask IronE about his time on The Walking Dead. They also talk about the love the fans have for his character T-Dog.  We learn that while […] The post TNTtalk Podcast: Interview with IronE Singleton appeared first on So Many Shows!.

My system consists of a Nikon D700 and 3 lense, 1 flash and lots of memory cards, cable release, batteries. I’m looking to add another camera body when i get the money and maybe a prime lens. I don’t always take the whole kit with me. I currently have a lowepro backpack and it holds […] The post Best Camera Bag For The Amateur Photographer appeared first on Biblino.

Dave in Michigan wants to know what makes his OG Canon 5D and similarly remembered camera bodies so special. This leads Bill & Dan to reminisce.And Chris in NJ is back, worried that the lenses he uses with his Nikon D700 aren't up to the task of feeding the D810 he's considering renting for a once in a lifetime trip out west. Canon 5D review on DP ReviewNikon D3 review on DP ReviewDoes Pixel Size MatterNikon D810 on AmazonNikon Lens Family Differences

What happens when you combine an engineering degree with a talent for sewing? A beautiful business full of well-made products and streamlined processes is created! Kim VanSlambrook is the solopreneur behind Lucy Jane Totes. What started out as a creative solution to a problem she faced quickly morphed into a beautiful business. Kim has moved her business across states and made some risky choices in the face of parenting two twin boys. Sarah and I especially love the way Kim's engineering brain has developed a streamlined system for taking gorgeous, cohesive photos. Stay tuned to the end so you won't miss all of her photography tips! On the Podcast 01:13 - Engineer meets Maker06:05 - Ruthlessly Eliminate!08:49 - Deciding on a "Look"14:38 - Why Kim is the CEO and COO10:20 - Kim's Risky Move16:27 - Etsy versus Shopify18:17 - How to Get Found20:43 - Working on the Business25:03 - Instagram vs Pinterest vs Facebook - It's War!28:10 - Blogging for Business31:10 - My name is Who, my name is What?32:48 - The Creative Process34:07 - Kim Takes all her Own Photos...of herself?41:14 - Kim's Adorable Mom Moment Press Play on the Podcast Player Below to Hear from Kim! Engineer meets Maker Kim has a civil engineering degree from Purdue University with an emphasis in structural design. But once she became a mom to twin boys, she put that engineering background to use in other ways. She had a problem that desperately needed a solution: her boys were too thin for their pants, and the only belt she could find was $18 at Janie and Jack. That didn't fly with Kim. She knew she could create something better for less. She got to work, and soon her friends were asking her to make belts for them too. Kim then used her structural design background to reverse engineer a bag in larger proportions for moms on the go. Kim found that the current tote bags on the market just didn't have enough space or durability to work for her. As she solved her own problem, once again, she had customers waiting to buy totes from her too. Lucy Jane Totes was born, and Kim absolutely loves her business because she can work from anywhere. Her husband is also a civil engineer who works on bridge design. His job moves often because he has to go where the big bridge projects are, so in just five years' time, their boys had already lived in 5 cities and 3 states. Lucy Jane Totes also gives Kim a sense of identity. No matter where she lives or how new and out of place she may feel, she has her business as a constant to fall back on. Ruthlessly Eliminate! Kim's business started with local sales. This was a great confidence booster for her, and made her realize she could make a go of selling products online. She started her Etsy shop several years ago, and initially, it was a hodge podge of items - pillowcase dresses, nursing covers, and tote bags, among other things.After learning more about business and how to create a solid brand identity, Kim realized that she needed to focus more and ruthlessly eliminate (my words - not hers!) the items that didn't fit with her brand. Kim chose to focus on her tote bags and make that her business. In the process, she eliminated all the other random items in her shop. This was an especially risky and difficult decision, because at the time, Kim's nursing covers were being featured in Pregnancy and Newborn Magazine! However, Kim had to streamline for a few reasons: A strong brand identity makes it clear to customers what you're about. Focusing on just a few things allows you to master your craft and produce the highest-quality items. At the time, Kim's boys were in preschool just a few days a week, and she didn't have any other child care available to her. She had to focus because she simply didn't have time to pursue every product idea. Kim says when she ruthlessly eliminated other products, her sales took off! Deciding on a "Look" Kim's advice on choosing your brand identity is to determine what you want your overall "look" to be for your products and business. As creatives and makers, it's easy to find new fabrics or product ideas that we just LOVE, but if it doesn't work together with the other items in your shop, you just shouldn't include it. Every new product you add needs to fit with your brand. Kim's husband always reminds her that the most successful restaurants tend to have focused, small menus. It should be the same way with a handmade business. Kim's Risky Move Kim made another risky move in her business not long after deciding on her brand identity. She closed her shop for an entire year! The business was rolling along. She was getting a lot of sales and good publicity, but because she didn't have good child care for her boys, her work time was falling from 8-midnight each night. Kim admitted that she started turning into "mean mommy. " She wasn't getting enough sleep and she felt pulled in every direction. Kim asked herself, "what will I regret the most?" She knew that she would regret pushing hard on her business at the expense of her kids and family. Her relationship with her kids and husband matters most - so she took a break from the biz and just focused on them. A year later, the boys were starting school and Kim's schedule was better. She got back to work on Lucy Jane Totes and says it was a great decision! She returned to her business with a new energy and focus on where she wanted things to go.Perspective... it's just so important! Why Kim is the CEO and COO Kim hasn't outsourced very much in her business, and part of this is because she didn't have the best experience when she tried. Last year, Kim set up her own website using the Shopify platform. Initially, she hired someone to create an e-commerce site for her, but it turned into a bit of a disaster because Kim had a very clear vision for how she wanted her site to look. (After all, she had refined her branding and knew what her business was all about!) The project was so far along that Kim ended up paying for a site that she never used. That was her lesson. She loves learning , and she's not intimated by googling until she can figure out how to add a new piece of code. So Kim uses a template from Shopify and changes aspects of the template to suit her brand. By being her own COO, she can ensure that her vision comes to life. Etsy versus Shopify Etsy has changed a lot since it first began. It's now much easier to sell items that are far from handmade on the site, and for this reason, it's a bit discouraging for a true handmade seller like Kim. There are plenty of tote bags on the site that were purchased wholesale from China and a monogram was added. Kim creates her bags from start to finish. Potential customers even write to Kim to tell her that they can get a bag like hers for less money! On the other hand, Etsy is great for getting traffic into your shop, and great for getting found via search engines and via Etsy search. It's hard to get the same level of traffic on a brand new site of your own.With Shopify, Kim can design a shop that matches her brand perfectly, and with her customization and monogram options, it's much easier to make this choices clear and streamlined on her own site. But, it will take time for Kim to build up the same level of traffic and customers that she gets from Etsy. It's a balancing act, and at this point, she wants to keep both shops open. How to Get Found Kim gets more consistent sales from Etsy because of the sheer volume of shoppers searching there and being able to optimize her listings for SEO. But if an influencer is talking about her items on social media, they'll link right to her own site and she'll see a spike in sales. Kim also uses her business social media accounts to point people to her own site versus Etsy. Kim also gets found quite often via Google image searches. Both her Etsy listings and her blog photos get found this way. Kim actually got an order from the Estee Lauder companies to use her tote bags for a sales meeting, and they found her Etsy shop via Google image search! Working on the Business One of Kim's biggest goals is to increase traffic and sales on her Shopify site, but it's difficult to do when she's still the person sewing all of her bags. She knows that in order to grow, she'll need to hire someone to help with the sewing so she can work on the business more and in the business less. It's a difficult task to find someone who will do the job well, because Kim is very particular. She creates quality products that will last for years so she has to find an employee with the same high standards and skill level. She knows that outsourcing will be worth it in the end, but the first step is the hardest!(Isn't that the truth... any big decision in business seems so scary and it can be difficult to take action on it.) Instagram vs Pinterest vs Facebook - It's War! Ok, so the headline was just for fun. It's really not war between these social networks. Kim finds them all useful for different things, and we have to agree! Instagram:  Kim is most active here. She's a visual person and she loves turning her Instagram feed into a board of inspiration.  Instagram also lets Kim have more interaction with her customers and followers versus Pinterest, where people don't chat very often. Pinterest:  Kim loves Pinterest for its ability to take photos of her work and make them spread. She once had a photo from her blog on a kitchen storage project that got featured on Apartment Therapy! That pin has been re-pinned thousands of times and still brings her steady Pinterest traffic.Facebook:  Facebook is a great place to have a conversation that lasts. Genuine relationships with your audience can be made here. (We agree, and we just love our private facebook group!) Blogging for Business Keeping up with a blog while running a handmade business is hard, but Kim has a clear goal with her blog: Keep content fresh enough that when someone new stops by her site, they know she's a real and active business. From there, Kim makes it really easy for a blog visitor to head to her shop or follow her on social media where she has time to post more often. Kim posts about shop updates, a bit about family life, and crafty tutorials or photography tips.Kim won't give up her blog even if her posts are infrequent, because those meta-tags on your photos are so great for Google image searches. If she had unlimited time, Kim says her focus would be on more DIY tutorials, sewing projects, and home projects. Blog Ideas for Handmade Business Owners: Post DIY and Crafty Tutorials Your ideal customer is probably pretty crafty but will splurge for just the right handmade item when it's too tricky for her to make herself! Share behind the scenes. Talk about your day-to-day life. Share beautiful photos. Talk about your family and personal life too. All of these posts let your audience get to know you better, and in turn, like and trust you. Share tips on how to run a handmade business. While this approach is a little less direct (the blog audience you attract may not be your ideal customer exactly) it's not a bad idea. Other handmade business owners are much more likely to support small, handmade businesses themselves! You could be next on their gift list. My name is Who, my name is What? Sorry for the Slim Shady reference, I couldn't resist! Just like Sarah and I couldn't resist asking how Lucy Jane Totes got its name. It's such a cute name... but its owner's name is.... Kim? The story behind Lucy Jane is really sweet. Kim and her husband originally planned to have a whole slew of kids, but with twin boys and a tough pregnancy, they decided they were quite content with two healthy kids. They knew if they ever had a girl they would name her Lucy Jane. Jane is Kim's mom's name, and she's been a big source of inspiration in Kim's life. When they realized they likely wouldn't ever have a girl, they named the business Lucy Jane instead. The Creative Process After talking about Kim's business name, this launched us into a conversation on the doubts that creep into all of our minds when we pursue something creative. When an idea first strikes you think, "Oh my gosh this is the best thing ever!" Then the next day you'll think, "Oh my gosh this is the worst thing!" Then a few days later you'll think, "Oh this is really good!" Isn't that the truth? When Kim designs bags or new products, she likes to make one, step back for a bit, then re-examine who work to figure out if she really likes it or not.We agree! A little space from your creative work can do wonders for your perspective. And likely, it isn't the best or the worst, but somewhere in the middle. Just put it out into the world and likely some people will love it... and some won't. And that's ok! Kim Takes all her Own Photos...of herself? Sarah and I were dying to know how Kim gets such great photos of her bags! And... most of those photos have her in them holding the bags and showing them off. (Seriously, if you haven't clicked over to Kim's site yet, now's the time to do it... her photos are amazing.) So how does Kim manage to take all her own photos... while she's in them?! Kim sets her camera up on a tripod. FYI - she uses a Nikon D700 (just a step below a professional camera) She configures her camera to a remote. Kim says if you look closely at some of her photos you can see the remote in her hand, although she tries her best to hide it! Kim tethers her camera to her I-mac so her photos are automatically imported into Lightroom. This allows Kim to immediately see how her photos look on a computer screen and accurately assess what needs tweaking. Kim snaps several different positions of her holding each bag. She grabs a photo, quickly edits it, and uploads it into a Shopify in a draft setting so she can compare it to her current product photos. This helps her to make sure the white balance is correct for her new batch of photos. Once the white balance is right, Kim sets up Lightroom so that it will automatically apply all of those edits to the next picture. Gorgeous photos and cohesive look... DONE! Kim says she used to take all the photos at once then sit down at her computer to edit only to find out that something was off. Now she saves herself loads of time by seeing the photos on the computer immediately and making adjustments before she takes too many photos that aren't right. So... what's a tether?With Lightroom starting a "tether" is one of the features offered. (Kim has a subscription to Lightroom and Photoshop through Adobe Creative Clouse for $10/month.) To start a tether, just use the mini USB port to connect your camera directly to your computer .Then start your tether in lightroom, and your photos will show up on your computer screen right away instead of on your camera screen. Kim's other Killer Tool:  Dropbox. Kim exports her photos as a square to dropbox, so that way she's ready to upload them to her website or use them on Instagram. To Photoshop or not to Photoshop: Kim says she struggles with Photoshop because she has a tendency to over-edit, and in the end, she doesn't even remember what the photo was supposed to look like!Instead, she uses Lightroom to work on her exposure and white balance, so edits there and stores her pictures. Light room can also store all her original photos, so even if she makes edits to a photo, the original will always be there. Wow! I'm so impressed with the way Kim streamlines her photography process. It's obvious that she's got things down pat because her site and her Instagram feed are just filled with beautiful, creative photos of her products. Kim's Adorable Mom Moment You'll have to tune in to hear how Kim's son Teddy is creating his own "department" within her business - so cute! Stay in Touch with Kim! LucyJaneTotes.comLucyJaneTotes.Etsy.com

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