Bananas Edu | The Business of Photography

Equipment Stolen – Lessons in Business Insurance

November 14, 2009

Thankfully, this story has a good ending.
As many in the photography community already know, over $4000 of equipment was stolen from us at the Grand Hyatt in Buckhead (Atlanta, GA) last month during a wedding reception.

It was a matter of an hour or two from the time I unloaded the 24-70mm and 70-200mm lens into [...]

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Atlanta Photo Biz Boot Camp Filling Up Fast!

October 23, 2009

We JUST scheduled the next Photo Biz Boot Camp here in Atlanta, and it’s already filling up fast!
This is the PERFECT way to start out 2010 on the right foot so sign up quick if you want a spot!
January 5-7, 2010 in Atlanta, GA
$99/month for Complete Business Makeover OR $899 for Boot Camp Only.
Since posts [...]

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The Ugly Truth : Red is Normal the First Few Years of Business

September 30, 2009

Welcome to a new addition to BananasEDU: The Ugly Truth about Photography Business!
Think running a photography business is all fun, glamorous, camera-happy bliss?? Think again! It’s grueling hard work, it’s a BUSINESS and not just an art. The average photographer is lucky to bring in the same salary as school teacher, for a lot [...]

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Who Wants to HOST a Photo Biz Boot Camp?

August 31, 2009

If you have a knack for being the hostess-with-the-most-est (I know, not a word!), and want you and other photographers in your area to prosper, then you may be eligible to HOST for us!
***CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TO APPLY ONLINE***
We have limited availability and dates in November, December, January, and February. We will not [...]

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Goodbye Blogger, hello Thesis for Wordpress

July 30, 2009

While blogger has been good to me over the past four years, it’s time to branch out to new and SEO-friendlier blog options. With the advice and help of my technologically-gifted husband both of my blogs will undergo a face-lift and platform change in the next few weeks. Of course, only time will [...]

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Meet the "Survivors" of Photo Biz Boot Camp in Australia!

June 18, 2009

Holly Cottingham - Australia's first all-green photographer!

I admit I was nervous about teaching in Australia. Would the way they run business be very different from how things are in the USA? Would the things I teach still apply?
I was blown away by these two amazing groups that I got to know in the relatively short time we were in [...]

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18 Boot Camps in 2 Years

June 3, 2009

April was an amazing month for us, and also explains my MIA-status here on the BananasEDU blog.
If you’ve been following my liana’s bananas blog, you’ll know that I married my leading-man in Beverly Hills on April 5th, 2009 after which we spent a month away – traveling to New Zealand and Australia for our honeymoon. [...]

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Watch this Video by Zack Arias

February 18, 2009

This video was brought to my attention today so I hopped over to Scott Kelby’s blog to take a look.
I have to admit I almost clicked off during the intro… we think that photoshop, locations, the latest shoot that made that magazine is SOOOO important to what we do. It makes my head just [...]

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Only a Few Spots Left – Book Photo Biz Boot Camp for January!!

December 10, 2008

We’ve had a few schedule changes but the good news there are still a FEW spots open in our January Boot Camps!!
We have THREE in the US in January 2009… which will be your last chance to attend a Boot Camp for a while! In April 2009, we will be getting married then teaching [...]

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Join Me Tomorrow 7PM EST (4PM Pacific)

December 10, 2008

Attention Pictage Users!
Tomorrow night is the Pictage Ask and Learn and I’m looking forward to chatting with a bunch of you about the topic “Money, Lies, and Photography.”
Here’s the information on the Pictage Blog. Fun stuff!!
Also, if you missed the presentation at the Pictage Conference, you can listen (below) to a quick Podcast that [...]

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