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So I Met This Girl….

05.25.2013 by James // 1 Comment

If you have been wondering what happened to me, it is simple. I met this girl, and a surprising and wonderful thing happened….

Image of wedding rings on phone showing 1Cor 13 — Image of our wedding rings and words from the ceremony.

A short whirlwind of dating and sharing adventures from the Great Plains to the Gulf of Mexico to the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada to the New England coast, and I knew I had found who I wanted to be with for the rest of my life. After a proposal in Death Valley last year, we decided to have a quick wedding rather than spend a year planning the event. So several weeks later and on stage of an outdoor festival, we exchanged vows and rings and my story changed to something filled with much more laughter and light.

Since then, I have moved and flourished in life and in my technical consulting, photography, and love of nature – even thinking a few thoughts and making a few images. So you can expect to hear much about my world in the future.

Ten Laws of Pricing for Consultants

05.05.2011 by James // 6 Comments

Many of my friends started, or are starting, consulting and freelance businesses. I have helped several of them start their business using my own background in consulting to guide them as they sell their services and time to prospective clients.

Eventually, though we come to setting a price for their time and services, and the question comes up, “How do I know what to charge?”

What Should You Charge?

Whether you are a photographer, a computer consultant, a web designer or a social media strategist, there will come a time in your business where you will have to name a price for your services. It’s a nervous moment. Name a price too high, and your prospect will walk to one of you many competitors. Yet, name a price too low, and you may resent the work or worse, not be able to put enough time into the project to do a great job.

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Unique Senior Portraits in Urban Setting

12.21.2010 by James // Leave a Comment

While most of the Senior Portraits I do are for FBISD class of 2010 or class of 2011 students from schools like Elkins, Dulles or Clements High Schools, I also enjoy traveling and taking on additional challenges. In this case some cousins and their friends wanted unique fashion-styled senior portraits in an edgy style and an urban setting. Here are the images:

It was a very fun day of shooting in spite of the weather, but these High School Seniors will have some unique portraits. It seems the most frequent request for senior pictures are to be unique and not like all the others. It’s a challenge I truly enjoy.