Good morning friends! 🙂

I wanted to talk briefly before getting the rest of my day started about a recent (quick) photoshoot I did with @hollylentine.

The thing is, once something — a skill — becomes second nature, you start getting the results you want with minimal effort. If your food shots, portraits or landscape photos are not where you want them to be, you’re just not shooting enough. You’re not editing enough.

When I wanted to get serious (seriously better) about portraits, I did at LEAST one photoshoot every single day — seven days a week. You have to shoot, pick the winners, edit them and publish every day.

Tip 1: Pick a time, let’s say “8:00pm”, and post to your Instagram and/or Facebook every day. When you lock into a schedule of posting everyday, you’ll *have* to make time to shoot, edit and post. You have to be discipled enough. You have to train yourself to get better. It’s a mindset game.

Tip 2: For each photoshoot you do (every day). You only get to keep ONE photo. When you limit the amount of keepers or winners, your results inherently get better.

“Your portfolio is only as strong as your weakest shot.”

Holly and I stepped out into the cold for just a minute-and-a-half to get this shot. I threw my camera into the correct settings while walking to the location. I told Holly exactly where to stand, and I got myself on the exact angle I needed to be at, in order to get the shot I wanted. We “clicked” around for another minute and then called it “a wrap!”. All-in-all, we were out there less than two minutes and are 100% happy with the results we got. I only edited ONE photo from this session.

It’s going to feel uncomfortable at first, because you’re going to want to keep all your shots. Do yourself a favor and put them on the shelf for 6 months, then come back later and judge them to see how far you’ve come in the last 6 months.

Respectfully,

~Adam