Happy New Year! It's officially 2018, meaning it's my 5 year anniversary as a freelance photographer. Every year flies by quickly, but my 5th year of self-employment has felt like the fastest yet. In a lot of ways, it was due to an increased confidence in my photography skills. This was also apparent in my
It's hard to believe that 2016 is just about over. That means I've been a self-employed photographer for 4 years as of September. Time has certainly flown by, and I'm more energized for what lies ahead. For now, it's time for the annual performance review of what happened this year, and what's in store for
Last week, I posted my annual review of 2015 and was overwhelmed by the email responses. Among the many thank you and happy holiday notes, I noticed a constant question being asked: how do you conduct an annual review? This week's blog post addresses that question, along with the inclusion of a free, downloadable annual
Three years old. That's how old my self-employment business turned this past September, and I couldn't be more shocked. When I left the 9-5 desk job world in September 2012, I never imagined I'd make it this far. I had a rough sketch of a business plan to make it as a self-employed creative, but
It's that time of year when an annual review is due! I've been doing annual reviews since 2011, but many of these previous versions were image-based, sort of like a checklist of all the things I've photographed throughout the year. While I definitely think there's merit to doing these sort of annual reviews, I didn't
Freelance employment is quickly gaining traction in today's world, but that doesn't mean the route to successful full-time freelancing is any clearer than it was before. The truth is, full-time freelancing contains a ton of seemingly unrelated moving parts, something even I didn't expect when I first set out on my freelancing journey. Today, I
