Tips for attending a portfolio review

Tips for attending a portfolio review

‘Tis the season for looking back at the year past – and planning for the year to come. For me, it includes considering which projects I want to start showing to people at portfolio reviews, to get important feedback and also to get myself and my work in front of...
Canaries in the mines

Canaries in the mines

Frankly, I don’t know what to write. I’m battling a low level cold and, you know, the crisis of humanity, so all my thoughts are incoherent, fragmented. Nothing I can say or do feels important right now, but I’m trying to fight this feeling, getting back to what I...
Maria, Alexandra, Constantine…

Maria, Alexandra, Constantine…

At the end of last year I took a memoir writing class. I wasn’t – and still am not – planning on writing a memoir, but I wanted to (a) get back to more creative writing which I loved when I was younger (and which I abandoned out of fear of sharing my work...
Marketing on the spectrum

Marketing on the spectrum

I recently came across a question in one of the photography groups I’m in about marketing on the spectrum. The anonymous poster shared that they tried to do ALL. THE. THINGS. to market their photography business: networking groups, door-to-door marketing, Instagram...
“Unfortunately, on this occasion…”

“Unfortunately, on this occasion…”

It’s has been an interesting few months. I’ve got more rejections that ever – and for someone who struggles with rejection sensitivity this can be super tough. I have to remind myself that it means I’ve put myself forward to more opportunities to get my work...