Comments for Mary Kate McKenna Photography http://mksblog.com Washington, DC-based Wedding, Lifestyle and Event Photographer Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:26:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sneak Peek: Madeline + Ian by Stephen http://mksblog.com/sneak-peek-madeline-ian/#comment-1241 Stephen Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:26:30 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1397#comment-1241 I WANT TO SEE MORE! I WANT TO SEE MORE!

]]> Comment on Guests with Flash by Cindi http://mksblog.com/guests-with-flash/#comment-1234 Cindi Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:48:03 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1249#comment-1234 THANK YOU so much for this article. I have shared it on my business facebook wall and some fellow photographer friends of mine are sharing too... don't think i could have asked for a better example! THANK YOU so much for this article. I have shared it on my business facebook wall and some fellow photographer friends of mine are sharing too… don’t think i could have asked for a better example!

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Ronnie http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1225 Ronnie Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:49:03 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1225 Great post! Sincere and honest and straight to the point. Great post! Sincere and honest and straight to the point.

]]> Comment on Sign-in Guestbook by Benoit http://mksblog.com/sign-in-guestbook/#comment-1223 Benoit Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:31:13 +0000 http://mksblog.com/sign-in-guestbook/#comment-1223 I enjoy looking at your websites. With thanks! I enjoy looking at your websites. With thanks!

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Melissa http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1222 Melissa Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:51:48 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1222 Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! This could not have come at a better moment. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! This could not have come at a better moment.

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Kate Whitmore http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1220 Kate Whitmore Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:08:17 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1220 I appreciate this post. So much. I appreciate this post. So much.

]]> Comment on Hallowitz Family by Alexis http://mksblog.com/hallowitz-family/#comment-1219 Alexis Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:01:18 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1376#comment-1219 Aww, I love the warmth that shines through these beautiful portraits of the family! Great work MK! :) Aww, I love the warmth that shines through these beautiful portraits of the family!

Great work MK! :)

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Heather http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1218 Heather Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:19:00 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1218 This is so very true and I've thought the same things for years! So glad someone finally took the time to write about this! I see so many people follow the herd and use Album Company "X" just because someone else uses them, or use a particular blog template because everyone else was doing it. It's resulted in a stream of new photographer without anything original to shoot, or to say. And don't get me started on the phenomenon called "branding". Important? Yes. But it's like you said, people want to skip ahead to that part before they know the first thing about their gear! Anyway, you give great advice! Thanks so much for your insights! This is so very true and I’ve thought the same things for years! So glad someone finally took the time to write about this! I see so many people follow the herd and use Album Company “X” just because someone else uses them, or use a particular blog template because everyone else was doing it. It’s resulted in a stream of new photographer without anything original to shoot, or to say. And don’t get me started on the phenomenon called “branding”. Important? Yes. But it’s like you said, people want to skip ahead to that part before they know the first thing about their gear! Anyway, you give great advice! Thanks so much for your insights!

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Kate Triano http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1217 Kate Triano Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:01:28 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1217 YAY! So glad someone sat down to write this. The past few "how to be a rockstar photog" manuals that have recently come out make me want to cry, or gag. Our industry is being poisoned by those people, and then again by their "disciples" who are now our competition who think they can now charge $4k and not know what the hell they are doing. Spray and pray? WTF. How about be a hard worker and immerse yourself in books and websites like those before you. YAY! So glad someone sat down to write this. The past few “how to be a rockstar photog” manuals that have recently come out make me want to cry, or gag. Our industry is being poisoned by those people, and then again by their “disciples” who are now our competition who think they can now charge $4k and not know what the hell they are doing. Spray and pray? WTF. How about be a hard worker and immerse yourself in books and websites like those before you.

]]> Comment on The State of the Wedding Industry by Clay Toporski Photography http://mksblog.com/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry/#comment-1216 Clay Toporski Photography Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:45:33 +0000 http://mksblog.com/?p=1369#comment-1216 While I don't necessarily agree with everything in this post (I never second shot a wedding), it is certainly a million times better for a start-up photographer than the Spray and Pray tragedy everyone is talking about. Kudos for a thoughtful, insightful and truly beneficial post on what is really important in starting a business and how hard it really is. It is a shame that this type of advice is usually overlooked by beginners. While I don’t necessarily agree with everything in this post (I never second shot a wedding), it is certainly a million times better for a start-up photographer than the Spray and Pray tragedy everyone is talking about.

Kudos for a thoughtful, insightful and truly beneficial post on what is really important in starting a business and how hard it really is. It is a shame that this type of advice is usually overlooked by beginners.

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