About a year ago I did a review on many things in the business, including business processors, applications and technology, to see if they were aligned to our vision for the future.

One important factor we discovered was the ability to do business anywhere at anytime.

This isn’t just one of those throw-away metaphors but a real serious thing to consider given the nature of the work that Blinq photography does. We’re always moving around – either in Victoria or in another state and sometimes overseas. So access to all our records, be it our financials or contracts all the way down to just simple templates for proposals. Its so important that everyone in the business has access to the most up-to-date information. This provides us the vital ingredient for making key decisions at a drop of the hat.

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This is the second VIEW video in the series of three that was made some time ago while we were shooting the APL folks.

I was really happy to chat about the tools that we use just about everyday. Some of them are critical to our everyday operations and some are only critical during some instances – but the underlying story here is that they are all critical to our business. Some may also say that I love my gadgets, but I’ll leave that up to you to decide.

As I mentioned in my other VIEW post, I had sat down and worked through what is critical to my business, including business processors and the technology used to drive us. Here in this short video I talk about the business tools that are very important to our success as a leading photography business.

We identified the following items as critical to our business;

1. Financial software. Not spreadsheets or some unreliable…

Dan has taken an interesting approach to building his career as a professional photographer. Dan is a man who has used his knowledge, skills and talents and applied them to his photography career.  His path is interesting. He graduated from college with a degree in computer science.  Read the full post

The National Press Photographers Association NPPA is a worthy investment.  Or you can tag this website on your “favorites” and still get some very good information like I did.  Stock photography is the new method for photographers to bank, market and advertise photos.  There is a plethora of Stock photography websites. So which one do you choose?  As I read through sports photography articles written by the “experts” I check out the resources that are mentioned in their articles.  Often these resources are overlooked because they are typically at the end of an article.  But I am always on the lookout for these references and resources because I know, they know, where to go to get the best information and tools necessary to have a successful photography business.

That is how I discovered the NPAA website.  This association has been around since 1946 and they are known worldwide.  Although they cater to photojournalists, any photographer will benefit from the information and…