Are you charging for your photo styling pre-work and post-work?  As Photo Stylists, we concentrate so much on the actual styling assignment, but sometimes we spend MORE time on preparing for the job t...

“Style, Shoot & Show” the work you want to get hired to do.  Years ago, I took a Creative Live course taught by Photographer, John Keatley. (I took 2 of John's classes!)  You can find his Courses HERE...

Do you put your preferences into your business policies? Your preferences CAN become your policies when you are a Freelance Photo and Prop Stylist.  As I mentor and help Photo Stylists, a common phras...

 

I'm really not a believer in "If the Door Does Not Open ~ It Was Not Meant For You" philosophy.  I say . . . I think doors open to those who are brave enough to knock AND keep on knockin'!  I think w...

Beside determining your styling rate, a question (& frustration!) I hear alot from Photo Stylists is . . . "How do I get my Styling Tearsheets!?!"  Tearsheets (& samples, photos of your work) are a ne...

As a Photo Stylist, we want Photographers to love us. Move Love = More Work.  Every Photographer, of course, is different.  Different disciplines of photography, levels of experience and preferences. ...

Question that many Photo Stylists and Prop Stylists get asked is "Do you return everything you have used for a photo shoot ~ even if you have "used" them or as in wardrobe "they have been worn" by mod...

With everything we need to think about running a photo styling business, these are some of the things you might be thinking about in your day-to-day running of your business. Traditionally, Photo and ...

Sometimes, as Photo Stylists we think everything has to be “perfect” before we go after that “dream job”.  This was a day that I realized that is not always the case and it really is important to be i...