Doug Box   www.dougboxphotography.com

Basic

Magic With Your Battery Powered Flash, Posing and Lighting
Plus
Marketing, Sales and Making Money in the Digital Age!

Sometimes the light outside is good, sometime it is not. So what do you do:
Forget the shot? Do the shot with bad light? Try to add light with a reflector?
I have found that you can easily add flash and save the shot and you can learn it too!

Even the best photographer in the world will go broke without a steady flow of new customers. In today’s
economy it’s NOT how much you know about photography - it’s how much you know about marketing. You can fight it and go broke or you can accept it and make lots of money. “It simply amazes me how many photographers feel frustrated, working their butts off, barely making a living instead of a fortune. “  If you’re like most photographers, you spend a lot of time creating great photographs and not enough time creating a great business. Do you think selling is a dirty word? OK, persuade, but what you’re really doing is helping your clients get what they want. So you can get everything you want!
                      Doug will cover:
  • Can’t always shoot during the “sweet light “ time?
  • Can’t find “Great Light” outdoors?
  • It is overcast and you can't find any direction to the light?
  • Hate that "On Camera Flash" look?
  Tired of taking too much equipment on location?
  • Want an easy system for twin lighting at weddings?
  • Tired of buying the wrong equipment or junk?
  • Want to better utilize the flash you already own?
  • Frustrated with the White Balance issue?
  • Want really distinctive lighting?
  • Want to add direction of light to your outdoor portraits?
  • Want an easy set up for In-Home sessions?
Plus a fun business section
  • Find the hidden wealth in your business - it’s there, get it out and use it
  • How to charge more than your competition - and get it!
  • Take control of your time by establishing “Prime Time”  appointment times to increase your profit and give you more time to enjoy your life.
  • How to turn your studio into a Business-By-Referral  - cut your marketing in half and increase business  if you it right. Learn how to add this powerful, lead generating, strategy.
  • Receive marketing ideas that work - no matter what type of business you have

Doug has appeared in seminars and conventions in 47 states in the U.S. plus Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Wales, England, China, Ireland and on 5 cruise ships. He was chosen to teach at the International Wedding Institute and has taught at 18 different PPA Affiliate week-long schools

His articles and images have graced the pages of most professional phot
ographic publications. He is the author of "The Power of Business" marketing systems and has written several books including "Professional Secrets of  Children’s Photography", "Professional Secrets of Photographing Weddings", "Natural Light Photography" and "Posing for Portrait Photographers", published by Amherst Publishing.

He is Past President of Texas Professional Photographers Assoc. and currently the Executive Director of TPPA.
He has served as Executive Director ASP (American Society of Photographers) , Published ASP Magazine, Chairman Affiliate Managers Group , Vice Chairman of the Portrait Group PPA, served on the Membership, Affiliate and Chapters Committee , Vice Chairman ANNE Committee, has been an officer in his local Guild and is currently on the PPA Board.

He is the owner of Texas Photographic Workshops, an internationally recognized educational facility where he and his wife LaVelda host photographers from around the country teaching all levels of photography. He is an award winning photographer who has owned studios in Houston, Brenham and Caldwell.