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Mar 16
2 min

How to Be Consistent

On Ten Minutes with Manzanita LIVE today we talked about consistency in editing. This is a big one--one small thing that can kick you out...

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Nicole Trejo

Mar 10
3 min

Tell Yourself the Truth

On Ten Minutes with Manzanita today we talked about telling the truth about your work. We pinpointed two common lies that can stop artist...

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Nicole Trejo

Mar 4
3 min

Avoid the burnout...

On 10 Minutes with Manzanita LIVE, we talked aaalll about one of the most interesting, touchy, difficult subjects: how to avoid burnout. ...

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Nicole Trejo

Feb 24
2 min

How to avoid stress with your sessions.

As a photographer, I can tell you right now: You have to be pretty tough. Your family shows up all dressed and beautiful and smiling and....

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Nicole Trejo

Feb 17
2 min

How to Sell Yourself

Psych! I actually don't agree with "selling" yourself as a business person just to make business. HOWEVER, I do believe that creating an ...

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Nicole Trejo

Feb 10
3 min

Three Things I Wish I Knew

New photographers, take heart. Everyone who has picked up a camera for the first time (and that means every photographer, by the way) has...

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Nicole Trejo

Feb 3
2 min

Working with teens!

Oh, this one is always a toughie--not because teens aren't awesome, but because they are suddenly PEOPLE. They're not babies or kids, so...

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Nicole Trejo

Jan 28
2 min

WHY, WHAT, WHERE, and HOW of Wardrobe.

In my Instagram Live on 10 Minutes with Manzanita we tackled CLOTHES. As in wardrobe. As in how the heck do you dress your families for a...

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Nicole Trejo

Jan 21
1 min

No sun, no sun . . .

"Should we cancel?" Have you ever had a client ask that before? It's a valid question. When the clouds pile in dark and foreboding, it ca...

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Nicole Trejo

Jan 14
1 min

Cameras, Cameras

So, aside from all the camera brands (Sony, Nikon, Cannon, Fuji, etc), and all the different KINDS of cameras within those brands (mirror...

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Nicole Trejo

Jan 7
2 min

How to say NO

Today on Ten Minutes with Manzanita Live we talked about how to handle solicitations for sessions you DON'T want. This is a tricky one. I...

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Nicole Trejo

Jan 3
1 min

Location

Nearly every workday, I "Go Live" on Instagram and share some little bits of photography information I've foraged through years of error....

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