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Category Archives: giving back
The Art of Dissatisfaction
Read this thought provoking post on Seth Godin‘s blog about how successful brands are built on dissatisfaction. Just finished saving up for that Canon/Nikon camera/lens you’ve been wanting? don’t worry, there’s a new one coming out that will make you … Continue reading
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Shirt off My Back Competition
My uber cool friends at Mycityonashirt.com have started a simple little business where people can get the name of their hometown, birthplace, suburb or maybe just the name of somewhere special to them printed on a shirt. Best yet, they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, australia, brisbane, commercial, currumbin, gold coast, kenny smith, kenny smith photography, photographer, photoshoots, queensland
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KSP Promo Brochures
Thought I’d share a couple pics of my portfolio brochures I just had printed up. When working with my business development coach Becs Arnott we came up with the concept for something to leave with people on my contact list … Continue reading
Welcome to the New Bigger and Better Blog
Welcome! As I said in my previous post, I’ve been working with my peeps over at Cyberdo on redoing my blog to make it a part of my site. Blogspot was great for what it was, but I was essentially … Continue reading
3 of My (current) Favourite Things
For fellow photogs out there, here are 3 things I’m digging lately: Dropbox (www.dropbox.com) Being able to upload files by syncing a drive on the computer is awesome, and probably the best way I’ve found so far to deliver images … Continue reading
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And the Winner Is………
Jai Mitchell and the Grassroots Street Orchestra!First of all a massive THANK YOU to everyone who applied, emailed, said they’re were going to apply but didn’t, and even booked fully paid commercial gigs but didn’t apply (true story) over the … Continue reading
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Win a Shoot for Free with "Hey Kenny, Save Us a Penny"
This is for REAL! Are you a band, business, organisation, amateur sporting team, dancer, new magazine, writer, actor, or creative individual? Keep reading. Normally, I shoot promotional photoshoots at a considerable cost to my clients, and rightfully so, they take … Continue reading
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Storytelling In:Series
As I eluded to in a previous post, Mike our web guy here at KSP and I have been working on ways to get out the work for your enjoyment beyond delivering our commercial product to our clients.They say that … Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: You Might Like It
If you’re like me, pricing is a pretty big challenge. Get it wrong and you’re either underselling yourself and possibly setting a dangerous precedent, or overpricing yourself and risk losing the job. A while back I made a decision to … Continue reading
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Giving it Away
I wish I had a five cent piece for each time I’ve been asked “Was this a paid shoot?” while showing someone some photos I had just taken. Now I know that people are just being engaging when they ask … Continue reading
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