As a creative entrepreneur - we wear a lot of hats and do all the things. We’ve got to run our business, do the bookkeeping, create content, work with clients, create marketing plans, continue our education, curate our own social media feeds...the list goes on. Sometimes we even put more work into our own businesses than we would at a 9-5. So what would it mean to you if I could give you an extra 16 hours a month to spend however you want? Work on your business, spend time with your family, take some time for yourself - doesn’t matter. What’s important is that this isn’t clickbait. No babe, this is for real. Let me give you back 22 hours each month by simply changing how you plan your social media.

Why photographer’s can’t use stock photos on social media?

The answer? Because someone told them it was lying, it was cheating, it was misleading their followers. Guess what? Whoever said that was wrong! Photographers can and should ABSOLUTELY 100% use stock images on social media, as long as it’s done the right way! Why? Because it not only helps foster real engagement, start conversations, and add variety to content, but it saves you a hella amount of time when it comes to content creation! Don’t believe me? Let’s chat...

“I can’t post that picture on my feed! It’s not of my work!” she told me while sipping coffee. We had an in depth conversation about how she will only post pictures of her work (wedding photography in this case), because social media was her portfolio. She said things like, “ My followers only want to see my fully edited work”, “I can only post pictures that I’ve fully edited so everything matches aesthetically when they look back through my feed”, “it has to be perfectly curated so they know I’m high quality”. I could keep going, but I want to stop here because I have a question for you: does this sound like you?

I never imagined that as small-time local photographer living in State College, Pennsylvania that I would be named one of the top 100 high school senior portrait photographers in the entire country, but it happened in 2018! In 2018 I was named one of the top 100 senior photographers in the country by Senior Style Guide, the leading source of everything senior portrait related in the photography industry!