People: Bruce Gabites

June 3rd, 2009 in People by Nigel Hicks

Tags: Albums, Awards, Bruce Gabites, Clients, Interview, Marketing, Photoshop, Podcast, Workflow

Late last year Ian and I caught up with award winning photographer Bruce Gabites at his new Auckland studio. He’d just won his eighth straight Kodak Gold award in the Wedding Album category, and we wanted to find out his secret…

We spent a morning talking with him about why he enters photography competitions and what makes him so successful, the affect winning awards has on his business, and albums – the part they play in his packages, and how he goes about selling them.

To listen to our interview with Bruce Gabites click here (22 mins).

Cheers, Nigel

PS Bruce recently shared some good advice about dealing with complaining clients with us. Click here to read it.

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People: Johannes van Kan

May 22nd, 2009 in People by Nigel Hicks

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Tags: Album Design, Clients, Interview, Johannes van Kan, Marketing, Photoshop, Podcast, Workflow

Greg and Natalie by Johannes van Kan

Johannes has been posting on Queensberry Connects for several months now. It’s been great to have a regular photographer perspective, and personally we’ve found his insights and opinions inspiring.

We asked him to contribute to our interview series by sharing his thoughts on album design.

In the conversation, Ian asks him to expand on several posts he’s written about the benefits of getting to know your clients before the wedding, and his ”six secrets” to designing a great album…

He also questions Johannes about how he interacts with his clients, his workflow and the part Photoshop plays.

To listen to our interview with Johannes click here.

And here’s an album we featured recently on Queensberry Connects.

Cheers, Nigel