I have a lot to say, so I try to say it briefly.
Why I Opened A Headshot & Portrait Studio in 2025
Date
September 10, 2025
Reading Time
2 Mins Read
I have a habit of bulldozing introductions. Let’s fix that. Hiii, I’m Adam. I designed and art directed at startups, small farms, mid-size firms, and…
How I make photoshoot booking easy
Date
August 25, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
Between school photos, the DMV, and passports, we’ve been trained. Picture time sucks. Of COURSE it does: You wait an hour to be immortalized looking—and…
AI Can Never Be You
Date
September 12, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
Even when AI no longer hallucinates, headshot generators will still have a fatal problem. They can never make an expression that’s uniquely yours. It can…
The fastest way to sort photos
Date
September 5, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
You did it right and made too many pictures. Which ones are good? Glad you asked. Here’s the easiest way to sort your photos Folders…
How to get a great profile picture
Date
September 3, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
How do you get a truly great profile pic? Options. When you get something you’re happy with it can be tempting to stop. My advice:…
You don’t need more options
Date
September 1, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
If your photographer sent you home with hundreds of pictures, they failed. They’re making you do their job. Staring at that many pictures is paralyzing….
Accepting my strengths
Date
August 29, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
I’m casually obsessed with Liquid Death. At first I was mildly horrified. It’s water in a can. That costs more than water in a bottle….
Failure is the best sauce
Date
August 27, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
You have to live with being wrong. In my life, there’s a Before and After realizing what being wrong could do for me. It was…
Confidence and vulnerability
Date
August 22, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
Confidence is not the opposite of vulnerability. You can be both confident and willing to be wrong. In business, that combo is essential to leadership….
Photography is empathy
Date
August 20, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
When you’re out of your comfort zone and relying on someone else, how good are they at reading your needs? Doctors, mechanics, bartenders, physical therapists,…
Complicating Gendered Lighting
Date
August 14, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
We don’t think of light as gendered, but boy (see what I did there), do we gender it. Women should have every crease filled. (We…
I’m So Tired of Manufactured Authenticity
Date
August 12, 2025
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< 1 Min Read
Why do we keep trying to manufacture authenticity? Right now everything’s BTS: “authenticity” that has to keep proving its bona fides. When someone named the…