Revisiting 2020: Doing Life Differently The theme of 2020 was “doing life differently.” Our current circumstances have changed how we work, shop, socialize, and live. As I tried to sit and describe the experience of living in the year of 2020, I couldn’t sum it up in a word. My best illustration is the story of my own personal..........
Imagery Overhaul with Johnson Memorial Every project can be improved by the opportunity to work with friends! We at Studio 13 are so lucky to have many long-term, loyal clients that enable us to build lasting relationships. As you can see from our multiple journals about working with Johnson Memorial Health, they are one of..........
When It Comes to Corporate Portraiture, Style is Everything In business, we all realize that first impressions mean everything. In our 24-hour a day, online world, often these impressions are made online before they can be made in person. This increases the importance of the choices you make with your professional headshots. By choices I don’t..........
Entrepreneurs: TAKE THE VACATION! Have you ever taken a vacation and thought, “I need to take a vacation to recover from my vacation?” For the small business owner taking a vacation can be stressful. The pre-planning and working your butt off ahead of time makes taking the step away from work possible. Then the constant..........
Why I Hate Being Called An Award-Winning Photographer You have to admit it sounds a bit arrogant, even if it is true. Recently my marketing and web development firm asked why I’ve never promoted all the awards I’ve won during my career. I quickly answered, “It’s not about me.” He smirked…paused….sighed and said, “It’s all about you.” The..........
Pride in Personal Photography Well our normal blogger Connor Tomlin is busy being all collegiate, so this week I, Lesle Lane will actually blog for myself! Don’t worry she will approve the content before it’s posted. Each job that I shoot is to fulfill the requirements and specifics that my clients put upon me...........
A Ray of HOPE This week on our blog we will take a momentary break from all the photography talk and touch on something that is very near and dear to all the hearts here at Studio 13: educational support for learning differences. Lesle’s son, and my brother, was constantly labeled as the “bad kid” in..........
A different kind of homecoming: back at Heritage Christian Summer is such a great time for everyone, with the nice weather and family vacations, especially us here at Studio 13! Summer has always been our busiest time, but this summer takes the cake. This week and next week, we are booked solid every single day. Lesle says that last time we were..........
YOUR HEADSHOT TALKS If you happened to read the HBR article, 7 Ways to Capture Someone’s Attention, what made you want to read it? Was it the title? The image? The image is pretty gravitating. We’re image people. For us, it was the image. Then we weren’t at all disappointed by what it had to say. But would..........