What Filter was that?!?

a post on post ettiquette.

So we've all seen it, right? That post where you thought "Oh my Gosh, they did not seriously write that on facebook?!"

Or the image that something just looks ... off... and someone has posted a comment about it, telling the photographer (or worse, the client) what is wrong with the image and that they could have done better. 

Or my absolute favorite "well, you can get better pics if you come to me, the sitting plus all pix on disk is only $25."

We, as an industry, and even as clients, need an intervention. When common courtesy and even common sense have gone out the window, we need a Manners Movement. 

I've asked photographers all over the US to add to this list of things that are "Do's and Don'ts for posting and commenting on Facebook." If you are a photographer, or a client of a photographer, this list is for you. 

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Ready? Then lets just do this!

1. DO remember that when posting something online it can be very hard to convey sarcasm, inside jokes, etc. 
Be very careful, because things often look about ten times "ruder" in a comment than they do anywhere else. 

2. DON'T comment or post with any CC (critique) unless it's asked for.
If you're seeing a photo posted anywhere other than a closed group, it's probably best to NOT post CC. If you have something to say, private message it to the photographer - but don't expect it to be taken well. 

3. DO remember that every photograph that includes a person, that person will probably see that image - and every single comment. 
Is your opinion worth hurting them over?

4. DON'T post anything you wouldn't say to someone's face - client or photographer. 
That person has real feelings. The old adage "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all" applies here.  Anything you write, the actual client and their family may see it. Just because you can write whatever you want to, doesn't mean you should. 

5. DO Remember, art is subjective. 
People hire photographers based on what they have seen them do. Some people are very traditional, and some people are not. And just because you don't like something does NOT mean you have to post that opinion.

6. DO think about writing an encouraging comment on a photo or share a photo whenever you can - not just click the "like" button. 
Commenting on photos can really make the day of the client, possibly even change their self image, and they always make a photographer feel great (even better than a simple "like"). 

7. DON'T be afraid to delete negative comments and block the person from your page. 
You have the right and responsibility to protect your clients. 

8. DO thank your commenters for their kind words. 
It's never a good idea to post and run.

9. Clients, DO tag and mention your photographer when you share an image or use a photo as a profile or cover image. 
It's a wonderful courtesy to your photographer, who will probably look at that photo often to see what your friends have said about it. 

10. DO think before you post anything - a status, an image, a comment. 
Is it beneficial, true, something you'll be ok with a search engine finding in a year? Err on the side of caution.

Timeline for Your Brand: Tips and Best Practices

By now, you know that Timeline has come to Facebook Brand Pages.

Some business are up in arms (and I for one, have stopped doing business with a lot of them). 

Some of us are embracing it, as a champion of change. 

No matter what, your page will automatically switch over to Timeline at the end of March 2012. 

Did you know that your attitude about change is one of the biggest indicators of your success and potential for future growth? That being said... knowing the most you can about Timeline can help you approach it with an open mind and see that it really can be the best thing for your business - default landing tabs, or not. 

I'll have a full list of resources and recommended reading and things to view at the end of the post. 

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Let's start at the top, with the Cover Image. Now, there are some ground rules that Facebook has put into place for this prime retail space, and they're important to take note of:

And while I've heard complaints about this and not understanding the rationale behind it, you have to understand, they want the Cover photo to be clean and professional and free of the spam feeling. It's basically like a city having building requirements for the appearance of a building, the cover is FB's "building appearance".  They've given us the "post pin" option to allow us to market to our visitors in place of marketing on our covers. We'll talk about this later.

The size for the Cover image is 851 x 315px. There are resolution problem being reported across the board, and it seems to be that way regardless of what people are trying. There are a few places offering Timeline templates: Florabella, Fototale Designs, Ashe Design, EW Couture, AlbumCafe, Schweppes ProfileApp, The Shoppe, MCP Actions, Ukandu, Red Boot Design and Paint the Moon. 

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Now, don't forget to customize that awesome profile photo! Obviously, the big old banners we used to have are way too big, so we've moved down to a 180 x 180 size. 

Find something to represent your business that will not only be recognizable in the ticker and news feeds, but also that compliments your cover image really well. Be creative here. So far there are no guidelines for your profile photo. I'll keep you in the loop when I start to hear otherwise. 

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The next area you can customize is the app buttons and app order. When you first activate your Timeline on your business page, your apps will be in a random order. There are 4 "Featured" Apps, and you get to choose 3. Photos is a permanently featured app on your page (kind of cool for photographers!). 

The other 3 you choose to Feature are up to you. You can rotate these, so this isn't a life or death decision. However, these should be places you want your visitors to notice. Whether that's your Welcome App to explain your experience, your Store, your blog, your pinterest App, or your Portfolio Slideshow App, make sure they are right for your brand and your business. 

Now you'll also notice, there is a little "8" with a drop down arrow next to my Featured apps. Your fans can see a total of 12 apps on your page. You get to choose 10 of those (Photos and Likes are permanents), like this:

With all of the apps, you can put them in any order you choose. On the upper right hand corner of the app square, there is a pencil. When you click the pencil, you can choose to swap it's position with another app. Also on that pencil, you can "Edit Settings". That is where you can change the display name of the app and change the display picture, as I have done here. I designed the branded images for each of my apps and the dimensions are 111 x 74px. 

Some app hosts have moved over to the Timeline full width app designers, and I'm hosting most of mine (Who are We, Pinteresting, BlogSite, Our Newsletter, Twitter, & STK University Vids) at this point on ShortStack's Timeline width (810px). There are several versions of ShortStack, and there is more customization available at the $30 a month version (like the little blue arrow icons you see - you can change those at that level), but everything I've done right now is on the free level. All the custom app buttons can be done with any app on Facebook, it is not just with ShortStack apps. 

Here's the other fun thing that a lot of business owners don't know yet ... bury that "Likes". Mine is the last on my apps. There's a reason for that. Did you know ANYONE can click on that and see a small overview of your insights? You can go to your competitors and see who is talking about them and how they're doing and when they've gotten the best involvement on their page. It's like public marketing research available on our  pages. It will still be there, of course, and people will still be able to find it (there is no "hide"), but at least it won't be screaming in your prospective clients faces as a Featured App.

The biggest change is there is no default landing tab, but this isn't really a detriment. While you may hear about fan-gating as an option still being available, I have been testing it not only on my own page (see my Who Are We app, below), but on other pages as well. If you go to the app, you can still click on the Business Page name, and it will load the Timeline in full, so it's not really locking out your page information to those who haven't "Liked" you, regardless of settings. Some are recommending using a contest or incentive in place of the fan-gate to Incentivize your "Like-Gate" instead on your Welcome/Start Here apps. 

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Some of the next things you'll see on the page are things like Friends, Mentions, and Recent Posts.

The "Friends" number will change depending on who is viewing the page. It will tell them how many of their friends like your page. The Mentions will have posts by their common friends about their page. It almost works as a recommendation for you, or a review. Then, there is the Recent Posts by others about your page. These things aren't movable, if you have them set up to show on your page when you edit your settings. 

At the top, you'll notice there is a setting selected called "Highlights". Your page is automatically set to that when people visit. If you click the drop down, you can change to view Friend Activity, Posts by the Page, and Posts by Others. These options are available to all of your fans. 

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Now we'll move on to post options. I'm not going to go into depth here, as there's an awesome post by Sarah Lee Williams Photography that goes into great detail about it.

The first feature we'll talk about with posts is the ability to "Pin" a post. This is Facebook's answer to our advertising needs, as it allows us to have something stuck to the top of our Timeline for up to 7 days a time. 

While you can pin statuses or links, the most effective use of a pinned post would be a graphic or sales focused image. If you're having a Mini Session, a sale, looking for Reps or Mombassadors, want them to like your page, or any other call to action, this is your place to do it. 

You can pin a post by clicking the pencil at the top right hand corner of the post and selecting "Pin to top". Voila! You're done! 

You can only pin a post one time, for those 7 days. If you want to pin something for more than 7 days, you'll have to create a whole new post or upload a new image, and pin it again as a new image or post. 


Another thing that Facebook has added in for us is the option to Highlight posts. The Highlight function allows us to spread a post across our entire Timeline. 

This one is easy to do - simply click the little star on the post and choose to highlight it. Right now, I'm using this one for things like blog posts, tips of the day, and things I want to make sure my fans see when they visit my page.
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The last thing I want to cover is adding Milestones. I know that a lot of people feel like they don't have the time to go back and do this, but I urge you, especially as a small business with a personal brand, take the few minutes to go back and add in your moments. Your clients will feel the connection. Add in things like your founding, your 1 year anniversary of business, your 100th client. You'll be so glad you did! (and if big-wigs like Coke feel it's important enough to do, you should, too!).

Go back to any date in your timeline, and add something. You can even change the date of your posts from that handy little pencil. Add a photo, and the story. Have fun with it. Every business has a story - let Timeline help tell yours!
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I wanted to highlight some of the better customization I've seen of Timeline by photographers and those in our industry to date. I will continue to add to these as I see Rockin' designs come across my screen in the near future:

Urban Trend Seniors from Georgia

Sarah Linnea Photography from Tennessee

EW Couture Collection from Oregon

Natty J Photography from Michigan

Sylvia Cook Photography from Washington

The Texas Photographer from Texas 

One of our readers that customized her page after reading our post:

Wonderland Photo from Kansas

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Alright, I promised resources, so here they are:


Learn Facebook Pages (interactive course)
About Facebook Pages
Facebook Pages Help Center
Facebook Pages Guidelines and Rules
ShortStack Facebook Pages Webinar
Customize Posts on Timeline
Dimensions for Facebook Timeline Images
KissMetrics:Timeline Need to Know


Timeline Cover Templates
Florabella
Fototale Designs
Ashe Design
EW Couture
AlbumCafe
Red Boot Design
The Shoppe
Ukandu
MCP Actions
Schweppes ProfileApp
Paint the Moon

Great Series about Timeline for Photography Pages by the Milky Way:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4a

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As always, if you have comments or questions, I'm here to help! Feel free to post below, send me an email, or send me a question via formspring! 

My Recent Feature: Pinterest Tab on Facebook

In light of a recent feature by Zach Prez of Photography Web Marketing (see the post here, if you missed it), it was suggested I blog about how to add the Pinterest tab on Facebook.

Pinterest does not have the option, yet, to embed a tag from their app to Facebook. I've used the Static iFrame app with the "Pin" icon at this point.  Click here to install the app on your Fan Page.

After you've installed the tab, it will automatically load as a welcome tab. Click on the tab to edit the settings, and choose the URL button (it will be on HTML):

In the place of the URL, you can either put the URL for a single pinterest board, like  http://pinterest.com/studiotrainer/photography-business-too/   or, to all of your boards in general, like:  http://pinterest.com/studiotrainer/ it's your choice.

Rename the tab to something like "Pinterest" or "Pinteresting",etc and hit save. You're done, and your boards are now live on your business fan page.

Keep in mind, you CANNOT edit the width, and your pinterest page is wide, so there will be scroll bars (your Facebook page can only handle up to 520px wide). It's not the prettiest thing out there, but it works. People will follow you from it, and it's a fun way to share your boards (it's increased my following by over 300 people since I've added it to my page)! Mine look like this on my business page:

I am always on the lookout for a width customizable host, so if you know of one, please let me know. I'd love to hear about it so that I may pass it on.

How's Your Merchandising?

There is something about walking past a storefront that is beautiful that just hits us and makes go "WOW". Even if you don't like to shop, you can't stop but to admire it. As long as it's not overpowering you with a million bottles of over-sprayed teen cologne (*cough cough*) or jammed with too many racks of disorganized clothes once you get inside, that visual merchandising can make you stop for a moment and really fall in love.

What makes the merchandising of a retail store so effective? 

Think about the sensory effect when you walk past the store in the mall. This is a 15 second marketing message in which a company introduces a prospect to the brand, its message and it's product and knows that they are about to make a choice. They invest in this 15 second impression more than almost any other part of their process because this impacts every other experience that client will then have with their brand. Merchandising is key because they have taken the time to invest in their brand and the presentation of it to their clients - not just the ones that they are trying to get, but the ones that they already have as well.

They impale your senses from every direction and take no chances on that "call to action". They want to make sure that there was nothing they could have done better or said in a different way that could have changed your decision, if you are their target market, right? When you walk past that store, it shines with their message. You can see plainly what their brand is, what the current trend or sale is. You see, smell, touch, hear, and sometimes even taste it. They've researched this, they make sure they get it right.

Merchandising elicits emotion. It creates connection, reaction, and interaction with a brand. I know that with the recent changes in our beloved {hated} social media, it's become harder and harder to do so - but I challenge you that maybe it's just that we need to get more involved in our merchandising strategies. Did you know that most (read: pretty much ALL) retailers have look books in which they outline their specific merchandising all the way down so that it is unified all the way across the board for every campaign they run?

I'm here to tell you, you can do this, but merchandising over social media needs to be strategic and cannot be accomplished with a one and done mentality. It is complex, planned, and integral to an actual marketing tactic. You need to put a strong marketing message in place, and then create ways to deliver the message to appeal to the range of senses over the course of a week at a time. Focus on a sensory appeal for the day, and make sure to hit it with strength.

Let's Analyze! How are your displays? When you're building your posts on social media, are you considering the senses? The 5 seconds (if that - your time is shorter on social) that you have of their attention to give them an introduction to your brand and message? How will you hit them hard and make them WANT to know more, to do more, to share more about you? This is about the click, the like, the share, the post. We need to generate movement. This is something you need to take the time and invest in. Your clients want to be invested in - they want to be important enough to you to be invested in.

First, create your action plan. Think about the stores your target market shops at. Research online and look at their visual merchandising, their window displays. Do Google image searches, look at their websites. Read the words they use, look at their social media campaigns, see what their Facebook pages look like, how they tweet. How do they interact with their clients? Take notes. Write down things that appeal to you. Can you make this work for your brand? Do you know how to do this for your business? What are they doing that is so different from you? Better yet - go shopping! Go to the mall and check it out (the store fronts, not the merchandise!)

Now, how to translate it. This is something you'll want to plan out as a campaign for things like Facebook and Twitter. With the Blog and Website it can take on more of an actual floor-set mode. I'll explain that in a minute. Let's get to starting your "look books".

Facebook and Twitter Campaigning/Merchandising Style: 

• With Facebook and Twitter you'll want to identify a message to communicate for an entire week, but spread it out incrementally over the full week. Make a daily plan. Write out your message for that day and what elements you'll use to share it (photos, video, blog, etc). Choose the time of day, and then share it throughout the day. 
• You're giving out pieces, sneak peeks, parts of the design throughout the whole week so that the audience needs to interact the full week to get the full experience. Build excitement, let them know there is more.
• The point of a campaign is to get reach across the brand. It could stretch into photos, videos, your blog, a tab, questions, your website, an event, a download - as long as it's something in it for them in the end and not just a win for you. 
• Ask people to share your posts/photos, etc with their friends. You don't get what you don't ask for.
• Another key is do not cross post from FB to Twitter. Yes, its easier, but people on Twitter want different information. Give them different tidbits. Shorter info, different links. Take them to different photos, different tabs, different exclusive content. Make them feel a different kind of special. Ask them to RT (retweet it), and use hashtags (#). 
• Use a different medium each day. Don't just hit a single sensory contact each day, try for a mix - and don't miss a day. Try vision/hearing, etc. 

Website and Blog/Floorset Mode:
First, I'll explain what a floor-set is. A floor-set is kind of like a map that retail managers are given when they need to lay out the design of a store's merchandising displays to maximize the sales and the displays of merchandise. It helps plan where the merchandise should go based on sales projections, planning, goals, basic merchandising structures, store layouts, marketing plans, and business structure. It's built around the brand and helps guide the business to make the right decisions about how to plan the layout of their marketing and sales decisions from the design on up to really maximize their profit for the upcoming season. Obviously, this is used in stores with actual space, but for right now, your space is your website and your blog and you need to make sure you maximize it wisely!

This is a lot about basic branding, but it's also about content and making sure that your merchandising is well thought out and all of the elements are in line with the impression of your brand and your experience. When you look back on the research you did or even through the images on this post, what was the impression you had of these brands? Would you shop there? What would people think of your photography business if they saw your website or your blog? What would they think if they read your blog posts? Is there a lot of fluff and junk that isn't selling you? Are you hiding your message or not showing the best of the best?

You've only got a few moments of your clients time when they first enter your site to hit them with your Visual Merchandising to make that impact decision of "do I stay, or do I go?" This is why you do not want to skimp on this. Focus on your visual merchandising of your blog and website just as much as you do your Facebook and other social media.

Are your blog posts engaging, well written, and not overwhelming? Do they show only the best few images? Are you being selective and speaking to both your current clients and prospects or are you posting just to post? This is your voice to your clients (past, present and future), how does it sound?

And just like the outside, the inside (offline) interactions are dripping with merchandising as well.

• Email
• Welcome Packets
• Phone
• Consults
• Session
• Sales

 How do yours stack up? If you need to revisit your merchandising, do it now! It's all about the first impression.

Personally Professional: Online

A couple of weeks ago, a photographer friend of mine contacted me and asked me to write up something about this very heated (and slightly controversial) topic. This will also be a series of posts (I've got a lot to say about this).

Now that our world is strongly social with its media base, there are lines that are blurred, crossed and created every day. Somewhere in the midst of all of this, we've forgotten about professionalism, respect, and common sense.

Don't think this applies to you? Keep reading. 

Every day, I see posts from small business owners. On their profiles, on their pages, in their twitter feed. I get to see everything from what they had for breakfast to the sessions they've photographed, to quotes that inspire them. And I also get to see when they're out drinking, what their religious beliefs are, if they have any prejudices (yes, I will call them out as such). I get to see their drama, their negative attitudes, and their posts about other businesses. Basically, I get to watch them harm the brand that they've worked so hard to build. 

Yes, there is something to be said about being authentic. I would hope that we are all authentic every day with every piece of our life. However, being authentic doesn't mean that you should post something or share something that isn't friendly to the public. You can be equally authentic with a filter.

What I'm saying is ... your profile may not be your business, but you are your business. You never know if your friends know people who may be your target market.

Are all of your clients exactly like you, with the same beliefs, the same sense of humor, the same prejudices? If so, your client list must be TINY - or you are disillusioned. Don't ever assume that those who view your business page cannot see your personal page, or your tweets, or anything you post on the web with your name attached to it (gotta love Google search). If you're putting it out there, it's fair game for ANYONE.

Your profile, your posts, anything you share is a part of your campaign. Much as a politician campaigns for votes into office, you're campaigning for likes that turn into clients. Politicians have to be very careful with what they say, where they're seen, what they do ... as a small business owner, you have that same responsibility to your business. You owe your business and your clients to put your best, most professional foot forward, personally. Your campaign for your business is a reflection of your clients and your brand (you are who you hang out with, after all).

Imagine this conversation: 

        Possible Prospect: "Hey, do you know any great photographers? I don't want someone cheap, I'm really looking for nice quality photographs. I want something for above the fireplace in our new house."

        Your Facebook Friend: "Oh, well I would recommend this awesome photographer, but she just posted about ________ on her profile, so I don't think you guys would work well together."

       Possible Prospect: "Was that that photographer on your friends list? Yeah, I looked at her work. I figured I'd ask you first since you know her. Too bad, her work is what I was looking for."

or ....

         Your Facebook Friend: "No, sorry." (as she thinks about how you just tweeted about something offensive and is embarrassed to recommend you)

Oh wow, right?

Think about it (and before you post) --

• Has there been anything you posted lately that could be offensive? 
• Anything that could bring negative light on you or your business?
• Anything that could push prospects away? 
• Is there anything that could be keeping you from growing your client base?
• Would I be embarrassed if someone saw this post in a year?
• Did it build up you or your business or your clients to post this?
• Am I posting out of emotion?
• Does my boss/grandma/the world need to know this?

Just because you CAN post it, doesn't mean you should. If you really have to write it out somewhere, create a private blog, or write it out by hand, and throw it away!

... Wait, what if I'm new to photography, and I hardly have any clients let alone fans. Does it really matter what I'm posting?

Oh my goodness, yes! The one thing about the online world is nothing ever goes away!

In 2 years, when business is picking up and prospects are contacting you, do you want them to see what you're posting? You should run your business now for the business you plan on having in 10 years. Being "new" or few in fans doesn't give you any less responsibility towards your client base - whether that client base is past, present or future.

Your posts online become your brand. They're the "living/breathing" parts of who you are in this digital world. Prospects can see you wherever you put yourself on the web, so unless you create an alias to post these things to, think twice before you post. If you're strongly opinionated, have any prejudices, or tend to be a realist/negative this would be where you want to work on your filter.

Just as a guide, things to avoid posting about would be:

• Religion
• Politics
• Negativity or Judgement of Other Photographers 
• Womens Rights
• Sexuality
• Sports (yes, sports - diehard fans are people you don't want to upset)
• Alcohol/Drugs
• Sex
• Prejudices of ANY kind

UNLESS of course, the topic - and your stance on it - is a strong part of your brand.

I wish I could say this is uncommon. That people think of their brand and their clients and other people in general before they post. If that was the case, I wouldn't have been asked to write this post. I implore you, small business owner, be more conscientious, respectful, and personally professional in your social media.

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I want to know what you think about this. Have you seen it? What are your reactions when you see a business or business owner post something strongly opinionated, prejudiced or negative?

Pro Photography BlogShare Group: SEO Starter

We are thrilled to host Deborah Chetwood of TheTXPhotography today as our Guest Poster. She's going to be doing a series with us from our Photography BlogShare Group about SEO. Without further adieu:

Find Deborah on Facebook and Visit her Blog 

Let me start by saying how excited I am for the creation and growth of the Photography BlogShare group. 

All of us are partaking in this world of blogging and most all of us are finding out just how hard it is to get our blog noticed by the people we are targeting (AKA Clients!), but with this group we have a chance to help build our own blogs while helping others do the same. We are a community of photogs working together to build each other up. It doesn’t get much better than that! If you haven’t joined the group yet, please go check it out. It really is a wonderful community of photogs.

Today’s topic is all about understanding the basics when it comes to SEO. Our community is full of new bloggers with lots of wonderful questions. And I thought we should all get on the same page. What is this thing called SEO that everyone keeps spouting about?

Search engine optimization (SEO) is basically a set of actions with the goal of improving visibility on the internet. There are different categories within these actions and this is what we are going to explore.

But before we do, we need to understand in layman terms why SEO is so important. Let’s say you have a photography business and want to reach potential clients in your area. Before the internet, you would place an advertisement in the yellow pages but the placement and size of the AD would be determined by the amount of money you could invest. 

Of course there were other methods: mass mailings, promotional campaigns, etc, but for this comparison we will stick with the AD in the yellow pages. Search engines have taken the place of the yellow pages and just like the yellow pages, you have to understand categories and where your business fits within them, IE Keywords. The end user types in specific keywords and a list of potential matches come up in the list. But how is the list regulated? 

Why are certain companies (your competition) always in the first two pages and more importantly, why is your page not even showing up?! This is due to SEO. These other companies have stepped through the set of actions required by the major search engines to ensure themselves top placements. (Please note that not all companies utilize all the actions.) So what are those actions and how can you step through them?

Actions for SEO:

• Directories
• Purchasing Online Advertising
• Top Competition
• Text Link Brokers
• Link Searches
• Distinctive Tools & Services
• Usurping Competitors' Links
• Mechanized Link Building Programs
• Article Writing & Submission
• Contributions & Charity
• Anchor text
• Natural Links
• Renting Pages from power Sites

Yep, it is a lot and time consuming and is why I thought I should start some articles to step through these actions. Together we can work on our actions and learn about the dos and don’ts of SEO.

I’m sure you are pondering exactly how this group is helping you build your ranking and specifically what actions it relates to, so let’s talk about that. What the group provides: Backlinks. Backlinks are part of the action category: Natural Links and are a huge factor in the SEO equation. This is why it is super important to accept comments on your blog and to comment on other blogs.

Rules to consider:

1. Be sure you are linking back to your blog when you leave a comment.
2. Don’t comment as anonymous because it isn’t creating a link for you.
3. Make sure the blogs you are commenting on have a connection to your targeted community. IE. photography

It is also important to build links outside of comments in your blog, called blogrolls. Commenting alone is not enough for SEO equations, you need dedicated links to and from bloggers within your targeting community. It gives your blog worth which equals higher rankings. And with our group, you have a large photog community set up to share links. How cool is that? But for this to benefit everyone, everyone who participates has to reciprocate by linking as well. 

Do note that your blogroll should not exceed 25 links per category because the spiders that crawl the sites could penalize you. This does not mean you are limited to only 25 links. You can have 100s of links but categorize them in a way that limits the count to 25 max. You also don’t have to place them in a blogroll; creating pages within your blog that are devoted to just links works too. It really is up to the end user on how they want to design this, but definitely add it to your to do list because it is an action that you don’t want to bypass.

-- Deborah Chetwood of TheTXPhotography 

Deborah is a Children/family photographer, artist with degrees in Studio Art and Art History. Her extensive background includes time as a Network Engineer, Project Management Consultant, and self-proclaimed research addict. She lives in Austin, TX, and is the proud mother to a 5 yr old. She's our "resident mini-expert" of SEO.

Find Deborah on Facebook and Visit her Blog