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Wedding Crashers Switzerland Xmas Splash ‘10 – Hochzeitsfotografen Schweiz Weihnachtsessen

Monday, December 13, 2010 – 13:05

Hochzeitsfotograf Zürich Schweiz Wedding Photographer Zurich Switzerland Treffen Weihnachtsessen

It’s this time of the year again. December. Christmas coming soon. Time to spend with your family and friends. Time for traditions.

One tradition I started last year is to invite my wedding photographer friends from all over Switzerland for our annual Christmas dinner in Berne – the Wedding Crashers Switzerland Xmas Splash ‘10. We spent a wonderful evening at the restaurant Altes Tramdepot Bern with good food, some drinks and a fun little Pocketbooth app on our iPhones ;-) The freshly baked cupcakes we did with the Cookie Chicks Jeanine, Nadja and Karin at the pre-event were delicious and so were the home-made roasted almonds from Stephanie - yummy! I’m very happy to see the network and friendships grow. It has been a great year, thanks ya’ll!

In the picture (or not), in order of appearance: Nadja Oeler, Andreas Feusi, Philippe Wiget, Richard Overtoom, Katharina Wernli, Urs Anderegg, Ruggero De Pellegrini, Tobias Schmid, Daniel Daeppen, Stephanie Greter, Karin Näf, Jeanine Linder, Colette Dewan, Karin Vonow, Ildiko Varga, Daniel Knecht, Ilsuk Sun, Matthew Anderson

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End of the Year Recommendation: Follow Keith Ferrazzi

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 – 18:18

It’s getting close to the end of the year and everybody is thinking about New Year’s resolutions and what to change next year. Let me recommend you something. If you are looking for something to have a real impact on your personal or business life, read the books of Keith Ferrazzi and his blog. You might already know “Never Eat Alone” so go ahead and give his new book “Who’s Got Your Back?” a go. Let Keith explain what it’s all about:

And if you are still thinking about if all this social media stuff like Facebook and Twitter is worth it, read this amazing story of Keith how Twitter let him connect with people he didn’t know in Guatemala and how they became friends.

So, my recommendation for 2010: Get you a Twitter account and follow Keith Ferrazzi @keithferrazzi

Have a great 2010!

By Daniel | Also posted in Blog, Book, Personal | Tagged Bern, Fotograf, Hochzeit, Hochzeitsfotograf, Hochzeitsfotos, wedding crashers switzerland, wedding photographers switzerland, Zürich | Comments Off

Share Your Power – Reloaded

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 – 13:19

Wedding season is mostly over here in Switzerland and we wedding photographers settle down. We spend more time in the office editing weddings at the computer than being on the road and shooting. So it’s a good time to meet friends, eat, drink, chat and exchange unbelievable stories of these awesome weddings we shot during the last months :-)

This year I was traveling a lot, met incredible people and made great new friends. Now it’s time to reconnect, time for “Share Your Power – Reloaded”!

I think it’s important to meet people from time to time in person and let them connect with each other too. Best to be done while having dinner or a drink. If you are a fellow photographer and want to share some thoughts, ideas or the vision of our business in the future, join us! If you’re not a photographer but are interested in networking and making new friends you are very welcome too!

Please fire me an e-mail if you’re interested to join us and I will send you the details. I look forward to meeting you! See you on Thursday, November 6, 2008 in Berne.

[UPDATE]

Save the date! “Share Your Power – Xmas Edition” on Thursday, December 18, 2008 in Berne!

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Keep on track

Sunday, July 27, 2008 – 13:11

When your business is running well – and it hopefully is – it is important to stay well organized to keep on track with everything you have to do on a job. There are so many important things not to forget: Did I edit the caption for the whole shoot? Has the client received the link for the online proof gallery? Did I send them the CD of the engagement session? Did I archive the images? etc.

I invested half an hour today and created a job checklist. So I don’t forget any task I have to do for an engagement session or a wedding. I always know what already has been done and what is still left to do. I use a Word document with checkboxes, very easy. I guess some photographers go with an Excel sheet or use online tools. It doesn’t matter, take what is the best and easiest for you.

Happy Sunday!

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Nice To Meet You :)

Friday, March 14, 2008 – 15:22

Yesterday we started sharing :)

It was great to make new friends and meet other photographers. It’s kind of different if you talk with your no-photog friends and they always say: “Wow, that are great images you do!” And then you meet other professional photographers and they have a different point of view than you have. They know more about the subject so the discussions will be more profound. They do things in a different way and you notice how you can do it in another way too. It’s not about better or worse, just different. For one photographer Jessica Claire’s Shootsac meets perfectly his shooting style. But the other photographer is shooting differently and for that has another perfect fit in camera bag. You just have to try it out and see what works best for you. That’s it.

Check the work of these awesome photographers:
Jeanine Linder, www.jeaninelinderphotography.com
Philippe Wiget, www.photophil.ch
Christoph Ris, www.christophris.ch

About something else. I recently started to use more flash in my photography. Not my big studio lights, but just my strobes (Canon 580EX II). If you are looking for a great flash bracket that holds two strobes and even an umbrella, go visit Brewer Bracket. Todd Brewer developed it himself. It’s well built, very sturdy. And Todd is a great guy, providing you an awesome customer service. Congratulations, Todd!