This App Connects Photographers to Endless Business Opportunities

Posted on by Jeff Riegel, Producer/Editor

by , FstoppersImage result for shaprOne of the most difficult aspects of professional photography is dealing with business. This will help…

“It can be hard to be a business owner who is prone to shyness and introversion,” says a Shapr user named Gwendolyn, who owns a portrait photography service. She’s voicing a universal concern, particularly among many professional photographers: behind the camera, you can be in full control and intensely alive. However, stepping into a business networking situation can make you a bit camera shy.

Unfortunately, here’s the unfiltered, unphotoshopped truth: business networking is the key to building a successful business and growing a client base, and it’s often easier said than done. Luckily, Shapr is changing the way people connect. [MORE…]

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As a Senior Producer/Editor for a government contractor in Northern Virginia, Jeff assisted in the creation of their media department from the ground up. Prior to that, he was a Senior Video Production Specialist and Team Lead for the Department of Defense with more than ten years of consistent production, editing, video and audio recording experience. Jeff specializes in identifying, developing and supporting new trends in visual media technology and other solutions. Outside of the workplace, Jeff created a long-form documentary about the rise of a local boxer, Tori Nelson, to 13-time world champion status across 4 weight classes. It aired nationally via the Sports Channel For Women and screened at The Alexandria Film Festival and Texas Black Film Festival. Jeff is co-producing "The Lost Clipper," a two-decades documentary about the first hijacking in U.S. history and the search for those 15 lost souls taken in 1938. Filming takes him to Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Canada, and locations across the U.S. He enjoys creating a media-marketing social networking campaign for entities such as CapitalTristate Electrical Distributors and "The Lost Clipper" and personalities such as world boxing champion Tori Nelson, Netflix's "Narcos" personalities Steve Murphy and Javier Pena, and renowned landscape photographer Frank Lee Ruggles. Solving complex technical problems by utilizing a myriad of advanced audio-video hardware and software applications along with initiative and ingenuity, Jeff is eager to attack any project head-on. Jeff's Motto: think beyond convention...and consider it done!