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Aug 19
5 min

Why great imagery is essential to online marketing and how to create it.

It is no secret that the web has brought about a wealth of marketing opportunities, it allows us to be more targeted, more flexible, and,...

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The ultimate guide to Amazon Product Photography with 8 great tips.

Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

Jul 3
5 min

The ultimate guide to Amazon Product Photography with 8 great tips.

This guide is an essential reference whether you are shooting the images yourself, or hiring a photographer to do so, this way you will k...

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How to create social media content that helps sell. From a commercial/product photographer.

Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

Jun 16
5 min

How to create social media content that helps sell. From a commercial/product photographer.

With 500 million daily active users on Instagram alone, social media is maybe the most important way of engaging potential clients and cu...

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Saal Digital, Professional Line Photobook - An Honest Review.

Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

Jun 2
5 min

Saal Digital, Professional Line Photobook - An Honest Review.

THIS IS NOT A PAID PROMOTION – Feel quite professional having to pop that at the start of my review, a rather ironic interpretation of th...

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6 Tips to Become a Great Food Photographer.

Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

May 25
6 min

6 Tips to Become a Great Food Photographer.

Starting to enjoy these weekend blogs. Today's topic is food photography, it seems to be getting bigger and bigger so I thought that I wo...

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How to? product photography shoot – local product photographers in Manchester.

Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

May 10
6 min

How to? product photography shoot – local product photographers in Manchester.

Maybe you are nervous, you just landed that first client and you don’t really know what to do other than go in and take the pictures. Or ...

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Richard Goodwin-Wilcox

Nov 13, 2019
3 min

The Story of my First Photograph.

Trekking in the Himalayas fueled by Maggi (the Indian equivalent of super noodles) and lugging a barrel of water on my back I took my fir...

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