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Words and pictures by Tampa photographer Chris Passinault, lead photographer for Aurora PhotoArts Tampa Bay photography and design

"Chris Passinault is the one photographer to watch. He will change everything. Regardless of if you agree with him or not, he is one of the most talented photographers in business today with a stunning variety of business skills and experiences to back up what he does. He is a pioneer and an industry-changer who isn't afraid to tell how he see’s it. His take on the modeling industry alone will forever change how it works. He is quite possibly the most intelligent, and one of the most important people, in Florida business today. Just talking to him during our modeling photography session was well worth paying for, and the photographs turned out excellent, too."
Natalia Brenner, a fashion model from New York, New York

"The Albert Einstein of business and entertainment. A bulldog who will latch onto something and fight until he wins. The smartest person who I have ever met, a damn good photographer, a genuine renaissance man with professional skills in many professions, and someone who is truly fair and unbiased. Chris Passinault is the best friend that a professional could have, and is the worst enemy that an individual could have if you are not straight-up with him. I consider him to be a significant professional ally and a trusted friend, and if you are smart you will heed his words. If you are open to what he does and what he writes about, he will show you the future."
Gordon Smith, an entertainment executive from Los Angeles, California

"What was it - an IQ of 200 and professionally certified in over 23 professions? A professional photographer, writer, entertainer, disc jockey, event planner, filmmaker, casting director, actor, and god knows what else? At first, I didn't believe any of it. Then I met him. I talked to him. Chris Passinault is exactly what this industry needs. If he doesn't end up owning it, he will surely change it for the best, and every professional wins in each scenario. This man is indeed impressive, and everything is true. I have never met anyone like him, and sadly never will again. The most interesting person in America today."
Jennifer Coleson, an actress and model from Orlando, Florida

"Exceptionally gifted. Lethal with a camera, and one of the most talented photographers I have known. A treasure for any model and an asset for their modeling career. Chris Passinault could become the top professional in any career that he chooses. For me, I am betting that he will one day become one of the most important and respected photographers in the industry. He already leads the Tampa Bay photography industry, and he deserves it."
Laura Ryan, a model from Tampa, Florida

"My friend. He is real, and not at all fake like most people are; he is honest with you. I am glad I found him."
Kim Derring, a actor from Tampa, Florida

See the photography portfolio of Tampa photographer Chris Passinault at his Tampa Photographer web site, Aurora PhotoArts Tampa photography and design.

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 - 12:25 PM - Tampa Photographer Log for Photographer Chris Passinault

Tampa Photographer On The Move

It's been an interesting year as the top Tampa photographer (check out my Tampa photography web site for my photography services company, Aurora PhotoArts Tampa photography and design, to see my Tampa photography portfolio). I've simply sat back and booked lots of shoots through clients finding my Tampa photography web site through search engines and then booking me as their photographer of choice. Does it bother me that other Tampa photographers can be found through the search engines? Not at all, as long as they are using ethical and professional business tactics to do so. I still feel, however, that I deserve the top search engine results, and my work towards that goal is proceeding nicely.
I am confident that, as long as my Tampa photography web site is seen along with theirs, that the quality and the value of my long history of doing outstanding photography as the top Tampa photographer will make the choice for the client. They will choose me as their photographer once they compare my photography work to the others.
Honestly, if I were looking for a Tampa photographer as a client, not knowing any more about me than the others, I would choose me as a photographer based on my photography portfolio alone. The hack Tampa photographers in this market simply annoy me, and every Tampa photography shoot that I book makes me smile because it is a photography booking that I am taking away from the wanna-be Tampa photographers who don't deserve to book anything at all. The client also gets photography services that are worth it instead of wasting their time and money with a so-called Tampa photographer who can't get the job done.
I also don't like the so-called Tampa photographers who seem to be in business only to make money and not because they respect the artform of photography. How many Tampa photographers do we see who are merely guys with cameras who are out to make a quick buck, take advantage of their clients, and try to do something with aspiring models which rhymes with that quick buck? How many Tampa photographers do we see who do not have any professional boundaries, and do not know how to segment their markets, and who try to take pictures of naked women or try to turn exotic dancers into models? Some things don't mix, amateurs. Show me a Tampa photographer who will shoot anything and everything, and I will show you a Tampa photographer who doesn't know what they are doing, and who will hurt the careers and the reputation of their clients rather than be a benefit to them. How many times have I seen a Tampa photographer who talks an aspiring model into doing "artistic nudes" as a look for their professional modeling portfolio. Is it any wonder that those models handicap their careers despite any modeling potential that they may have had?
Additionally, if a Tampa photographer is only in business for the money, and don't actually respect or like photography, do you expect them to be around in the future? Can you depend upon them for your Tampa photography services needs if they cash out in the future?
This year, I have sat back and booked clients as they came from my web site. I could afford to be laid back. I have recently come to the conclusion, however, that they only way to put these hack Tampa photographers in their proper place (out of business), and fight modeling photography scams is to compete with them and take their business away from them. I'm a better photographer. My photography portfolio is stronger. I have the ability to take their business away from them, without resorting to underhanded, shady tactics, because I am the better deal as a Tampa photographer. Not that I would ever consider using shady tactics, either, as I have integrity and could not live with myself if I ever misled or was dishonest with anyone.
I am proud of my photography work as the top Tampa photographer. I love what I do, and am well compensated by satisfied Tampa photography services clients for the work that I love and respect. My clients also know that I respect them, too, as many refer others to me and some have even become my friends (two models / actresses who started out as actor headshot photography clients, Sarah Bray and Harmony Oswald, come to mind, among others).
No longer will I sit around an let work come to me. It is time top become aggressive in marketing and sales. I have had a sales agenda that I have been sitting on for the past nine months. It is time to implement it, and once it begins, I will no longer depend solely on search engines and referrals. There is a saying that you only get out of something what you put into it. It is time to work on expanding my status as the top Tampa photographer and becoming one of the top photographers in the country.
Why have I delayed my sales and marketing efforts for so long? I've been tied up with Tampa modeling web sites (Tampa Bay Modeling) and doing television interviews. There are more television interviews on the way, of course, but they are not my priority right now. Tampa photography services marketing and sales are.
The Tampa photography services market belongs to me. Soon, this will be an indisputable fact to those Tampa photographers who aspire (er.. try) to compete with me. I would especially love to see the looks on their faces when my television marketing begins.
Although owning the Tampa photography services market is a given, and it is well deserved, there is something that I would like to see more than anything. I would like to see a Tampa photography services market worthy of my respect, with qualified, competing professional Tampa photographers who I can respect. Perhaps that should be my dream, because right now it is simply a dream, and is not reality. If that came to pass, however, I would be happy, as people would be able to, if not through my company, obtain the professional Tampa photography services that they deserve.
Well, that's it for now. I have work to do. You may also wish to check out my latest entry in my Tampa Film Blog (I took all the photographs on that web site, too). I will be very busy in the coming weeks and won't have much time to blog or to update web sites, although I do intend to make the time to update my main C. A. Passinault Blog.

Monday, June 30, 2008 - 11:29 AM - Tampa Photographer Log for Photographer Chris Passinault

Tampa Photographer Keyword Spam?

Grrrrrrr.... I've been so busy with television interviews and working on modeling resource web sites that my SEO efforts for my photography company have been on the back burner for months. Many of my web sites enjoy top search engine results. My Aurora PhotoArts web site, which is designed for top search engine performance and is the most advanced photography services marketing web site our of any that I have seen, has been idling, and I haven't been able to push it yet. Search engine results for that site have been ok, but there are a lot of so-called photographers and wedding photographers spamming the crap out of search engines and PAYING for search engine results. Once I can put some effort into my Aurora PhotoArts photography site, this shouldn't be a problem. Right now, however, I am tied up with modeling web sites, and the sloppy, half-ass efforts of these Tampa photographers is annoying me. I've invested far more than they have, and yet they seem to be enjoying more returns for minimal work than they should be.

Perhaps it is because they are using black-hat tactics and are spamming the web sites with repetitive keywords. I have been accused of doing this in the past, but as I grew and learned what I was doing (and began to allow Google to advertise on my web sites), I had to clean up my act. Still, it's annoying to fumble around on some Tampa photographer's web site and read "your Tampa portrait photographer" this, "your Tampa wedding photographer" that, and "your Tampa headshot photographer", etc, in the site copy and crammed into single paragraphs! The copy is obviously written to spam keyword counts on the search engines and not to benefit the human readers, as the copy is poorly written and is hard to read with all of the repetitive "Tampa", "photographer", and "photography" keywords dropped every other word. It's like "Hey, I is a writer! I be using this here word processing to write about Tampa photography and Tampa photography advice for the Tampa people looking for a Tampa photographer, and I be dropping Tampa and Photography words every chance I gets". Jeez. There is this one "crummy" photographer who did not show up anywhere on the search engines a few months ago and who is now a top offender. Reading his site hurts my eyes, and I have never seen such a rape of the words "Tampa" and "photographer" ever (oh, and my models, who really dislike your work, and I have reported your site to the search engines for keyword abuse, by the way). I have learned, however, by studying his site just how tolerant that search engines are of such abuse, and how using a freebie blog account owned by a top search engine can bump up search engine results even when they are not the most relevant for the search terms entered. This guy has obviously looked at my search engine dominance and is gunning for me. He is now on my radar. My friend, model and actress Sarah Bray, told me yesterday that she constantly see's all of my sites are the top of her search engine results. I told her that it was not enough. I want it all. I deserve it all. She agreed (keep in mind that Sarah and I met four years ago when she was a photography client of mine paying me for her actor headshot photography. We've been friends ever since). Another thing that annoys me is that I paid good money for this domain name and spent a lot of time coding meta tags, which the freebie blogs don't have or support. This is the most relevant web site for those keywords! I suppose that the search engines don't work like they are supposed to, have sold out, and play favorites. Well, like a good game of chess, I will match their moves and continue with advanced moves of my own.

You wait. Just wait. I am almost done with my modeling and talent web site work (which all have top search engine performance, by the way). I haven't had a chance to do anything with my Tampa photography web site- yet. Anyway, I am a professional writer. I am able to write better and much more than anyone else in this market. I don't have to spam search engines with keywords, cut corners, or CHEAT to be successful (does cutting corners and cheating apply to their work as a Tampa photographer, as well?). I also have a web site which absolutely kicks butt (why no one has tried to rip off the design surprises me, but I am convinced this will happen once the true potential and the power of the web site is realized). My Tampa photography web site IS THE most RELEVANT search result for any Tampa photography or Tampa photographer search inquiry, and I will not rest until these low-rent hacks are put in their proper place and I get the search results that I deserve. Look at the search engine results for my modeling and talent sites, and you will see the future of what is coming for my Tampa photography site. I am going to kick their butt in this search engine fight and take their market share from them. For people to settle for what they have to offer sells the people short, and is a tragedy. Looks like I have a new project. I will have to save people who are looking for a Tampa photographer from the ones who cannot do what I can do for them. The main reason? Because I really do love photography and I really care about my clients and future clients. Some of these photographers are in for a big surprise when I go to work against them. By this fall, many of them will notice that the real deal is dealing with them.

Ah, yes, and I have a freebie blog mirror supplement to this Tampa Photographer Blog; check it out at Tampa Photographer Blog. I figure that I will begin by matching their lame tactics and then ramping up with my own.

Sunday, May 4, 2008 - 3:36 AM - Tampa Photographer Log for Photographer Chris Passinault

Tampa Photographer Blog Launched

It had to happen. My Tampa Photography Blog split into two separate photography blogs which will serve as one large binary blog separated into two categories. This new blog will retain the original Tampa Photography Blog design and will focus on my photographer anecdotes and adventures. The original Tampa Photography Blog will focus on the Tampa photography services industry and my opinions regarding the photography industry. I will post more shortly, and update the header. Here, I will post as Chris Passinault. At the original Tampa Photography blog, I will post as C. A. Passinault.

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