If you are a photographer, you need to know these guys. I feel like I’ve been saying “you need to know…” a lot these days. Is it okay I’ve been giving you lots of sites to look at? Survival in this industry is all about networking and sharing, but let me know if you want me to back off on passing this much info to you.

Even if you’re not a photographer and want a window it to the one of the biggest stresses photographers deal with, go to Shoot Dot Edit’s website and watch the cartoon. It will kill you, it’s so stinking funny. But if your not a photographer, it may not be that funny. I don’t know, you check it out and tell me.

This gang of awesome wedding photographers started their own company last year. Their mission was to provide post process services to wedding photographers. This means they can do your white balance, color correction, categorizing, numbering and such. Brian and I love these guys because not only are they great at what they do, but because they are all successful photographers, they totally “get” what photographers need.

While we were at WPPI this last March, Shoot Dot Edit asked a few of us to do an interview for them. It was one of my funniest memories from WPPI. I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants on several accounts. I so hope that when the final cut is finished they do some kind of blooper role because there were some FUNNY moments. And Marc the other day was kind enough to send some shots from the interview.

Marc Weisberg has his head to us, Dane is next to him, then Sara, and then me on the end.

Another great shot of Sara! She is so dang beautiful! I just love her. She also has these sparkly blue eyes that kind of put you in a trans when you’re talking to her and you totally forget every thing she’s saying. Sara’s also miss savvy business woman aside from talented photographer. She’s one of the new faces for Apple and just came out with her own photographer bag called GoBee. You have to love women like this!

In the bottom left hand corner is Jared Bauman, one of the founders of Shoot Dot Edit, making sure we don’t say anything stupid. Can’t you tell by how serious his face is? 🙂 (j/k, you know we love you Jared)

So the cool epiphany that we all had in the middle of the interview is once we outsourced our post process we all had HUGE things happen in our business. Dane wrote a freaking book! Sara came out with a new bag and now does icon stuff for Apple. And you know all our crazy stories with the DVDs and 101 Kits with possible future explosions we’ll keep you updated on.

Bottom line, if you are a small business owner you must not make the mistake so many do: being a jack of all trades and a master of none. Define what you are the best at and most passionate about (besides photography) and then start handing off the rest. This is the key to making your business successful and thriving.

In June PDN (Photo District News) magazine will come out with an article on outsourcing. They did a 90 minute interview with me about the topic in regards to small businesses, and I’m really excited about it. In the meantime, start thinking about what you can let go of and trust someone else to do. Like Shoot Dot Edit’s motto, what will you do with your free time?

p.s. Shoot Dot Edit now take portrait shoots too! There is a God in the World of Outsourcing, especially for Portrait Photographers! 🙂