Journal

Notes from the atelier.

Privacy, photography, screening, and being found — written for women who run their own name.

Taking a deposit without leaving a trail

A deposit protects your time — but the wrong payment method links your work to your name. Here is how to take one cleanly.

How to screen a client without scaring him off

Screening feels like it will cost you the booking. Done right, it does the opposite — it is the reason the good clients choose you.

Why a password gallery beats a private account

A private social account is not privacy. Here is what a password-protected gallery gives you instead — control, discretion, and no trace.

How to remove the location hidden in your photos

Every photo your phone takes records where it was shot. Here is what that hidden data reveals, and how to strip it before anything goes online.

The eight photographs you need to launch

You do not need a portfolio to launch a personal site. You need eight photographs that do eight different jobs — here is what they are.

How to register a domain without your legal name

A practical guide to anonymous domain registration and WHOIS privacy for independent companions — what is actually exposed, and what is not.