Welcome to The Pea Pod!
I am a father of the coolest kid on the planet. I am a husband to the most beautiful woman that lives. I am a professional photographer who has shot in the most amazing places. I am a flash website designer creating custom websites for creative professionals using Showit.

I am Nick Haskins, and I am a visual artist.

The "Pea Pod" is a business philosophy that that puts emphasis on three traits; passion, persistence, and personalization. With all three you have a pea pod. If you only have two peas, then you're obviously one short of a pod. This blog will help you find your missing pea. I've learned a lot over the years, and while I don't know everything I am happy to share what I do know. If you find these posts interesting leave a comment and let me know!

Studiocloud – Photography Studio Management Software

There are numerous photography studio management programs available today, and all offer pretty much the same thing; organization of your photography business.  When I first started my business 2 years ago, the last thing I was worried about was getting organized.   Besides, what’s to organize when you have no clients? In the beginning all [...]

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Guide to Wedding Pricing

Pricing is a very hard area to understand for some.  Most photographers simply are not charging what they should be.  It took me nearly 2 years to construct a set of packages that made sense to me, my clients, pays the bills, and turns profit. Luckily, for who ever is reading this, you’ve just found [...]

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500 Hours in Showit Sites

What makes Showit Sites so appealing? It’s the fact that you can produce your vision exactly.  To completely take a vision, and turn a black screen into a photographers web presence is so completely rewarding to me.  Showit Sites does have a learning curve, but in the end the fact remains; this is one powerful [...]

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