Dan Rubin

Wesley Verhoeve

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066 Action Begets Inspiration - A Project that Turned into a Book with Wesley Verhoeve and Dan Rubin

“Considered the Andy Warhol of his generation, Tyler Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies, and cinematographic practice, but his Mouthful series of works are among his best known” – Sotheby’s   How many people actually make a living selling their prints as a photographer? The number is really tiny, then to have your work in galleries all over the world is remarkable.  In this episode, Tyler shares about his work and the intentionality that goes behind making a print. Taking the photo with the print in mind, coming up with concepts for shoots, how he got started and so much more.   Watch this interview and see Tyler's work over on Film Supply Club's YouTube channel. --- Get Film and Film Cameras in our Shop --  FILM SUPPLY CLUB Huge selection of film cameras and the best prices you'll find on film.   Follow Tyler Shields on Instagram: @thetylershields Follow Film Supply Club on Instagram: @filmsupplyclub--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

“Considered the Andy Warhol of his generation, Tyler Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies, and cinematographic practice, but his Mouthful series of works are among his best known” – Sotheby’s   How many people actually make a living selling their prints as a photographer? The number is really tiny, then to have your work in galleries all over the world is remarkable.  In this episode, Tyler shares about his work and the intentionality that goes behind making a print. Taking the photo with the print in mind, coming up with concepts for shoots, how he got started and so much more.   Watch this interview and see <a href="https://youtu.be/Uizuh5S3bVE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tyler's work over on Film Supply Club's YouTube channel</a>. --- Get Film and Film Cameras in our Shop --  <a href="http://filmsupply.club" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FILM SUPPLY CLUB</a> Huge selection of film cameras and the best prices you'll find on film.   Follow Tyler Shields on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thetylershields" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thetylershields</a> Follow Film Supply Club on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/filmsupplyclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@filmsupplyclub</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

065 Challenging Your Creative Process with Tyler Shields

Elizabeth Austin

Elizabeth Austin is a talented photographer who has moved a lot throughout her career. And in the process of moving, she has developed some strategies that have worked for her to establish herself in an area she wants to be shooting in before she actually gets there. This works if you want to shoot closer to home or if you want to be a destination photographer. This conversation could be used in a broader sense as well, if you're trying to pivot the type of photography you shoot, not just the region you're currently getting most of your work. Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethaustinphoto/ Elizabeth was named one of the 30 rising stars of wedding photography in 2019 by Rangefinder Magazine, Her work has been featured on the cover of Rangefinder Magazine and in Brides, The Knot Magazine, Martha Stewart, HGTV, Black Bride Magazine, and many more. Liz is also a film photography educator that has taught at WPPI, Showit United, and The Hybrid Co.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Elizabeth Austin is a talented photographer who has moved a lot throughout her career. And in the process of moving, she has developed some strategies that have worked for her to establish herself in an area she wants to be shooting in before she actually gets there. This works if you want to shoot closer to home or if you want to be a destination photographer. This conversation could be used in a broader sense as well, if you're trying to pivot the type of photography you shoot, not just the region you're currently getting most of your work. Follow her on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/elizabethaustinphoto/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/elizabethaustinphoto/</a> Elizabeth was named one of the 30 rising stars of wedding photography in 2019 by Rangefinder Magazine, Her work has been featured on the cover of Rangefinder Magazine and in Brides, The Knot Magazine, Martha Stewart, HGTV, Black Bride Magazine, and many more. Liz is also a film photography educator that has taught at WPPI, Showit United, and The Hybrid Co.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

064 How to Establish Your Brand in a New Area with Elizabeth Austin

Darren Bagwell

Darren Bagwell is a licensed therapist, a coach, has run and operated his own small business (before getting into counseling) and understands the entrepreneur's journey as well as it's struggles. A lot of entrepreneurs, especially the creative types, are extremely hard on themselves. In this episode, Darren and Braedon discuss how shifting your mindset, which doesn't change your circumstances, can actually change you. Find Darren on IG: http://instagram.com/darrenbagwell His Counseling Practice - http://relationship180.com Book him as a coach or find other resources - http://tellmeyourdreams.com/ Follow The Photo Report  on IG: http://instagram.com/thephotoreport--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Darren Bagwell is a licensed therapist, a coach, has run and operated his own small business (before getting into counseling) and understands the entrepreneur's journey as well as it's struggles. A lot of entrepreneurs, especially the creative types, are extremely hard on themselves. In this episode, Darren and Braedon discuss how shifting your mindset, which doesn't change your circumstances, can actually change you. Find Darren on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/darrenbagwell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/darrenbagwell</a> His Counseling Practice - <a href="http://relationship180.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://relationship180.com</a> Book him as a coach or find other resources - <a href="http://tellmeyourdreams.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tellmeyourdreams.com/</a> Follow The Photo Report  on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/thephotoreport" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/thephotoreport</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

063 Mindset and Taking Care of Yourself with LMFT Darren Bagwell

Cat Guidry

Cat Guidry is the host of the podcast Mistakes Make Magic, she's a educator and coach for small businesses, a professional photographer and an all around fun person. Cat and Braedon talk through mindset, getting things done, how to actually accomplish the bigger goals or projects you're working on and different ideas about what being content looks like.  Big thanks to Redtree Albums for supporting the podcast. We highly recommend you check them out as a great option to get your albums made.  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

<a href="https://catherineguidry.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cat Guidry</a> is the host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mistakes-make-magic/id1294161071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mistakes Make Magic</a>, she's a educator and coach for small businesses, a professional photographer and an all around fun person. Cat and Braedon talk through mindset, getting things done, how to actually accomplish the bigger goals or projects you're working on and different ideas about what being content looks like. Big thanks to <a href="http://redtreealbums.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redtree Albums</a> for supporting the podcast. We highly recommend you check them out as a great option to get your albums made. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

062 Productivity and Gratitude with Cat Guidry

Davey Jones

Davey Jones runs Till Agency to help brands amplify their results. They specialize in working on and building sales funnels, email marketing, analytics, and Facebook advertising helping small businesses reach their target audience.  Also, with is wife Krista, they run a branding company called Davey and Krista to help brands level up, re-design and focus their message. In this episode, Davey covers a range of practices and easily actionable steps you can take to move your brand in a positive direction. Don't forget to leave an audio message with any questions you want answered on the show. Do that HERE - http://thephotoreport.com/message  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Davey Jones runs <a href="https://till.agency/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Till Agency</a> to help brands amplify their results. They specialize in working on and building sales funnels, email marketing, analytics, and Facebook advertising helping small businesses reach their target audience. Also, with is wife Krista, they run a branding company called <a href="https://daveyandkrista.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Davey and Krista</a> to help brands level up, re-design and focus their message. In this episode, Davey covers a range of practices and easily actionable steps you can take to move your brand in a positive direction. Don't forget to leave an audio message with any questions you want answered on the show. Do that <a href="http://thephotoreport.com/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> - <a href="http://thephotoreport.com/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thephotoreport.com/message</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

061 Branding and Marketing with Davey Jones

Kristin Sweeting

Kristin Sweeting is a photographer, a coach for photographers and also hosts a podcast called The Porch Cast. She believes that much of the current way we do business or relationships come from our past. If we haven't dealt with hard things in our past, they come out in our future. In this episode, Kristin talks about how this time during the Corona Virus lockdown gives us the perfect opportunity to shift our mindset. Some other topics we cover:  Kristin talks about Mindset We discuss the Enneagram Grief and the importance of embracing it Asking the question - how do I want to show up?  And so much more. Remember, you can leave a VOICE MESSAGE HERE that Braedon can then playback on future podcasts and answer your questions. Give it a try or just pop over to say hi.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

<a href="https://www.kristinsweeting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kristin Sweeting</a> is a photographer, a coach for photographers and also hosts a podcast called<a href="https://kristinsweetingeducation.com/podcast-rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Porch Cast</a>. She believes that much of the current way we do business or relationships come from our past. If we haven't dealt with hard things in our past, they come out in our future. In this episode, Kristin talks about how this time during the Corona Virus lockdown gives us the perfect opportunity to shift our mindset. Some other topics we cover: <ul> <li>Kristin talks about Mindset</li> <li>We discuss the <a href="https://amzn.to/3aQbE99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enneagram</a></li> <li>Grief and the importance of embracing it</li> <li>Asking the question - how do I want to show up?</li> </ul> And so much more. Remember, you can leave a <a href="https://anchor.fm/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VOICE MESSAGE HERE</a> that Braedon can then playback on future podcasts and answer your questions. Give it a try or just pop over to say hi.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

060 The Road Back To You with Kristin Sweeting

Jamie Findlay

Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops shares some of the most popular questions she has received from the Evolve community, and then discusses them with Braedon. Some topics covered in this episode:  the internal struggle of selling under the current circumstances is your business going to survive COVID-19 There is not THE ANSWER but there are answers Some Book recommendations from Jamie Fears and depression What you can be doing to move forward  It's a great episode and would love to hear from you.  Follow Jamie on IG: @thelandlockedmermaid Follow Evolve Workshops on IG: @evolveworkshops Follow Braedon on IG: @braedonflynn Follow The Photo Report on IG: @thephotoreport   From the episode - Jamie did some fact checking. Wedding Wire did a survey and 78% of weddings are shot for under $2000. 25% are shot below $500, 25% are shot between $500 - $1000 range, 28% are shot in the $1000 - $2000 range. This was surveyed in the year 2018.  ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

<a href="https://www.evolveworkshops.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops</a> shares some of the most popular questions she has received from the Evolve community, and then discusses them with Braedon. Some topics covered in this episode: <ul> <li>the internal struggle of selling under the current circumstances</li> <li>is your business going to survive COVID-19</li> <li>There is not THE ANSWER but there are answers</li> <li>Some Book recommendations from Jamie</li> <li>Fears and depression</li> <li>What you can be doing to move forward</li> </ul> It's a great episode and would love to hear from you.  Follow Jamie on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/thelandlockedmermaid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thelandlockedmermaid</a> Follow Evolve Workshops on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/evolveworkshops" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@evolveworkshops</a> Follow Braedon on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/braedonflynn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@braedonflynn</a> Follow The Photo Report on IG: <a href="http://instagram.com/thephotoreport" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thephotoreport</a>  From the episode - Jamie did some fact checking. Wedding Wire did a survey and 78% of weddings are shot for under $2000. 25% are shot below $500, 25% are shot between $500 - $1000 range, 28% are shot in the $1000 - $2000 range. This was surveyed in the year 2018. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

059 Is My Business Going to Survive with Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops

Magi Fisher

Who doesn't need some contract advice under the COVID-19 circumstances? Magi Fisher is a Lawyer, turned photographer, turned photographer's lawyer, who's company - The Artists' Lawyer - helps artists, photographers and small businesses with things like their contracts and much more. In this episode we talk a lot about the current COVID-19 situation, what this means for our old contracts and what to do with new contracts moving forward.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Who doesn't need some contract advice under the COVID-19 circumstances? Magi Fisher is a Lawyer, turned photographer, turned photographer's lawyer, who's company - <a href="https://magifisher.com/shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Artists' Lawyer</a> - helps artists, photographers and small businesses with things like their contracts and much more. In this episode we talk a lot about the current COVID-19 situation, what this means for our old contracts and what to do with new contracts moving forward.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

058 COVID19 Legal Advice with Magi Fisher

Colin Boyd

Colin Boyd is a professional speaker and coach who teaches how to sell from stage. That stage may be a physical one or these days, it may be more virtual. That could be your own website, selling your service or running webinars. In this episode we talk about:  Selling with Story Creating Value creating an internal desire in your audience/customer How everything that happens in life is happening for you, not to you Managing Your Mind  Here is a free resource from Colin: Sell With Story Guide Colin gives so much value in this episode and really hope you love it.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

<a href="http://colinboyd.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colin Boyd</a> is a professional speaker and coach who teaches how to sell from stage. That stage may be a physical one or these days, it may be more virtual. That could be your own website, selling your service or running webinars. In this episode we talk about: <ul> <li>Selling with Story</li> <li>Creating Value</li> <li>creating an internal desire in your audience/customer</li> <li>How everything that happens in life is happening for you, not to you</li> <li>Managing Your Mind</li> </ul> Here is a free resource from Colin: <a href="http://sellwithstoryguide.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sell With Story Guide</a> Colin gives so much value in this episode and really hope you love it.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

057 Selling from Your Virtual Stage with Colin Boyd

As creative freelancers, it can be a lonely and isolating place running your own business. The Photo Report focuses on the art and business of photography with interviews of top photographers talking the journey the've been on to get where they are.

I’ve been binge listening to this podcast the past few weeks—so much amazing content and so many tips! Highly recommended!

Amazing podcast!!

Love listening to the podcast Braedon! My favorite podcast to Benge! Great content! Keep it up!

Best podcast out there for creatives!

The Photo Report

JOSE VILLA

Jose Villa is one of, or if not THEE, most known and sought after wedding photographer in the industry. Jose talks about his journey getting there and lessons he's learned along the way. Elan Cohen: Let's start Jose. Take us take us all on your journey. How did your career start? Jose Villa: Yeah, well I see some familiar faces so I'm sure you guys are going to probably like, I heard this before. I've been photographing weddings for about fifteen years or so, I'm formally trained, I went to Brooks Institute of photography. I grew up in Central, I guess coastal California and I grew up on a ranch and this is actually kind of fun being here because, like you know, it actually does feel like we're a little bit outside for a second. I love the outdoors. I normally or usually in most cases photographed outdoor weddings, vineyard weddings, private homes that kind of stuff. That's just where I'm most comfortable, that is where I grew up. So I, you know I want to, I just, I want to shoot in places that make me feel good. I'm not going to place myself in situations that I don't feel good in so I make it easy for myself and that's how I've been able to build my brand, is to just be you know photographing in areas that feel good to me, that I know I have full control in. Doesn't mean I don't photograph ballroom weddings, of course I do. But yeah I know for sure I mean I think, so that's a little bit about my background. I photograph roughly about thirty, thirty-five weddings a year. I used to shoot sixty weddings a year. I first started shooting weddings back when I think the average wedding photographer was maybe charging eighteen hundred dollars in my area. The first wedding I ever shot was four hundred dollars and I've always shot film, so I actually paid for the wedding, I paid for them. You know I see some nods over here, I know, but you know, you got to start somewhere and the beautiful thing today that we live in, you know of course this social media world and you need to take that to, you know, take that and run with it because honestly like for me Instagram is my portfolio. Would you guys raise your hand if you think that's true. Yeah everybody should be. Elan Cohen: Remember how weird it was when you told us that you had just booked your first wedding from Instagram how like everybody was like whoa?  Jose Villa: I know that was like probably two and a half years ago maybe now. But about a year and a half ago a client called me and she said I had already booked her wedding and she said hey I'm really interested in hiring a floral designer, one of the best in California or anywhere, who do you recommend? And so she said don't send me their websites, send me their Instagram and I thought wow, like people aren't even going to people's vendors websites anymore. I mean maybe they are some are of course, but mostly they want to see Instagram and we all know that. I mean I see a lot of really young faces here and I think it's sort of for us, the younger well not, I'm getting older now but a lot of younger people here, you're using that platform and you should be. And what I always say to you is only show what you want in return. Do not show images that you don't absolutely love because if you do show those images you're going to get that in return. It's just going to happen. I'll tell you a really quick story, I have tons of stories but one of the funniest stories I think for me starting out was going through photography school we were trained to photograph everything from literally cars to buildings to children to, and you photograph everything. And the reason you do is because that's how you're going to fall in love with whatever it is that you're going to do for your career. And I remember at the time I used to go to [Sainta Barbara], I used to go to this really great Mexican restaurant and they had the best shrimp burritos. They put like you know zucchini in there and like mushrooms and like sour cream was amazing. So I rem--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Jose Villa is one of, or if not THEE, most known and sought after wedding photographer in the industry. Jose talks about his journey getting there and lessons he's learned along the way.   Elan Cohen: Let's start Jose. Take us take us all on your journey. How did your career start?   Jose Villa: Yeah, well I see some familiar faces so I'm sure you guys are going to probably like, I heard this before. I've been photographing weddings for about fifteen years or so, I'm formally trained, I went to Brooks Institute of photography. I grew up in Central, I guess coastal California and I grew up on a ranch and this is actually kind of fun being here because, like you know, it actually does feel like we're a little bit outside for a second. I love the outdoors. I normally or usually in most cases photographed outdoor weddings, vineyard weddings, private homes that kind of stuff. That's just where I'm most comfortable, that is where I grew up. So I, you know I want to, I just, I want to shoot in places that make me feel good. I'm not going to place myself in situations that I don't feel good in so I make it easy for myself and that's how I've been able to build my brand, is to just be you know photographing in areas that feel good to me, that I know I have full control in. Doesn't mean I don't photograph ballroom weddings, of course I do. But yeah I know for sure I mean I think, so that's a little bit about my background. I photograph roughly about thirty, thirty-five weddings a year. I used to shoot sixty weddings a year. I first started shooting weddings back when I think the average wedding photographer was maybe charging eighteen hundred dollars in my area. The first wedding I ever shot was four hundred dollars and I've always shot film, so I actually paid for the wedding, I paid for them. You know I see some nods over here, I know, but you know, you got to start somewhere and the beautiful thing today that we live in, you know of course this social media world and you need to take that to, you know, take that and run with it because honestly like for me Instagram is my portfolio. Would you guys raise your hand if you think that's true. Yeah everybody should be.   Elan Cohen: Remember how weird it was when you told us that you had just booked your first wedding from Instagram how like everybody was like whoa?   Jose Villa: I know that was like probably two and a half years ago maybe now. But about a year and a half ago a client called me and she said I had already booked her wedding and she said hey I'm really interested in hiring a floral designer, one of the best in California or anywhere, who do you recommend? And so she said don't send me their websites, send me their Instagram and I thought wow, like people aren't even going to people's vendors websites anymore. I mean maybe they are some are of course, but mostly they want to see Instagram and we all know that. I mean I see a lot of really young faces here and I think it's sort of for us, the younger well not, I'm getting older now but a lot of younger people here, you're using that platform and you should be. And what I always say to you is only show what you want in return. Do not show images that you don't absolutely love because if you do show those images you're going to get that in return. It's just going to happen. I'll tell you a really quick story, I have tons of stories but one of the funniest stories I think for me starting out was going through photography school we were trained to photograph everything from literally cars to buildings to children to, and you photograph everything. And the reason you do is because that's how you're going to fall in love with whatever it is that you're going to do for your career. And I remember at the time I used to go to [Sainta Barbara], I used to go to this really great Mexican restaurant and they had the best shrimp burritos. They put like you know zucchini in there and like mushrooms and like sour cream was amazing. So I rem --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

003 Jose Villa - Tips and Lessons Learned

Having an Abundance Mindset is such a valuable thing during this time. We have been given the gift of a huge interruption to our normal way of life. An interruption in our business, the way we gather, the way we do family, so many areas of our lives have been disrupted. This disruption can be a gift.  KT Merry is a photographer, and educator and an all-around amazing person. In this episode, she talks about her mindset, her morning routine, some book recommendations and much more. It is a really refreshing episode. Big thanks to our sponsor RedTree Albums - we highly recommend you check them out for your album needs. Follow KT on Instagram: @ktmerry Follow The Photo Report: @thephotoreport Follow Braedon: @braedonflynn Follow RedTree Albums: @redtreealbums--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Having an Abundance Mindset is such a valuable thing during this time. We have been given the gift of a huge interruption to our normal way of life. An interruption in our business, the way we gather, the way we do family, so many areas of our lives have been disrupted. This disruption can be a gift.  <a href="https://ktmerry.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KT Merry</a> is a photographer, and educator and an all-around amazing person. In this episode, she talks about her mindset, her morning routine, some book recommendations and much more. It is a really refreshing episode. Big thanks to our sponsor <a href="https://www.redtreealbums.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RedTree Albums</a> - we highly recommend you check them out for your album needs. Follow KT on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/ktmerry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ktmerry</a> Follow The Photo Report: <a href="http://instagram.com/thephotoreport" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@thephotoreport</a> Follow Braedon: <a href="http://instagram.com/braedonflynn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@braedonflynn</a> Follow RedTree Albums: <a href="http://instagram.com/redtreealbums" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@redtreealbums</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

055 KT Merry - Interrupt Your Patterns

This is a really good episode where we talk about the stresses of shooting at a really high end level. Jose is one of the Top photographers in the wedding industry, he also shoots commercially and has set the tone for most film shooting photographers in this industry. Jose Villa - Website Jose Villa - Instagram--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

This is a really good episode where we talk about the stresses of shooting at a really high end level. Jose is one of the Top photographers in the wedding industry, he also shoots commercially and has set the tone for most film shooting photographers in this industry. Jose Villa - <a href="https://josevilla.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> Jose Villa - <a href="http://instagram.com/josevilla" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

033 Shooting under High Pressure with Jose Villa

Vanessa Kynes

Pinterest exists, people use Pinterest - a lot but do you - for your business? I think this episode may change your mind. Vanessa Kynes is a Pinterest strategist and in this episode, she convinces Braedon to start implement Pinterest into a marketing strategy. With all the downtime we have, at least from the normal hustle of gigs, now is the time to be marketing on as many platforms as you can. Follow Vanessa on IG: @vanessakynes Go check out Vanessa's YouTube Channel: Vanessa Kynes on YouTube--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Pinterest exists, people use Pinterest - a lot but do you - for your business? I think this episode may change your mind. <a href="https://vanessakynes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanessa Kynes is a Pinterest strategist</a> and in this episode, she convinces Braedon to start implement Pinterest into a marketing strategy. With all the downtime we have, at least from the normal hustle of gigs, now is the time to be marketing on as many platforms as you can. Follow Vanessa on IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/vanessakynes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@vanessakynes</a> Go check out Vanessa's YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPGfa6x27iTAuA07P3Z7e0Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vanessa Kynes on YouTube</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

053 A Pinterest Strategy For Your Business with Vanessa Kynes

Erich McVey

Erich McVey is one of the more sought after and well-followed photographers in the wedding industry. He's a true artist, a film shooter and a good businessman. We hear his story, his approach to hustle and how he got where he is today. We hope you love this episode.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Erich McVey is one of the more sought after and well-followed photographers in the wedding industry. He's a true artist, a film shooter and a good businessman. We hear his story, his approach to hustle and how he got where he is today. We hope you love this episode. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

013 Erich McVey - Process, Growth and Business

Perry Vaile

Braedon Flynn

This episode is a little different. Perry ask Braedon about how he handles his client inquiries and the two of them talk through the ways each of them approach, respond and aim to book leads coming their way.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

This episode is a little different. Perry ask Braedon about how he handles his client inquiries and the two of them talk through the ways each of them approach, respond and aim to book leads coming their way. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

022 Client Inquiries with Perry Vaile and Braedon Flynn

John Dolan

John Dolan is best known for finding the in-between, unplanned moments that make real people look beautiful and beautiful people look real.John has woven a career of advertising, editorial and fine art photography. He is a recognized leader in contemporary wedding photography. Wedding clients include magazine art directors and editors, as well as celebrity couples Will &amp; Jada Smith, Ben &amp; Christine Stiller, Kate Bosworth &amp; Michael Polish, Bridget Moynahan &amp; Andrew Frankel, and most recently, Gwyneth Paltrow &amp; Brad Falchuk.The modern wedding has become so much about the photographs and John takes an approach that is more about the wedding and less about the shot list. He photographs as things happen vs curating and cultivating what wouldn’t otherwise be there.This is a great interview and hope you like it. And here’s the transcript from the conversation with John and Braedon:Braedon Flynn: 00:01 John, thanks so much for coming on the show and sharing your wisdom and all that and stoked to have you here. Awesome. Well, for people that don't know you as well, can you just give a slight background as to, I mean where you are in your photo journey and how you got there.John Dolan: 00:22 I've been in the game for a long time. I was thinking about last night. It's the only job I've ever had since I was 15 years old. Uh, so I've never had a full time job. I've never had a paycheck from somebody besides myself. So I've had 30 years freelance in New York and I started out as a magazine photographer and slipped my way into weddings in the early days of the nineties and I've always had an ambition to keep weddings as part of my business but not let them be the whole business. So I've balanced magazine work, ad work and weddings for 30 years.Braedon Flynn: 01:09 I think a lot of people either. I know a lot of commercial photographers that have just recently started getting into weddings because I know when I first started getting into weddings who was sort of like, oh, that's cute, you shoot weddings, and it was almost. It was really frowned upon to shoot weddings. Have you found that to be the case coming from both worlds?John Dolan: 01:31 Certainly when I started, weddings were the lowest form of photography, even I remember being at a party with a lot of journalists back in the nineties and people were talking about doing projects in Nicaragua or Bosnia and they turned to me and said, what are you doing? I've been shooting weddings and they all kind of frowned at me for a second. And I said, well, I just thought will smith wedding. I shot Ben Stiller's and, they started handing out business cards. Do you need a second?John Dolan: 02:08 But it was, it was a great moment because I realized that I wasn't ashamed of doing it and I was doing it my way. And also in the nineties it was wide open. There was a very small group of us who embraced wedding as photographers rather than as wedding photographers. When you come to it with that attitude that you're. I really thought of myself as somebody who was fascinated by weddings rather than by the wedding industry. I just wanted to tell the stories that I saw in front of me and and dive deep into them as if I was shooting a magazine story. So it was almost that I was naive to the ways of the wedding industry. That was a real help. Sometimes being being an amateur is a help and I feel for people who are starting these days because the wedding industry is so strong and they're so many great photographers who are. I'm making a really good living, doing big time wedding photography, but in a funny way. It was much more innocent to a movement. We were rejecting the cheesy stuff with the eighties and just doing our thing in the nineties, so it's a tricky time now.Braedon Flynn: 03:38 We'll get into that in a second, but I'd still love to go back to just going from being a journalist and then going to shooting people like will smith and Ben Stiller. How, how did that end up coming about? Like --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

John Dolan is best known for finding the in-between, unplanned moments that make real people look beautiful and beautiful people look real. John has woven a career of advertising, editorial and fine art photography. He is a recognized leader in contemporary wedding photography. Wedding clients include magazine art directors and editors, as well as celebrity couples Will &amp; Jada Smith, Ben &amp; Christine Stiller, Kate Bosworth &amp; Michael Polish, Bridget Moynahan &amp; Andrew Frankel, and most recently, Gwyneth Paltrow &amp; Brad Falchuk. The modern wedding has become so much about the photographs and John takes an approach that is more about the wedding and less about the shot list. He photographs as things happen vs curating and cultivating what wouldn’t otherwise be there. This is a great interview and hope you like it.   And here’s the transcript from the conversation with John and Braedon: Braedon Flynn: 00:01 John, thanks so much for coming on the show and sharing your wisdom and all that and stoked to have you here. Awesome. Well, for people that don't know you as well, can you just give a slight background as to, I mean where you are in your photo journey and how you got there. John Dolan: 00:22 I've been in the game for a long time. I was thinking about last night. It's the only job I've ever had since I was 15 years old. Uh, so I've never had a full time job. I've never had a paycheck from somebody besides myself. So I've had 30 years freelance in New York and I started out as a magazine photographer and slipped my way into weddings in the early days of the nineties and I've always had an ambition to keep weddings as part of my business but not let them be the whole business. So I've balanced magazine work, ad work and weddings for 30 years. Braedon Flynn: 01:09 I think a lot of people either. I know a lot of commercial photographers that have just recently started getting into weddings because I know when I first started getting into weddings who was sort of like, oh, that's cute, you shoot weddings, and it was almost. It was really frowned upon to shoot weddings. Have you found that to be the case coming from both worlds? John Dolan: 01:31 Certainly when I started, weddings were the lowest form of photography, even I remember being at a party with a lot of journalists back in the nineties and people were talking about doing projects in Nicaragua or Bosnia and they turned to me and said, what are you doing? I've been shooting weddings and they all kind of frowned at me for a second. And I said, well, I just thought will smith wedding. I shot Ben Stiller's and, they started handing out business cards. Do you need a second? John Dolan: 02:08 But it was, it was a great moment because I realized that I wasn't ashamed of doing it and I was doing it my way. And also in the nineties it was wide open. There was a very small group of us who embraced wedding as photographers rather than as wedding photographers. When you come to it with that attitude that you're. I really thought of myself as somebody who was fascinated by weddings rather than by the wedding industry. I just wanted to tell the stories that I saw in front of me and and dive deep into them as if I was shooting a magazine story. So it was almost that I was naive to the ways of the wedding industry. That was a real help. Sometimes being being an amateur is a help and I feel for people who are starting these days because the wedding industry is so strong and they're so many great photographers who are. I'm making a really good living, doing big time wedding photography, but in a funny way. It was much more innocent to a movement. We were rejecting the cheesy stuff with the eighties and just doing our thing in the nineties, so it's a tricky time now. Braedon Flynn: 03:38 We'll get into that in a second, but I'd still love to go back to just going from being a journalist and then going to shooting people like will smith and Ben Stiller. How, how did that end up coming about? Like --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

019 Find Your Voice with John Dolan

D'arcy Benincosa

This episode is with Photographer and Educator D'Arcy Benincosa.We cover so much in regards to marketing, getting noticed in a noisy space, and doing the work you want to be doing.We discuss creating your 'Marketing Magnet' and what that is - Discovering your Greatness - creating and managing a content calendar - Giving the client what they want- so much moreCheck out D'arcy's work and content on https://darcybenincosa.com/Go check out her podast as well - Play it Brave--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

This episode is with Photographer and Educator D'Arcy Benincosa. We cover so much in regards to marketing, getting noticed in a noisy space, and doing the work you want to be doing. We discuss creating your 'Marketing Magnet' and what that is  - Discovering your Greatness  - creating and managing a content calendar  - Giving the client what they want - so much more Check out D'arcy's work and content on <a href="https://darcybenincosa.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://darcybenincosa.com/</a> Go check out her podast as well - Play it Brave --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

030 MARKETING with D'Arcy Benincosa

Carrie Goldberg

This episode is a special treat where we get to hear from Carrie Goldberg - wedding and travel editor for Bazaar.com.We discuss trends in the industry, things to do, things not to do, elements that she looks for and how to stand out in a crowd.We think you're going to love it. Big thanks to Carrie for taking the time to share with us.For the membership deals Carrie talked about, you can go here - https://www.harpersbazaar.com/wedding/planning/a25760257/bazaar-bride-membership-details/Follow her personal account: @carrielauren--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

This episode is a special treat where we get to hear from Carrie Goldberg - wedding and travel editor for <a href="http://Bazaar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bazaar.com</a>. We discuss trends in the industry, things to do, things not to do, elements that she looks for and how to stand out in a crowd. We think you're going to love it. Big thanks to Carrie for taking the time to share with us. For the membership deals Carrie talked about, you can go here - <a href="https://www.harpersbazaar.com/wedding/planning/a25760257/bazaar-bride-membership-details/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.harpersbazaar.com/wedding/planning/a25760257/bazaar-bride-membership-details/</a> Follow her personal account: @carrielauren --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

031 Weddings Editor of Bazaar.com - Carrie Goldberg

This episode is about markeing - attracting your customers, how you get leads and how to get them to convert. It is a really good one!!Here's the transcript:Braedon: 00:14 Welcome to the photo report where we have conversations with top level of photographers and other people that create for a living in order to hear their stories of how they've done what they've done, the journeys they've taken to get there, and just the lessons they've learned along the way in order. So you can be inspired, challenge, and hopefully grow in your craft or be encouraged in your craft and get out there to create more good work. I'm Braedon Flynn, your host, and this episode is going to be a little fun one. I'm trying different things here and again, and this is one of those where I had a little something happen and we then I decided to get some voices from other people in the industry to chime in on what I'm talking about. So this is gonna be a good one. We're talking about marketing.Braedon: 00:58 Before we get into the show, I want to tell you real quick about our sponsor film supply club. If you shoot film or you're interested in film, I love film. It is the best place to get it at the best prices than an amazing community of some of the top photographers in our industry. You can check it out at film supply.club/join now onto the show.Braedon: 01:21 So I'm going to tell you a little story that happened a few weeks ago and it was a lesson that I taught to my kids and I thought, hey, this could be a good little intro to the podcast and here it is...Braedon: 01:34 So my family has been planning to have a garage sale for a long time. My wife started listening to or watching the tidy up show on Netflix and if you haven't, I decided to watch it with her. And so we've been tidying up the house and getting rid of stuff and instead of just going to goodwill was like, hey, let's have a little garage sale. We've got some good things. My wife's got some cute clothes and so we did, but it basically at happened, been a very rainy season and every weekend that I had available, basically it was raining. That was on a Saturday. And so finally looking at the weather report, we've got a Saturday coming up and it is, we're going to have the garage sale, we're going to do it. And but that day, so Friday it's raining. Friday night it's raining, but it's supposed to be sunny Saturday morning.Braedon: 02:23 And so we're doing it, we're doing it. And so 6:00 AM rolls around. I get up, I set up the whole, you know, driveway for the garage. I've got everything laid out, tables is displayed, ready to go by seven 15 seven 30 we had had one car drive by our house. That's great to live in a nice quiet neighborhood when you've got kids out playing, but when you have a garage sale, not the best thing. And so it was like, we have so many, there's, it's busy streets all around us. It's like, all right, we, and I actually like weeks ago, for the first time, we're going to try to do the garage sale. I had signs made, they just weren't up. And I was like, oh, well why don't I had my wife, man, the station and I went out and I put out signs everywhere, like all on the main busy streets and all of a sudden cars started flooding to our street.Braedon: 03:20 And so I thought, oh my gosh, I've been studying marketing for so long. I have been reading so many books. I've been looking, I've been researching how to grow a company. And all of it talks about what is your, what is your marketing funnel? How do you get then and a marketing funnel for just you visual people out there to think of a funnel. And if you're talking about it in a strategy for a business, like let's say you are trying to sell film to photographers, just hypothetically speaking. And with that. So you're trying to find it and you've got your ah, your warm audience of people, you know, but for people that you don't know, you're trying to get them in your funnel. And so people can run ads, you can do different thi--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

This episode is about markeing - attracting your customers, how you get leads and how to get them to convert. It is a really good one!! Here's the transcript: Braedon: 00:14 Welcome to the photo report where we have conversations with top level of photographers and other people that create for a living in order to hear their stories of how they've done what they've done, the journeys they've taken to get there, and just the lessons they've learned along the way in order. So you can be inspired, challenge, and hopefully grow in your craft or be encouraged in your craft and get out there to create more good work. I'm Braedon Flynn, your host, and this episode is going to be a little fun one. I'm trying different things here and again, and this is one of those where I had a little something happen and we then I decided to get some voices from other people in the industry to chime in on what I'm talking about. So this is gonna be a good one. We're talking about marketing. Braedon: 00:58 Before we get into the show, I want to tell you real quick about our sponsor film supply club. If you shoot film or you're interested in film, I love film. It is the best place to get it at the best prices than an amazing community of some of the top photographers in our industry. You can check it out at film supply.club/join now onto the show. Braedon: 01:21 So I'm going to tell you a little story that happened a few weeks ago and it was a lesson that I taught to my kids and I thought, hey, this could be a good little intro to the podcast and here it is... Braedon: 01:34 So my family has been planning to have a garage sale for a long time. My wife started listening to or watching the tidy up show on Netflix and if you haven't, I decided to watch it with her. And so we've been tidying up the house and getting rid of stuff and instead of just going to goodwill was like, hey, let's have a little garage sale. We've got some good things. My wife's got some cute clothes and so we did, but it basically at happened, been a very rainy season and every weekend that I had available, basically it was raining. That was on a Saturday. And so finally looking at the weather report, we've got a Saturday coming up and it is, we're going to have the garage sale, we're going to do it. And but that day, so Friday it's raining. Friday night it's raining, but it's supposed to be sunny Saturday morning. Braedon: 02:23 And so we're doing it, we're doing it. And so 6:00 AM rolls around. I get up, I set up the whole, you know, driveway for the garage. I've got everything laid out, tables is displayed, ready to go by seven 15 seven 30 we had had one car drive by our house. That's great to live in a nice quiet neighborhood when you've got kids out playing, but when you have a garage sale, not the best thing. And so it was like, we have so many, there's, it's busy streets all around us. It's like, all right, we, and I actually like weeks ago, for the first time, we're going to try to do the garage sale. I had signs made, they just weren't up. And I was like, oh, well why don't I had my wife, man, the station and I went out and I put out signs everywhere, like all on the main busy streets and all of a sudden cars started flooding to our street. Braedon: 03:20 And so I thought, oh my gosh, I've been studying marketing for so long. I have been reading so many books. I've been looking, I've been researching how to grow a company. And all of it talks about what is your, what is your marketing funnel? How do you get then and a marketing funnel for just you visual people out there to think of a funnel. And if you're talking about it in a strategy for a business, like let's say you are trying to sell film to photographers, just hypothetically speaking. And with that. So you're trying to find it and you've got your ah, your warm audience of people, you know, but for people that you don't know, you're trying to get them in your funnel. And so people can run ads, you can do different thi --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

028 Attracting YOUR Customers

Mike Larson has been shooting weddings for years, from having a big associate studio to winding that down after realizing the toll that took on his life and family. We go really deep on philosophy, self care, thoughtfullness, family, and so much more. It is a good one packed with solid take aways.Check his work here - http://mikelarson.com Or follow him on Instagram: @mikelarson Follow us at: @thephotoreport.comor the blog: http://thephotoreport.com--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Mike Larson has been shooting weddings for years, from having a big associate studio to winding that down after realizing the toll that took on his life and family. We go really deep on philosophy, self care, thoughtfullness, family, and so much more. It is a good one packed with solid take aways. Check his work here - <a href="http://mikelarson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mikelarson.com</a>   Or follow him on Instagram: @mikelarson   Follow us at: @thephotoreport.com or the blog: <a href="http://thephotoreport.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thephotoreport.com</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

027 The Why Behind Your Work with MikeLarson

Dane Sanders

Dane Sanders is a business coach for independent creatives and photographers, an author, a photographer, and founder of The GoBe Collective, which he started to help creatives increase the value they are bringing into the world.In this conversation Dane has with Braedon, they talk through common mistakes small businesses and photographers make. They go over what it takes to run a successful and sustainable business, balancing (or un-balancing) family and work, and some efficiency tools Dane uses and suggests.Life is too short. If you want to make a mark, you can't be lazy.Balance is actually not what to strive for, it's being present where you are with what you're doing. Intentionality is key.We highly suggest you check out The GoBe Collective and listen to Dane's Podcast called Converge - you can also subscribe in iTunes or whatever podcast player you use.Find out more about Dane at Fast Track Photographer and if you're interested in exploring his coaching programs, go to Fastermind Coaching--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Dane Sanders is a business coach for independent creatives and photographers, an author, a photographer, and founder of The GoBe Collective, which he started to help creatives increase the value they are bringing into the world. In this conversation Dane has with Braedon, they talk through common mistakes small businesses and photographers make. They go over what it takes to run a successful and sustainable business, balancing (or un-balancing) family and work, and some efficiency tools Dane uses and suggests. Life is too short. If you want to make a mark, you can't be lazy. Balance is actually not what to strive for, it's being present where you are with what you're doing. Intentionality is key. We highly suggest you check out The GoBe Collective and listen to Dane's Podcast called Converge - you can also subscribe in iTunes or whatever podcast player you use. Find out more about Dane at Fast Track Photographer and if you're interested in exploring his coaching programs, go to Fastermind Coaching --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

006 Strengthen Your Brand with Dane Sanders

Jasmine Star

Jasmine Star is a Bad Ass. This episode will hopefully kick you into gear to be your best self and go create the work you're meant to create.We talk about so many things from self care to what it takes to hustle, have discipline and courage to get out there and do the work you were made to do.Check her stuff out at http://jasminestar.comFollow her on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jasminestarShe's also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialjasminestar--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Jasmine Star is a Bad Ass. This episode will hopefully kick you into gear to be your best self and go create the work you're meant to create. We talk about so many things from self care to what it takes to hustle, have discipline and courage to get out there and do the work you were made to do. Check her stuff out at <a href="http://jasminestar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jasminestar.com</a> Follow her on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/jasminestar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://instagram.com/jasminestar</a> She's also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/officialjasminestar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/officialjasminestar</a> --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

029 Being Your Best You with Jasmine Star

Rebecca Yale

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018 Intention with Each Photo with Rebecca Yale

Brooke Schultz

What does family photography mean? In today's episode, Braedon sat down with Brooke Schultz, whose secret power is photographing love in an authentic way. Whether it’s your wedding day or an ordinary day with your favorite souls in the world, Brooke would want nothing less than magic for you. Today, she spoke about how to approach a lifestyle photo sessions. Brooke also discussed how she helped family members to go through the challenge of having children in a photo shoot. Lastly, she gets vulnerable and shared personal struggles and how she faced it. Enjoy! Follow Brooke in Instagram: @brookebschultz Check her website here.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

What does family photography mean? In today's episode, Braedon sat down with Brooke Schultz, whose secret power is photographing love in an authentic way. Whether it’s your wedding day or an ordinary day with your favorite souls in the world, Brooke would want nothing less than magic for you. Today, she spoke about how to approach a lifestyle photo sessions. Brooke also discussed how she helped family members to go through the challenge of having children in a photo shoot. Lastly, she gets vulnerable and shared personal struggles and how she faced it. Enjoy! Follow Brooke in Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brookebschultz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@brookebschultz</a> Check her website <a href="http://brookeschultzphotography.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

038 Family Photography with Brooke Schultz

Perry Vaile is a wildly talented photographer, who shoots mainly analog film, and has built a very successful business. She is the breadwinner of her family with a husband that cares for the children -and any of you who are parents know is one of the most exhausting and rewarding jobs out there - and we talk a bit about in this interview.Perry talks about Branding and building her image and clientele. She's on the East Coast and I'm over on the west coast so it was a Skype interview. Not the normal for this channel but better than not having it.I hope you enjoy and below is the transcript from the interview:Braedon: 00:00 Well, Hey, welcome to the show. Perry, you are an awesome person. We met in person just a little bit ago in Canada at Engage, which was really fun and I've admired your work for a long time and just excited to have you on here to share your knowledge.Perry Vaile: 00:15 Awesome. Well I'm so excited. I love to talk, so I'm ready.Braedon: 00:19 Cool. For people that don't know a lot of your story, could you give, I mean you've, you have a little bit of a different background but maybe where you started out and then how you ended up getting into photography.Perry Vaile: 00:31 Yeah. So, I grew up in a really small town in North Carolina, very rural. I'm all by myself. I have no siblings, so it's just me and my mom was always into photos - but like to an annoying level so I hated it and didn't want anything to do with it. And you know, basically I didn't have any visions of being a photographer to begin with. I was always focused on getting out of my little town and getting out of the not fun childhood situation I was in and just finding my way out. And so I immediately, as soon as I could, I went to college and I was like, I'm going to be an academic because that was like, that was my vision of what the, how to get out and how to do something great, you know. So I went to school and I got my Undergrad and my undergrad and master's in history and historic preservation and all along I've always had this pull, to photos, but I didn't want to acknowledge it because, you know, my mom was the crazy photo taker and it was so annoying.Braedon: 01:29 Was she just like, just shooting photos around or was she like doing that for work?Perry Vaile: 01:35 No, she shot. She has shot a wedding before, but she said it went terribly and I'm not surprised because she's a little bit of an anxious person. So, um, she always shot, you know, she's obviously shooting on film and I tried to play with their cameras and, and high school I was on the yearbook staff and I was taking the photos and even when I was going into history and trying to become a historian, I always was pulled to, I guess the visuals of history, which is why I focused on like historic preservation, which is like basically buildings and architecture in cities because I wasn't, I mean I liked being an academic, but I really wasn't until like the book and the words I was into the visuals, you know. I definitely stuck out in the history department. I will say it was just me and a lot of, you know, guys that only watched star wars and we didn't, I couldn't.Perry Vaile: 02:26 I was like, I want to talk about stuff with people. Um, you know, and so, you know, photography I really focused on even my master's thesis was on early American photographers and I mean just very convoluted versions of what photography was and early history, but I was always drawn to it. And then I started shooting for fun and I had a girl basically message me. I had a blog early on about this is way before, it was like 2008 or 9 that I would take pictures on and I had a girl message me and basically say, oh, your photos are really beautiful when you pictures at my wedding. I was like, sure. And I like never really done that, you know, I'd taken my own pictures. So before that I actually was like, I'm going to reach out to people and see if I could shoot a wedding before that one.Perry Vaile--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Perry Vaile is a wildly talented photographer, who shoots mainly analog film, and has built a very successful business. She is the breadwinner of her family with a husband that cares for the children -and any of you who are parents know is one of the most exhausting and rewarding jobs out there - and we talk a bit about in this interview. Perry talks about Branding and building her image and clientele. She's on the East Coast and I'm over on the west coast so it was a Skype interview. Not the normal for this channel but better than not having it. I hope you enjoy and below is the transcript from the interview: Braedon: 00:00 Well, Hey, welcome to the show. Perry, you are an awesome person. We met in person just a little bit ago in Canada at Engage, which was really fun and I've admired your work for a long time and just excited to have you on here to share your knowledge. Perry Vaile: 00:15 Awesome. Well I'm so excited. I love to talk, so I'm ready. Braedon: 00:19 Cool. For people that don't know a lot of your story, could you give, I mean you've, you have a little bit of a different background but maybe where you started out and then how you ended up getting into photography. Perry Vaile: 00:31 Yeah. So, I grew up in a really small town in North Carolina, very rural. I'm all by myself. I have no siblings, so it's just me and my mom was always into photos - but like to an annoying level so I hated it and didn't want anything to do with it. And you know, basically I didn't have any visions of being a photographer to begin with. I was always focused on getting out of my little town and getting out of the not fun childhood situation I was in and just finding my way out. And so I immediately, as soon as I could, I went to college and I was like, I'm going to be an academic because that was like, that was my vision of what the, how to get out and how to do something great, you know. So I went to school and I got my Undergrad and my undergrad and master's in history and historic preservation and all along I've always had this pull, to photos, but I didn't want to acknowledge it because, you know, my mom was the crazy photo taker and it was so annoying. Braedon: 01:29 Was she just like, just shooting photos around or was she like doing that for work? Perry Vaile: 01:35 No, she shot. She has shot a wedding before, but she said it went terribly and I'm not surprised because she's a little bit of an anxious person. So, um, she always shot, you know, she's obviously shooting on film and I tried to play with their cameras and, and high school I was on the yearbook staff and I was taking the photos and even when I was going into history and trying to become a historian, I always was pulled to, I guess the visuals of history, which is why I focused on like historic preservation, which is like basically buildings and architecture in cities because I wasn't, I mean I liked being an academic, but I really wasn't until like the book and the words I was into the visuals, you know. I definitely stuck out in the history department. I will say it was just me and a lot of, you know, guys that only watched star wars and we didn't, I couldn't. Perry Vaile: 02:26 I was like, I want to talk about stuff with people. Um, you know, and so, you know, photography I really focused on even my master's thesis was on early American photographers and I mean just very convoluted versions of what photography was and early history, but I was always drawn to it. And then I started shooting for fun and I had a girl basically message me. I had a blog early on about this is way before, it was like 2008 or 9 that I would take pictures on and I had a girl message me and basically say, oh, your photos are really beautiful when you pictures at my wedding. I was like, sure. And I like never really done that, you know, I'd taken my own pictures. So before that I actually was like, I'm going to reach out to people and see if I could shoot a wedding before that one. Perry Vaile --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

015 Branding and Style with Perry Vaile

Amanda Crean

Amanda Crean is an incredible photographer based out of Northern California. BUT, she hasn't always been there. Starting out her photo business here in the States, she met an Irish chap, got married and moved out to Ireland. There she started her photo business all over again. After having twins and moving back to the States, but in a different state from where she began, Amanda had to start her photo business all over again. We talk about the stresses, the challenges, the obstacles and how she overcame then to the point of having a thriving business in one of the most competitive markets. This is a great episode and would love to hear any thoughts or areas where you resonate! Check out her work and follow her on IG - @amandacrean--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

<a href="https://www.amandacrean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Crean</a> is an incredible photographer based out of Northern California. BUT, she hasn't always been there. Starting out her photo business here in the States, she met an Irish chap, got married and moved out to Ireland. There she started her photo business all over again. After having twins and moving back to the States, but in a different state from where she began, Amanda had to start her photo business all over again. We talk about the stresses, the challenges, the obstacles and how she overcame then to the point of having a thriving business in one of the most competitive markets. This is a great episode and would love to hear any thoughts or areas where you resonate! Check out her work and follow her on IG - <a href="http://instagram.com/amandacrean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@amandacrean</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

035 Restarting Your Business with Amanda Crean

Abby Jiu

Lisa Ziesing

Is social media a "necessary evil?" Is it bad for business? You will find the answer to these questions in today's episode. Abby Jiu has had a passion for gorgeous imagery and creating art since before she can remember. But in 2009, she picked up a camera and hasn’t put it down since.  Lisa Ziesing has loved wedding photography long before she became the one creating it. She has been shooting film since her high schools days on the yearbook staff and hasn’t stopped since. Together, they are a team from Abby Jiu Photography. Listen as they both share how they promote each other. Also, you will discover how they become under one brand. Lastly, Abby and Lisa gave advice on how you overcome the feeling of being overwhelm. Enjoy! Resources:  Abby Jiu Photography Abby Jiu Photogrpahy Instagram abby@abbyjiu.com Lisa Ziesing Instagram--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message

Is social media a "necessary evil?" Is it bad for business? You will find the answer to these questions in today's episode. Abby Jiu has had a passion for gorgeous imagery and creating art since before she can remember. But in 2009, she picked up a camera and hasn’t put it down since.  Lisa Ziesing has loved wedding photography long before she became the one creating it. She has been shooting film since her high schools days on the yearbook staff and hasn’t stopped since. Together, they are a team from Abby Jiu Photography. Listen as they both share how they promote each other. Also, you will discover how they become under one brand. Lastly, Abby and Lisa gave advice on how you overcome the feeling of being overwhelm. Enjoy! Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.abbyjiu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abby Jiu Photography</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abbyjiu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abby Jiu Photogrpahy Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:abby@abbyjiu.com">abby@abbyjiu.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lisaziesing/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lisa Ziesing Instagram</a></li></ul>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thephotoreport/message</a>

037 Social Media with Abby Jiu and Lisa Ziesing

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