External hard drives are expensive, but necessary. We want to make sure we're doing all we can to protect them and make sure our data doesn't get lost. In this episode, I go over some safety tips, different types of hard drives, brand recommendations, and discus why it is important to have a back up of your hard drives.

Grab a spot in my coaching program or apply for a 1-1 mentorship here!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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Your inquiry form on your website is the first impression to your experience with your clients. Your response email is the second impression. Listen to this episode to make sure you're doing all you can to create a great first impression before they've even signed a contract.

Get my email templates, including my inquiry email response to make sure my clients get all they need from the very first email.

https://education.cayleighely.com/product-email-templates

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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I'm baaaack! It's been too long, y'all. For my first episode of 2024, I wanted to chat a little bit about where I've been and why! Hope you don't hate me 🫶🏽 but excited to be back at it this year!

Listen to Ep. 50 - How to Say No, that goes over even more ways to protect your mental health.

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Where you can find me:

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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Brandi Allyse joins me on this episode and we talk all things workflow! We spill a little behind the scenes info on our client gifts and why we outsource and how much it can help you in your business.

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Where you can find Brandi:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @brandiallysephoto

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://brandiallyse.com/

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@cayleighelyphotography

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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Building a timeline looks different for every wedding photographer, but in today's episode I walk you through how I structure my wedding day timeline. I break down why I organize it the way I do and also go over some potential options for what a wedding day can look like.

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Where you can find me:

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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These are some things I do to speed up my editing process! Anything from Lightroom running slowly, to editing quickly and easily by batch editing.

Try AfterShoot to cull your photos 15% off using code CAYLEIGH or ⁠click here.⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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Wanting to elevate your business? This is a great way to get in to the more "luxury" industry, but can even be applied when first starting your business to establish good clients and relationships with them and other vendors.

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Nervous before a consultation call - no more! This episode covers a rough idea of how to guide the conversation wether it's for a wedding or a senior call.

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Where you can find me:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠@cayleighelyphotography

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

⁠Snag my Email Templates:⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/product-email-templates

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Film photography is SO MUCH FUN, but when you're first wanting to dip your toes in the developer (ha, film joke) then it can be a little scary! Now sure where to start? This episode is a great place! I give you advice as far as what cameras to buy, what film to use, where to get them developed, and more!

The cameras talked about in this podcast are the Canon Sure Shot, Canon Elan 7, Canon AE-1, Pentax K1000, Olympus, and Minolta brands.

Buy My Favorite Film!

Places to get your film developed:

The Darkroom

Southbound Film Lab

Reformed Film Lab

Richard Photo Lab

Indie Film Lab

To protect and organize your film:

Use these negative sleeves.

Store your negatives in this binder.

Clean your negatives with this rocket blaster.

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Where you can find me:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠@cayleighelyphotography

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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Y'all really came through with these unpopular opinions on my IG story last week. We go over a wide variety of topics from shooting in auto, crooked horizon lines, and even Taylor Swift.

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Where you can find me:

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tik Tok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@cayleighelyphotography

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://cayleighely.com/

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mentorships with me:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://education.cayleighely.com/mentorships

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