This week, Lindsay talks about using self-doubt and impostor syndrome as a leap to growth, how communication is vital to client relationships, how she deals with creative lulls and has built an arsenal for success. And how we can, too. She continues to share business tips this week., giving us a sneak peek into her upcoming course.

Systems for Success, A 3-month mastermind for the committed portrait photographer who is ready to scale their business to consistent 4 and 5 figure months is launching this fall.

Stand out in your niche, elevate your client experience, get booked out with ideal clients while making *bank*, and have FUN in your business and life.

Are you Interested in Lindsay’s Systems for Success 3-month business for photographers class? Check it out.  

⁠⁠https://lindsayherkert.com/systems-for-success/⁠⁠

There are only a few spots left in your Beta Crew, so reach out quickly by Email to contact for beta testing: ⁠[email protected]. ⁠The class goes live on Black Friday, Nov 24th. – course with six modules teaches Google ads, setting up business, pricing for profit, marketing strategies, Keys to successful website design, SEO, and client experience 

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Feel free to contact Ariel at ⁠https://arielfaithphotography.com⁠

Learn more about our interviewees at our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ under CW Photographers and about upcoming interviewees. Links to the Resources we talked about ⁠can be found HERE.⁠

This week, we welcome back Kindsay Herkert. She talks about Business strategy, flexible planning, being proactive, and creating systems to streamline your work. So you have time for life. 

She loves the way photography has taught her to see the world in a different way. Even when she's not taking photos with her camera, she's taking them in her mind, looking for and analyzing light, framing subjects, and seeing beauty in ordinary moments. When she's not taking photos, she is either baking cookies or on an outdoor adventure with her family, preferably snowboarding, wakeboarding, or surfing!

Are you Interested in Lindsay’s Systems for Success 3-month business for photographers class? Check it out.  

⁠https://lindsayherkert.com/systems-for-success/⁠

There are only a few spots left in your Beta Crew, so reach out quickly by Email to contact for beta testing: ⁠[email protected]. ⁠The class goes live on Black Friday, Nov 24th. – course with six modules teaches Google ads, setting up business, pricing for profit, marketing strategies, Keys to successful website design, SEO, and client experience 

Upgrade your experience with our premium subscription!  Enjoy exclusive features, enhanced content, and seamless extended interviews. 

Feel free to contact Ariel at ⁠https://arielfaithphotography.com⁠

Learn more about our interviewees at our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ under CW Photographers and about upcoming interviewees. Links to the Resources we talked about ⁠can be found HERE⁠

This week, we introduce you to Lindsay Herkert. She talks about the challenges of life and the Photography business. She started a successful business not once but twice. She shares how having 3 Compass Words has helped her and the value of community along her journey, how she learned to shoot with intention and understand light, and how it applies to photography—learning to Shoot from within.

Lindsay Herkert is an available light photographer obsessed with finding beautiful light to document her family's daily life. Published and award-winning, she has a portrait photography business focusing on maternity, newborns, and families and branding photos for business owners. Living most of her life in Southern California, she moved to Austin, Texas, about five years ago, where she built her photography business for a second time. 

Interested in Lindsay’s Systems for Success 3-month business for photographers class. Check it out.  

https://lindsayherkert.com/systems-for-success/

There are only a few spots left in your Beta Crew, so reach out quickly by Email to contact for beta testing: [email protected]. The class goes live on Black Friday, Nov 24th.

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 Feel free to contact Ariel at https://arielfaithphotography.com

Learn more about our interviewees at our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ under CW Photographers and about upcoming interviewees. Links to Resources we talked about can be found HERE

This episode will wrap up our conversation with Colleen. What a delight she is to talk to and listen to. She speaks about, We can't see it all, paying attention to the moment, Invisible Gorillas. Do the Ravens care about likes? Seeing your significance in the insignificance.  Managing Expectations. The three-day effect. Expanding your vision. Titles and haikus visual messages. Expressing Gratitude

Next week, we will meet Lindsay Herkert, an incredible woman who built a successful photography business not once but twice. 

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Colleen and I talk about overcoming our inner struggles.

She discusses being good enough, roadrunners, creativity, the flow, and communicatory play. The impact of small decisions along the creative journey.

Yep, this is another long one. Next week, we will continue our Conversation with ⁠⁠Colleen.⁠⁠  You don't want to wait to hear the rest subscribe to our premium subscription.

Check out her monthly advice column for photography, art, and the creative life called "⁠⁠⁠Dear Bubbles.⁠⁠⁠" ⁠https://dearbubbles.com⁠

Colleen offers highly acclaimed photography workshops and women’s photography retreats (called “Sheography™”) through her own company, CMS Photography, as well as with Out of Chicago. Join Colleen and perhaps Ariel on an upcoming ⁠⁠⁠Sheography Workshops ⁠⁠⁠ or an Out of Chicago Conference in 2024.

Feel free to contact Ariel at https://arielfaithphotography.com Learn more about our interviewees at our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ under CW Photographers and learn about upcoming interviewees. 

We continued our chat with Colleen about being mindful and balanced and how she shifted her focus. She goes on experiences and brings her camera for the ride. She shares the importance of curiosity and discovery and how she fills her brain with knowledge and ideas. She talks about her coolest work in Acadia National Park. About practice and compositional understanding, where you place the subject changes the emotional meaning. And much, much more.

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This is part one of four with Colleen. She talks about her journey and wonders of a rainbow pool.

Photo by Colleen Miniuk  - The Rainbow Pool 

I apologize that this episode is more than a bite-sized Episode. After much deliberation, I needed you to hear the full interview segments. Colleen shared too many treasures to hold back. 

Colleen Miniuk fled the grey cubicle walls and left her unfulfilling software engineering job behind at Intel Corporation in 2007 to pursue a more meaningful life as a full-time outdoor photographer, writer, publisher, instructor, and speaker and to help people enjoy the Great Outdoors. Learn more about Colleen Miniuk at www.colleenminiuk.com

Join Colleen on a Sheography Workshops 

Next week, we will continue our Conversation with Colleen.

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Welcome to Creative Warrior - the female heart and soul of photography. We are beginning our Season 1 series with a brief overview of the goals and hopes of this new podcast series. And a little bit about Ariel, Me.

Update after Season 2 (Nov 2024) - I failed in short episodes, sorry. There is just so much to I had to share!

I will be interviewing female photographers passionate about their craft, photography, and the natural world to participate in an interview. This podcast explores the intersection of creativity and emotion in our work as women photographers. To share insights and experiences to inspire other women to approach their photography more mindful and heart-centered.

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