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Podcast Episode 19: The Rising Tide Society, an interview with Natalie Franke Hayes, is on the blog today!

Natalie Franke Hayes is an International Wedding Photographer, Educator, Speaker, and Founder of the Rising Tide Society. She is also a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Visual Studies and a concentration in Visual Neuroscience and the Psychology of Seeing. She loves discovering ways for small business owners to attract their ideal clientele through modern marketing strategies and works to empower entrepreneurs to thrive. Click here to check out the Rising Tide Society Website!

In this interview, Natalie and I talk about The Rising Tide Society – how it started, what their core values are, and how their gatherings help foster a spirit of community. We also talk about Instagram and how to use it to get new clients.

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Podcast Episode 18: Being Part Of A Family Story, an interview with Angela Weedon, is on the blog today!

Angela Weedon and her husband Matt have been capturing the families of Dallas for over 16 years.  Angie always shoots, while Matt is on the business side- working with the clients before and after the session, and also assisting in sessions with small children.  Before starting their portrait business, they worked as scuba instructors, where they got to travel the globe photographing the underwater world. After a successful few years of marketing Matt’s underwater imagery, they settled back in his hometown of Dallas and changed gears completely with their photography style. Angie’s knack with kids and a love of the darkroom helped them to launch an all black and white film family portrait business. Soon her focus became newborn photography, which back in 2000 was a rare novelty. The specialty helped to make her work recognizable among many high-end Dallas families.

Through the years their work has certainly evolved from the black and white film days, but they still pride themselves on creating a one of a kind experience for the families they photograph. These days their business also has them traveling the US to photograph families from Boston to California.

Capturing the love and joy of each family, while always creating the highest quality tangible products from a session, are always the goals. In a time when many photographers sell only digital files, the Weedons give the clients what they ultimately most desire- heirloom quality portraits and albums that will be passed down for generations.  See their website here.

Here is some of their work:

 

Some vendors they recommend:

WHCC for press cards and digital archive proof boxes:

https://www.whcc.com/products/packaging/wood-boxes

Bay Photo for photographic prints:

https://bayphoto.com

Jonathan Penny for all fine art giclee portraits:

http://jonathanpenney.com

Simply Canvas for all wrapped canvases and metal prints:

http://www.simplycolorlab.com

BWC for all acrylics:

http://bwc.net/bwc/

Leather Craftsmen for albums:

http://leathercraftsmen.net/joomla1/

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Angie and I talked about many different aspects of their successful business, so you won’t want to miss it!  Click now on the arrow below to listen:

Podcast Episode 17: Creating An Ideal Client Profile, an interview with Spencer Lum, is on the blog today!

Spencer Lum is the founder of the photography blog Ground Glass, and he’s worked as a wedding photographer for over ten years. He specializes in translating sophisticated business strategies into everyday advice that small business owners can use. In this podcast, we talk about how to create an Ideal Client Profile. Click here to see Spencer’s Ground Glass blog.

Here is some of his work:

 

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Spencer and I talked about how to create an Ideal Client Profile. And it’s not the usual method. I love talking to Spencer; he is full of insight and is just so darn smart.  Click now on the arrow below to listen:

Podcast Episode 15: Styled Shoots With Ling Wang is on the blog today.

Ling is the owner and principle photographer of Ling Wang Photography, a senior portrait studio located in Houston, TX known for their effortless, vibrant, and sunkissed photography style.  Ling is a musician turned photographer, and her hobbies include cuddling with her cat Luna, traveling, movies, and yummy looking desserts.  She currently works with her associate photographer, Jessica Hoffman, and her sister, Kathleen Wang, who recently became their studio assistant. You can see her website here.

Here is some of her work:

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Ling told me about the planning of her styled shoots – how she uses mood boards and works with models, hair and makeup artists, and clothing designers. Really great information and lots of little tips that you might not have considered, too. She was so generous with her knowledge. You will love her!  Click now on the arrow below to listen:

Podcast Episode 15: Photographing Musicians With Leslie Crane is on the blog today. We had such a fun talk about how to pose musicians with their instruments. It’s such an interesting way to approach posing. We talked about work/life balance, too. Oh, and we talked a little about “mommy guilt”, too.

Leslie Crane is a studio and on-location child photographer in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.  She specializes in families, high school seniors and headshots for musicians and creative professionals.  She is known for her simple, clean and natural style. You can see her website here.

 

 

Here is some of her work:

We have featured Leslie’s work here on Ever Illuminated twice before. Click here to see the previous posts.

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In this interview, Leslie talks about how she photographs musicians, including posing advice, and her general approach to a session. We also talk a bit about work/life balance, “mommy guilt”, and growing up in the 70’s. Click now on the arrow below to listen:

Podcast episode 14 with Peter Mahar is up!

Peter & Susannah Mahar are wedding photographers in Portland, Oregon. They love laughing (and eating). Being married and loving the heck out of each other are their favorite things. They photograph weddings & people in love, and real moments and real people are what they’re all about. They believe in belly laughs and crazy families, happy tears and jumping on the bed. Though Portland, Oregon is their home, they’re thrilled to go on adventures to anywhere. See their website here.

Some favorite blog posts from their blog:

http://www.petermahar.com/the-blog/2015/10/13/jeff-cari

http://www.petermahar.com/the-blog/2015/9/22/sean-and-tate

Some favorite images:

Some links from our talk:

Click here to see the blog post I mentioned in our talk, which has the umbrella and waterfall.

Susannah’s blog is here.

Click here for Moment Junkie blog that Peter mentioned.

And check out their packaging, which we talked about (don’t miss the life hack information about this packaging):

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Don’t miss the interview. We talk about how they keep their work fresh, how to build a portfolio when you are starting out, marriage, and, oooh, a little life hack about packaging. Click on the arrow below:

Podcast episode 13 with Kaysha Weiner is up!

Kaysha is a wedding and portrait photographer based in Southern California. We talked the week of Christmas about how she doesn’t necessarily agree that you must specialize, what her year-long shooting schedule is like, and a bit about time management. It was a really fun conversation and I hope you listen to it.

Here is the planner Kaysha recommends. It’s called the Passion Planner.

We featured one of Kaysha’s newborn sessions in this post. Click here for her website. Click here for her Instagram page.

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Podcast episode 12 with Jenika McDavitt is up! In case you don’t know, Jenika is the person behind the Psychology for Photographers website.

Head over to get a free copy of How Clients Make Decisions About Money (affiliate link).

In the podcast, we discuss concrete writing, whether people even read what we write, and even how to write an About Me page.

In case you want to go visit some websites and pages we reference, here they are:  This American Life, Jenika’s The 7-Minute Website Writing Makeover, and her courses, Irresistible Website (affiliate link) and Irresistible Words (affiliate link).

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Podcast episode 11 with Susan Michal is up! Susan is the current chairman of PPA (Professional Photographers of America).

She talked to me last week about fear and creativity, about PPA, and about her new book that is benefiting PPA Charities.  Here are some images from her new book. Click here for the link to the book:

 

You can see her websites by clicking here and here.

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Podcast episode 10 with Michelle Moore is up! She talks about Instagram – etiquette and how to use it for finding your ideal clients. She also talks some about her move into fashion photography. You won’t want to miss it!

Michelle Moore is an internationally respected & award winning commercial and portrait photographer residing in Seattle, WA.  While she is well-known for her natural and fresh approach to photographing teens, and starting the successful hair & makeup trend in high school senior portrait photography; Michelle is also a commercial and lifestyle photographer, working with clothing brands and companies to produce quality images for lookbooks, branding and advertising campaigns. Click here to view her website.

 

Click here to connect with her on Instagram.

Click here to connect with her on Facebook.

Check out her product links here:

Dream Clients

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