Fuego Magic

In this episode of Fuego Magic, I sat down with Kristy Taylor, an all-around BOSS woman. She is living her childhood dreams and produces amazing work. She told us about her journey with photography, how it began as a childhood passion.

We talked about learning how to direct subjects from with a video background, capturing real moments that last a lifetime, going with your gut and shoot what you love, how her commercial shooting took off, traveling for work, and being happy with the right now.We spoke about the importance of connecting with clients, when meeting wedding clients, asking questions

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Honeybook

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I sat down with the amazing film photographer Jana Dillon and talked about LOTS of awesome things. She is a pro at capturing real and deeply emotional photos.

We discussed everything from how to start shooting film, lighting in your office space and the importance of consistency, monitor calibration, continually growing by being hungry for knowledge, not worrying about what others are doing, sharing and growing as one, mentorships, making your website in two days, getting back into film photography, tips to shooting film, tips to shooting when editing with presets, shooting weddings with film, editing with the loopdeck, how to work with second shooters, and much much more!

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Honeybook

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This is a special episode where I sat down with Stephanie Betsill to discuss how to make your clients feel comfortable through their entire experience with you. This way you can get the best photos possible while having an amazing time with them and creating an experience that they will tell everyone about!

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Cadence is a super rad photographer from Maui, Hawaii who owns Cadencia Photography. She has a unique style and an incredible eye for capturing raw & unfiltered emotion.

We talked about LOTS of good stuff, she tells us about her beginning stages and how she got into photography. How she uses photography as a tool to connect with people on different levels. She lives and breathes her art. She also talks about how to bribe your customers with coffee for early sunrise shoots! Being real to allow your customers to feel comfortable and capture absolute dreamy shots, creating a safe space quickly with the time provided, using multiple alarms to not miss call time, sunrise and twilight lighting to create moody images, family photography tips to connect with kids, being yourself fully on social media and website to attract the right clients, capturing childbirth, favorite type of light, challenging yourself in all sorts of conditions, camera settings, being crazy and shooting at 1.2, getting artsy with prisms and much much more!

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Pixifi

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Sam Hurd

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Today's episode features #bossbabe super artsy Maui, Hawaii photographer Angela Nelson! She LOVES off camera lighting. We talked about lots of things today. She told us how she went from her career as a school teacher to a successful full-time photographer. We also chatted about: work/life balance, running multiple businesses at once, mistakes made and lessons learned, making your business more legit, taking off your safety cord, leaping and not looking back, bush ninjas, high fiving your dad, sketchy craigslist photoshoots, most helpful tools to grow her photography business, lurking facebook photo community groups for knowledge, TAKE DEPOSITS FROM YOUR CLIENTS, the power of saying NO, engagement sessions gone wrong, going to workshops for growth, remembering peoples names, letting the light dictate your session, settings, and other amazing things.

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Pixifi

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In this episode, we get to know Chris J Evans, a wedding and portrait photographer based in Maui, Hawaii who loves elegant images captured in the most natural way possible. He is really good at using off camera lighting! With a background in the fashion industry, he has brought a new perspective to the Maui wedding scene. We talk about transitioning from part-time jobs to full-time photography. We touch on many different topics such as: How to start a wedding photography business from nothing, client experience, showing your clients photos during the shoot, his favorite light to shoot in, the best way to connect with clients on the day of the wedding, Tips to building confidence in your subjects, verbal cues when posing, looking sharp, Putting hard drives in safety deposit boxes, how to become a more confident photographer and many other awesome topics.

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Honeybook

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This episode explores the mind of super artsy photographer Angie Diaz. She is incredibly creative and not afraid to develop her own trends. We discuss lots of topics such as: getting to your shoots on time, rocky locations and fancy shoes, overcoming unwanted expectations, using photography to show people how beautiful they are, establishing your business in a new market in the midst of hardship, equipment malfunctions,  soft photography, 100mm canon lens, shooting in live view mode, lighting, and much more!

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In this episode you get to meet Rodrigo Moraes, this guy is an absolute savage with the camera. He has so much personality and it all shows in his work. He is very passionate about photography and offered TONS of amazing information. We talked all about, his origins, his shooting style, mistakes made and lessons learned, to NEVER WEAR NEW SHOES TO A WEDDING, setting expectations, preferred shooting light, and much more.

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In this episode of Fuego Magic podcast, you get to meet an amazingly talented portrait and wedding photographer, Stephanie Betsill. This girl SLAYS the photo game. You will learn all about her career change and how she went to zero to sixty in no time. She gives us a detailed account of her journey into discovering her own style. Her favorite way of shooting, settings, and gear!

Stephanie's Website

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MEET YOUR HOST!!!

This episode is an introduction to the Fuego Magic Podcast. You will learn all about your host Matias Ezcurra. His wife Sarah interviews Matias all about his journey to becoming a photographer, how he got to where he is today, how he likes to photograph his couples and why Fuego Magic was created.

We talk about the beginning of being a self-taught photographer. How all of the free photoshoots and assisting jobs helped him gain confidence and get to his ultimate goal of photographing high-end weddings.

Matias Ezcurra - NV Maui Media

www.nvmauimedia.com

@nvmauimedia

Honeybook - The service I mentioned using for all of my book-keeping, client communication and management.