A recap of our Smoky Mountain Photographer Retreat, including a clip from the retreat where Colette Bottiaux talked to our attendees about posing families and couples.

Since we had our core team with us at our Smoky Mountain Photographer Retreat, we decided to do a "speed round" where we give each of them 3 to 5 minutes to speak on a topic.

Brittney Rush talks about manual camera settings, Colette Bottiaux on relocating a photography business to a new state, Michelle Hatcher and Jaylee Dempsey on editing, and Matt Gates on storytelling through video and photography.

April is busy preparing for our Smoky Mountain Photographer Retreat, so Matt Gates joins Ron to co-host this week's podcast.

Ron and Matt talk with Brittney Rush and Walt Loyle, the customer service experts at Shore Shooters and Mountain Escape.  We'll talk about cancellation policies, preventing bad reviews BEFORE they happen, and much more.  If you're a wedding or portrait photographer, you can't afford to miss this great advice from our customer service team!

This week we talk with Walt Loyle.  Walt works in our office, he's a Shore Shooters photographer, and he is also April's husband!  On this podcast, Walt has some great advice for beginner photographers and he'll talk about delivering great customer service "in the field".

Walt will join us again next week, along with our office manager Brittney Rush to talk more in depth about customer service on the administrative side of the business.

This week, we talk about how looking ahead to the future, adapting to new technology, and asking "why does it have to be so complicated?" helped Shore Shooters grow into the company it is today.

Building your personal brand and how to become a traveling photographer.

Matt Gates introduces us to creative power couple Christian and Courtney Hilley.  This couple has done it all!  They are musicians, photographers, graphic designers, branding experts, coffee roasters, they have owned a magazine and they also have a clothing brand!  

Saidy Troha, owner of Foam Coffee in Gulf Shores, AL talks about using Instagram to make her coffee shop a tourist destination.

April and Ron talk with Colette Bottiaux.  Colette will be the photography educator at our upcoming Smoky Mountain Photographer Retreat in Townsend, TN April 29th - May 2.  Follow Colette on Instagram @colettebottiaux

This week, the tables are turned as Matt Gates puts Ron and April in the hot seat!  Find out how Shore Shooters created a "brand" of beach photography and some of the mistakes we made along the way.