Photo Field Notes Podcast: Career Advice for Photographers

Today on the podcast, Kelli White is sharing how she built her business in both photography AND videography, and how you can expand your own business with video.

Kelli is an Indianapolis based photographer and filmmaker, where she works with families, couples and brands to tell authentic stories through photos and video. Kelli has a passion for educating and encouraging new female filmmakers through her videography education website, She Learns Video.

Topics from today's episode:

• The daily habits of an entrepreneur

• The Self-Employed Ecosystem for a healthy business and life

• How personal development increases your capacity for success

• How to create a Business Model of Multiples

How many people can say they’ve never worked for anyone else? Selling eggs door-to-door at 14 years old began a lifetime of self-employment. As a small business consultant, Jeffrey Shaw coaches self-employed and small business owners through all the business growth and personal development they need for a successful business.

Drawing on his experience as a renowned portrait photographer, Jeffrey sees in others what they don’t see in themselves and apply the business strategies that result in a successful business and fulfilled life.

Kelsey is the founder and creator of the Aligned Business™ Academy, a 12 month business program designed to create a thriving business model that supports you in scaling to 6-figures while living your life without burning out. She is also the owner of Pinegate Road, a personal branding agency. Now 32, Kelsey is enthused by working with entrepreneurs to fulfill a “life first” approach while building the business of their dreams. Learn how you can apply Kelsey's approach to scale up your business AND work less hours.

Dave Lorenzo's life changed when he was hit by a taxi on his way to a high pressure consulting meeting in New York City. He made a promise to himself that day that if he came out okay, he would get off the hamster wheel and set up a business that would give him more freedom in his life. Now, Dave helps business owners develop growth strategies, including better sales. Today on the episode, Dave is sharing his sales tips with you.

Lisa Princic is a trained business strategist and the host of the Scaling Deep Podcast. Lisa's clients turn to her for help with business growth when they are worn out from chasing the next mass marketing trick, but know they need to go beyond word of mouth. She is a results-oriented, deep thinker who has an innate instinct for “seeing” the value of a business and turning that into a pipeline of ideal clients. A staunch believer in business simplicity and intention, Lisa helps her clients accomplish their goals by focusing on what to do AND what to ignore.

David Emmons has been an artist for decades, selling his copper and stained glass hanging water gardens at the most prestigious Art Festivals in the country.

He spent over 30 years of his life setting up and tearing down more shows than he can count. He spent countless days sitting in the rain. He’s felt the disappointment of merely breaking even after a grueling week on the road. Discouraged, he sipped the weak coffee, listened to the roar of generators or repetitive Christmas music all day, and lost his voice from days of endless talking. He missed his wife, and his kids, and the many things he dreamed of doing.

Being a self employed artist/crafts-person should mean having MORE free time, not less. It should mean having greater quality of life – Having the ability to chase your dreams...

Three years ago, David made a shift and it changed his life. Up to that point, he was doing 30 shows a year. Now he only exhibits at 1 or 2 of his favorite shows. This massive shift happened simply because of how he uses his Facebook business page and his online marketing skills he has developed. His internet business increased by 1,000% and is rising monthly. His Facebook page increased from 757 fans to 96,000 fans in just three years and it is still increasing at a rapid pace.

Now that he is free of the frustration of working so hard to make his business profitable, David has turned his focus towards helping others learn how to use online marketing to create this same freedom and success for themselves.

Rachel Brenke, a multi-faceted entrepreneur who has created businesses from the ground-up that support the life she wants to lead. As a cancer survivor, mom of five, and TEAM USA athlete, her motto is “I get to do this” and get-to-do-this she does.

Her mission is to help entrepreneurs be efficient, strategic, and legally protected. She has helped entrepreneurs all over the world initiate, strategize, and implement strategic business and legal planning. Her content is easy to understand because she is actually an entrepreneur and in the trenches with the audience. Today on the podcast, Rachel is going to walk us through some tips for dealing with Covid-19 in our contracts (and other unexpected events) in our contracts.

Andy Seeley is a master in sales and digital marketing. Andy’s previous experiences have taken him from the retail spaces to the publishing world. Today, Andy leads a team of digital marketing mavens as the CEO and Co-Founder of Creatively Disruptive. In addition to his role as CEO, Andy also actively mentors other business owners and offering timely tips and tricks in Facebook Advertising.

For ten years Adam's action sports and fitness photography was published all around the world with clients ranging from major publications to global brands like Red Bull, DC Shoes, Monster Energy, and ESPN.

In 2014, Adam began to look for a new outlet for his creativity and began shooting interior spaces and residential homes. Throughout all of these industries re-licensing his photos became a big part of Adam's business.

In November of 2020 Adam (along with his wife and three year old daughter) moved to Oahu, Hawaii and left behind a solid client base in Southern California to pursue their dream of living in a tropical paradise.

Outside of his professional life Adam enjoys training CrossFit, eating a healthy plant-based diet, freediving, and hiking.

Mike is the Co-Founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the #1 accounting software in the cloud, designed exclusively for freelancers and growing service based business owners. Built out of frustration after accidentally saving over an invoice, Mike spent 3.5 years growing FreshBooks from his parents’ basement. Since launching in 2003, over 24 million people have used FreshBooks to save time billing and collect billions of dollars.

Mike co-authored Breaking The Time Barrier, which teaches self-employed professionals how to price their services. The book takes only one-hour to read, has been downloaded more than 300,000 times, and has received praise from Tim Ferriss, Michael E. Gerber, Tina Roth Eisenberg, and Daniel H. Pink.