The Audacious Babe Podcast - For Female Photographers

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Welcome back to the 16th episode of THE AUDACIOUS BABE PODCAST. Oh Yeah! Today is an episode filled with lots of good stuff. Well at least I hope it is, if you’ve ever thought about outsourcing your editing that is ;)

So we will chat all about outsourcing your editing, we will have a look at the pros and the cons and if you do want to outsource, tips on what are the things to look out for when it comes to outsourcing.

Have you ever felt like, you absolutely hate editing? Have you ever felt overwhelm with the backlog especially during busy periods? Have you ever felt like you need more hours in the day to juggle your family life and your business life and you want to serve your clients well but just don’t have enough hours at the end of it all?

Well, believe me, I've been there. All of the above statements are true and I've felt like I was drowning back in 2015. I knew something had to change. So, I made the decision to outsource my editing for 2016 and have never looked back really. So now, after two years of outsourcing I can honestly say that it was a huge learning curve but it has saved my life. Well, it actually gave me my life back to be honest.

Listen to the full episode to hear more about my experiences with outsourcing, which company I am using and my personal pros and cons as well as any tips I can share with you. 

Also, why not share your own experiences with all of us in our little online community? Are you thinking about outsourcing your editing? Maybe you've been doing it for years? What are your experiences and who are you using? What effect did  outsourcing your editing have on your life?

If you are not part of our community yet, just head over here and join us! Would love to hear from you!

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In today's THE AUDACIOUS BABE Podcast episode, I had the absolute pleasure and honour to be interviewing Yolande De Vries from Girls On Film Boudoir and chat with her all about Female Empowerment and Boudoir Photography.

But this is not all. Yolande is sharing how she grew up in Namibia and how her photography journey started. How she evolved from shooting on film just for fun with friends when going out and partying, to when she started to study for her degree in Photojournalism. We then also cover her first dabbles in wedding photography before we dive deep into her boudoir photography side of her business. She gives a tons of really valuable tips on how to get started if you want to start with boudoir photography yourself. 

Soooo much goodness in this episode, my lovelies! Go and listen to the full episode now! :)

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I had recording it. She is one hell of an audacious babe, don't you think?!

On the blog post for this episode, you will see some examples of Yolande's wonderful work as well as a few background information PLUS all her social media links where you can find more of her.

If you have any questions for Yolande, she is already part of our online community, so just head over here and join us! I'm sure she is more than happy to answer any of your questions!

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Today’s episode is part 2 and will therefore conclude my little productivity tips mini series. I hope you’ve enjoyed last week’s episode and have gotten something out of it. Have you tried to apply the different attention types into your worklife that Graham Allcott introduces in his book "How to be A Productivity Ninja?" I have and can honestly say, it has made a huge difference. 

Today I will go more into details about techniques, tricks and tools that can be applied to be more productive.

But don’t forget as Allcott describes, don’t get sucked into that productivity porn; that shiny new software or app that we then spend sooo much time on setting it all up, only to then not use it at all.

So all of the tools I will mention today, just review them, consider them and truly think about whether this could be useful to you. Especially if they need huge amounts of setup time. Think about the trade-off though. Some can be tremendously helpful even if you have to invest a lot of time upfront. Just be mindful of that and go from there.

I've also created a little downloadable PDF as an overview  including links to softwares and apps. You can download it here.

Listen to the full episode to discover multiple techniques and tools that to increase your productivity levels throughout your working days. 

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Recently I've read this great book “How to be A Productivity Ninja” by Graham Allcott and it has kind of inspired me - so much so that I wanted to share this with you.

The book goes into a lot of details about productivity and obviously how to become a productivity ninja, but it also talks a lot about the psychological aspects within ourselves and also about how our environment has shifted tremendously over the recent years to influence our productivity levels.

The main take aways for me from the book are the mindset shifts that he describes. Not even just the becoming of the productivity ninja but the little things that stuck with me the most and have helped me already in y every day work life.

Allcott describes how time management is dead and that the old principles and techniques of time management do not work anymore.

It used to be very simple. You got to the office, maybe had a few letters and faxes to sort through but then that is it. You then basically had the entire work day in front of you to get on with the real work. So then it was easy to just look at your to do list and create priorities with the ABC technique.

But this is no longer applicable as our workdays have shifted to dealing with 24-7 emails, social media, voicemail, calls, instant messaging, texts, conference calls, collaboration tools and the burden of staying connected.

So, the old techniques no longer function that way.

We are faced with constant information overflow. Even if we are working by ourselves at home in front of the computer, we still are fighting with all of these distractions, external AND internal.

So, Allcott therefore then describes that productivity tools need to shift from time management to attention management.

I totally agree with this as it also forces us to look internal and at something that we might be able to control better with developing habits etc. Time in itself is a constant for everyone - it is the same for everyone. We do not control time. BUT we can control our perception and our attention within the time given.

He then describes that there are three different types of attentions, proactive, active and inactive and we go through all of these on any given workday. It is up to you to figure out at what times of the day you are in what state of attention and therefore by identifying this you can do your best work in those time slots and be the most productive.

Listen to the full episode where I describe what Allcott means with this shift to attention management and how we can apply this to our every day work life to increase productivity levels. I will also quick touch on the characteristics of a productivity ninja. 

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In today's THE AUDACIOUS BABE Podcast episode, I had the absolute pleasure and honour to be interviewing Chloe Lee from Chloe Lee Photography and chat with her all about second shooting.

We cover both sides of second shooting, so we are are talking about the do's and don'ts for being a second shooter and the do's and don'ts for being a main photographer hiring a second shooter. 

We also talk about two different kinds of second shooting, PLUS where you can find second shooting gigs and in general what to look out for.

This is a great episode with lots and lots of valuable content and info about second shooting and everything that comes with that.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I had recording it. She is one hell of an audacious babe, don't you think?!

On the blog post for this episode, you will see some examples of Chloe's wonderful work as well as a few background information PLUS all her social media links where you can find more of her.

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I’m going a little bit off topic with today's THE AUDACIOUS BABE PODCAST episode and talk to you about a topic that is very important to me but doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with photography per se. Nonetheless it is important and affects all of us. And that is our health.

Yes.

I've been thinking about my own health a lot lately and just thought I'd share with you a little bit about my struggles and the new journey I am on. But it also got me a thinking a lot about our behaviours as human beings towards our health. So please bear with me as this is an episode a bit out of the norm.  

As we are currently in January, with the flood of New Year's resolutions going on, I thought this topic would fit right in.

I bet a lot of you have New Year's resolutions or have had them in the past that included something along the lines of getting healthy, fitter, eat better, drink more water, run 5k, stop smoking or whatever really.

Come January, we think this is going to be THE year we achieve that goal weight, fit into that dress or whatever we have set for ourselves come December 31st.

I’ve been there, done that every year.

And every year, I’ve let myself down by not committing to the resolutions. So a few years back I have stopped to give myself any New Year's resolutions all together.

I think they are tricky as most of our resolutions probably won’t be finished and actually we might end up feeling worse about ourselves as once again we have let ourselves down. And that inner critic of ours can really go to town on that one!

Anyhow, coming back to the today’s topic. Our health.

Our bodies and our health are this most precious thing. They have to drag our asses around all day, have to perform the way we want them to and keep us alert and going 24/7.  But yet, a lot of the time it is something we neglect the most. So this got me thinking: Why is that?

Why do we take care of our kids, which is quite obvious, our business, or anything else better than we most likely are treating our bodies? Why do we not take better care of ourselves?

And I’m not necessarily only talking physically, also mentally. Our mental health is as important as our physical one and yet once again we treat it with little to no respect.

This might not be true to all of you, but I’m just laying it out there. It was definitely true for me.

Why I’m telling you all this? Well it is something that I felt was needed to be voiced.

My point with this episode is just to maybe make us think more about our own bodies and minds. Just maybe by sharing my own struggles with you all, just maybe someone who is listening and is struggling with the same thing, gets a spark herself to change something in her life. Maybe not! Haha But at least I've got to share something honest and important to me with you all. 

Listen to the full episode to hear more about the story of my struggles, what epiphany I've had back in November 2017, what made me change my own ways and what made me start this journey to a healthy me. 

If you have any questions to the program or anything else I'm chatting about on the podcast, join me over in our little community and just give me a shout. :)

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In today's THE AUDACIOUS BABE Podcast episode, I had the absolute pleasure and honour to be interviewing Lex Fleming from Fleming Photo  and chat with her about the community over competition mindset.

Lex and I met at the beginning of 2017 when I joined her London Wedding Breakfast Club and attended one of their breakfast meetings. Since then I’ve gotten to know Lex a bit more and when I started this podcast I just knew I wanted to interview her especially about the community over competition mindset.

As photographers and also in other industries, we get taught when growing up, may this be in school or at university, that we need to look at our competition and analyse them. While I find that is a very important step in your branding and building your business strategy, the word "competition" teach us to see each others as rivals.

In our industry, when I first started back in 2013 I found that was still really the case. As a newbie I got looked at as the new rival in town by other photographers. I simply did not understand that. Am I a threat to these people?! I guess I was. I got bad vibes thrown my way when exhibiting at fairs with other photographers, and the whole ‘let’s check out the competition” looks and so on. While this wasn’t the case with all photographers that I met, but it certainly was with quite a few in the beginning. And when you first starting out this makes you quite self-conscious and makes you feel small. I hated that feeling.  

So over the years I’ve always made it a point of going up to other photographers at fairs or at any kind of meeting and introducing myself. And I think this is also one of the many reasons I felt the need to start this podcast essentially, to talk about these things.

The mere word competition is not one that I particularly like. We are all in this together. And quite frankly, yes we are potentially trying to get the same business, but I honestly believe there are enough fish in the pond for all of us. So I don’t feel threatened and I want to encourage you all to never feel threaten by your so-called competitors.

Some of my best friends in business are fellow photographers!

So go out there, peeps, mingle with the likes of you and if they give you bad vibes, brush them off and put a big fat smile on your face and simply go and introduce yourself.

Like I said we are all in this together. So I’d rather help and encourage and empower other photographers and be friends with other photographers than be negative and feel threaten and give out bad vibes. Right?

Anyways, long story short, when I’ve met Lex and got introduced to the whole London Wedding Breakfast Club scene, I instantly felt that same community vibe. She will talk about the LWBC in more detail in the interview.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I had recording it. She is one hell of an audacious babe, don't you think?!

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Happy New Year, my audacious babes! We are officially back today in this brand New Year 2018!  I hope you’ve had a wonderful time with your loved ones over Christmas and got some time also to relax and just chillout.

Today’s episode will be filled with lots and lots of good stuff! Today we are officially reviewing your 2017 and then working on making sure that 2018 is going to be one hell of an epic year to come! Whoohoo! Are you as pumped as I am to get started?

I’ve created a little workbook which will help guide through all of these reflections and planning. To download that just head over here: https://theaudaciousbabe.com/podcast-episode-9-reflect-learn-celebrate-2017-create-one-hell-epic-2018

Print it out, get yourself a drink and take yourself off somewhere nice and quiet. Somewhere where you have the time to reflect, plan and dream without interruptions. Turn off any social media that might be distracting you. Have some calming music on and get to work.

This process might be somewhat uncomfortable from time to time as you are facing past frustrations and challenges, but it will also be fun and show you all of your successes throughout last year and what you can take on over into this year to make sure it will be as successful as ever.

Ready? Then let’s do this!! Let’s have some fun!

The workbook is basically split into three main parts. First we will reflect, learn from it and celebrate! Whoop! This is the section where we will start reviewing your 2017, what things have worked and what might have not worked so well. I will explain this in more detail when we go through it.

Part 2 is the goal setting and planning for the new year 2018. Basically whatever we have learnt from our past experiences (the good and the bad) of 2017, we will take forward into the new year. But even further than that we allow ourselves to dream and really create a vision for 2018 here. That’s why it is so important to be sitting somewhere quiet and uninterrupted. Have some music playing in the background. Something that sets your mood up for focus but also for letting your mind wander and drift into the desires and aspirations.

And then lastly, part 3 is more for the workbook only as i’ve created a little success tracker for you. At first I was thinking about doing a weekly one, but to be honest, who has time to really plan and then reflect every single week? I think I will include one page for a weekly planner, that you can use over and over again if you like, but then also include a monthly one, which to me is the more important one of the two. I think a monthly time frame is much more achievable in reflecting on your wins and frustrations and plan ahead. You will see much more progress happening from one month to the next that from one week to the next. However, if you are REALLY committed, please feel free to use both. Maybe use the monthly one to set some monthly goals and then use the weekly sheet to create those incremental steps to get you to that monthly one.

But this is already taking us a bit too far head. Let’s take a step back and start with part 1 and reflect on your 2017. 

Listen to the rest of the episode and work along side with the FREE WORKBOOK. Ready?! Then let's get started!

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In today's THE AUDACIOUS BABE Podcast episode, I had the pleasure and honour to be interviewing Diana Hagues from Diana Hagues Photography and chat with her about her creativity projects and freelensing. We had such a lovely chat and she shares her passion for photography with us all.

But before I’m introducing this one audaciously talented lady, I need your help. In this episode we are chatting about creativity projects  and how they can help you getting out of a creative rut or just in general help you improve on a personal level which then of course also helps your professional work.

When I first started the THE AUDACIOUS BABE I was chatting to Claire Batey about this before as well (who you all know from episode 5 and 6), I’ve always had the urge to do creative challenges together as a community. So I thought to myself why not use our little Facebook group as the platform for this? I'm not really sure how to go about this but maybe we can set something up for the winter months and have weekly, bi-weekly or monthly challenges. What do you guys think?

These could either be challenges that make you take a picture every day similar to the 365 projects (Diana will be talking about those in more depth) but with a shorter time frame as 365 days is quite a committment… Or we could also do one task and then you have a certain time frame to complete it and post your final image inside the community. So for example, one week we set ourselves the challenge to capture something blue and make it as creative as possible. And we have a week to do it… and then every Sunday we post it in the community.

Some of the images can then also be featured on the THE AUDACIOUS BABE Instagram for example. This is really just talking from the top of my head here… We can make these however we want? So shall I start a little poll over inside the community and we can decide if people are up for this?

I personally would love to do something like this in the new year 2018. Like I said it doesn’t have to be a massive time commitment but rather something that is fun and that brings us all together.

The fun lies in doing it together and sharing it with each other… what do you guys think? Yay or Neh? Who's with me??

Diana, who is living with her husband, two children and their family dog in a lovely town north of Cambridge has completed a 365 project back in 2016 and has also worked on a freelensing project as well. That is how I noticed her inside our little community and immediately thought I want to interview her about freelensing. Soo cool! Her freelensing images and also her professional work images are absolutely wonderful! I will link to all of Diana’s website and online platforms below. Definitely check her out.

I also loved the fact that Diana has only recently started her business (in 2017) as I think it is important to see that you don’t always have to be an established business owner for years and years to still have something interesting and valuable to share.

So thanks again for the lovely Diana to come on the show.

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Today I wanted to chat with you about your ideal audience. This is such an important topic. It gets overlooked a lot. Even though people know they need to define their target market, they rarely do it at all or maybe not do it correctly or at least half heartedly. I have noticed, when working with startup students at the university of essex but also when chatting with small business owners in general, especially in the photography industry, everyone is kind of aware of this step as being part of their marketing strategy, but most just brush over it.

So I want to stop you right there! Identifying your ideal audience is NOT just and I repeat NOT just for your marketing strategy. This affects your entire business. Yup it is THAT important really. So that’s why I thought I spend a whole episode on this…

This step really builds the entire foundation for your entire business. It affects the clarify you have for your business, it affects what kind of products and services you might offer and it obviously influences how you want to reach these people. Without knowing who your products and services are for, how do you expect to reach anyone and make any sales? Especially in today’s marketplace. Knowing and really being in your ideal audience’s mindset will help you in every aspect of your business. All the way down to the nitty gritty of your wording used in your Facebook ads or on your price booklet.

Ok if this sounds somewhat daunting to you right now, don’t worry. This is a process. Nothing is written in stone but by following certain questions step by step, you reach a clarity you did not have before you sat down. I can promise you that. It does help.  And even when you already established for a few years you should always revisit this time and time again. Because sometimes we forget who our ideal audience actually is and then our messaging gets a bit mixed. Or our business has changed over the years and so has our ideal audience. It is all an ever evolving process. As long as you are a business owner, this will always change and evolve.

But also look at it this way, it is great fun actually to sit down and really brainstorm about your audience. Really get into their mindset and find out where they hangout, online and offline, what kind of products they consume, who they really are. I think always coming back to this step is a great help to really get back your focus for your business. And when you are just starting out, this is the best foundational work you can treat yourself with.

So that you are not left to your own devices I’ve once again created a little work booklet for you to help you through this. Just download it and follow along today’s episode. I promise you it will ask all of those important questions to really get into the nitty gritty of your ideal audience.

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