The Beginner Photography Podcast

#208 Phillip and Elieen Blume are husband and wife wedding photographers from just outside Atlanta Georgia who stumbled upon a unique way of doing mini sessions that after years of refining has is now able to consistently earn them $10,000 in a single weekend without watering down their brand. Today we talk about how they do it!

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• What sets Phillip and Elieen Blume apart from other photographers in their area
• The rocky start Phillip and Elieen had with mini sessions in the beginning
• What they struggled with the most when booking mini sessions
• Why mini sessions are not just for clients who cant afford a regular session
• How youre going broke shooting $150 mini sessions and why you should be charging less!
• How their average sale is so high even in a country with the highest poverty rate in the country
• and how to get enough variety of images in a 20 min mini session
  
  

Premium Members Also Learn:

• How to set up your mini session funnel
• Why most photographers get wrong when it comes to minis and how you can get it right
• How to turn mini session clients coming back year after year after year!
  
  

Resources:

• Join the LIVE Maximizing Mini Sessions Webinar July 29th at 2pm Est

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#207 Jon Soohoo is the head team photographer for the Los Angeles Dodgers and has been photographing important moments in sports for more than 35 years and his photo of Kobe Bryant was used as the cover of ESPN’s memorial issue.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• When Jon SooHoo knew photography was going to play an important roll in his life
• One of the best lessons Jon learned while shooting under legendary sports photographer Andy Bernstein
• What the head photographer of the Los Angeles Dodgers is responsible for shooting and covering
• How many team photographers shoot a Dodgers game
• How personally Jon SooHoo takes team losses
• Whether or not he documents team losses
• How Jon SooHoo prepared to shoot the LA Dodgers world series game
• If Jon would get a world series ring if the Dodgers Won the World Series
• How to prepare for big moments during a game
• How many photos Jon SooHoo takes in an average game
• What it takes for a photo to stand out
• If player superstitions rub off on him as the photographer
• The one thing Jon would tell a new team photo intern before they took the field
• How Jon’s day starts when he arrives at the stadium
• What Jon gets asked most by Dodger fans

Resources:

• LA Dodgers Photographer Jon SooHoo on Twitter
• Jon SooHoo on Instagram
• Los Angeles Dodgers Insider with photos posted after each game
• Sports Shooter Academy

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Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#206 Jesse Dittmar is a commercial portrait photographer based in Brooklyn who specializes in celebrities and other notable figures. Jesse had photographed celebrities like Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Sting, Charli D’Amelio, Tom Brady, George Takei, David Letterman, Uma Thurman and many many more. In this interview we chat about Jesses early start in photography, what he learned from assisting that he didnt in art school, and the transition to going out on his own and shooting for himself.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• When Jesse knew photography was going to be an important part of his life
• Struggles Jesse had with photography early on
• The magic of developing your own film
• What Jesse learned when going to art college
• Why Jesse started assisting other photographers after graduating
• Who books Jesse to take portraits of celebrities and notable figures
• How Jesse is able to connect with his subjects in an impossibly short amount of time
• The importance that music plays in Jesses life and in his photographs
• What kind of music Jesse plays when he photographs artists like Sting
• How Jesse approaches vision for his shoots when he just has minutes to grab the shot
• How much direction Jesse gives to his subjects
• The one thing Jesse needs from each shoot to consider it a success
• Why Jesse still shoots film and how he uses it to achieve a signature look

Premium Members Also Learn:

• How to nail your client meetings
• What Jesse was surprised to learn after going out on his own and how he handled the stress
• What Jesse outsourced in his business to make him a better photographer
• How to overdeliver to your client to ensure they keep calling you back

Resources:

• Celebrity Portrait Photographer Jesse Dittmar’s website
• Jesse Dittmar’s Instagram
• Jesse Dittmar’s book “Two”

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#205 Gerard Exupery is a New York photographer who just published his new book Subway 1975-1985 which is filled with photos from the New York subway system taken in the late 70s and early 80s. In this chat we talk about the flow of life that happens on the New Yor subway system and the challenged of capturing an era. 

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• When Gerard knew photography was going to plan an important part of his life
• The hardest part about photography to learn when he got started
• What it was about the subway that captured Gerards attention
• How to find the decisive moment while in the flow of live on the subway
• Who are some of Gerards photography influences
• How Gerard put together a long term project that spanned a decade
• Some trouble Gerard got into while shooting in NYC in the late 70s
• What the process was of choosing photos out of a decade worth of images to put into his book
• What Advice Gerard would give to anyone wanting to take on a long term project

Resources:

• Gerard Exupery’s Website
•  Gerard Exerpery’s book Subway 1975-1985

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Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#204 Taking photos that are sharp is one of the hallmarks of a professional photographer. It shows a clear understanding of their abilities to not only read the scene in front of them but to use their technical knowledge to capture the scene with beauty.

For new photographers, getting sharp photos can be quite challenging and cause confusion. Part of the time photos don’t turn out sharp because of having the wrong technical settings while the other times, the gear could be at fault.

Today I break down the 4 reasons why you’re taking blurry photos and how to get sharply focused photos.

Reason #1: You Missed Focus

Reason #2: Chromatic Aberration

Reason #3: Your ISO is too High

Reason #4: Motion Blur

Knowing how to use your camera and the effect your camera settings has on an image is imperative to being able to capture sharp photos.

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Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#203 TahJah Harmony is a southern Louisiana lifestyle photographer and wedding photographer who after several years of hustle to get her photography business going started to feel burnt out and went looking for a way to fill her creative health bucket. This interview and the importance of mental health and creative health is extremely relevant todays world climate. 

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How TahJah got started in photography
• What was the hardest part about photography for TahJah to learn
• The first sign of burn out TahJah felt and how it started to affect her mental health
• How TahJah defines creative health
• What aspects of Art school TahJah found most beneficial
• TahJah’s favorite activities to fill her creative health bucket
• How TahJah changed her home life to promote better mental health
• TahJahs favorite apps to help her creative health

Premium Members Also Learn:

• How to decide what to do and not do in your business
• How to turn business tasks creative
• Knowing when it’s ok to hustle for work of if your just Hustling to hustle.
• How baking and rock climbing can make us better photographers for our clients.

Resources:

• TahJah Harmony’s website
• The Creative Health Podcast
• TahJah Harmony on Instagram
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Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#202 After the birth of his child, Simon Ringsmuth discovered the power of photography when a friend shared a photo he took of Simons child. Determined to learn photography Simon started a website where he uploads photos weekly and shares what he learned and documents his progression.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How Simon got started in photography
  
  
• What Simon struggled with most when he first started shooting and how he overcame it.
  
  
• What has been Simons main source of photography education
  
  
• Why Simon started the website
  
  
• How to protect yourself from burn out when committing to a long term project
  
  
• How to set your own goals
  
  
• Some common info that Simon found to not be helpful when learning photography
  
  
• What Simon was surprised to learn after shooting for the past 7 years
  
  

Resources:

• https://www.weeklyfifty.com/
  
  
• Register for the free live webinar “The 3 Secrets to Capturing Better Moments With The Camera Gear You Already Have!”
  
  

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

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Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#201 Corey Potter is an expert when it comes to SEO and helps teach SEO for Photographers. Corey has a refreshing take on SEO which is to stop blogging just to blog and start blogging with intention. In this interview, we talk about how you can blog less and grow your website traffic.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The importance of blogging and SEO is fr photographers
  
  
• What most photographers get wrong about blogging
  
  
• How to brainstorm ideas to blog about and then narrow them down to pick a winner
  
  
• What is a featured snippet and how you can utilize them to gain tons of website traffic
  
  
• How many images you should be putting in each blog post
  
  
• How to promote your blog post once its been published
  
  
• The difference between a page and a post
  
  
• How to get google to tell you what people search for
  
  
• 2 of the best paid tools and several free tools to use to get started
  
  
• The one blog family photographers need to write today
  
  
• How to follow up with content you have previously published
  
  

Resources:

• SEO for Photographers Fuel Your Photos website
  
  
• Fuel your photos FB group
  
  
• GTMetrix

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#200 In this special episode of the Beginner Photography Podcast that was recorded on Facebook Live, I pay my appreciation to listeners like you and past guests of the show share some special insights on growing as a photographer.

Resources:

• Chris Orwig
• Ashley Marston
• Sean Brown
• Cris Duncan
• Emily Brunner
• Emma O'Brien
• Mark Hemmings
• Martin Moore
• Matt Druin
• Mary Fisk-Taylor
• Nick Church

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

#199 Megan Breukelman is a new york city-based wedding photographer who had an unconventional start into the industry. Today I'm excited to chat about how to grow a Personal Passion Project.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How Megan got started in photography
• How Megan shot her first wedding at 14
• What Megan struggled with most when learning photography
• What is a photography passion project
• Why you would you want to grow a photography passion project
• How much detail we need to have when putting together a plan to start a personal project
• What to do if we dont have everything we need
• When to turn a passion project into a business
• How even if you are not making money with your personal project can grow your career
• Different ways to make money with your camera that you have already
• When to start considering other people opinions on what your project should be

Resources:

• New York City Wedding Photographer Megan Breukelman’s Website
• Megan Breukelman on Instagram
• Megan Breukelman on Twitter

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Sign up for your free CloudSpot Account today at www.DeliverPhotos.com

Connect with Raymond! 

• Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
• Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
• Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!