The Creative Frame - A Photography Podcast

Today I’m talking with Kirsty Larmour who is a storyteller & educator. She is currently living in limbo between the colours of India, the heat of UAE and the wilds of Yorkshire. After 10 years of client work, Kirsty is now spending her time capturing the moments of her beautiful every day. Kirsty talks about how she got started with photography, the similarities she found with engineering and photography, the elements that she looks for when she picks up her camera, ways that she stays inspired and so much more.

I hope this conversation leaves you with some ideas for getting creative with your own photography. If you are looking for some quick ideas you can implement right away, check out my free guide with 9 ideas for creative photography here.

You can find her online here:
Kirsty Larmour's Website
Kirsty Larmour's Instagram

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Today on The Creative Frame I’m talking with Kelli White who is a family and lifestyle newborn photographer and filmmaker as well as an educator teaching about creating videos.  Today we talk about how to use video to help differentiate your business, how to get creative with video, how shooting video can help you grow as a photographer and so much more. I hope this conversation leaves you with some ideas and inspiration for shooting video even if that is something new for you. 

You can find her online here:

Kelli White Photography
Kelli White on Instagram
She Learns Video
She Learns Video Instagram
Photo Display Books Kelli mentions

You can follow along with the podcast and Allison Jacobs on Instagram.  Looking for the free creativity guide?  Grab it here.

I am so incredibly excited to share this conversation with Mercy Haruna with you today.  Mercy is a portrait and documentary photographer dedicated to capturing the fleeting moments of family life. She focuses on stories that capture the beauty of the everyday as well as those that dive into deeper conversations about the realities of motherhood. Her latest project, Offspring aims to create space for Black mothers in the UK to share their stories related to the physical and psychological changes that come with the transition into motherhood. Mercy is so full of life and truth and her passion for her photography really shines through as we talk.  And we really cover some ground today talking about topics from Mercy’s current projects, the self doubt we all feel as creatives, the importance of sharing the richness of life through her visual storytelling.  I know this conversation will leave you with ideas for digging deeper into the meaning behind your photography & storytelling & I would love to hear your thoughts after you listen so share with us on Instagram tagging the podcast and Mercy.

You can find her online here:
Mercy’s Website
Mercy’s Instagram

You can follow along with the podcast and Allison Jacobs on Instagram.  Looking for the free creativity guide?  Grab it here.

Today I’m talking with Melina Nastzia who is a NYC based photographer. She is a self described light seeker which you can see in her work where she is pushing the creative boundaries in her art and projects. Today we talk about finding your why with photography, figuring out your intentions, some of Melina’s favorite creative techniques, ways that art can be just like life and so much more. I hope this conversation leaves you with some ideas for getting creative with your own photography. 

I hope this conversation leaves you with some ideas for getting creative with your own photography. 

You can find her online here:

Melina’s Website
Melina’s Instagram

You can follow along with the podcast and Allison Jacobs on Instagram.  Looking for the free creativity guide?  Grab it here.

Today I’m talking with Linsey Davis who is an internationally-acclaimed documentary family photographer. Her life is chock-full of homeschooling, road trips, backyard shenanigans, fun extracurricular activities, and a lot of cooking. All of which we talk about today.  Linsey also shares the importance of incorporating humor in her photos, the elements she looks for in documentary photos, and what some of the barriers are she overcame as she stretched herself creatively over this last year. We talk about some of her photography projects, their meanings, and how she develops them along with her self assignments. 

I hope this conversation leaves you with some ideas for getting creative with your own photography. 

You can find her online here:

Linsey’s Website
Linsey’s Instagram

You can follow along with the podcast and Allison Jacobs on Instagram.  Looking for the free creativity guide?  Grab it here.

Jyo is an electrical engineer turned creative photographer living in Northern California.  She photographs clients, her family, and teaches a creative photography course at Click School.  Jyo is also a talented, published fine art and lifestyle photographer.

In this episode we discuss how Jyo got into photography, how her style has evolved over the years including some things she believes has helped her along the way, and how she has learned to let go of the idea of perfect when it comes to photography.  

You can find her online here:

Jyo’s Website
Jyo’s Instagram

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Today’s chat for the ninth episode is with Trisha Hughes is Midwestern based food & storytelling photographer.  She is a Mother to four kids, one cat, one dog, and a small flock of chickens.

Trisha has been shooting Food & product photography since 2015 when she began Eat Your Beets blog and she has since turned from recipe creation to photographing food & products for business. She is a Co-owner of We Wanderers Retreat with her BFF Courtney Slazinik where they teach women photography in a unique hands on experience in different cities.

In this episode we discuss Trisha’s personal photography project called Medicated Like Me, how Trisha goes about shooting commercial food photography, and why she wanted to create a photography retreat for women.

You can find her online here:

Trisha’s Website
Medicated Like Me Project 

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Today’s chat for the eighth episode is with Rachel Larsen Weaver who is a wedding and family photographer mostly serving Southern Maryland, Virgina, and the Washington DC area.  

Rachel has created an amazing guide for self portraits which she also describes as a self love guide disguised as a self portrait primer. You can also find her talking about all the things in Now Now school with Yan Palmer and Adrienne Oliver.

In this episode we discuss how to show up as yourself through self portraiture and talking about photographers this is just an example of something Rachel shared: “These are people who are constantly able to see the beauty in other people. That is something they have trained their eyes towards. We need to have the conversation about redirecting that towards ourselves. I think it’s a beautiful symbiotic relationship. I think when you are better at seeing yourself lovingly your eyes are trained to look at your clients in a different way, to look at your subjects in a different way”.  Rachel also shares what the slow roll session is and why she came up with it for her business and a little about living with contradictions as an artist. It’s all so good that you won’t want to miss a moment.

You can find her online here:

Rachel’s Instagram

Rachel’s Website

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Today’s chat for the seventh episode is with Cami Turpin who is a Utah family photographer capturing authentic moments using mostly old school analog film for her sessions.

Cami has taught on a variety of platforms from her breakout in the Click & Co store, her workshop called Films with Voice, the Little Women project and so much more.  She shares lots of her insights and ideas on her Instagram in stories and IGTV helping lead other photographers through digging into analyzing their work and growing in their art in the process.

In this episode we discuss how to balance connecting with community on social media and making sure you are creating work for yourself.  Cami shares what has worked as well as challenges for many of her projects she has been working on over the last year.  In between these bigger subjects there is just lots of overall wisdom for how to analyze your photography and create work that you love.

You can find her online here:

Cami’s Instagram

Cami’s Website

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Today’s conversation is with Kate Bragg who is a talented food and still life photographer living in the beautiful countryside of Maine.  She shares about her process for creating the look you want in your photos even without a studio.  Kate who is a self described country girl at heart, loves to highlight her baked goods, seasonal farm picked produce, and fresh flowers through her photography.  

We talk about how she keeps her style consistent through the seasons, what she looks for when buying props for styling, letting go of perfection in your work, and how Kate pushes through those photography ruts.  

You can find her online here:
Kate’s website
Kate’s Instagram

Kate mentions the book Plate to Pixel as a resource for learning food photography as well as how photographer Kim Klassen has inspired her with still life photography.

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