Through The Lens of Motherhood

We’re so excited to share the final episode of Season 1 of Through the Lens of Motherhood - a candid conversation with one of our biggest inspirations, Summer Murdock. Summer honestly shares her humble beginnings in photography and the lessons she learned along the way, including why it’s so important to lean into your voice, tell your truth, and create for the process not the result.

We love personal projects! A 365 is simply a project you commit to doing everyday for one year. For photographers, that means taking a photo everyday. Personal projects (and especially ones you commit to do everyday) are a great way to expand your creativity, tap in to your voice, grow as an artists, and simply document life. Today we’re chatting about why we love them, how they help us, and the tips we gathered along the way.

Today it’s another in-between episode and we’re talking about a topic on our hearts - fitting in vs. belonging. We talk about what the two concepts mean to us, and why so many of us feel the need to fit in so that we can be validated by our community. Where do we look for validation? Who do we create for? Why do we want to fit in so much?

Curiousity is a beautiful way to figure out who you are and what makes you uniquely you. Ask questions, explore your passions and interests, and go within to find your own acceptance and true belonging. This is the work that we all have to do, our contracts as humans, to find ourselves and our own internal knowing that we inherently belong, that we are inherently worthy.

Our conversation today is with the wonderful Courtney Larson of Inloveness Photography and Director of Click Pro. Courtney shares her journey to photography and why she always had a creative & entrepreneurial spirit. She talks about how she balances being a mother to three kids while running a business as well as a community of photographers as the Director of Click Pro, and how she avoids mom guilt while she’s at it. She shares her thoughts on being valued as an artist and why making money is never something we should be ashamed of. Her advice to newer photographers is to crunch the numbers and know your worth, because you can't live off of passion alone. Thanks Courtney for so much amazing advice and inspiration!

In this episode, Kristyn & Laura share their first “in-between” conversation. Short chats about the things we’re struggling with or subjects that are on our hearts. We received a lot of requests for an episode on Imposter Syndrome, so we’re sharing our thoughts on what it is, why it’s so normal, and how to overcome it.

On today’s episode, Laura interviews her co-host Kristyn Miller. Kristyn shares her motherhood journey, the moment that solidified her why, and how it has informed the way she sees life and the images she creates. They discuss what it means to feel a moment and capture it, and how having intention and deep purpose has brought about great clarity for Kristyn. She also shares her thoughts on competition and comparison in the photography industry, and how building community has been such a blessing in her business and life.