Photo Field Notes Podcast: Career Advice for Photographers
Stories and career inspiration from professional photographers
Vickie Black and her husband, Jeremy, have been self employed for years, so it wasn’t a huge leap for them to start a photography business together. The leap came later, when Vickie decided that she wanted to drop weddings to specialize in senior and teen photography. A few topics from today’s show: Letting go of a lucrative market (weddings) to…
After I talked with Jonathan Canlas a few weeks ago about why he refuses to specialize as a photographer, I thought it would be fun to counter his views with the views of Alicia Caine, a super wiz on branding, pricing and making it rain in the photography business. Alicia actually just came out with a course on how to take yourself…
Amy and Jordan were high school sweethearts— they met when they were 14 years old in freshman english class. After becoming teachers in the same school, Amy found herself getting pulled in by the world of photography. Jordan soon followed, and within a few years, they had both quit their day jobs to run their wedding photography business full time…
Professional photographer, Jean Smith, talks about the one mistake she made when she started her photography business, building a brand, how she approaches social media marketing and how she and her family took a full year traveling Europe and Asia with their four kids while working along the way.
Film photographer and educator, Jonathan Canlas, offers a counterargument to the popular business advice that we must specialize to succeed as photographers.
Today, the tables are turned, and Mikkel is interviewing me about my own career story. Hear about how I grew my photography business while working another full time job.
Heather Woodward of Artful Heart Photography started getting into photography when her first child was born. She obsessed over learning the skills for herself and her personal photos, but soon began getting requests to take photos for others, which led her to start and grow her business. A few topics from this show: How Heather gravitated toward newborns and babies Why…
David Bean is the founder of Visual Reserve out of Nashville. David grew up on what he calls “hippy communes,” barely graduating high school and never going to college. Now he’s built a successful business photographing celebrities from Nikki Taylor to Taylor Swift. In this interview, David tells the story of how he created his own business out of nothing….
Ellie Pritts actively resisted trying to turn photography into a business, but she eventually ended up leaving school to pursue it full time. She’s now a music photographer based out of Austin, Texas. A few topics from this show: Breaking into music photography The anatomy of an Instagram takeover Moving to a new location The challenges of photographing live concerts…
A few topics from this show: How Michael quit his full time job to pursue photographing performances and events How Craigslist has helped his business Michael’s advice for getting started as a performance + event photographer Notable quotes: “Even in the moments where I wake up and I’m still kind of struggling to either find the client or feel happy…
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