144: Amanda Schulz – How To Find Your Way as a Portrait Photographer

Amanda Schulz of ACS Studios is based in Edmonton, Canada and started her portrait photography business to show women how amazing they truly are. Do what Amanda's been doing in her business and you'll learn how to find your way as a portrait photographer today - she is amazing! I asked Amanda to do this interview because of the way she's doing business... always evolving, trying new things, experimenting with her marketing, sales, pricing, shooting style and advertising. From the outside looking in, the work seems to be paying off! In addition to her portrait photography business, she is a full time teacher. Although she has enough photography work to go full time, her choice is to do both, photography and teaching. Why would she possibly want to do both? That is one of the first things I ask in the interview. Her mission as stated on her website: I want to show you how beautiful you are. I want to empower you to feel amazing in your own skin. I want to change the way you see yourself. Then, on her about page she says: When bananas and peanut butter and chocolate are combined in any format, what-so-ever, I need to be involved. Now that is something I could not get away with on my about page! Full disclosure... Amanda is a long term listener and a Premium Member of PhotoBizX but that's not why I contacted her for this interview. The last thing I want is a one hour plug for the show. You'll hear from what Amanda shares in this interview, she is one savvy business women with a skill for finding her brand and mission early in her photography career. From there, it's been success upon success. This episode just may be the catalyst to have you pursuing your dreams of a profitable photography business and following in Amanda's footsteps as she shines the way forward. Here’s some of what we cover: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this episode where you can hear lots more content from where we dive deeper into some of the earlier topics plus some new ones that I pushed hard for that include: PLUS! 30 Days of Gorgeous – The Guide If you can see the potential Amanda’s 30 Days of Gorgeous could have for your business, you are going to love the PDF Guide she has put together which explains how to implement the strategy step by step. This Guide is available at Amanda’s Easy store for $10 (and you should definitely buy this if you're a free listener) and she has generously made it available to Premium Members, FREE. If you're on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interview with Ben Hartley, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus, access to a members only Facebook group where we take learning and community to a whole new level. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know what your biggest takeaway is – what is the one thing that you’d like to implement or learnt from what was shared? Let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below. It's important to me that the people I photograph and put on my website are not intimidating to my future clients - Amanda Schulz If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Amanda or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them below. iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome! Secondly,