459: Holly and Marika – Pet photography competitions for a better photography business

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Holly Cook of www.hollyccook.com and Marika Moffitt of www.dirtiedogphotography.com feature in this slightly different podcast episode.

Both pet photographers have separate businesses, both competing for the exact keyword phrase and are self-proclaimed soul sisters.

Both women are based in Seattle in the USA, have gorgeous portfolios, create and sell books, albums, and wall art to their clients.

Holly specialises in working dogs and lifestyle images, while Marika's focus is the family dog and capturing how important they are in our lives.

So why two guests for the one interview?

Late last year, I saw that Charlotte Reeves and Craig Turner Bullock — both past interview guests had teamed up to create Unleashed Pet Photography Education.

Part of what they offered was a 6-month interactive challenge-based dog photography course called Embark.

I asked Charlotte if she could share the names of some of the participants so I could ask more about it from a student's perspective.

Amongst a list of photographers, Charlotte told me Marika and Holly worked together through the challenge, and both did great.

I guess these two are as thick as thieves and would be perfect to have on the podcast together.

I'm happy to say they both agreed… well, Marika agreed for both her and Holly.