Episodes

Sergey lives in St Petersberg, Russia. I feel blessed to have had this conversation with such a wonderful human that lives on the other side of the world from me. We recorded this amazing episode just weeks before the invasion of Ukraine. Please keep him and his friend and family in your thoughts. Sergey has been a photographer since the age of 10 and has been a professional for 8 years...now earning income from his passion. He has been a judge for the International World Cup from the Russian ...

Who doesn't love listening to an Irish accent from someone full of wisdom and ideas for photography business success? I know I do. That is one reason I loved this interview with CEO of 3XM & BusinessSuccessAcademy, and vendor partner on the PPA Board of Directors. I think you will love it as well. This episode is a deep dive into how to REALLY attract great clients that will be happy to invest well in our photography. His vision is for a world where photographers can create sustainable and pro...

Who doesn't love listening to an Irish accent from someone full of wisdom and ideas for photography business success? I know I do. That is one reason I loved this interview with CEO of 3XM & BusinessSuccessAcademy, and vendor partner on the PPA Board of Directors. I think you will love it as well. This episode is a deep dive into how to REALLY attract great clients that will be happy to invest well in our photography. His vision is for a world where photographers can create sustainable and pro...

Who doesn't love listening to an Irish accent from someone full of wisdom and ideas for photography business success? I know I do. That is one reason I loved this interview with CEO of 3XM & BusinessSuccessAcademy, and vendor partner on the PPA Board of Directors. I think you will love it as well. This episode is a deep dive into how to REALLY attract great clients that will be happy to invest well in our photography. His vision is for a world where photographers can create sustainable and pro...

What an incredible life this week's guest has created for herself as a pet portrait photographer. Arica Dorff is a Traveling Pet Photographer who treks across the country every fall in her camper van for her annual Pet Photography Road Trip. After a decade as Las Vegas’ top pet photographer, she sold her brick and mortar studio and hit the road with her Bloodhound, Gracie. You heard right...she works and live out of a very cool, well equipped van, making a healthy 6 figure income working just 3...

What an incredible life this week's guest has created for herself as a pet portrait photographer. Arica Dorff is a Traveling Pet Photographer who treks across the country every fall in her camper van for her annual Pet Photography Road Trip. After a decade as Las Vegas’ top pet photographer, she sold her brick and mortar studio and hit the road with her Bloodhound, Gracie. You heard right...she works and live out of a very cool, well equipped van, making a healthy 6 figure income working just 3...

What an incredible life this week's guest has created for herself as a pet portrait photographer. Arica Dorff is a Traveling Pet Photographer who treks across the country every fall in her camper van for her annual Pet Photography Road Trip. After a decade as Las Vegas’ top pet photographer, she sold her brick and mortar studio and hit the road with her Bloodhound, Gracie. You heard right...she works and live out of a very cool, well equipped van, making a healthy 6 figure income working just 3...

This solo podcast episode is about partnering with other businesses and non-profits to draw amazing photography clients to us, by creating alliances. I share a photography "thank you gift" program that benefits the other business that has a similar perfect client base, and brings them right to your door. Woo hoo! The number one question I hear over and over, from new photographers and those in the business for many years, is how to attract ideal clients... people that will love what we do, be w...

This solo podcast episode is about partnering with other businesses and non-profits to draw amazing photography clients to us, by creating alliances. I share a photography "thank you gift" program that benefits the other business that has a similar perfect client base, and brings them right to your door. Woo hoo! The number one question I hear over and over, from new photographers and those in the business for many years, is how to attract ideal clients... people that will love what we do, be w...

This solo podcast episode is about partnering with other businesses and non-profits to draw amazing photography clients to us, by creating alliances. I share a photography "thank you gift" program that benefits the other business that has a similar perfect client base, and brings them right to your door. Woo hoo! The number one question I hear over and over, from new photographers and those in the business for many years, is how to attract ideal clients... people that will love what we do, be w...

Travis Patenaude has never met a dog he didn’t like. Based upon his photographs, I would say that feeling is mutual. I like to think of him as the Dogfather! He is an Internationally renowned dog photographer of Stink-Eye Photography who creates unique portraits that foster an emotional connection between the subject and the viewer. He believes emotions and feelings are a vital part of telling stories and has to be put in a form that touches the hearts of people to evoke empathy and to have the...

Travis Patenaude has never met a dog he didn’t like. Based upon his photographs, I would say that feeling is mutual. I like to think of him as the Dogfather! He is an Internationally renowned dog photographer of Stink-Eye Photography who creates unique portraits that foster an emotional connection between the subject and the viewer. He believes emotions and feelings are a vital part of telling stories and has to be put in a form that touches the hearts of people to evoke empathy and to have the...

Travis Patenaude has never met a dog he didn’t like. Based upon his photographs, I would say that feeling is mutual. I like to think of him as the Dogfather! He is an Internationally renowned dog photographer of Stink-Eye Photography who creates unique portraits that foster an emotional connection between the subject and the viewer. He believes emotions and feelings are a vital part of telling stories and has to be put in a form that touches the hearts of people to evoke empathy and to have the...

The amazing Tennessee Photographer, Colby McLemore is a Master Craftsman Photographer and commercial photographer and videographer. He prides himself on exceptional storytelling, has won more awards than he feels he deserves, but less than others, including the Kodak Award, Fuji Award, a Gold Triangle, and an ASP State Award. He also loves to teach and inspire other photographers to be their best. In our conversation, we discussed the keys to building up small photography businesses through ref...

The amazing Tennessee Photographer, Colby McLemore is a Master Craftsman Photographer and commercial photographer and videographer. He prides himself on exceptional storytelling, has won more awards than he feels he deserves, but less than others, including the Kodak Award, Fuji Award, a Gold Triangle, and an ASP State Award. He also loves to teach and inspire other photographers to be their best. In our conversation, we discussed the keys to building up small photography businesses through ref...

The amazing Tennessee Photographer, Colby McLemore is a Master Craftsman Photographer and commercial photographer and videographer. He prides himself on exceptional storytelling, has won more awards than he feels he deserves, but less than others, including the Kodak Award, Fuji Award, a Gold Triangle, and an ASP State Award. He also loves to teach and inspire other photographers to be their best. In our conversation, we discussed the keys to building up small photography businesses through ref...

Nashville photographer Jonathan Givens is a PPA Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer specializing in the entertainment industry - dance, circus, musicians, actors, etc. He has an extensive background in the performing arts, first as a performer and then backstage production and photography. He has traveled the world and in this podcast episode, he shares some fun stories about the life of a photographer in the entertainment industry. These include insights into the circ...

Nashville photographer Jonathan Givens is a PPA Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer specializing in the entertainment industry - dance, circus, musicians, actors, etc. He has an extensive background in the performing arts, first as a performer and then backstage production and photography. He has traveled the world and in this podcast episode, he shares some fun stories about the life of a photographer in the entertainment industry. These include insights into the circ...

Nashville photographer Jonathan Givens is a PPA Master of Photography and Certified Professional Photographer specializing in the entertainment industry - dance, circus, musicians, actors, etc. He has an extensive background in the performing arts, first as a performer and then backstage production and photography. He has traveled the world and in this podcast episode, he shares some fun stories about the life of a photographer in the entertainment industry. These include insights into the circ...

All hail the content queen! Claire Lauer knows a thing or 2 about SEO strategies and how to create results-driven content. She says it’s important that talented photographers like us are easy to find online. She’s right! Claire Lauer is a content entrepreneur, and educator focused on helping photographers find their dream clients on Google. She believes that photographers can find the right content partner to take that task off their plates so that they can focus on doing what they love - pho...

All hail the content queen! Claire Lauer knows a thing or 2 about SEO strategies and how to create results-driven content. She says it’s important that talented photographers like us are easy to find online. She’s right! Claire Lauer is a content entrepreneur, and educator focused on helping photographers find their dream clients on Google. She believes that photographers can find the right content partner to take that task off their plates so that they can focus on doing what they love - pho...

All hail the content queen! Claire Lauer knows a thing or 2 about SEO strategies and how to create results-driven content. She says it’s important that talented photographers like us are easy to find online. She’s right! Claire Lauer is a content entrepreneur, and educator focused on helping photographers find their dream clients on Google. She believes that photographers can find the right content partner to take that task off their plates so that they can focus on doing what they love - pho...

This solo podcast episode is about why the telephone is still the most powerful too in our toolbox for creating successful high dollar sales of portrait and wedding photography. Why? Because building a relationship with a client where they feel important, get excited about working with us, and start thinking about wall portraits is the foundation of my "Trusted Advisor" sales system. I also share the "when and how" to talk about pricing with portrait and wedding photography clients. In this e...

This solo podcast episode is about why the telephone is still the most powerful too in our toolbox for creating successful high dollar sales of portrait and wedding photography. Why? Because building a relationship with a client where they feel important, get excited about working with us, and start thinking about wall portraits is the foundation of my "Trusted Advisor" sales system. I also share the "when and how" to talk about pricing with portrait and wedding photography clients. In this e...