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Host Nathan Holritz and his guests will help you build your brand, focus your marketing efforts, refine your workflows, and dial in your photographic technique – all with efficiency in mind.
In the end, we not only want you to succeed as a photography business owner, but to still have a life through it all.
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Is your physical health falling low on your priority list? Are looking to implement exercise into your routine?
In episode 97 of the Bokeh Podcast, Nathan Holritz, Heather Smith, and Haylee Gaffin discuss exercise in this month's series on health. Listen in as they share their journey with fitness, current routines, and tips to efficiently incorporate fitness into your weekly schedule. The audio from Workflow Wednesday episodes is from our weekly Facebook Live videos. Tune in live on Wednesdays at 1PM EST, at facebook.com/photogsedit.
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Host: @nathanholritz
Co-Host: @heathersmithrsp
Co-Host: @hayleegaffin
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Do your family portrait sessions tend to feel stiff and over-posed?
In episode 96 of the Bokeh Podcast, Jenna Anderson of Jenna Cole Photography describes her take on play-based family portrait sessions. Listen in as she shares the steps she takes to not only create a fun environment for the kids, but capture memories that will last a lifetime for the family.
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Jenna’s Aha Moment: She can enjoy being a photographer without the fame, the following, or being booked up all the time. Enjoy the process you’re in and how you’re growing from it.
Technique for Free Time: Slowing down her business goals and setting up structure has allowed for her to find focus on the tasks at hand without distraction. This also allowed her to set up boundaries around life and work.
The Gear Bag: Her Canon AE-1 that her mom learned film photography on.
Play-Based Family Portrait Sessions: These sessions are set up to capture how a family would normally engage with one another, without every client’s session coming out the exact same.
Steps to Creating Play-Based Family Sessions:
1. Once booked, reach out to the family for names, ages, and a photo of the family so you can think about the family and how you can use their features to interact with each other.
2. Capture the “Grandma Photo,” the photo grandma wants of everyone looking and smiling.
3. Play games with the kids that will get the fun started:
a. Shark Attack: where the child secretly gets to be a shark and go attack by kissing the ears of the unsuspecting parents.
b. The Sushi Roll: everyone is facing the same direction and standing in a row, when one person rolls in, pulling the rest of the family into a “sushi roll.”
4. Sometime you’ll just need to play games with the kids before the session to make them feel comfortable.
Photographers Mentioned in this Episode:
Links:
Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk - Danielle Krysa
Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
Website: jennacole.com
Instagram: @jennacolephoto
Facebook: Jenna Cole Photography
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Are you searching for a classic and timeless style for your brand and products?
In episode 95 of the Bokeh Podcast, photographer Heather Durham shares her approach to creating a timeless product for clients to enjoy for years to come. Listen in as she shares her post-production process for creating this look and delivering quality products.
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Heather’s Aha Moment: While at a conference, Heather heard someone tell her that she can’t do it all. She needed to delegate what didn’t require her in the business to someone else.
Technique for Free Time: Being intentional is key for having free time from work.
Heather’s Work: She doesn’t want to stick to one genre or niche of photography, because she feels challenged with photographing something different or new on occasion.
The Gear Bag: 70-200mm lens or Arca-Swiss Cube Head
Creating Timeless Images: Keeping classic edits that don’t take on trends or fads will help keep images timeless for your client’s families to enjoy long after their gone.
Heather’s Post-Production Process:
1. Load photos into computer.
2. Send to Photographer’s Edit to cull and edit.
3. Provide gallery and album guide to clients, either in person or online.
4. Clients will favorite the images they want added to their album, then Heather creates a spread in Pic Arts of those images for proofing.
5. After final proofing, Heather uploads to Red Tree Albums, and ships directly to the client.
Links:
Website: Heatherdurhamphotography.com
Instagram: @heatherdurhamphotography
Facebook: Heather Durham Photography
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Do you struggle to prioritize your health as an entrepreneur? Are looking to develop healthier habits to make nutrition a higher priority?
In episode 94 of the Bokeh Podcast, Nathan Holritz, Heather Smith and Haylee Gaffin discuss nutrition in this month's series on health. Listen in as they share their journey with developing healthy eating habits that fit their own life and provide tips to a simpler approach to a balanced diet. The audio from Workflow Wednesday episodes is from our weekly Facebook Live videos. Tune in live on Wednesdays at 1PM EST, at facebook.com/photogsedit.
The Bokeh podcast is brought to you by Photographer’s Edit: Custom Editing for the Wedding and Portrait Photographer. You can also subscribe to the Bokeh podcast on the Apple podcast app, follow on Spotify, add to your playlist on Stitcher, or listen on Overcast.
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Do you struggle to build personal relationships while focusing so much of your time and energy on your business?
In episode 93, relationship expert and business coach, Monique Melton, discusses the importance of genuine connections inside and outside of your brand. Listen in as she shares the four behaviors you may be presenting that are hurting your personal relationships.
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Monique’s Aha Moment: Make sure your identity is grounded in something outside of your business. Who are you without the business or relationships in your life? Continuing to pursue you is so important, not only for life, but for those relationships or businesses to grow.
Technique for Free Time: Intentionally scheduling time for her family on the calendar is extremely helpful of creating the harmony she needs in her life.
Creating the Monique Melton Brand: After Monique did some soul searching to find her calling, she felt the desire to support business owners in building profitable businesses while maintaining healthy relationships.
Sweet Brands:
S - Story - What is the brand story between you and your clients?
W - Wealth - How are you growing your business?
E - Experience - What are the stages of your client experience?
E - Exceptional Marketing - How are you reaching your clients?
T - Team - How are we going to develop and nurture your team?
You can buy almost anything, but you cannot buy relationships.
Four Behaviors that are Hurting Your Personal Relationships
1. Relying on social media as a replacement for relationships when it should only be used as an enhancement.
2. Not having an identity outside of your brand. Making time for little things you enjoy outside of your business is so important for creating your own identity.
3. Looking at others in your industry as competition will either cause you to be too prideful or too insecure in your work. Your best work will come from you comparing yourself to your potential.
4. Not learning from others outside of the industry you’re in is causing you to lose potential growth in your business. If you’re only looking at what other photographers are doing, you’re not going to grow beyond those you’re looking at.
Links:
Instagram: @Moemotivate
Facebook: Monique Melton
Website: moniquemelton.com
Are you overwhelmed with all of the busywork that is running a photography business? Would you like to learn how to simplify and streamline your workflows, so that you’ll be less stressed, have more free time, and ultimately build a more successful business?
In episode 92 of the Bokeh Podcast, we introduce our new series, Workflow Wednesdays. Our host, Nathan Holritz, along with co-hosts Heather Smith and Haylee Gaffin, will focus on helping you develop more efficient daily and weekly workflows for every aspect of your photography business. The audio from Workflow Wednesday episodes is from our weekly Facebook Live videos. Tune in live on Wednesdays at 1PM EST, at facebook.com/photogsedit.
The Bokeh podcast is brought to you by Photographer’s Edit: Custom Editing for the Wedding and Portrait Photographer. You can also subscribe to the Bokeh podcast on the Apple podcast app, follow on Spotify, add to your playlist on Stitcher, or listen on Overcast.
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The E-Myth Revisited - Michael Gerber
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Are you struggling to balance your personal life while you hustle in your professional life?
In episode 91 of the Bokeh Podcast, Kylee Ann of Kylee Ann Studios provides three steps that will allow you a healthier hustle to create the balance you desire. From adjusting your focus to reflecting on your priorities, Kylee shares personal examples of developing a healthy work-life balance.
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About Kylee: Kylee is a mom boss building businesses and community from the comfiest spot on her bed. As a photographer, an educator, a mom blogger and community builder, she leads an incredible team of photographers and employees and helps other entrepreneurs create thriving businesses. Her favorite part of the job is taking her children on adventures.
Kylee’s Aha Moment: When she realized that just because everyone else was giving up their time didn’t mean she had to, she found the best work/life balance.
3 Steps to Healthy Hustle:
1. Focus of the essential. What brings you joy, profit, and necessity?
2. Have family focused days that don’t include work.
3. Meditate and think about the bigger picture of your life and business
Photographers Mentioned in this Episode:
Links:
The Untethered Soul - Michael Singer
Website: kyleeannphotography.com
Instagram: @kyleeannstudios
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Are you looking to turn your passion for photography into a sustainable business?
In episode 90 of the Bokeh Podcast, Adam Mason shares about his start in photography, his role in educating entrepreneurs, and the passion that inspired it all. Listen as he provides three steps to build the foundation for a sustainable business.
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Adam’s Aha Moment: When first starting out in his business, Adam’s client’s continued to mention that his personality and who he was made an impact on their decision to hire him. Eventually Adam realized that he needed to incorporate himself into his branding.
Technique for Free Time: Halfway through each month, Adam and his wife will send each other the events they have planned and also share a calendar on Google doc.
"If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail."
Adam's Brand Position: Adam’s goal for his photography business is to capture photographs of couples that reflect them. He doesn’t want his images to say “Adam Mason,” he wants them to truly embody the couple. This positioning sets him apart from other DC area photographers.
The Gear Bag: 35mm 1.4
How to Maintain a Sustainable Business
1. Ensure that your business is profitable while managing business expenses.
2. Make time for your personal needs to establish a work-life balance so you don’t burn out.
Three Steps To Building a Sustainable Business
1. Determine the facets in your life and business that your passionate about to focus on that will benefit you the most.
2. Be yourself and let that shine in your work.
3. Go for your dreams.
Photographer’s Mentioned in this Episode:
Links:
Instagram: @thebeardedtog
Instagram: @masonphotography
Website: adammason.com
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Do you struggle with creating consistent content for your social media pages that represents your brand?
In episode 89, photographer Kate Supa shares behind the scenes of her successful Instagram account. Listen in as she suggests four tips to creating consistency with your social media content.
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Kate’s Aha Moment: When she decided that photography was the career she wanted to pursue, she realized that she needed to stand out in a market that so many people were entering.
"Consistency is key across all of your social media channels."
VSCO Filter: A6
4 Tips for Creating a More Consistent Feed:
1. If you’re not sharing photos of yourself, you should start. A good rule of thumb is have a photo of yourself posted somewhere in your last nine posts.
2. Utilize Instagram’s features to post photos that may not match your feed. For example, use the swipe feature to highlight a photo on your feed that matches and share the other photo in the same post.
3. If you’re using a filter, use the same one each time to keep your feed visually consistent.
4. Once you identify who your audience is, make sure your captions are identifying with those people and give them a reason to follow you.
Photographers Mentioned in this Episode:
Links:
Instagram: @katesupaa
Website: katesupa.com
Facebook: Kate Supa
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Are you intimidated with the thought of building a photography brand that represents you?
In episode 88 of the Bokeh Podcast, Danette Chappell shares how she built a brand that reflected her style and attracted adventurous couples eloping in Las Vegas. Listen in as she provides three steps to creating a powerful brand that you’re passionate about.
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About Danette: Danette is a Las Vegas-based wedding and elopement photographer who's photographed over 1,500 weddings and elopements in 14 different states. She has a passion for teaching business and helping other creative entrepreneurs succeed. She’s also a staff writer for Fstoppers.com and leads a monthly entrepreneur meeting for creatives in Las Vegas. She’s been featured in many online publications including Shoot and Share, Offbeat Bride, Forbes, The Knot, Weddingwire, and Bridal Guide. She also loves cats, Harry Potter, and the occasional video game.
Danette’s Aha Moment: After being in business for a few years and moving to Las Vegas, she realized that she was so focused on the technical aspect of her business that she had no interest in the business side of her business. When she decided to take the business side seriously, she saw a positive change in her business. She made this change by investing in education to learn more about business rather than technicalities of photography.
Danette’s Advice on Creating Free Time: Set the expectations with your clients of what hours you’re working and you don’t have to go back on it.
How to Stand Out in A Group of Photographers
Create a niche that you love.
Danette’s Niche: High-end adventurous elopements.
What is a brand? The perception that is in someone’s mind when they think of your company.
Steps to Create a Powerful Photography Brand:
1. Know and understand your “why.”
2. Define your ideal client.
3. Create a clear distinction for your brand.
Photographers Mentioned in this Episode:
Links:
Website: Amberlightcollective.com
Instagram: @amberlight_collective_photo
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