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**The Beginner Photography Podcast**

The Beginner Photography Podcast is a free weekly podcast hosted by professional photographer Raymond Hatfield who interviews world class photographers of all genres who share what they wish they knew when they got started so you can grow your creative photography skills faster! The podcast is brought to you by CloudSpot.io, the client gallery system that is always #EmpoweringPhotographers

Latest Episodes:

Personal Branding Photography: Creating Valuable Images Clients will Love with Alexis Meschi Nov 17, 2020

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#225 Alexis Meschi is a personal branding photographer who works with women business owners to create personalized branding assets to grow their businesses.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How Alexis accidentally fell into photography and when she knew it was going to play an important roll in her life
What Alexis struggled with most when starting out
The difference between marketing and branding photography
The job description of a branding photographer
What you need to capture to start building your personal brand

Premium Members Also Learn:

The most common objections from someone looking to hire a branding photographer
How to use branding assets and turn them into bookings
The secrets behind Alexis’ top social media posts with the most engagement

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
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Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Avoiding Overwhelm When Starting Out in Photography with Heather Lahtinen Nov 10, 2020

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#224 Heather Lahtinen is a wedding photographer and educator at the Flourish Academy. Today we talk about how to deal with overwhelm when getting started in photography and the simple mindset tips you can use to feel more motivated today!

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How Heather accidentally got into photography
What Heather struggled with when learning to use her camera
The one mindset switch that will remove the overwhelm around learning photography
Dealing with imposter syndrome and how to stand out
The difference between comparison and inspiration
A mistake Heather made early one that set herself up better or success

Premium Members Also Learn:

How to break past the $100 per session mindset
How to NOT lose all your clients when you raise your pricing
How to find and define your target client and how to get in front of them

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Photography as Contemporary Art: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary with Chris Grunder Nov 04, 2020

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#223 Chris Grunder teaches photography at Sonoma State University and is a Director at the Bass and Reiner art gallery in San Francisco. Today we talk about contemporary art and the role that photography can play within it. This is a fun and deep theoretical conversation about why we shoot what we shoot.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How Chris got into photography
How failing at his first few dozen rolls of film pushed him to shoot more
What is contemporary art
Why Chris moved to New York to work with commercial photographers after getting his masters in fine art
What makes up the difference between someone just started in fine art photography and an experienced artist

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Moving Your Photography Business Across the Country with Dana Arnold Oct 27, 2020

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#222 Dana Arnold is a soon to be Monterey California wedding photographer and Navy wife who has to pack up her business and move to a new part of the country every 18 months. Today she shares the challenges she faces when starting over every and how you can overcome them.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How Dana got into photography
What Dana struggled with when learning photography and how she overcame it
Why Dana chose to shoot weddings over families or portraits
How Dana developed her style and how you can too

Premium Members Also Learn:

How Dana prepares her business for a move across the country
Dana’s online marketing strategy and how she connects with potential clients
Where Dana is spending money to guarantee bookings when she arrives

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

The 4 Editing Mistakes you MUST Make to Become a Better Photographer Oct 20, 2020

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#221 Most photographers get into photography before they get into editing. So when we start editing our photos there are some pretty common mistakes most new photographers make but there are 4 here today that I think you need to make that will actually help you become a better photographer.

Check out the show notes to see some of my FIRST DSLR photos taken back in 2007

https://www.beginnerphotographypodcast.com/podcast/221

The 4 Editing Mistakes you MUST Make to Become a Better Photographer

Mistake #1: Over Saturation

If a little extra color is good… a lot of extra color must be GREAT right?

Mistake #2: Selective Color

Selective color make your images artistic right?

Mistake #3: Not Taking Skin Tones Seriously

You mean every bride doesn’t want to look like zombie on their wedding day?

Mistake#4: Not Culling my Photos Enough

If its in focus, its getting delivered! Even if there are 29 of the exact same other phots.

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Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Working with Models 101: Pro Tips from a Fashion Model with Tori Wright Oct 13, 2020

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#220 Tori Wright is a model with more than 10 years of experience turned photographer. Her understanding of both sides of the camera has helped her grow quick and plant a foundation in the photographic community. Today we talk about the do’s and dont’s of working with models for new photographers.

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In This Episode You'll Learn:

When Tori knew she wanted to focus on photography
Where Tori struggled most with technical settings when getting started
How Tori’s experience modeling helped prepare her for photography
How to pose models
How to reach out to models and what you need to tell them before they commit
When to know you’re ready to work with models
What is TFP
What separates a good photographer from a bad photographer for models to work with

Premium Members Also Learn:

How Tori booked her first paid shoot as a photographer
Where you need to be to start booking shoots with models
Whos pays the model
How much to pay a model and what to give them

Resources:

St Louis Headshot Photographer Tori Wright’s Website
Find Tori on Instagram
The Contract Vault - Save 20% off your month by using the code BPP at check out

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Product Photography for Beginners: Essential Product Photo Skills with Kelly Lawson Oct 07, 2020

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#219 Kelly Lawson left her health care career of 7 years to pursue photography. Shortly after needing to take her own product photos for her business website did she fall in love with product photography. Today on top of shooting products for brands she is also teaching product photography to new photographers.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

What was the hardest part about photography to learn when getting started
How she got started photographing products and why
Where to come up with ideas for product photography shots
How to add expression and emotion to your product photography
Common mistakes made by new product photographers

Premium Members Also Learn:

How Kelly got her first client, and how you can too
What Kelly is doing this week to market her business
How to charge for product photography, and what to deliver

Resources:

Kelly Lawsons’ Product photography masterclass
Kelly Lawson’s website
Kelly Lawson on Instagram
Kelly Lawson on Pinterest
The Contract Vault - Save 20% off your month by using the code BPP at check out

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

iPhone Photography for Dummies with Mark Hemmings Sep 30, 2020

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#218 Mark Hemmings is a travel photographer and educator that just published his newest book iPhone Photography for Dummies. An all in one resource for those looking to take better photos with the gear they already have! Today Mark shares many tips on getting better compositions, what apps to use, and how to see light better.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How to take better photos with an iPhone
Some of the strengths and challenges when shooting with an iPhone
Why there is room for mobile photography and professional dslr photography
How to use composition to take better photos without changing your camera settings
How to use your iPhone to capture the best moments
When you should NOT use an iPhone to shoot

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Good Pictures - History of American Photography with Kim Beil Sep 22, 2020

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#217 Kim Beil is an art history lecturer and associate director at Stanford University. Kim’s new book “Good Pictures” chronicles 50 of the most important photographic techniques over the past 170 years of American photography. Today we talk about just a few of them and dive deeper into how the past mistakes and successes of photography got us to where we are today.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How the rules for taking good pictures are always shifting.
How the Vignette came to be
Why foreground interest took the world by storm in the mid 1860s
The impact Kodak had on the photography industry
Why night photography wasn’t possible until 1890 and what were some of the major challenges.
Why there was a swing from technical perfection to intentionally breaking long standing photography rules to create images in the 1950s and 60s
Why capturing Candids was looked down upon by many established photographers for almost a century
What the future of photography looks like.

Resources:

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

Ascend to Landscape Photography Greatness with Tips from a Legend with Gary Crabbe Sep 15, 2020

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#216 Gary Crabbe is an award-winning photographer and author living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gary began his photographic career spending nearly a decade managing the image library for famed National Geographic photographer Galen Rowell. Since then, his own client and publication credits include the National Geographic Society, New York Times, Forbes Magazine, TIME Magazine, Victoria's Secret, The North Face, Sunset, L.L. Bean, Subaru, The Nature Conservancy, and The Carnegie Museum of Natural History to name but a few.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

How Gary got started in photography
The hardest part about photography for Gary to learn early on
What elements go into every great landscape photo
The tale-tell signs of an amateur landscape photo
How to start focusing on composition
What to do when the weather does not cooperate

Premium Members Also Learn:

How to start selling your landscape photos
Shooting on assignment vs Shooting personal work
All about licensing. How it has changed and how to charge for your work

Resources:

Landscape photographer Gary Crabbe’s website
Gary Crabbe on Twitter
Gary Crabbe on Facebook
Gary Crabbe on Instagram

Connect with Raymond!

Go from Confused to Confident behind the camera with The Ultimate Photography Education Bundle - https://beginnerphotopod.com/bundle
Join the free Beginner Photography Podcast Community at https://beginnerphotopod.com/group
Grab your free camera setting cheatsheet - https://perfectcamerasettings.com/

Thanks for listening & keep shooting!

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