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Articles for lifestyle family photographers from Photo Fuel.
In home photography is exciting and appealing to lots of photographers, but it can feel intimidating to find confidence for shooting with so many unknowns. What happens if you walk into a home and it’s a complete mess? How will you create in a space with few windows? What if the style is totally outdated?
In Part Two of the In Home Photography Series, I’m getting more technical and sharing exactly the gear (and tools!) I use for running my lifestyle family photography business. When working in the home, I shoot digitally and entirely with natural light. Buckle up for a fun episode of recommendations and go behind-the-scenes of what
Right about now, many of you in the family photography world are probably starting to think about planning and marketing for your fall mini sessions. But do you *have* do them?? I am a family photographer exclusively and I don’t do fall mini sessions. Actually I don’t offer mini sessions any time of year. If
In this episode, I’m kicking off an in home family photography series. This week, it’s all about the one little trick I do that’s made all the different with getting more comfortable in a variety of homes. If you’ve been nervous about lighting in home settings or the inability to location scout – this one’s for
This episode is an interview with Rachel Larsen Weaver and it’s packed with rich, thought-provoking conversation to get you thinking deeper, seeing people more clearly, and loving the pursuit of art in all kinds of new ways. Rachel Larsen Weaver is an artist-educator and photographer joyfully living on the Maryland beaches of the Chesapeake Bay.
It’s pretty well understood that newsletters are a great form of marketing for family photographers. Anyone who’s had success with it will tell you that it is, but until you find your voice and your magic sauce with creating one, you’re likely to feel some dread around starting one, writing consistent emails, and generally feel
Developing a family photography business is rarely a straight path. Like most careers, it’s likely that there are some steps that are calculated and some that take us completely by surprise. That’s what happened to my guest on the show today, the lovely Morgan Williams, based out of Raleigh, North Carolina. She focusses on in-home
If you have “work on my website” on your to-do list for this quarter or this year, today’s Photo Fuel is on point for you. In this episode we’re talking through 2 major mistakes I see photographers (cough, me too!) make when tackling website work and what to do instead to prep yourself for an enjoyable
When DC photographer Mary Catherine Wickman posted on instagram about her fears around being 35 and a family photographer without kids, her followers rallied around her in support, encouragement, and their own stories of relatability. In this episode, we talk about that caption – why she shared it, what happened, and what she (and all
This episode features a must-listen conversation for every family photographer. Morgan Miles is my guest and not only is she an incredibly talented family photographer, she is a full time marketing professor and studies consumer psychology at San Diego State University where she’s been teaching for over a decade. She has incredible insight into the
85% of photographers quit within the first 2 years and a lot of those people don’t actually want to quit. I believe there’s one key factor that you’ve gotta have to succeed as a family photographer and it’s totally possible for everyone. It can’t be taught and you can’t buy it and you can’t make
Over the 10+ years I’ve been in business, there are 6 shifts I can point to that significantly helped me grow my photography business. A lot of times, when people share their business origin stories, we get the beginning hardship and grind then fastforward to the end when it all worked out and they have