Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Ayla Quellhorst of www.aylaquellhorst.com is a retired U.S. Air Force Photojournalist. She comes from a blue-collar family that lived paycheck to paycheck but made her way through university to graduate with a degree in business administration. Her main studio shoots only boudoir photography and generates a revenue of $700,000 annually. Her husband opened his own boudoir studio this year, and they are projecting $100,000 in sales this first year. She and her husband work full-time in the business and employ a makeup arti ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Ashley Kaplan of www.ashleykaplanphotography.com is a San Francisco, Californian-based family photographer, mentor, and educator. She told me about her passion for intentionally incorporating location into portrait photography to add more meaning, memory, and belonging to her work, which she said leads to a higher-end offering for clients. She's been in business for almost 8 years, is booked out nearly year-round, and is becoming known for her environmental portraits. I always become a little wary when I hear the terms e ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Kim Jongen of www.motherpuppers.nl is today's special guest. She popped up on my radar after leaving a Google review for the PhotoBizX podcast. As usual, I jumped over to check out the reviewer's website and was blown away! Her dog photographs popped off the screen and were so much fun. Photographed in the studio, the dogs have fantastic expressions on their faces and are framed against beautifully bright and coloured backgrounds. She has over 30 different coloured backgrounds to choose from! I learned that her business ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Kim Buccheri and Bud Thorpe of www.kimberlysarahphotography.com say on their website… We are artists who specialise in pet photography. Scroll down their home page to see images of beautiful wall art in people's homes. The whole process is laid out a little further: design consult, studio portrait session, ordering session and artwork delivery. A little more scrolling and you learn their Gallery is Open to the Public and looks stunning. This interview came about through an email exchange, during which I learned that thei ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Sarah Perez of  www.sfbrandco.com is a USA-based mum who runs a successful Brand Strategy and Web Design business that provides Brand Photography, Drone photography and video, plus headshots for her clients. She previously ran a family photography turned branding photography business AND owned a small portrait studio in New York. In addition to the business side of things, she's homeschooling four kids and is a military spouse who frequently moves around the country. Sarah's business breakdown regarding income is as ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Carl van den Boom of www.photographygloves.com is featured in this episode — an interview that wasn't going to happen — I wasn't sure it would be a good fit for you. I received the intro letter from Carl's good buddy, Lukas. He wrote… I'm Lukas from Vallerret Photography Gloves. I'm reaching out to ask how you'd feel about interviewing our founder and my good friend Carl. After leaving New Zealand to chase the snow in Austria, he never returned. And that's where we met. We spent time snowboarding and photographing some p ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Sarah Jamieson of www.pictorialphotography.co.uk photographs a genre never discussed on the podcast! Passport Photos. We were exchanging emails, and Sarah told me… I know a lot of photographers who shrink back in horror when I say I do passport and visa photos. They don't think it's worth their time and effort, but I think it's great. I've been doing it for over 10 years; it's all automated, consistent income (covering all my studio bills and rent), and easily the most profitable service I offer. Families who have n ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Matt Badenoch of www.streetwithmatt.com and www.mattbadenoch.com teaches street photography via travel workshops and runs a successful wedding photography business in London. I'm lucky enough to call Matt a friend and a photography travel buddy after one of the most epic adventures to India a few years ago with half a dozen photographer friends from the UK and Romania. Matt discovered a love of photography more than ten years ago and has been a full-time wedding photographer for almost as long. Since then, he's photograp ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Julia Semak is a professional and super-talented photo retoucher who has her editing processes fine tuned like no other. If you've ever considered the idea of outsourcing the editing and retouching for your business, this interview will place you in the perfect position to find and hire the right person, team, company or Ai solution to suit you. And if one thing is true about running a successful photography business and growing it effectively… it's that at some point, you will need to outsource to grow. One of the first ..read more

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area Jessica McGovern of www.jessicamcgovern.co.uk produces THE most stunning dog and horse photography you will see. I mean it; her work is truly breathtaking. She works with clients both on location and in the studio. On her website, she says that most clients tend to invest between £500 and £3000 in their photographic session and artwork afterwards. She is based in the UK and is an international multi-award-winning photographer, which is unsurprising if you check out her Instagram feed, let alone her website. She brands he ..read more