What's New in Commercial Pet Photography with J.Nichole Smith - a podcast by Nicole Begley
from 2023-04-04T01:00
186 - If you're a regular listener to this podcast, you know I'm a big fan of gratitude and acknowledging our wins.
And holy cow, am I full of wins and gratitude today. J. Nichole Smith and I are still soaring from all the wins we counted at Global Pet Expo, where we re-introduced the pet industry to Animalhaus Stock Photography.
Global Pet Expo is one of the biggest pet-industry trade shows and to get in, you have to be either an exhibitor or a buyer. It is seriously exclusive and we were granted access to more than 1,000 pet-related businesses from around the world.
The response was overwhelmingly positive! Not only were they super excited about the stock photography available on the site but there was also one big clincher for many of those businesses: our new match-making service where we make it SUPER easy for them to hire commercial pet photographers by matching them with alumni of our Commercial Pet Photography Academy (more details on that soon).
As if that wasn't enough, we also invited three photographers from our recent class of Commercial Pet Photography Academy alumni to join us and kick-start their own commercial photography aspirations.
Amanda, Angela, and Jennifer were voted by their peers to have the biggest breakthroughs from the course and that’s how they got their golden ticket to Global. While there they were unleashed to network with all of those businesses and use the knowledge they gained in the course to go home with huge successes, including some contracts to start negotiating!
On today's Hair of the Dog podcast, Nic and I take you behind the scenes of Global. We chat about all those wins and the future of the commercial pet photography industry.
What to listen for
8:19 The three ways pet-related brands can work with Animalhaus
14:21 The surprising thing pet brands know they need in their images
18:20 How our guest photographers booked clients at the show
26:43 Why you should explore commercial pet photography
32:14 Why you shouldn't explore commercial pet photography
Are you ready to expand your pet photography business and break into the world of commercial pet photography? Join us for the Transform Your Business with Pet Photography training series with a private podcast and live workshops.
We get started on April 12 but you can register now.
JOIN THE PARTY:
- Join our free pet photography community
- More pet photography resources here
- Connect on Insta
- Ready to get serious about your pet photography? Join us inside Hair of the Dog Academy!
- Check out my gear and my favorite books.
- Grab my book! Pet and Horse Photography for Everybody
Further episodes of Hair of the Dog Podcast
Further podcasts by Nicole Begley
Website of Nicole Begley