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The Photo Report

As creative freelancers, it can be a lonely and isolating place running your own business. The Photo Report focuses on the art and business of photography with interviews of top photographers talking the journey the've been on to get where they are.

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065 Challenging Your Creative Process with Tyler Shields from 2021-02-12T17:56:14

“Considered the Andy Warhol of his generation, Tyler Shields has produced images that play with notions of the gaze, power structures, hyper-realism, iconoclastic-tendencies, and cinematographic...

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064 How to Establish Your Brand in a New Area with Elizabeth Austin from 2020-06-10T12:00

Elizabeth Austin is a talented photographer who has moved a lot throughout her career. And in the process of moving, she has developed some strategies that have worked for her to establish herse...

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063 Mindset and Taking Care of Yourself with LMFT Darren Bagwell from 2020-05-29T17:21:50

Darren Bagwell is a licensed therapist, a coach, has run and operated his own small business (before getting into counseling) and understands the entrepreneur's journey as well as it's struggles...

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062 Productivity and Gratitude with Cat Guidry from 2020-05-19T15:32:02

Cat Guidry is the host of the podcast Mistakes Make Magic, she's a ...

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061 Branding and Marketing with Davey Jones from 2020-05-06T13:44:01

Davey Jones runs Till Agency to help brands amplify their results. They specialize in working on and building sales funnels, email marketing, analytics, and Fa...

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060 The Road Back To You with Kristin Sweeting from 2020-04-30T14:01:24

Kristin Sweeting is a photographer, a coach for photographers and also hosts a podcast calledListen

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059 Is My Business Going to Survive with Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops from 2020-04-27T22:56:16

Jamie Findlay of Evolve Workshops shares some of the most popular questions she has received from the Evolve community, and then discusses them with...

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058 COVID19 Legal Advice with Magi Fisher from 2020-04-21T12:00

Who doesn't need some contract advice under the COVID-19 circumstances? Magi Fisher is a Lawyer, turned photographer, turned photographer's lawyer, who's company - Listen

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057 Selling from Your Virtual Stage with Colin Boyd from 2020-04-15T12:00

Colin Boyd is a professional speaker and coach who teaches how to sell from stage. That stage may be a physical one or these days, it may be more virtual. That ...

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056 Mastering Working from Home with Dane Sanders from 2020-04-13T12:00

Dane Sanders has been a guest on this podcast before and always has such amazing wisdom and insight to share. As everything with COVID19 has gone down,...

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055 KT Merry - Interrupt Your Patterns from 2020-04-10T15:35:48

Having an Abundance Mindset is such a valuable thing during this time. We have been given the gift of a huge interruption to our normal way of life. An interruption in our business, the way we g...

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054 Patreon and Hobbies with Sam Hurd from 2020-04-08T13:58:31

Sam Hurd is a photographer and educator. He has been shooting and traveling for conferences and hosting his own workshops.

If you haven't...

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053 A Pinterest Strategy For Your Business with Vanessa Kynes from 2020-04-06T13:45:06

Pinterest exists, people use Pinterest - a lot but do you - for your business? I think this episode may change your mind.

Vanessa Kynes is a Pinterest ...

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052 Dealing With the Negative Voices in your Head with Aaron Anastasi from 2020-04-03T16:35:11

The internal voices in our heads can be the most brutal voices we encounter. And during this time of uncertainty, possible lack of work, lack of income...those internal negative voices can be lo...

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051 CLEAR. CREATE. SERVE. with D'Arcy Benincosa from 2020-04-01T13:29:10

D'Arcy Benincosa is the ultimate Marketing Ninja, Brand Strategist, and Business Coach to creative entrepreneurs. With the economy shut down, Braedon an...

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050 State of the Freelancer Economy with Evolve Panel from 2020-03-31T14:09:21

This is a special episode from a live Q&A held with branding experts, wedding industry veterans and educators from the Evolve Workshops community.  We hear conversations and techniques ...

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049 Use This Time Well with Jai Long from 2020-03-30T14:14:34

Jai Long - http://jailong.co

Find his courses here - https://jailong.co/courses

In this episode, Braedon has a conversation with Jai Long, ...

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048 Married and Quarantined Together from 2020-03-26T13:51:21

A lot of small business owners are married (or plan to be married at some point in their lives). And owning a small business can be like a marriage in itself. You then add the complications of m...

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047 - How to Prepare Your Business Now for the Upswing that's Coming from 2020-03-25T14:13:48

This episode is with Sam Jacobson of Ideaction Consulting and we talk about the current state of freelance workers, how to be in times of crisis and ...

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046 - In Spite of Difficult Times We Will Prevail from 2020-03-19T17:30:20

This podcast episode is a voice of encouragement, hope and action in difficult times. Give it a listen and please share with someone who needs to hear this. And we all do currently.

Hang ...

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045 - Level up your Business with Sam Jacobson from 2019-09-16T11:00

"If you're not good at running the business side of things, you are pretty much just spending a bunch of time in a hobby." - Sam Jacobson

How do you get to the next level?

Sam Jaco...

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044 - Running a Profitable Business with Jenni Thye from 2019-09-11T22:00

"Always evaluate your past in order to take steps towards your future" - Jenni Tyhe

How am I going to be profitable is an important question that gets overlooked often.

Jenni Thye ...

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043 How to Rise Above the Competition with Lance Nicoll from 2019-07-28T06:44:07

"Your being successful at that thing, your failing at that thing, that's not who you are, whether you want it to be or not. You're a million other things" - Lance Nicoll

Have you ever tri...

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042 Embracing Your Balance with Nikki Santerre from 2019-07-22T07:00

"My mother is my best friend. She is my hero. I strive every day to be more like her." - Nikki Santerre.

Nothing can compare to being a mother, and capturing that experience on film is no...

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041 Creating Client Experience with Chris J. Evans from 2019-07-08T11:00

“When they are able to look at a photo of themselves, and they see something in that image, a reflection of themselves that they have never seen before, that is what inspires me to just literall...

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040 Sparking Creativity with Wendy Laurel from 2019-07-05T08:00

"If you don't push boundaries, you're going nowhere." - Wendy Laurel.


Have you ever wondered how experimental photography could boost your creativity and add a range of emotio...

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039 Time Management with Laura Murray from 2019-07-01T07:00

I do not have a work life and a personal life. I have one life. - Sheri Salata


Have you felt like you wanted to be efficient, manage your time, structure your day, get things ...

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038 Family Photography with Brooke Schultz from 2019-06-17T12:41:04

What does family photography mean?

In today's episode, Braedon sat down with Brooke Schultz, whose secret power is photographing love in an authentic way.

Whether it’s your wedding...

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037 Social Media with Abby Jiu and Lisa Ziesing from 2019-06-13T09:00

Is social media a "necessary evil?" Is it bad for business? You will find the answer to these questions in today's episode.

Abby Jiu has had a passion for gorgeous imagery and creating ar...

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036 John Changing the Channel from 2019-06-10T09:00

Second time is a charm, that is why we are bringing back John Dolan in the podcast. 


John Dolan has woven a career of advertising, editorial and fine art photography. He ...

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035 Restarting Your Business with Amanda Crean from 2019-06-03T12:00

Amanda Crean is an incredible photographer based out of Northern California. BUT, she hasn't always been there. Starting out her photo business here in...

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034 Passion Projects and Travel with Jacob Brooks of Brumley and Wells from 2019-05-29T16:24:42

Jacob is the man behind Brumley and Wells, as well as J Lambert Film. He has an incredibly successful wedding photography business but in this episode, we talk about his passion project. He has ...

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033 Shooting under High Pressure with Jose Villa from 2019-05-09T17:35:36

This is a really good episode where we talk about the stresses of shooting at a really high end level. Jose is one of the Top photographers in the wedding industry, he also shoots commercially a...

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031 Strategies for your Business with Stephanie Fishbein from 2019-04-09T22:21:18

Stephanie started out as a photographer and has now been with an e-commerce company for several years, learning marketing strategies and she is passionate about them. In this episode, Stephanie and...

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031 Weddings Editor of Bazaar.com - Carrie Goldberg from 2019-04-01T16:08:24

This episode is a special treat where we get to hear from Carrie Goldberg - wedding and travel editor for Bazaar.com. We discuss trends in the industry, things to do, things not to do, elements tha...

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030 MARKETING with D'Arcy Benincosa from 2019-03-22T20:04:48

This episode is with Photographer and Educator D'Arcy Benincosa. We cover so much in regards to marketing, getting noticed in a noisy space, and doing the work you want to be doing. We discuss crea...

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029 Being Your Best You with Jasmine Star from 2019-03-20T17:27:31

Jasmine Star is a Bad Ass. This episode will hopefully kick you into gear to be your best self and go create the work you're meant to create. We talk about so many things from self care to what it ...

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028 Attracting YOUR Customers from 2019-03-11T23:26:24

This episode is about markeing - attracting your customers, how you get leads and how to get them to convert. It is a really good one!! Here's the transcript: Braedon: 00:14 Welcome to the photo re...

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027 The Why Behind Your Work with MikeLarson from 2019-02-21T20:52:59

Mike Larson has been shooting weddings for years, from having a big associate studio to winding that down after realizing the toll that took on his life and family. We go really deep on philosophy,...

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026 ReStarting Your Business with Twah Dougherty from 2019-02-18T15:05:44

We talk a lot about a lot in this podcast but the main thesis is a conversation surrounding putting your business on hold and then what it takes to ramp it back up to where it was and then beyond. ...

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025 Hustle and Grind with Sylvie Gil from 2019-02-15T07:26:18

Really honored to have Sylvie Gil on the show who has been shooting weddings for 20 years at a very high end level. She has a background in fashion and commercial photography and gives some really ...

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024 The Importance of Styling with Emily of Anna Delores from 2019-02-01T17:32:39

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023 The Art of Selling with Shaun Gordon of Kiss Books from 2019-01-23T10:19

Shaun is the co-founder of Kiss Books. Having been a photographer for 15years, photographing over 500 weddings, he has a lot of insight into what it takes to run a successful photography business. ...

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022 Client Inquiries with Perry Vaile and Braedon Flynn from 2019-01-21T00:33

This episode is a little different. Perry ask Braedon about how he handles his client inquiries and the two of them talk through the ways each of them approach, respond and aim to book leads coming...

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021 There is No Magic Pill with Paul Von Rieter from 2019-01-17T17:55:58

Paul has been a photographer in the wedding industry for 10+ years and in this episode we talk about his journey. Getting started, through burnout and how he got himself out of it. It's a good one!...

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020 Belle Lumiere Magazine Founder Lexi Clifford from 2019-01-14T18:43:15

Lexi Clifford is the founder of Belle Lumiere Magazine which supports and features film photographers from all different genres. We talk about her journey, why she started the magazine, and how she...

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019 Find Your Voice with John Dolan from 2019-01-08T18:55:23

John Dolan is best known for finding the in-between, unplanned moments that make real people look beautiful and beautiful people look real. John has woven a career of advertising, editorial and fin...

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018 Intention with Each Photo with Rebecca Yale from 2018-12-21T19:27:14

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017 Refining Your Craft with Jeremy Chou from 2018-12-17T23:47:11

Jeremy Chou is an award winning photographer specializing in destination weddings. He's shoots commercially as well, educates, hosts workshops and has resources for photographers which you can find...

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016 Freelancing is Hard from 2018-12-15T00:31:41

This episode's going to be a little different than our typical episodes. Usually I'm interviewing top photographers and trying to draw out some of the story of where they've been, how they've got t...

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015 Branding and Style with Perry Vaile from 2018-12-06T20:10:43

Perry Vaile is a wildly talented photographer, who shoots mainly analog film, and has built a very successful business. She is the breadwinner of her family with a husband that cares for the childr...

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014 - Business Advice from Brian Greenberg of Richard Photo Lab from 2018-11-13T18:09:33

Brian Greenberg is the owner of Richard Photo Lab - one of the top film photography labs in the world. He has talked with and counseled many photographers and in this interview, we dig into the rec...

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013 Erich McVey - Process, Growth and Business from 2018-10-30T20:43:06

Erich McVey is one of the more sought after and well-followed photographers in the wedding industry. He's a true artist, a film shooter and a good businessman. We hear his story, his approach to hu...

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012 Nancy Ray and Building a Team from 2018-10-17T18:14:11

Nancy Ray is a photographer who has done an incredible job of building a team around her so her whole business isn't resting solely on herself. She has a team of other shooters, she runs educationa...

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011 Side Projects and Content Creation with Braedon Flynn from 2018-10-16T23:08

Braedon, typically our host gets the table flipped on him in an interview he did for the Bokeh Podcast. In this episode, he talks about his various side projects, managing family + a destination ph...

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010 Taking Care of Yourself with Eric Kelley from 2018-10-10T20:53:10

Eric Kelley is a top level wedding photographer shooting some of the highest end weddings with the best planners out there. In this conversation, Eric and Braedon talk through Eric almost burning t...

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009 Children Photography Using Film with Sandra Coan from 2018-07-11T18:42

Braedon: Share a little bit about your history of photography and how you got into where you are and doing what you're doing?   Sandra: Yeah. So, I always tell people that I kind of became a photo...

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008 Good Customer Service with The Shacklefords from 2018-07-11T18:23

Braedon:   So, Daniel with your background and customer service what can you say what company that was you were working with or what's what industry and what did you learn there that you've been ab...

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007 Developing Your Style with Max Wanger from 2018-06-16T21:08

This interview with Max Wanger goes into his background and start in photography. How he fell into shooting weddings but then strategically curated his brand and style. Max and Braedon discuss the ...

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006 Strengthen Your Brand with Dane Sanders from 2018-06-15T17:21

Dane Sanders is a business coach for independent creatives and photographers, an author, a photographer, and founder of The GoBe Collective, which he started to help creatives increase the value th...

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005 Creative Identity with JonPaul Douglass from 2018-06-15T03:35

JonPaul Douglass is a Los Angeles based commercial photographer and director.   He spoke at Connecting Things, a gathering of creatives, designers, photographers and artists on the topic of your Cr...

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004 Sylvie Gil on Getting Published and Destination Photography from 2017-10-10T21:53:17

Elan of RPL: tell us a little bit about yourself, your story, how you got started all that good stuff Sylvie Gil: It was a pure accident, how did that happen again. I was a fashion photographer in ...

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003 Jose Villa - Tips and Lessons Learned from 2017-09-28T16:27:41

Jose Villa is one of, or if not THEE, most known and sought after wedding photographer in the industry. Jose talks about his journey getting there and lessons he's learned along the way.   Elan Coh...

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002 KT Merry - Personal Projects, Work Life Balance and The Wedding World from 2017-09-21T23:46:42

2016 was a fun year, we like all that, is about updating new brands and so, we launched that and then also, kindof took the time to take some personal work and really kindof organize that into just...

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001 Greg Fink - Treating Your Photo Biz like a Business from 2017-09-11T21:58:38

Welcome to the Photo Report Podcast where we talk to top-level Pro Photographers about the business behind their craft, their journeys to get them, where they are and the lessons they've learned ...

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