The Podcast for Pet Photographers
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S2E01 | The Importance of Originality with Ewan Cheyne
Whether he’s shooting in his studio, or exploring the Scottish highlands on an outdoor adventure session, Ewan Cheyne of Mutley’s Snaps is the master at creating playful, quirky, personality-filled pet portraiture. In todays episode we spoke all about originality for pet photographers and more.
S1E12 | Spoiling your client with Allison Shamrell
Our guest today, Allison Shamrell of Allison Shamrell Photography and Professional Pooch shares how spoiling her clients has led to more bookings and higher sales as a pet photographer.
S1E10 | Making the Most of Pet Events with Erin Bonilla
Our guest today, Erin Bonilla, successfully manages an extreme balancing act between traditional studio pet portraiture and brilliantly bizarre conceptual animal artwork. She runs her studio, Bonilla Pet Photography with a team of three others in Chesapeake, Virginia and her mission as a photographer is to capture the personality and uniqueness of each pet in front of her lens.
S1E08 | Rocking Your Sales Strategy with Andrew Hellmich
Fellow Aussie photographer, Andrew Hellmich has almost twenty years of experience and a passion for sharing his knowledge. Not only does he run a booming weddings and portrait studio with his wife and three staff members, but he’s also interviewed hundreds of successful photographers, uncovering and sharing their business and marketing secrets with his Photobiz Xposed podcast.
In todays interview we discuss how Andrew sells in-person and also how he ensures his online sales are as high as they can be when they're required.
S1E07 | Automating with Zapier (Members Deepdive)
In this Members Only Deepdive, Caitlin and Kirstie dive deep into using Zapier to automate your business. We also discussed some tips to improving the SEO of your website's homepage, a new way to seed relationships with local dog-friendly businesses, printing your own photography book, payment plans for your clients and establishing social proof in your business.
S1E06 | Donating to Silent Auctions with Nicole Begley
Nicole Begley is an animal trainer turned pet photographer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She’s renowned in our industry for creating Hair of the Dog Blog, an online community dedicated to pet photographers with her blog, workshops and Facebook group.
In todays interview we discuss how Nicole books pet photography clients through donating to silent auctions.
S1E05 | Becoming the Client (Members Only Deepdive)
In this Members Only Deepdive, Caitlin and Kirstie dive deep into the benefits of hiring a photographer yourself, so that you can fully understand the client experience. We dissect what we've each learned about doing this, then brought our partners into the show to see what we could discover about our shoots from their perspective.
S1E04 | Making your Business Irresistible with Jenika McDavitt
Learn how Jenika McDavitt from Psychology for Photographers recommends building an irresistible business in this weeks episode of The Pet Photographers Club Podcast.
S1E03 | Colleagues, not Competitors (Members Deepdive)
In this Members Only Deepdive, Kirstie teaches us how she used a photo workshop fundraiser to book qualified clients and Caitlin discusses using competitions to build her client base. We also dive deep into building relationships with other photographers.
S1E02 | How to Find Your Style with Charlotte Reeves
In todays interview with Charlotte we discuss how to find your style, improve your photography and grow your business with confidence.
S1E01 | Welcome to the Club
Hello and welcome to the Pet Photographers Club everyone! This is our very first episode, a little introduction to the podcast with your hosts, Caitlin McColl and Kirstie McConnell.