Business as an Adventure

This week, Angie, Dave and special guest Lanny Mann talk about Photo Contests. Are they worth it? Spoiler alert, it's complicated, but yes, no, and maybe.

Join Dave and Angie for our first "just us" episode. We'll be doing these every other week, so with our regular bi-weekly interviews we're now coming to your ears every single week! For our first foray, we wanted to talk about three hard lessons each of us have learned over our combined 23 years in the photo business. Learn from our mistakes, so you don't have to make them yourselves!

Join Dave Moss, and Dave Shay as they talk about taking control of your time, building systems that work, and overcoming burnout in your photography business. Raleigh Wedding photographer Dave Shay has helped train Professional Photographers from all around the world. He's a systems expert, helping photographers get more time back in their lives to do what truly matters. https://daveshay.com/ https://www.instagram.com/daveshay

Today’s guest is Paige Griffith, a lawyer, entrepreneur and creative who helps creative business owners navigate the miasma that is contract and intellectual property law. Not only does she run her own firm Griffith Law, PLLC which is a virtual law firm specializing in small business law and intellectual property law. But she also runs The Legal Paige, a business and service that helps photographers, videographers, coaches, wedding planners, and other small creative businesses have better contracts, so they can cover their butts. Something that we know so many small businesses often don’t do until it’s too late. Today we talk through the five biggest legal mistakes that most photographers (and creative business owners) make, and how and why you should avoid them. We are really excited to have Paige here, because legal questions are super common in the business education space of photography, and we always have to temper our answers with large disclaimers about how we are not lawyers and are not giving legal advice. But now we have an actual in-the-flesh expert!

This is a special episode of our podcast. Because this morning enrollment opened for our online photography business course called All Method, No Madness. This is a full end-to-end business course for ALL photographers, it teaches you everything you need to know on how not just to survive in the photography industry, but how to THRIVE now and for years to come. In this episode we answer some common questions, share why we made this, and bear our souls a little. If you're interested, join up today at www.businessasanadventure.com Enrollment is open today (August 17th, 2021) until next Tuesday at Midnight Eastern Time (August 24th, 2021)

Join us this week with Marlies Hartmann of M. Hart Photography (https://mhartphoto.com/). We talk about: Game Shows, Marlies has been on 3 and won 2 of them, including the Price is Right! Her metoric rise to amazingness in the wedding photo space Being a single-mom and an entrepreneur Valuing yourself and charging what you're worth LA Problems And so much more. Marlies is one of the loveliest people, and if you've never met her, put it on your list.

This week we chat with Raquita Henderson of Pinxit Photo, based out of St. Louis Missouri. We chat about how weddings are a live-action Rom-Com, why wedding albums and print products truly matter, life-long entrepreneurship and so much more. Raquita is a Fundy Designer Ambassador, and one of the best print sales wedding photographers we know, so make sure to tune into this one to increase your own print and album sales! Note from B3A: There are a few audio issues with this episode. We did our best to clean them up, and hope it doesn't affect your listening.

In this episode with Oahu Photographer and Educator Chelsea Stratso, we talk about motocross, surfing, moving her life and business from Texas to California, and then finally to Hawaii, elopements, photography education, having a strong workflow, and so much more. Chelsea is an amazing photographer who also runs an educational platform called The Game Changer Academy, which helps photographers learn how to enhance their Instagram and Blogging game to find their niche, increase sales, connect with dream clients, charge what they are worth, and streamline their business.

This week we interview Jared M. Gant who runs us through the story of his business, the transitions he's been going through as an serial entrepreneur, and his absolutely bonkers end-to-end killer client experience process. If you've ever wanted to see what great customer services looks like, this is the interview for you!

In this episode, we talk about all sorts of fun things with Ohio wedding photographer Megan Allen of Studio 22 Photography. We talk about Megan being a YA Author, a Basketball star, a world traveller, a viral sensation, and much more. But most importantly, we talk about the rules of attraction, about how you have to show the world what you want, in order to get it. Photographers know this as "show what you want to shoot", but it goes much deeper than that.

Join us for a chat with award-winning, hilarious, and down-right awesome photographers Jesse and Moira La Plante, from J.La Plante Photography out of Colorado. In this episode, we discuss: ~ Ideal clients ~ Seth Godin ~ Insane Clown Posse ~ Staying sane while working as a husband & wife team ~ Half-assing vs. whole-assing ~ Why candid family photos > than posed family portraits ~ Specialization vs. diversification ~ The challenge of not repeating a shoot ~ Skydiving ~ Taking inspiration from our dentist ~ Calvin Coolidge

Join us for a wide-ranging chat with Erika Jensen-Mann and Lanny Mann of Two Mann Studios, a photography duo that doesn't need much of an introduction. We talk about the challenges they have faced, the risks they have taken (and how they never felt like risks), and the purpose that drives them. We also chat about Two Mann University (www.twomannu.com) which launched at midnight last night. This is the most intense and polished online course for wedding photographers ever crafted. Join Two Mann on a 14-week journey through not only their entire business but 27 different location shoots, including following along on a full wedding!

In this episode, we sit down with Documentary Family and Wedding Photographer Chantal Lawrie from Florida. We chat about class and race division in pricing, how growing up in Argentina shaped the way that Chantal sees the world and captures images,

On this episode we are speaking with Brandon Wong, Founder and CEO of the Photobooth Supply Company (https://photoboothsupplyco.com/). in 2010 Brandon and his wife Katrina were wedding photographers in Southern California, and bought a photo booth for their own business. In 2012 after adding value and profits to their own business they saw a need for a better photo booth for their weddings and an easy solution for other photographers. Now, 9 years and 17 new employees later, PBSCO is a main-stay in the photography world, and constantly improve and innovate in the photo booth space.

In this episode, we speak with Family photography Brittany Gidley. Family Photographer seems so unfair considering what she does for the people who work with her. From her unreal Dream Sessions to the amount of care and attention she puts into the experience of every session, she really crafts an unforgettable bond that will last a lifetime.

This week we chat with Copywriter and Photographer Zoë Gemelli about how good copy can not only connect you with better clients but increase overall satisfaction in every area of your business. Check out her work at https://zoethewritingcoach.com/

In this episode, we hang out with Fer Juaristi, one of the most dynamic, artistic, and genuinely good people we've ever met. We talk about art, sales without selling, and just being your authentic self in order to have a business that aligns with who you are. Check out more of Fer's work here: https://ferjuaristi.com/

We speak with Daniel Kudish, the CEO of The Image Salon and one-half of the Photography team of Davina Plus Daniel about success, mindfulness, parenting, and harmony.

This week we speak with Documentary Family and Birth Photography Felicia Chang from Vancouver, Canada. We go over her Quietly Loud Workshop which next runs online in January of 2021, info here: https://www.quietly-loud.com/. Her involvement with the @diversifyphoto community, which is a community of BIPOC and non-Western photographers, editors, and visual producers looking to #changetheculture in the photography industry. We also spend some time talking about personal projects near and dear to her heart, one of which completely blew us away due to the breadth and scope of the project. And of course, we talk the business of creativity, and why documentary family photography is both important and a great way to make a living. In the words of Felicia herself, they are photos worth running into a burning building for.

Angie Nelson and Dave Moss share a little about their personal histories in business, photography, education and coaching. Get to know us as we start our new adventure, and hopefully pick up some tips on how to grow your creative business along the way!