When I first started my business, I was not prepared for what it actually took to run a six-figure business. I burned out within a year (but it took me a lot longer than that to recognize it!) I think a lot of us start this way. You learned how to take beautiful photos. And
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If you’ve found yourself searching for a virtual assistant for your photography business, I want you to pause for just a second. Not because you don’t need help. (You probably do. We all do!) But let’s be so real: you’re busy as fuck. You’ve built a photo biz that people genuinely loveeee. Your calendar is
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after nearly two decades in the photography industry and working inside hundreds of photography businesses, it’s this: too many photographers fall into the trap of not building a photography business for your future self. Not because they aren’t talented or don’t care. Actually quite the opposite! But because you’re
Okay I want to share 3 practical tools for photographer parents that I have found consistently working across seasons of my life! When I first became a parent, I had no idea how relentless the responsibility would feel. We can’t know until we know, right? And then I was forged in the fire of becoming
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Nobody hands you a manual for this. If you are looking for the hacks every mom running a business should know, you are already asking the right question. You built a business you are genuinely proud of, and somehow you are also keeping tiny humans alive, managing a household, and trying to be present for
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Let’s talk about automations that feel authentic, because this topic gets way more side-eye than she deserves. If you’re anything like the photographers I work with, you’ve probably told yourself one of two things. Either “systems aren’t that important for me”, or you worry that using a workflow/automation will make your business feel cold or
If you’re a busy photographer who is really struggling to find your mojo with your admin, maybe it’s time to build backend systems for YOUR brain. Here’s the thing: it is not about forcing yourself into someone else’s idea of productivity. It is about finally admitting that the way you have been told to run
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3 Ways to Manage the Mental Load as a Photographer (Especially if You’re a Parent) Being a photographer is more than showing up with a camera. You’re the creative director, the editor, the marketer, the social media manager, the client concierge —and if you’re a parent, you’re also keeping small humans alive while doing it
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When you picked up your camera and started your photography business, I bet you weren’t thinking about the unseen labor that has nothing to do with photos. What is the mental load? Let’s talk about it. The mental load for photographers is all about the tasks you carry that no one but you sees. DMS
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