This is a podcast specifically for family photographers all about the swirl of vision, art, and business. Through stories, interviews, and nearly 20 years of experience in the family photography industry, host Leah O’Connell will help pack your creative toolbox and build confidence to fuel your sessions, your business, and your life. We’ll tackle family photography education with topics around the logistics and the skills, along with mindset, marketing with alignment, and more. This podcast will help you fan your own flame towards doing more of what you love and loving how you do it.<br /><br />Free, full, and fun family photography education every Monday - grab your Photo Fuel and let’s get creating.
Photo Fuel
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This is a podcast specifically for family photographers all about the swirl of vision, art, and business. Through stories, interviews, and nearly 20 years of experience in the family photography industry, host Leah O’Connell will help pack your creative toolbox and build confidence to fuel your sessions, your business, and your life. We’ll tackle family photography education with topics around the logistics and the skills, along with mindset, marketing with alignment, and more. This podcast will help you fan your own flame towards doing more of what you love and loving how you do it.<br /><br />Free, full, and fun family photography education every Monday - grab your Photo Fuel and let’s get creating.
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Recent Episodes
May 25, 2026
Guide to In-Home Family Photography Part 3: Story Filters
In Part 1, we prepped. In Part 2, we got the ball rolling. This episode is all about how to open your dang eyeballs, guide with your heart, and sink into a session that is less pose and more honest family gold. If you often leave sessions feeling like you checked the boxes but you never really GOT anywhere emotional, this is your next-level. I originally learned the concept of "elements of family story" from Brooke Schultz, and Story Filters are my evolution of that over the last 5 years. They're themes you carry into a session like a scavenger hunt — lenses for seeing what's actually in front of you rather than hunting for your next pose. I'm sharing what they are, how they work in practice, and a two-step process for developing your own. It's the thing that made the difference between galleries that are fine and work that actually means something. Find It Quickly:1:49 - Introducing Story Filters (your personal in-shoot scavenger hunt)3:37 - Story filter examples5:06 - Filters in action: how they change the way you see and direct7:52 - Why filters matter: seeing people not subjects9:28 - Direction vs. documentary: finding the middle ground10:51 - How to develop your own filters14:09 - Series recap + next episode preview15:03 - How to get the Field Guide for all these tips in writing to reference for your next shoot Mentioned in this Episode:In-Home Session Field Guide (free): leahoconnell.com/home-fieldguideEpisode 72: Part 1 — The Walkthrough Video: https://leahoconnell.com/guide-to-in-home-family-photography-sessions-part-1-the-walkthrough-video/ https://leahoconnell.com/guide-to-in-home-family-photography-sessions-part-1-the-walkthrough-video/Episode 73: Part 2 — The First 10 Minutes: https://leahoconnell.com/in-home-family-photography-series-part-2-the-first-10-minutes/ Also listen to: Episode 59 with Brooke Schultz: https://leahoconnell.com/episode-59-messy-action-the-artful-pivot-and-creating-from-the-inside-out-with-brooke-schultz/
May 18, 2026
Guide to In-Home Family Sessions Part 2: The First 10 Minutes
You've done your prep. You've watched the walkthrough video. You knock on the door - now what? The first 10 minutes of an in-home session do more than most photographers realize. They're where trust gets built in person, the tone is set, and where you either make it feel like an experience or a performance. I'm walking through five things that shift the energy in those opening minutes and two things I'm careful not to do in a session to help get it rolling on a good foot. This is Part 2 of a four-part May series on practical in-home family photography tips. The guiding principles and recommendations for each episode can be found in the companion resource for free called : The In-Home Session Field Guide. You'll find swipe copy, pep talk language, and go-to moves for every stage of the session. Find It Quickly: 2:30 - Why the first 10 minutes matter more than you think5:00 - Tip 1 - hospitality 10:30 - Tip 2: Kid level13:00 - Tip 3: Notice the good15:30 - Tip 4: The loop17:30 - Tip 5: The pep talk21:00 - Transitional shooting before direction22:30 - What not to do Mentioned in this Episode:In-Home Session Field Guide (free): leahoconnell.com/home-field-guideEpisode 72: Part 1 — The Walkthrough Video - https://leahoconnell.com/guide-to-in-home-family-photography-sessions-part-1-the-walkthrough-video/Episode with Rachel Larsen Weaver: https://leahoconnell.com/an-interview-with-rachel-larsen-weaver-on-pursuing-the-love-of-art-business-and-people-photo-fuel-podcast-episode-13/
May 11, 2026
Guide to In-Home Family Sessions Part 1: The Walkthrough Video
If you're working on improving your process for in-home family photography or adding home as a location this year, this series is for you! This first episode is one of four that kicks off a short, practical series on in-home family photography, starting with the one thing I do before every session to walk in feeling prepared. This is the biggest asset to preparing for an in home shoot - without requiring a consult call, zoom meeting, or in-person scouting trip: the walkthrough video. I share how I ask for it about two weeks before an in-home session and what I'm looking for when I watch it. I also cover what to do when clients don't send a video, and why the goal of all this prep isn't a rigid plan but a confident, settled mindset before you even knock on the door. Find It Quickly:1:30 - The two traps in in-home sessions3:00 - The mental shift required 4:30 - Asking for the walkthrough video7:00 - When they don't send it 8:30 - What to look for : Light, Life, and Layers framework12:30 - The real win, regardless of how it's executed in the end14:30 - Part 2 preview + The In-Home Session Field Guide Mentioned in this Episode:In-Home Session Field Guide: leahoconnell.com/home-fieldguide >>Episode 69: Stop Posing, Start Playing >> Episode 55: Set the Table - how to stop expecting your clients to perform for youFree resources: leahoconnell.com/learn >>CONNECT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: @leahoconnell.photo
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