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- 2021
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About Portrait Photographers Academy
Hosted by International Photography Business Coach Bernie Griffiths, The Portrait Photographers Academy Podcast pays homage to professional portrait photographers and discovers everything about Marketing, Selling, Customer Satisfaction Strategies, and solid Business Systems.The Podcast sets out to lift the income from your Portrait Studio. You will hear successful photographers tell their stories of what they did to make their businesses so successful.
- Publisher
- Bernie Griffiths
- Category
- arts · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Jan 2021
- Latest episode
- 31 May 2022
Latest episodes
19 episodes in the feed.
31 May 2022
Luci Dumas
Luci talks about how she has always been crazy about kids. She has, she says a kind of radar that seems to put them at ease and helps her to understand their needs and feelings. When a child enters the room, it is as if someone turned on the sun on for her. Luci feels it is a blessing to have a career using her artist’s eye and her heart for children! She started her photography career in San Diego, California in 1982 after many years pursuing photography as an art. Her business has always been out of her home because the commute (upstairs to downstairs) is ideal. Clients seem very comfortable coming to her historical South Park neighborhood and her charming 1911 bungalow. For children it feels like “Aunt Luci’s House”. As a successful, full time wedding and children’s photographer for over 35 years, Luci knows what it is like to struggle to create and maintain a thriving photography business with the ups and downs in a highly competitive industry. SELLING IS HER SUPER POWER with most clients investing in 3 to 7 Wall portraits, and Albums almost every time. Find out more about Luci at: lucidumascoaching.com https://www.instagram.com/theprofitablephotographer_pod/ https://www.facebook.com/LuciDumasCoaching
22 Dec 2021
Ally Stuart-Ross
In this Podcast, Scotland based photographer Ally Stuart-Ross mentions that she became interested in selling things before she was interested in photography. Single mom to four children, Ally's first paid photographic job was what she describes as "the wedding from hell", and there were many funny stories at weddings to follow, like dropping the brides bouquet out of a castle window in front of all the guests, and flooding a table with coffee at a reception. Her first "wee" camera she had at 7 years old, and discovered that she loved taking photos. Ally was influenced by a photographer called Walter Kerr. She used to spend summers on a holiday island in Scotland and there was things going on everyday for kids to do. Bathing beauty, sand castle competitions, that sort of thing. Walter photographed everything and the next morning displayed them in his wife’s shop window. Everyone bought them and Ally thought this concept was brilliant. She felt it was literally printing money.
25 Oct 2021
Chris Garbacz
Chris is a professional wedding photographer and has photographed weddings for the past 14 years. He has many amazing stories to tell about his previous entrepreneurial endeavours. Chris is also the founder of one of the most popular CRM's for photographers in Studio Ninja. Whatever the genre of photography, having the right software to track potential clients and present clients, is a must have to streamline a photography business.
1 Aug 2021
David Williams
"David's father began photography in 1928, and although much of his life was corporate, he was able to pass on much to his son. Whilst David appreciates very much the natural look in portraiture, he also embraces the dramatic - no more so than in his black & white portraits. A portrait session with David often begins with what is called 'The Interview Portrait' where the subject is photographed during the course of a casual interaction designed to show more of the person's character. It is often after this that a series of 'asked for' portraits are made. Many people believe that the only good photograph is one where the subject is unaware of being photographed. But so much of looking great in portraits has to do with being comfortable with the photographer, then excellent lighting and compositional skills. David's considerable experience, clear vision and directions help elicit the most flattering and striking portraits. " - from Beautifully Made Portraits by David Anthony Williams at https://www.davidanthonywilliams.com/link-HidgycZxWT/about-david-anthony-williams
30 May 2021
Tony Rawson
Tony Rawson has been a professional portrait photographer for over 40 years. Photographing indoor and outdoor studio sessions, his home studio is located at beautiful Olinda, in Melbourne's Dandenong Ranges. He is also a pastor and regularly travels overseas to places like India to spread the word. He also owns and flies a small plane and often flies to his portrait appointments that may be in a different state. Tony’s experience and accommodating nature helps his clients feel at ease. Tony is an awarded member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography and to ensure the highest quality in family portrait photography, he uses the best high-end Canon cameras and prints on Kodak archival paper.
30 May 2021
Eric Bern
The late Mayor of Sandy Springs, Eva Galambos, referred to Eric Bern Studio as "an institution in Sandy Springs. Eric's newest studio on Mt. Vernon Highwya is his 5th and most modern studio where his newest brand "Headshot Studio Atlanta" is keeping him busy photographing corporate headshots and location business photography for numerous companies around Atlanta. Eric moved to Atlanta in 1978 after graduating from Arizona State University majoring in Fine Art Photography and Broadcasting. In his first studio on Roswell Road I worked on "Cut Ups", 3 dimensional photographic acrylic cut outs of families having fun. This launched his career. With his Wife he made Sandy Springs home and his married sons and grandson all live within a few miles of his home and studio. He was glad to have most of my life's work, recreation, family and friends all within the City of Sandy Springs. During college he began to photograph candid environmental black and white portraits and quickly built a reputation for these natural images. He had a dream to build a portrait studio business in a tightly knit community. After opening a studio with the "Cut Ups" brand he created a full service studio featuring canvas, acrylic, metal and wood mounted wall portraits along with custom designed albums of families and events.
30 May 2021
Neil Farrin
Neil established a photographic studio in Hong Kong working on more than 200 international advertising campaigns, including Toyota in USA, Kodak in New Zealand, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore, Japan Airlines in Taiwan, Editorial work for Geo, Time, Newsweek, Fortune and The Sunday Times magazine. Book projects have included ‘A Day in the Life of Thailand,’ ‘Here Be Dragons,’ ‘Planet Vegas’ and ‘Hong Kong Return to the Heart of the Dragon.’Running parallel with his photographic business Neil established a photo library in Hong Kong with offices in Singapore and Thailand. Neil subsequently took on the role of Getty Images creative director Asia/Pacific.After documenting the 1997 Hong Kong Handover Celebrations as the official photographer Neil relocated to New Zealand publishing ‘New Zealand the Millennium’ a photographic book involving more than seventy local and international photographers Sir Edmund Hillary penning the introduction. Continuing his photographic practise Neil focused on the South Pacific region the resulting imagery appearing in publications worldwide.Neil relocated to England in 2007 where he has worked on commercial projects in the Middle East and Europe involving location and studio work and numerous time lapse projects. He recently established www.imagework.tv organising workshops for the photographic and film industry.
9 May 2021
Setting Up The Facebook Pixel For Photographers
In this episode International Photography Business Coach Bernie Griffiths and Facebook Expert Jodie Griffiths will go through on how to set up your Facebook Pixel properly, to enable you to maximise your Facebook ads for your photography business. Whether you are just starting a photography business or have had a studio for years, if you are having trouble getting enough customers, or you want to learn how to create a successful Photography Business, then this is just for you. You Will Learn………… How to set up a Boosted ad and an ad in Ads Manager. How a Facebook Pixel works. Who you want to reach: you'll pick a target audience of the type of people you want to connect with. Your max budget: how much you want to spend over the course of your entire campaign. How long you want to run your ad: once you click Boost and your ad is approved, people in your target audience will see your ad in their News Feed for the duration you've set. What is a Custom and a Lookalike Audience? It is an ad targeting option that lets you find your existing audiences among people who are on Facebook. You can use sources like customer lists, website or app traffic, or engagement on Facebook, to create Custom Audiences of people who already know your business. If you own a failing Photography Business, or are starting a new one…. 1. Grab a FREE copy of my book “Success Secrets of a Professional Photographer” Email me bernie@berniegriffiths.com 2. Join the Membership Group which includes “one on one” coaching. 3 Work with me with ”one on one” to grow your photography business to $100,000+ Email me a message with the subject line “Private” and tell me a little about your business and what you’d like to work on, and I’ll send you all the details! www.berniegriffiths.com +61418509228
28 Mar 2021
How To Get Over 100 Photography Sessions In Advance
In this episode International Photography Business Coach Bernie Griffiths chats with photographers Jenn Lindberg and Jim Pitts, on their amazing success with their Texas Photography studio. After struggling for 3 years they now have a portrait business with over 100 portrait sessions booked in their calendar.
12 Mar 2021
Starting A Photography Business
Are You Serious About Starting A Photography Business?I have coached many studio photographers over the years. Some with big studios and some who work part time. Most photographers I speak to seem to have similar challenges to overcome. Their cash flow is not showing any signs of growth. They are spending all of their time in their business and no time working on their business. They feel guilty spending too much time at work and not enough with your family. They want to take your business to the next level but are not sure which direction to go.If you relate to a lot of these challenges, then this Podcast is just for you.
7 Mar 2021
09 - Sterling Hoffman
Sterling along with his wife Linda are the creative dynamic duo behind Sterling Portraits, a high-end portrait studio based in the DC area. We chat with Sterling about his ups and downs along with some funny stories from his over 40-year career as a portrait artist.
1 Mar 2021
08 - Robert Gray
Robert Gray enjoyed a successful career as a commercial photographer before retiring in 2001. Robert is an honorary fellow of the AIPP and has held the positions of National Vice President, National President, and National Chairman.
1 Mar 2021
07 - Jessica Robertson
Jessica Robertson created Jessica Robertson Photographic Artistry over 15 years ago and currently serves the Richmond, Virginia area from her 3000 square foot retail space in Ashland. With the support of her team, Robin and Karen, Jessica personally photographs over 200 seniors each year. She also photographs families, children, pets, and headshots. These additional 100 sessions a year create a full circle of life studio based upon relationships.
1 Mar 2021
06 - Peter Eastway
Peter Eastway is an Australian photographer known internationally for his landscape photography and creative use of post-production. A practising professional, he shoots editorially (mainly for Better Photography magazine) and works selectively in advertising and portraiture. He is a Grand Master of Photography, a Fellow and an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, and an Honorary Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography. He won the 1996 and 1998 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Award. He is a WPPI Master of Photography. In this episode, We speak with Peter about his career and shooting in exotic locales around the globe.
1 Mar 2021
05 - Geoff Clark
Geoff Clark is a photographer and owner of Capture Imaging Photography in New South Wales, Australia. In this episode, we talk to Geoff about how he came to own a turn-key photography studio and the stories of shooting portraits on the beach.
1 Mar 2021
04 - Danny Dekker
In this episode we speak with Danny Dekker who ran two very successful studios on two continents while travelling back and forth from the USA to Australia to shoot weddings on the weekends. From Ferraris to gold plated cameras, Danny did it all and retired at the very young age of 45 to spend more time with the family. Join us for all the stories from his great career as a successful wedding photographer.
24 Feb 2021
03 - Richard Hill
Richard Hill is a portrait and family photographer based in Dallas Texas emphasizing gesture, meaning, and whimsy in his formal and documentary work. Starting a new studio is always a challenge but doing so during a worldwide pandemic is extraordinary and that is exactly what Richard did as he moved into his brand new studio. Bernie and I chat with Richard on his journey from a sales professional to a full-time photographer and all the stories along the way.
24 Feb 2021
02 - Robyn Hills
Robyn Hills has been photographing on the Sunshine Coast, Australia for over 20 years. She is one of Australia's highest awarded photographers, including Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. She became an entrepreneur at a very early age and aside from her love of running her photography business she also loves to invest in real estate.
13 Jan 2021
01- Kelli Wilke
Kelli has over three decades of photography experience, custom, boutique style photography. Originally a commercial and editorial photographer, Kelli photographed weddings which were her passion, as wedding combined her love of still life, details, food, architecture, fashion, portraits and photojournalism. Based in Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia areas, she also calls Wyoming home.Rangefinder Magazine 30 Rising Star NomineeMember of Fearless Photographers and ISPWP Multi Award recipient from Masters of Wedding Photography
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