The Podcast for Pet Photographers
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S11E09 | How to Work with Dog Brands with Kerry Jordan
Do you have clients who have their own pet-related business? Perhaps you’ve received enquiries from local dog brands before, or you know of small businesses that you’d love to work with, but you’re not sure how to serve them. Are you always wondering how you can create a package that would best serve them - stumped between your normal pricing, recommended licensing pricing, and giving everything for free? Stay tuned.
S10E05 | Personal Branding Photoshoots for Small Pet Businesses with Meg McMillan
If you’re a pet photographer who works with - or would like to work with - pet businesses then you’ve likely already realised that everything you already know about working with private clients really isn’t applicable when you move to the B2B space. Throw into the mix that most of the commercial photography education out there doesn’t apply when dealing with small, local or boutique pet businesses and you might find yourself totally lost about how to best serve these clients. We’re talking your local groomer, doggy day care, pet bakery - all businesses who could potentially bring in a fantastic new income stream - if only you knew how to serve them best.
That’s why we invited Personal Branding photographer Meg McMillan of Meg Marie Photography onto the show today. Meg is killing it in the world of small business and personal branding clients and today she shares how you can take that same approach and apply it to your pet photography business!
S8E08 | Partnering with Dog Friendly Accomodation - Deepdive
Partnering with local pet-friendly accomodation is a fantastic way to tap into a market of potential clients who really, really love their dogs. So how do you go about setting up that sort of partnership? One of our long-time members, Rebecca Kostka of Shy Wolf Photography, reached out recently with this very question. So Caitlin sat down with Bec to answer all her questions - and we recorded it so that you can learn too!
S7E04 | Why You Should Interview Local Pet Businesses with Carol Moorhead
When Carol Moorhead of Dog-Tog mentioned doing more “Zoom Casts” during one of our members Goal Trackers meetings, we were instantly intrigued. What on earth is a Zoomcast and how is she using it to build her local network? Tune into our latest Member Spotlight video to learn all about how Carol is interviewing local pet businesses.
S6E01 | Photographing LGBTQ People and their Rescue Dogs with Jack Jackson
Beautifully timed with the end of Pride Month, we’re starting this season learning all about the Don’t You Want Me project. This documentary photographic series showcases the beauty and resilience of LGBTQ+ people with their rescued dogs. Jack Jackson, co-founder of the project (and fellow member of the Pet Photographers Club!) joined the podcast to tell us all about it.
Don’t You Want Me is a global social impact photo project - think Humans of New York, except with powerful queer and trans narratives combined with cute dogs - the project is bringing people to tears.
Photographers, dog lovers and humans on a mission Jack Jackson (Toronto) and Deb Klein (UK via Brooklyn) have joined forces to tell these powerful stories. In today’s episode, we chatted with Jack to find out their inspiration behind the project, the impact it’s having in the community and their goals for the future of DYWM.
S5E09 | Photographers Selling Puzzles with Olly Clarke
Todays guest, professional pet photographer, Olly Clarke of Paws and Claws Photography knows how to act fast. When he was faced with social distancing and quarantine bans that stopped him, and most of us across the globe, from photographing, forcing him to close down the studio, he created a new business.
Listen to this week's episode of the Pet Photographer's Club to learn all about how Olly Clarke went from running a successful studio to selling puzzles within a matter of weeks!
S5E07 | Creating a High-End Customer Experience with Kimberly Buccheri
Kimberly Buccheri knows how to launch a business. She was published in NH magazine within the first 4 month of starting, and has average sales of $5000. She runs a low volume, high customer care studio and is the other half of the team behind Kimberly Sarah Photography.
Listen to this week's episode of the Pet Photographer's Club to learn all about how Kimberly Buccheri went from being laid off to running a successful studio.
S4E02 | Quick Tip - Working with Micro Pet Businesses
In this week’s Snapshot Episode, Caitlin shares how you can approach pricing when working with Micro Pet Businesses who might have a smaller budget.
To dive a bit deeper into the topic of Commercial Clients and to learn about the three different types of Commercial Clients we work with, don’t forget to watch our full 20 minute video episode and join in the discussion online with our members in The Pet Photographer’s Club on Facebook.
S4E01 | Becoming a Commercial Pet Photographer with Sarah McGraw
Sarah McGraw is a professional traveling pet photographer who specialises in natural, candid-style portraits. Her business has continued to evolve over the past decade and as of April 2019 she officially announced that she only be accepting commercial clients. We’re so excited to share with you all about this change and find out how this talented pet photographer is serving commercial clients and small businesses
S3E01 | Publishing and Personal Projects with Craig Bullock
Craig Bullock from Furtography in New Zealand, has been photographing pets for over 15 years, is a multi-award winning accredited master of photography, author of three bestselling books and the photographer behind the amazing Dog is Love series. He is New Zealand’s Portrait Photographer of the year and a Fuji X ambassador. In our interview he shares his experience with working with publishers for personal projects, and so much more!
S2E09 | Partner Networking for Big Sales with Luci Dumas
Luci Dumas is a master photographer who specialises in heartfelt portraits and has been running a successful portrait business for 36 years. Her super power is selling multiple large portraits per client and she generating a consistent flow of new clients with her networking strategies.