The Podcast for Pet Photographers
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S13E01 | How Adam raised $250k for shelters
How would you feel if you could say you’ve raised $250k for charity through pet photography and that those sessions were booked 6 months in advance?
This is the reality for today’s guest who prior to Covid worked with Shelters all over the country but despite being proud of the fundraising efforts, he wishes he did it all differently!
S11E12 | Catchathon Craziness with Carolyne Cowan
Our guest today has raised thousands of pounds for dog charities with her trademarked “Catchathon” events and her latest event is garnering attention from news outlets all around the world. So we caught up with Carolyne Cowan of Carrie Southerton Dog Photography to ask her all about Catchathon, charitable marketing and how to host successful photo events.
S8E10 | How to Sell Wall Art to Businesses with Michael Puck
Michael Puck is shaking things up in the world of professional pet photography. Fuelled by his desire to help save dogs from kill shelters, he runs his business, K9Photo, as a nonprofit.
But although k9Photo is a charity, Michael does not ask for donations. The revenue is entirely generated by selling multi-thousand dollar dog wall art collections to non pet related businesses. In this fascinating interview, Michael shares how you can position dog wall art to businesses in your own local area, to open up a vast new world of opportunities. This is an interview that your MUST NOT MISS!
S7E05 | How to Raise Thousands of Dollars AND Build Your Business, with Jessica Wasik
Jessica Wasik focuses on celebrating the joy and love between Pittsburgh pets and their people. In addition to capturing pets through playful portraits, high-energy action shots, and small moments in time, she is also the mastermind behind an annual pet calendar contest which has welcomed hundreds of entries and raised tens of thousands of dollars for Pittsburgh's local rescues and non-profits and in this episode, we’re finding out exactly how she manages that!
S6E03 | The Paws for Oz Movement with Karen Black
On the heels of a dinner party in which the Australian wildfires and their catastrophic impact on wildlife was discussed amongst animal-loving friends, our guest today was inspired to create a fundraising initiative that saw pet photographers all around the globe joining forces and raising over $20,000. Listen in as we chat to Karen Black of Indigo Pet Photography all about her Paws for Oz initiative.
S5E11 | One to One Gratitude Sessions with Anastasia Chomlack
Anastasia Chomlack has found a way to bring photographers together and encourage the community around her, despite these weird and uncertain times. She runs a wedding collective (which we discussed during the extended episode) and specialises in business branding, but what we really wanted to dive into today was her fantastic new initiative - One-for-One Gratitude Sessions.
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.
S5E04 | Travis Patenaude on Using Photography to Make a Difference (Member Spotlight)
In 2012 my wife and I were blessed to be rescued by a Galgo named Leena. This scared little white Galgo inspired my wife and I to start Love Hope Believe Galgo Adoption (www.adoptagalgo.com) in 2013. When our group was first starting out, we were lucky enough to have a member of Hearts Speak (www.HeartsSpeak.org) take photographs of our adoptable Galgos and give me several tips to take better photos of our adoptable dogs. Since then I have been working on my photography skills and taking photos of the Galgos during our trips to Spain. Now I have the opportunity to pay it forward. My wife and I have made five trips to Spain to volunteer at the shelters and have transported 60 Galgos back to the US for adoption. In December 2014 I published my first photo book "Galgo Espanol After The Hunt" (http://www.blurb.com/b/6708469-galgo-espanol-after-the-hunt), and followed that we two more books.
S4E12 | Media Features and Growing your Following with Alex Cearns
Alex Cearns has won over 250 awards for business, philanthropy and animal photography. Houndstooth Studio and Alex’s work is frequently featured in magazines and on television. She is also a published author, keynote speaker, wildlife photography tour leader and brand ambassador. And on top of all of that, she runs a highly profitable pet photography studio in Perth, Australia.
S1E06 | Donating to Silent Auctions with Nicole Begley
Nicole Begley is an animal trainer turned pet photographer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She’s renowned in our industry for creating Hair of the Dog Blog, an online community dedicated to pet photographers with her blog, workshops and Facebook group.
In todays interview we discuss how Nicole books pet photography clients through donating to silent auctions.
S1E03 | Colleagues, not Competitors (Members Deepdive)
In this Members Only Deepdive, Kirstie teaches us how she used a photo workshop fundraiser to book qualified clients and Caitlin discusses using competitions to build her client base. We also dive deep into building relationships with other photographers.