The Podcast for Pet Photographers
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S7E03 | Ease "Photographers Back" as Kirstie McConnell shares some Pilates Stretches
Co-host Kirstie McConnell was a pet photographer for 8 years before moving to Italy this year. Before her move she always studied to become a Pilates instructor and now teaches classes online to her clients around the world. As a photographer herself, she understands the aches and pains that come with the job, when you don’t give your body the attention it asks for! And so she has created the FOCUSED Pilates program especially for photographers. Next program begins in November. Find out more here.
S7E02 | Photographing Service Dogs with Cris Skinner
Cris Skinner of The Journey Photos is a dog photographer based in the rugged and picturesque state of Alaska, USA. As a former United States Marine, she was inspired by Cooper, her medical alert service dog, to create two special photography series. These projects - ‘I Am Your Constant In The Chaos’ and ‘I am Your Calm in the Storm’ - are about honoring the incredible work of Service Dogs. Join us in this video Member Spotlight episode as we chat to Cris all about her business, her photography and her inspiration behind these incredible images.
S7E01 | Welcome to Goal Trackers (with Danyel Rogers and Ina Jalil)
What better way to inspire and motivate yourself than by listening to the goals and strategies of fellow pet photographers around the world?
Today I was joined by Danyel Rogers of Wag to My Heart Studio in Portland and Ina Jalil of Ina J Photography in Canberra for our quarterly Goal Trackers meeting.
S6E12 | The Personal Photo Series Medley (how seven different photographers are using photo projects in their business)
If you ever feel like you’re in a creative rut, or you have a photo series that you’d would love to evolve into something bigger, you’ll definitely want to tune into the season six finale - it’s a Medley episode!
Hear from seven different photographers, each with their own unique success stories and insights into Personal Photo Projects. We’ve combined interview highlights from our chats with Andrew Hellmich, Jack Jackson, Jennifer Zapatka, Diana Lundin, Erin Bonilla, Craig Bullock and JB Shepard for this inspiration-packed episode.
S6E11 | Photo Series and Book Deals with Diana Lundin
After working as a reporter, a television producer and a website editor, Diana Lundin returned to photography, her first love. She began photographing her neighbours’ dogs and cats in 2013 and knew squeaking plush toys and waving pheasant feathers would be something she would be doing the rest of her life.
In this episode we chatted with Diana all about photographing a series of work, and how that turned into book deals! Her first photography book, “Dogs Vs. Ice Cream,” was published by Familius in August 2019 and she is under contract for a second book to be published in 2021. She hopes to turn the Dog Noir series into a book.
S6E10 | Kirstie McConnell Reviews a Member's Website
Kirstie McConnell is an award winning Photographer, an internationally respected photography business coach, co-host of The Pet Photographers Club and passionate believer that givers get.
She created her own website to ensure that those who land there, book a photoshoot, and she is now giving pet photographers around the world the opportunity to have their website built in this same way.
In today’s Expert Review, Kirstie dived into the website of club member, Judy Reinford from Judy Reinford Photographic Artist and is sharing her top ten tips for improving your own website. (p.s. Are you keen to have an aspect of your business reviewed by an expert? You can apply in the Member Zone, or nominate a guest if you have someone you really want to learn from).
S6E09 | 20K Followers at just 20 Years Old - Instagram Success with Isabella Willmann
We sat down to chat with Isabella Willmann - the 20 year old Amateur Pet Photographer of the Year from Austria - to chat all things creativity, inspiration and how she’s grown her dog’s Instagram page into a photographic showcase with 20 thousand loyal fans.
S6E08 | Winning the 2020 Pet Photographer of the Year Awards with Sara Glawe
When Sara Glawe won the 2020 International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards with an outstanding 3 out of 4 entries placing in the Top 25 Shortlists AND two images picked for the Judges’ Choice Awards, we couldn’t wait to chat with her and find out all about her story! We learned that Sara Glawe is a German pet photographer with a passion for colour harmony, and that she balances her thriving Arts with Heart business with a full time job. Tune into this episode of the Pet Photographers Club podcast to hear all about Sara’s tips for entering (and winning) the awards, how she taught herself about colour and so much more!
S6E07 | From Planning to Printing - the Full Customer Experience with Jennifer Zapatka
Jennifer Zapatka fell in love with photography as a high school student, developing black and white film in the darkroom. Over the years, she lost touch with the craft - until her first puppy, Oats, arrived on the scene. All of a sudden, all she wanted to do was photograph her adorable new furry friend - ‘With Love & Oats’ was born!
Now in her third year of business as a full-time pet photographer, Jennifer specialises in creating an exceptional client experience. We sat down to chat with her all about process, from planning to printing, the strategy behind her limited edition sessions and how she balances business with creativity through her passion project - ‘With Love & Dogs’.
S6E06 | Welcome to Goal Trackers (with Danyel Rogers, Cris Skinner and Carol Moorhead)
What better way to inspire and motivate yourself than by listening to the goals and strategies of fellow pet photographers around the world?
Today I was joined by Danyel Rogers of Wag to My Heart Studio in Portland, Cris Skinner of The Journey Photography in Alaska and Carol Moorhead of Dog-Tog in Florida. We had our first ever Goal Trackers meeting and I loved hearing all about the plans of these three very different pet photographers.
From self-publishing books, to working on personal photo series, from transitioning to In-Person-Sales to introducing new packages - this 20 minute episode is packed with great ideas and I’m sure it will inspire you to set your own goals for the next two months.
S6E05 | Video Marketing for Pet Photographers with Andrew Hellmich
Hands up if this is you . . .
- You know that you should be doing more video in your marketing. 🙋♀️
- You might have halfheartedly attempted a few Instagram stories or maybe even a Facebook live, but you just feel so awkward talking to the camera. 🙋♀️
- You keep hearing about how video marketing is the way forward. The all-powerful Algorithm loves video, potential clients connect with you via video, video advertising is so powerful - THE LIST GOES ON! But still, you keep putting it off because it’s also really overwhelming and you’re not really sure where to start? 🙋♀️
SAME!
That’s why we’ve brought photography marketing expert Andrew Hellmich back to the Pet Photographers Club show. Andrew has been successfully using video to grow and market his photography business for years, and he’s now teaching other photographers how to do the same with his Daily Vlog Challenge.
We were so impressed with everything that Andrew taught us in this episode that we both personally enrolled into his next challenge! Tune into Season 6, Episode 5 of the Pet Photographers Club to hear Andrew share some of his best Video Marketing tips - this is an episode you won’t want to miss!
S6E04 | How to Win the Awards
Tune in to todays Deepdive for our Top 9 tips on how to win photography competitions, in particular, the 2021 International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards.
The first top is share free on iTunes, but to hear the rest, and to watch the video, you’ll need to go to the memberzone or watch in the Facebook Mastermind group.
Find out more about the 2020 awards in the video below.
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.
S6E02 | Mark Rossetto Reviews a Member's Price List
So we’re very excited to introduce a NEW type of episode for Season Six of the Pet Photographers Club - the EXPERT REVIEW. And what better way to launch this than with formidable photography business coach, Mark Rossetto?
Mark Rossetto is an award winning Master Photographer, an international keynote speaker and a qualified Photography Business Coach. He is highly regarded and has coached hundreds of photographers from beginners to seasoned professionals all over the world including Australia, USA, UK, Europe and NZ.
In today’s Expert Review, Mark dived into the price list of club member, Rebecca Kostka from Shy Wolf Photography. We’ve picked out an awesome audio clip from this episode to share on the podcast, but this is a video episode so really we recommend that your watch the full Expert Review in the Member Zone. Mark is truly an expert, so you won’t want to miss this one!
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.
S5E12 | The International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards - Now Open!
Have you heard - the 2020 International Pet Photographer of the Year Awards are now open!
With a talented panel of judges, over $2500 in prizes and eight difference categories to win, you don't want to miss your chance to be crowned the 2020 INTERNATIONAL PET PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR.
There are three experience levels (Professional, Emerging and Amateur Pet Photographer) so there's opportunity for anyone and everyone to win.
What are you waiting for?!
Entry is FREE and closes on SUNDAY 14TH JUNE.
Tune into the latest episode of the Pet Photographers Club Podcast to hear all about the categories, prizes, judges and more.
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.
S5E10 | Coping with Coronavirus
In this video deepdive, Kirstie and Caitlin are discuss different strategies they're using to keep their own businesses alive during coronavirus lockdown.Usually these deepdive episodes are for members only, but we thought we would share the audio with everyone today, just to spread some motivation, inspiration and knowledge during this weird, weird time. We hope you’re okay, staying safe and sane. As always, if there is anything we can do to help, please don’t hesitate to reach out - we’re all in this together!
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!
S5E08 | Tiffany Kelly on how the Barking Beautiful Project transformed her business
I am a full time vet clinic administrator by day, and by night and weekend I run my pet photography business, Noble Soul Photography. Noble Soul was created, and named in honor of my heart dog, Watson - who was just about as noble as they come.I have studied photography for over a decade, but have only been actively working as a business since 2018. I was scared to make the leap to being a professional photographer, and worried I wouldn't have enough time - but one thing I have learned: when it counts - you will make the time!I walk a fine line between my regular career and my side business, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. As for me personally, I am a super nerdy techie, and I am a sucker for anything crafty!