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On this episode of The Messy Middle, TMA Community Manager Ali Payne sits down with photographer Ellen Wagner to talk through the common hang-ups standing between photographers and a successful photography business. Ellen spent years balancing a full time pharmacy career with a growing photography business before she ever believed photographers could charge more than […]
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IPS (In-Person Sales) has been at the center of photography pricing conversations for the last few years, and if you’ve been on the outside of that discussion, wondering whether you missed a memo, this episode of the Motherhood Anthology podcast is for you. TMA’s Director of Education, Katie Lamb, walks through why the pricing model […]
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Every photographer knows the moment: you step into a home or a hospital room, the family is polite but stiff, and you can feel a wall between you and the people you came to photograph. Learning how to break the awkward first 30 minutes of a family session is a skill most of us were […]
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Every photographer hits a point where client work starts to feel like the same session on repeat. For Marie Tilkens of Marie Elizabeth Photography, the answer wasn’t to wait for inspiration to show up on its own. It was to build a styled session for photographers, an intentional, planned shoot with its own wardrobe, location, […]
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What does it take to keep photography education fresh, useful, and actually worth your time? For The Motherhood Anthology, the answer just got a lot clearer. Katie Lamb, a longtime TMA mentor known for her sharp, generous teaching style, has officially joined the team as TMA’s Director of Education. On this episode, host Kim Box […]
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Your Google Business Profile is probably doing more for your bookings right now than your Instagram is, and if you set it up once and walked away, Google may already be wondering if you’re still in business. In this episode, Melissa Arlena, photographer, SEO educator, and TMA mentor, breaks down the five-move monthly maintenance routine […]
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On this episode of The Motherhood Anthology podcast, Ali Payne sits down with Kate Grabowski of Kate Marie Portraiture to talk through how she books out her Santa sessions each year, including what her very first year (zero bookings) taught her about starting early and staying consistent. Kate has run Santa sessions for eight years […]
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