Photo Fuel | The Vision, Art, and Business of Family Photography

What do you do when you're being hired to make family photos, but you don't feel like picking up a camera? When you don't feel inspired by making photos of your own family? When you feel tired or bored with life but you're preaching about joy in little moments and soaking up the precious people you love? The natural burnout of parenthood and relationship has a unique way of seeping into our work a...

Todays episode features a must-listen conversation for every family photographer! Morgan Miles is my guest and not only is she an incredibly talented family photographer, she is a full time marketing professor and studies consumer psychology at San Diego State University where she’s been teaching for over a decade. She has incredible insight into the growing trends of marketing in general and how...

85% of photographers quit within the first 2 years and a lot of those people don’t actually want to quit. I believe there’s one key factor that you’ve gotta have to succeed as a family photographer and it's totally possible or everyone. But it can't be taught and you can’t buy it and you can't make it... yet it’s the real bones behind your success in this field. In this episode we'll touch on comp...

A lot of times, when people share their business origin stories, we get the beginning hardship and grind then fastforward to the end when it all worked out and they have a happy healthy business. But there's a lot of the story that gets skipped and it's important to learn from both the hurdles and the shifts that helped that growth along the way.    In this episode, I'll share the 6 major shifts t...

What's the point? Why do you want to photograph families? What is the driving factor keeping you in this work? What keeps you coming back when it's hard and you want to quit?  In this episode, we'll talk about - why it's important to define your values - how it can help you influence decision-making  - a helpful exercise to drill down into what really matters and how you can use that knowledge to...

As a family photographer, it’s pretty common to have a standard checklist running through our heads of the “must-have shots.” It might be something - each parent with each kid, kids together, individuals, etc... Those baseline must-haves are important, but how do we go deeper? I'm proposing a part 2 to the basic session checklists as a way to take it up a notch. If you're bored with the same old s...

I recently got a question in my private facebook group about investing in your family photography business that I thought was worth pulling apart a little -   "How do you know what to invest in and if you can/should? Might be a question for a CPA but haven’t gotten to that level quite yet…Especially for newbies who aren't making a profit yet, investment in business is scary and a bit guilty feelin...

Welcome to Photo Fuel! This podcast is specifically crafted around the unique business and creative needs of family photographers who want to grow businesses that are both inspiring and profitable.    Check out some of the topics we'll be covering and the heart behind this podcast through the trailer and subscribe to be notified of new episodes when the drop!    Connect with Leah:  Website: www.le...