Photographic Collective Podcast || with Miles Witt Boyer

Fer Juaristi is one of the most creative wedding photographers in the world today, and most humble. His work has permeated and affected the industry at a global level mixing wild cinematic movement and composition with quirky design and tons of energy. From his home in Monterey, Mexico to the corners of the world Fer's photographic journey has left him with a really unique and special perspective...

What do you do after you've seen $1.3 Billion in sales in a single year? How do you follow up starting or partnering in 9 businesses? You make sure your priorities are in line and that the whole thing can't crumble out from underneath you. Mike Duley is a remarkable figure in business not simply because of his success, but because he hasn't let that success steal either his joy or his hunger. With...

The beginning of a brand new series filled with voices of real people fighting through specific obstacles in their lives. Whether through mindset training, finding community, healthier habits, or simply the sheer will to persist we'll be diving deep in shorter episodes with these people to get to the core of what keeps them moving forward. This episode is with wedding photographer Derek Couts thou...

Forty podcast episodes sitting and chatting with a few of the biggest names in the photography and mindset coaching world. Forty time clicking record with a notebook in front of me and a sincere goal of trying to uncover some little tidbit of truth that's worth listening to. Forty times that Jared has cleaned up the audio (You'll see I actually messed up my mic on this one) and helped to mix down...

Are you spending more of your life running towards something or away from something? Most of us are doing one or the other. For the vast majority of the world, perhaps especially the photography and creative industry at large the idea of the hustle, the grind, the no days off mindset takes us on a constant rollercoaster of brief moments of inspiration and near total burn out. Creative fatigue lurk...

If you're a photographer in 2022 you're likely living a bit of a double life. The one on social media where you're a refined playful sudo-influencer with a cool big brimmed hat and the cutest latte's and then the one where you've got stacks of past due bills and tax statements you don't quite understand along side memory cards you think are backed up on your desk at home. Sound familiar? Ok, maybe...

What happens to your career when you become more focused on being successful than serving your clients? Sometimes we need to remember that every time we're told no it doesn't mean we're on the wrong path. Sometimes a disappointing result can be the catalyst for enormous opportunity. This episode we're sitting down with UK based portrait and commercial photographer and videographer Tom Wright. Tom...

PART 2! Jai Long has a story that has been told countless times, but not like this. This is a guy who's backstory has informed and prepared him to become one of the most sought after and prolific educators, podcasters, and personalities in the photography world today and yet for as often as he is interviewed people miss the magic that makes Jai so special. This episode is all about finding that ma...

Jai Long has a story that has been told countless times, but not like this. This is a guy who's backstory has informed and prepared him to become one of the most sought after and prolific educators, podcasters, and personalities in the photography world today and yet for as often as he is interviewed people miss the magic that makes Jai so special. This episode is all about finding that magic. Und...

The art of saying "No" and the way it increases the value of your Yes. If you only listen to one podcast episode this week in the entire world of podcasts, whether you're a photographer, film maker, designer, creative, or just curious entrepreneur this episode should be it. The vulnerability that Brandon Buccheri takes into this chat to talk about how important those two little letters are is amaz...

What a wild year. We haven’t exactly solved global warming or cured world hunger but we’ve done some good in the world and learned a few amazing lessons along the way. Taking an episode to reflect on the last year, day dream about what comes next, and dig into some advice for making the most of every opportunity to leave the world around you a little bit better. •• The Photographic Collective is a...

They say it's in the eye of the beholder but what does that even mean? Is it possible that we've all gotten a little off track with what we think is beautiful? Is it possible that in a world of insights and photoshop and social influence the very idea of something being beautiful doesn't mean what it used to? In this episode with Michigan based wedding and portrait photographer David Kovacs we're...

"I just want to use my imagination and make money with it." We couldn't have picked a more bold start to season 3. Jay Worsley is not only one of the most talented and recognized film makers in the industry his perspective and purpose is absolutely inspirational. The future of film making and photography isn't measured in insights and metrics of likes and follows and Jay explains to us why our min...

SEO is this mythical monster that either exists to bring us endless numbers of new opportunities or to keep the world from seeing our work. At least that was my impression leading up to this call. The truth is that Search Engine Optimization is this theoretical process that so many of us in the photographic world pretend to understand and fail at so miserably. Enter Dylan Howell. Dylan is an incre...

Who you are as a photographer, an artist, and an entrepreneur comes down to a sum of your experiences, your opportunities, and your God given talents. The world around us seems hell bent on compartmentalizing everything and yet the stories of photographers like Max Grubb's who grew up on a tiny island on the other side of the world and picked up a camera as a way to try and capture and make sense...

From the moment Rebecca Bradley starts talking on this episode with her cool New Zealand accent her obvious passion for people takes over. She's an artist with a fascination in humanity and it has lead her to not only be an incredibly successful and connected wedding photographer on the other side of the world from us here in the PHOTOCO headquarters but also connected her with one of my very favo...

You can't expect yourself to power through week after week without fatigue. You can't be all things to all people. You can't perfect a process professionally and not expect it to affect how present you are personally. You can't grow without rest. This week's episode is all about your health. We're taking a mental health break from loads of amazing advice from a few of the world's most affluent art...

This is where it all started. In the middle of 2020 I joined into a little app called clubhouse and found myself somehow thrust on stage moderating a group of a few thousand speakers right along side these two gentleman from the UK. We've never met in person but the bond was instant because while we were speaking to photographers and with photographers we were talking about things that carry so mu...

Nadia Meli needs no introduction. She is this brilliant, bold, beautiful soul that is simultaneously deep and approachable. Her sense of compassion for the humanity around her along side an innate ability to create organic and intentional imagery rose her to the top of the industry both in Europe and globally very quickly but it really is finding "home" for her that seems like it matters most. An...

He's one of the biggest names in mindset and business coaching in the photographic industry. Ben Hartley has not only elevated his own career as a photographer to continually new heights over the last ten years, he has spent most of it intentionally inviting people to join him and to be frank - his ideas are a bit radical. Showing up every day and giving free education, free mindset tips, free per...

Part one of this interview was one of our most listened to episodes ever. No surprise there because while it's always tempting for podcasts to focus on things like how amazing photographer's shoot or where they've been this conversation with Jonas Peterson is all about the why. It's a lesson that Jonas has learned and a process he has refined over a career filled with adventures and awards. In fac...

Everybody knows the name... Jonas Peterson is this larger than life photographer who’s style not only help define the way so many artists shoot but who arguably helped to shift the direction of the entire industry almost over night. A successful advertising mind, an educator, a prolific speaker, a personality that has become so attached with the wedding photography community. What people may not a...

Whether it's because of YouTube or a Fujifilm endorsement, being named a Rangefinder 30 Rising Star in 2021, or just a wildly hungry and humble heart there's no doubt about it. John Branch IV is on the map. This sit down with John is all about the hunger he has and the perspective he has found that have shaped him as a create, first in the music industry and now as a wedding photographer. There is...

Dawn Jarvis is just absolutely remarkable. This episode was such a relaxed, candid conversation with a friend all about the way she sees her job and the doors that have flown open for Dawn as she's really leaned into her passion. From elopement and micro wedding photographed from the Oregon Coast and all over the world to seniors and families Dawn has leveraged her playful personality and wildly c...

Whether you know it or not your life, your business and your photography is likely driven by a set of core values. These values inform not only your decisions but also are the lens through which you see the successes and failures all around you. This episode with Pye Jirsa was a beautifully unscripted walk through his journey as a photographer, founder of SLR Lounge, educator and author with a per...