Photographic Collective Podcast || with Miles Witt Boyer

Ok clickbait. This is not exactly the most sought after list of must haves ever. In fact, these five things are more like “five things I love having as a part of photography business” instead of “five things every photographer needs” but I digress. The truth is these days were swamped with marketing. Everybody is being pushed and pulled into spending every last dime they have on new camera equipme...

I'm flying solo this week with a big topic on my mind. What does marketing look like without social media? If we abandon the desire for likes and follows what are we left with? How many of our businesses are inadvertently tied, or worse leveraged against Meta, or TikTok, or some other company that consistently puts their business interests ahead of ours? The truth is that the first step to longevi...

Marcos Sanchez is quickly becoming one of my favorite photographers in the world. His eye for authentic moment, emotion, and movement mixed with his ability to capture light in a captivating way is absolutely remarkable but this conversation isn't as much about his work as it is the heart behind it. I met Marcos while working with SquareMuse on a redesign of MilesWittBoyer.com (which looks pretty...

Season two is kicking off with an incredibly in depth chat with one of my closest friends in the photography community. Jared Mark Fincher isn't just a remarkable architectural photographer and he isn't just my right hand guy shooting weddings and families along side me at Miles Witt Boyer Photography, he is also the person who originally convinced me to start this podcast. Jared runs the behind t...

Imagine being a photographer with such an incredible passion for storytelling that you can't help but cry simply at the thought of it. We live in an age where we are literally rewriting the stories that have been told to us for generations with the truth while simultaneously taking on the challenge of being the voice for people who may not have one on their own. Whether we're wedding photographers...

Step outside of the business and the editorial and the perfectly polished photoshopped images that clutter up Pinterest and nearly every magazine and blog and repost site on the internet and you're left with this one question. WHY? Why does photography matter? Why do photographers matter? Is there depth and purpose to spending a life pursuing capturing the lives of the people around us and if so -...

The jump into full time photographer can be a pretty scary one to make. Timing is everything but having the courage to understand when you're ready to turn your part time passion into a full time profession is easier said than done. In this episode I sit with Detroit area wedding and portrait photographer David Kovacs, half of a husband and wife team "Dave and Ang Photography" and talk through wha...

YOU WORK TOO MUCH. This special episode is all about Thanksgiving and taking time to enjoy the holidays. We're sitting down again with positive Polly herself Ellie McKinney to talk about all she's up to with Psyched Society, her wedding photography, growing an online photographer's educational platform and still taking time to be present in her personal life. Along side her husband, Ellie runs a t...

This week I sit down with an absolute legend. He's a writer for F-Stoppers and DVLP presets, a winner of Fearless Photographer's awards and has been named several times one of the top wedding photographers in the world for his ability to pair authentic capture with remarkable and unique lighting techniques. Jason Vinson from Vinson Images talks through how working along side brands, teaching techn...

Coming in solo on today's 10th episode with some actionable steps photographers can take to reprioritize where their creativity comes from and scale the value they're delivering to their clients. Let's be honest, we're all a little worried about becoming obsolete but the truth is that trends come and go and building a brand on a strong foundation with established and evolving elements is the key t...

Charmi Patel Pena is a world renowned wedding and portrait photographer specializing in multicultural and specifically Indian weddings living in New Jersey. Her work is vivid, bold, and compositionally dynamic but alongside being a Nikon Ambassador, educator, and photographer she is also a mom and wife struggling to juggle the pressures of living in both worlds. This episode is all about the lesso...

Photographemes, creatives, designers, videographers. All of us have something in common - the desire to solve a problem in front of us. To tell a story, change a mind, capture a fleeting moment. In this episode we sit with Matt Swaggart, CEO and founder of Holdfast Gear and the innovator behind the original Money Maker camera strap. Discussing everything from being a success entrepreneur to how im...

Today's episode is all about action. I'm breaking down five actionable steps you can do right now that will shift your perception and empower you to beat through the barriers that stand in the way of bettering your business. Whether you're a photographer, creative entrepreneur, or just trying to better engage with the world around you these five tips have allowed me to consistently not only achiev...

Today we're interviewing one of the most upbeat and encouraging people in the photographic community. Ellie McKinney announces her new project "Psyched Society" and chats with Miles all about how she keeps motivated to serve, sell, and succeed all with a smile on her face. This episode is a great listen for anybody battling the cynical thoughts that sometimes come with being an artist and really a...

Sitting down with film maker Brandon Buccheri to talk about how to find perspective and positivity in the midst of self doubt. Brandon is an award winning director and film maker who co-owns Evoko Films in Dallas, Texas. Though he won a few quick awards with a camera he talks about how much more fulfilling identifying values and establishing character is as an artist and entrepreneur. Brandon is a...

Phil Porto is a legend in modern wedding photography but it isn’t just his work that we discuss today. From his childhood battle with an aggressive eye cancer and adult battle with a brain tumor to being a full time artist that is both blind in one eye and deaf in the opposite ear Phil’s story is one of finding purpose and overcoming obstacles most of us can’t even imagine. This episode was record...

Episode Three is all about expanding our ideas of what being a storyteller means and utilizing the challenges that come with dynamic changes in light, location, and people to allow our stories to have more depth and our photography to have more emotional intentionality. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• www.mileswittboyer.com // miles@mileswittboyer.com Instagram.com/m...

In this episode we are breaking down the five key elements of storytelling and diving into how defining and understanding where those elements may be hiding inside the stories we photograph. Digging deeper into ways we can create more complete, more authentic, and more engaging stories with a camera in hand. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• www.mileswittboyer.com // m...

Our first series dives into the ways as photographers we can tackle one big thing better : storytelling. This first episode is all about shaping your perspective and encouraging you to not only take hold of your role in the stories you are capturing but better understand how important it is that you are present and creative in that process. Whether you’re a wedding photographer, a camera junky, a...