Rich Off Creating Podcast

This episode is longer than our usual episodes, but for good reason! We begin the episode talking about the importance of retainer clients. Right after that we discuss how to make a business partnership work and the pros and cons. Give a detailed recollection of our experience working on set with VH1’s Basketball Wives which led us into talking about one of our most viral looks that have never see...

We’re back after a long break! We backtrack and revisit a mothers day campaign photoshoot we did at the beginning of May. We use a maternity shoot that kinda went left to provide you guys with some insight on how to maneuver when things go wrong the day of a shoot. We end the episode reminiscing about a TERRIBLE period of our photography career. 

We hope everyone had a great 2nd quarter of the year! After changing how we look at the year, we breakdown what we did right and wrong in the 2nd quarter and share what we’re looking forward to for the 3rd quarter. That took us right into a conversation about maximizing your potential as a creative. Capped off an amazing episode sharing the lighting set up for a spec campaign project we did in May...

We rolled up our sleeves and did the floral design for a photoshoot ourselves and it actually came out pretty good! We agree with our friend @oasisimagery when it comes to gatekeeping as a creative. To end this episode, we built our next spec campaign look from scratch. 

We’ve been trying to do as much spec campaign work as possible & our Fenty spec campaign was definitely a step in the right direction. With Mother’s Day right around the corner, we share some proven tips to make the most during this season. Shoutout to our old classmate @lovesomeyanna for starting her photography career! In this video we share our journey about starting our photography studio....

We struggled, but we conquered! We start the episode with a recap of our most recent hair campaign that also saw us put out our video work to date. We end the episode with transparency about what we did right and wrong in the first quarter of the year.

We officially did the first from our new tiers for our maternity photoshoot package! While sharing a story about a difficult client we recently encountered, we make a realization that client expectations are shifting in a way that's kind of scary. That story flowed right into a requested topic about how we manage our clients' experience from pre-booking to delivering their edited images....

We begin this episode on a high note, talking about our BEST campaign work to date. And we end the episode on a low note, reflecting on some of our BIGGEST L's since opening our studio. In between we, do a speed round where answer some controversial questions that every photographer has argued about. 

As always, we begin this episode giving an inside look into our photoshoots this past week; providing brief insights into the concept, lighting & posing. We also recall a recent photoshoot where our newborn assistant cancelled on us and we had to do something we weren't necessarily ready for. Wayne puts together a maternity look on the spot. 

In this episode we talk about weathering economic downturns as a photographer, balancing work and personal as a freelancer, a 5 light set-up for a shoot & more.

This is an episode you'll want to have your pen and paper ready! Not only do we breakdown how to prepare for a photoshoot but we discuss 2 photoshoots we did recently that had a very cinematic feel. We also dive deep into a problem we created and we're going about fixing it. 

In this week's episode we discuss our favorite photoshoots from last year, trends we foresee taking off in 2024 & share some advice for new photographers. 

In this week's episode we breakdown our favorite looks from this past week, using AI for your photography business, how to use loss leaders + more! 

In this episode we discuss the lighting set-up and thought process behind our most recent Valentine's Day campaign, flooding our studio for a maternity photoshoot & how to get the most out of collaborations.