Focused Photographers Podcast

EPISODE SUMMARY If you’re self-employed and a parent, then you know the constant struggle of trying to balance it all and keep it all together. It’s tricky to say the least. We’re constantly being told to pick one or the other. The problem occurs when we see Work and Life as two separate goals. Naturally as you focus on one goal sacrifices are made elsewhere. It’s only when you see Work and Life as one and on the same path to designing a life that’s meaningful and joyful that you’ll find true happiness. Join Stacey Owen and I as we talk about her journey from a not so great relationship, to discovering and being saved by the photography world. Like many of us, she became busy and the sacrifices came in time and relationships with family and friends. “They didn’t know what I looked like,” she recalls in the episode. This was the catalyst for major change in designing her life. Now several years later, she’s hung up her professional camera straps and is the Founder and CEO of Pepper, a modern marketing agency for photographer to help handle content strategy, blogging, social media, design and much more. Pregnant her first child, a new journey is about to begin. Listen as she talks parenthood, entrepreneurship, and work/life balance! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER Website: WWW.MEETPEPPER.CA Instagram: @MEET.PEPPER Facebook: THE PEPPERVERSE LINKS & RESOURCES Mike Michalowicz Book on Time Management: CLOCKWORK Financial Independence Blog: MR. MONEY MOUSTACHE Financial Independence Blog: EARLY RETIREMENT EXTREME    

EPISODE SUMMARY Parenting and business is a tricky balance. In the first few months of having a kiddo, it’s not too bad. You’re able to manage the work load despite a lack of sleep. Just put the baby down on a play mat and there they stay! Ohh, what a false sense of security you’re lured into! The next few months and years are more challenging. They’ll be incredibly rewarding but not without some bumps and bruises along the way. Putting it all together, getting it all done, and finding balance is key. If you’ve ever wondered or you’re in the thick of parenting now, this episode on finding work/life balance even with a young family is for you. Join Matt Gruber and I as we catch up and talk about our families. Matt Gruber is an amazing photographer based out of Philadelphia. He’s a MagMod Ambassador (read: off-camera flash aficionado), shoe lover, and dad of two littles ones. Matt talks about what changed before and after he had kids, how he manages his workflow after a wedding or portrait session, and his mindset to getting it all done while still enjoy time with his kids. This is real conversation between two self-employed, work-from-home, wedding photographer dads in the thick of one of the busiest years we’ve ever know! Enjoy! CONNECT WITH DANIEL MOYER Website: MATTGRUBERPHOTO.COM Instagram: @MATTGRUBERPHOTO Facebook: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MATTGRUBERPHOTOGRAPHY LINKS & RESOURCES Book on Managing Your Day: MANAGE YOUR DAY TO DAY: BUILD YOUR ROUTINE, FIND YOUR FOCUS, & SHARPEN YOUR CREATIVE MIND The Must-Read Small Business Book: THE E-MYTH REVISITED: WHY MOST SMALL BUSINESSES DON’T WORK AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

EPISODE SUMMARY Scott Josuweit is a wedding photographer know for bold and vibrant colors and storytelling moments based out of York, PA. Scott is a MAGMOD AMBASSADOR, SLR LOUNGE AMBASSADOR, OCF wizard, and systems and processed guru! In this episode Scott dives into a side of business that’s not often spoke about much: building systems in your business and tracking how successful they are. (Not as sexy as OCG BUT will make you way more money and build your business for longevity!) Scott is a previous Special Ed. teacher turned wedding photographer and his analytical and logical approach to teaching influences into his photography business. Listen as Scott lays out the differences between systems, strategies, and tactics, how to measure the data they output, where to manage manage the data, what it all means and WHY this is so important! This episode is heavy on information and can be a bit technical at times so you’re going to want to grab a pen and paper and take some notes. You’re going to come away from this episode with some tangible ideas on how to measure your businesses movement in the right direction!  Follow along and connect with Scott if you have questions and please Rate, Review and Subscribe on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY, or wherever you listen to your podcasts! CONNECT WITH SCOTT JOSUWEIT Website: SMJPHOTOGRAPHY.NET Education: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/PURPOSEANDPROCESS/ Instagram: @SMJPHOTO | @PURPOSEPROCESSPHOTOGRAPHERS 

EPISODE SUMMARY Mike Morby is a photographer, serial-entrepreneur, tinkerer, and all-around super guy. He and his wife manage a team of photographers under their brand Morby Photography. Mike recently launched Edit.Cafe and ShootWith.Me over the last several years to help the photography industry with two big hurdles many of us face: getting more time back by outsourcing and finding good second photographers and assistants. I first met Mike at a business workshop he hosted in early 2019. In the photography bubble of Philadelphia and South Jersey Mike is known for business acumen. His high-efficiency, productivity, and systemization are something to be admired. Initially, I was skeptical and even offered a little push back but in truth I just wasn’t ready for Mike’s message. Now several years later with a bunch more kids in tow, I am all the wiser to it. In this week’s episode, Mike and I catch up to chat about all-things productivity and getting-sh*t-done. Mike talks about the low hanging fruit, like outsourcing editing and finding a good CRM, that makes the biggest changes in reclaiming our day. Mike also discusses how to get more granular and find hidden timesavers that add up to huge time savings over the course of a year. Examples are how much you move your hands during editing, how much time you save by switching to one large memory card vs multiple smaller cards, saving time on charging batteries, and gamifying tasks to challenge and compete with yourself! There’s something for everyone in this photography business podcast episode that will have you streamlining your workflow, organizing your day, inching towards work/life balance and getting your life back! CONNECT WITH MIKE MORBY Website: WWW.MORBYPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Instagram: @MORBYPHOTOGRAPHY LINKS & RESOURCES SHOOTWITH.ME – ShootWith.Me is a centralized platform that helps studios connect with available photographers and assistants EDIT.CAFE – Edit Cafe is an outsourcing editing platform with a streamlined system of editing where each job is reviewed and edited by multiple editor/photographers.

Sara Monika is a wedding photographer based out of Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. Sara, like many of us, was burnt out. Her relationships with her friends and family were suffering from the massive amount of culling and editing she had piling up. Something had to change. She turned to outsourcing her editing and never looked back. Now she's on a mission to help photographers get their lives back by teaching them the correct way to outsourcing, be happy with the results, get more time back, and make more money doing less. Join us as in this episode we talk about how a photographer will know when they're ready to outsource, what to outsource first, and how to correctly communicate with your editor so you're happy with your edits! My favorite part of this episode is when we got into some feels and talked about what it feels like to reap the biggest benefit from outsourcing: Freedom. It means getting to spend more time with your friends and family and your children. The freedom to do what you want, when you want, with the people that mean the most to you. Get out from behind the computer and live your life...after you listen to this episode!

There's a lot of road blocks for creatives to master their schedules. If you're like me then you got into photography because someone said you're good at taking photos. Well just because you're good at taking photos, doesn't mean your good at running a business or managing your time. The pandemic only exacerbated the need for time management. Many of us are working on vastly different circumstances with significant others and spouses at home, kids running around, lack of traditional structure and much more. Join me as I share three ideas to make your day more productive. These three ideas are battle tested around my own restrictive schedule being a full time dad from 6am-2:30pm while my wife works from home in the corporate world and I run three business full time from 2:30-4:30pm and whenever else I can fit it in! I promise you'll take one actionable item away from this episode that you'll be able to implement right away. Listen for the overview of the entire month's guests and what each of them will bring to the table! Website: WWW.DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Education: WWW.FOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS.COM Instagram: @DANIELMOYERPHOTO | @GETFOCUSEDPHOTOGRAPHERS Facebook: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DANIELMOYERPHOTOGRAPHY

Jeff Brown, The Photographers Mentor, is a UK-based photography coach who previously built five highly successful photography businesses after a previous life in the British Royal Navy. Jeff works with photographers in over 30 countries, is a photography mentor and ambassador for THE BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER AWARDS and THE FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION. Listen as Jeff talks about his career as a photographer in the British Royal Navy, which led him to take courses in marketing and ultimately build 5 profitable and highly successful businesses! He discusses his photography coaching, how he and his students use LinkedIn and the Shutter App to add leads, serve their clients, and build their businesses.

Miles Witt Boyer is a FujiFilm X-Photographer with a giant heart. Within minutes of we signed on Zoom for this recording, it felt like I'd know Miles for years. For a guy as busy as he is--married with two kids and running a photography business with multiple photographers--it's remarkable that you have his full attention the entire time he's with you!  This is one of those conversations that I kept nodding my head and laughing in agreement! Miles is a genuinely thoughtful dad, husband and human-being first, and photographer second. I think is that is the perfect way to describe his photography approach--people first.  Listen as we discuss values like Authenticity, Connection, Emotion, and taking our clients on journey that's more than just taking pictures. We explore what we as photographers are truly signing up for when we're hired as a wedding photographer and how to connect in a deeply meaningful way with our clients. Miles has a ton of great stories that illustrate this approach in a beautiful way! This episode is sure to blow some minds, require some soul-searching, and help you see the experience leading up to the "photography session" in a completely new way. CONNECT WITH MILES WITT BOYER www.mileswittboyer.com www.instagram.com/mileswittboyer www.facebook.com/mileswittboyer

Joe Dantone is a wedding and commercial photographer based out of the greater Philadelphia area. After a rocky start to a college education, Joe left university and began working as a BWM technician. The dream job, right?! While working as a BMW tech a friend asked Joe to photograph their wedding. Not long after that, Joe felt the pull to leave the soul-sucking 9am-5pm and craft a life of joy and fulfillment as a wedding photographer! While trying to build a sustainable business built for longevity, Joe fell into a natural rhythm of building relationships with the venues he photographed weddings at. Soon they became a huge source of consistent referrals. Listen in Episode 9 of the Focused Photographers Podcast to Joe's story, what the benefits of venues relationships are, how to focus on the venue's needs and what exactly he does to build relationships with wedding venues! LINKS Website: WWW.JOEDANTONE.COM Wedding Instagram: @JOEDANTONE_PHOTOGRAPHY Commercial Instagram: @DANTONE_CREATIVE Education Instagram @TETHEREDU Facebook: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/JOEDANTONEPHOTOGRAPHY

Episode Overview: Stephanie Kase is a photographer, YouTuber, online shop owner, and educator for small business owners. She teaches with a practical, no-fluff approach on her YouTube channel and inside her signature online course, The Business Confident Photographer. Besides running her business, you can often find her cuddling her Sheepadoodle, hanging out with her husband, and drinking a chai latte. I first stumbled across Stephanie's Instagram's after seeing of her Reels. Reels were still pretty new at that time. I started following Stephanie's account for her no-nonsense advice on using social media to market your business. What seemed like overnight she went from a few thousand followers to over 10k! At the time of writing, she's got over 16k.  Her personality is infectious. Her content engaging and her followers even more engaged! Listen as on Episode 8 of the Focused Photographer's Podcast, Stephanie shares how she built her following, what she loves about Instagram Reels, and her best tips for growing your numbers, setting boundaries, creating content and building a loyal following across multiple platforms! Follow Stephanie: Website: www.stephaniekase.com Instagram: @StephanieLynnKase Facebook: www.Facebook.com/StephanieLKase Youtube Channel: www.YouTube.com/StephanieKase   Follow Get Focused: Website: www.FocusedPhotographers.com Instagram: @getfocusedphotographers