Grow Your Photography Business Podcast

Ryan is the owner of a Wedding Photography and Film studio, as well as being the co-founder and CEO of image outsourcing company, Freedom Edits. His photography studio quickly developed an associate brand shooting 200+ weddings a year. After trying all the image editing outsourcing solutions out there, it became clear that there were consistency and culling issues across the board and something had to change.  Freedom Edits became the solution to hundreds of photographers worldwide in 2016 and Freedom quickly became known for its quality, client experience and ability to replicate each of its client’s editing aesthetics. 

Neil is a UK based wedding photographer who is best known for his use of creative off camera flash. He has shot over 450 weddings all over the UK and overseas, including Hong Kong, Italy, France, Spain and Greece. Neil, who is an Ambassador for MagMod, also runs a successful YouTube channel for wedding photographers where he shares behind the scenes content and videos showing how he creates many of his favourite images. He also hosts regular workshops for wedding photographers as well as offering online educational content as well.

With their powers combined Grace & Andrew become GRANDREW - your classic codependent relationship. One does not function without the other and their unique skill set. You see Andrew does all the filming and Grace does all the editing. Andrew attends the wedding and samples your cake, Grace waits at home for Andrew to feed her the cake. Andrew suits up every weekend and Grace puts on her sweat pants and creeps through your footage - you getting a general vibe here?Grandrew met in film school in 2011 and naturally Andrew spent a good two years trying to get Grace to go steady. She finally caved despite her plan to stay single and ready to mingle until 30 (sorry mum) and here we are. Two halves to a whole, individually they have mastered their craft and together they have created an International Award Winning Wedding Cinematography Studio named after the great Aussie native 'Bottlebrush' which surrounded them both growing up.

Australian photographer Alex Cearns crafts exquisite animal portraits that convey the intrinsic joy people find in animals. As Creative Director of Perth based Houndstooth Studio, she photographs around 1300 animals per year. Her clients include engaged pet lovers, leading corporate brands and around 40 Australian and international animal charities and conservation organisations. Her images have been published extensively in worldwide media, books, magazines & ad campaigns. An undisputed leader in her niche, Alex is the recipient of more than 350 awards for her photography, business and philanthropy. She is a Master Photographer with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography, and an Ambassador for Tamron, Profoto, BenQ, Studio Ninja, Illford Imaging Australia and Spider Camera Holster. 

Natalie Watts of Natalie J Weddings is a wedding photographer and educator based near London, UK. She has been self-employed in photography for over 10 years, with a background in fashion photography before moving to weddings in 2014. To date, Natalie has photographed 230 weddings in locations including Hawaii, Iceland, NYC, Paris and Venice, and was named one of Rangefinder's Rising Stars of Wedding Photography in 2019. Her education courses include the popular 'How to ACE Group Shots' and 'Success Accelerator' - Photography  Business course - and Natalie also offers 1-to-1 mentoring for photographers. 

Jason Vinson is one half of a husband and wife team based in Northwest Arkansas. Known for his dramatic, colourful portraits and real moment images - Jason has been ranked as one of the Top 100 Wedding Photographers in the world.

Ben Chrisman is an award-winning documentary, wedding and portrait photographer with Chrisman Studios in Charleston, SC. Ben has consistently been named one of the top photographers in the world since 2008, and has photographed in over 30 countries. As a leader in the photographic community, he speaks and teaches internationally at conferences and workshops throughout the year when he's not in the studio or on assignment.

Harry Michael is a wedding photographer based in Buckinghamshire, but travels all over for a good knees up! Originally trained in graphic design/fine art, he made the switch to photography after completing a module during his Art Foundation Course (the area he was least excited about!) and boy, was that a game changer for him. Now, at the tender age of 26, Harry is happy to say that he have been a full-time wedding photographer for 3 years!

Anna is a family photographer and mentor living in sunny Manchester, mum to 15 year old Joe and 6 year old Huey. She specialises in fearless photography for big-hearted families, finding and celebrating their own unique stories of magic and adventure. With 13 happy years in the photography industry,  Anna spent over a decade shooting weddings, before successfully transitioning from wedding to purely family photography, and is now one of the country’s leading family photographers.As a past secondary school teacher, she’s hugely passionate about education and supporting others to realise their own unique strength and worth and has helped hundreds of photographers develop and grow their own family and wedding photography businesses. She runs The Shutterhood, a membership community that gives photographers who are just starting out the essential tools and foundations to launch and grow their own photography business. She also has a course, The Roost, which shows photographers how to tailor and adapt their business for family photography so that they can successfully transition or add it as an additional ‘arm’ to their photography business. 

Starting as a political news and celebrity portrait photographer in DC, Sam was instantly drawn to wedding photography as a space to promote more inventive ideas. Sam’s focus is on photographic techniques that are deceptively simple, but have potential to transform difficult or uninspiring shooting environments into one of a kind opportunities for every photo made.