On this episode, I’m sharing my conversation with Chris Orwig. Chris is the playful father of three girls, photographer, author and teacher. He recently taught a class on Creative Live titled - Capturing Authentic Photos of Children & Families. He’s the author of many books including The Creative Fight, Visual Poetry and People Pictures.
On today’s show, Chris shares how a massive hard drive failure showed him how important his family photos were to him. Chris talks about an exercise to help us slow down with our cameras and just use one button. A listener asks if Chris has a good photo of each of his family members and if he doesn’t - does he have the same pit in his stomach she has when she thinks about the photo that doesn’t yet exist of that person? A few other things we talk about are being present as parents and photographers, insurance and the idea of luck.
Chris's Tedx talk: http://chrisorwig.com/tedx/
http://thefamilyphotographer.org
Today on the podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Andrew Hellmich. Andrew is a wedding photographer based on the Central Coast of Australia. He’s the father of two boys and the host of the the Photo Biz X podcast - a podcast all about the business of wedding and portrait photography. It’s an amazing podcast if you are thinking about starting a photography business or if you currently run one.
On today’s show we talk about how Andrew got started in wedding photography and why he didn’t photograph his boys growing up as much as he wishes he had.\
Andrew answers some listener questions about what the most important first steps are in going into business and he talks about what he’s learned from his podcast that has had the biggest impact on his business. Enjoy the show.
https://thefamilyphotographer.org
Today on the show, I’m sharing a conversation with Virginia Greulock. Virginia is a mother, photographer and teacher who radiates enthusiasm for photography. She photographs her family and clients in the Cleveland, Ohio area and right now she’s teaching her first Click Photo School breakout - Connected - Images with Heart.
On the show, we talk about the Pinterest perfect photos she took when she first became a mother and why that is not the kind of photo she takes these days. Virginia talks about her big why - how she came to understand why she was making photographs and she says its important to know your big why if you want your photos to be true to yourself. After we talk about know why we take our photos we also talk about who we take them for - our audience - whether it’s potential clients, faraway family friends, our future selves or our children or our grandchildren. Virginia shares some of the games she introduces to the people she’s photographing to encourage real connection and joy. And, finally Virginia talks about her passion when teaching other photographers - that they be thrilled and proud of what they make. Enjoy the show.
http://www.thefamilyphotographer.org
http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmu/connected-images-with-heart/