15 Years Before His Passion Project Paid | Ajani Charles
Rejection, unpredictable income and self-doubt can be harder to manage than lighting or posing. Photographer and filmmaker Ajani Charles joins Nikki Closser to talk about the mental side of building a...
14 Sep 53min
Photographing World Leaders to $2K Day Rates: Inside a Corporate Photographer's Business | Drew Forsyth
Drew Forsyth is an award-winning portrait photographer and director based in the North West of England, working with commercial and advertising clients across the UK and internationally. His work cent...
10 Aug 1h 15min
"Asshole Insurance": The Pricing Strategy That Built a 6-Figure Photography Business
Caroline White has been a professional photographer for 21 years — starting as an actress shooting headshots on the side before a burglary wiped out her equipment and pushed her into photography full-...
13 Juli 57min
The Corporate Photography Blueprint: Build a Team, Land Big Clients & Scale Past Six Figures | Jaren Collins
What happens when a portrait photographer stops thinking like a freelancer and starts thinking like a CEO? Jaren Collins did exactly that — and built JCi Creatives, a nationwide creative agency specia...
1 Juni 52min
How Meg Loeks Built a Photography Business Around Family, Art, and Education
In this episode of The Portrait System Podcast, Nikki sits down with photographer and educator Meg Loeks to talk about how she built a photography business rooted in storytelling, color, and creativit...
11 Maj 52min
How Photographers Can Increase Sales with Branding Photography Packages
In this episode of The Portrait System Podcast, Nikki sits down with South Africa–based photographer Simone Dorfman to talk about real-life marketing strategies that actually work. Simone shares how s...
20 Apr 54min
Photography Pricing & Marketing: Stop Chasing Leads and Build Real Profit (Vanessa Joy)
Most photographers don’t fail because of their photography, they fail because of pricing and marketing. In this episode of The Portrait System Podcast, Nikki sits down with Vanessa Joy (working photog...
23 Mars 53min
Tax Tips for Photographers: Deductions, Mileage, and Year-Round Prep (with Heather Lacey)
Taxes don’t have to be the thing you avoid until April. In this episode of The Portrait System, Nikki sits down with Heather Leicy (tax prep educator + bookkeeper + working photographer) to break down...
24 Feb 50min
