Shoot Edit Chat Repeat

Welcome to episode 44 of Shoot Edit Chat Repeat, the podcast for people photographers & creative entrepreneurs. Hosted by two leading UK photographers, Vicki Knights & Eddie Judd. We have a bumper episode for you this week! We are chatting to content marketing expert Sam Burgess all about Instagram in this episode.  In the intro and outro, we also talk about comparisonitus, procrastination and the Sony kit Vicki has been trying out...we were obviously feeling chatty this week!  The interview with Sam is packed with some brilliant advice including the following: - how important is it that small businesses are marketing their businesses on Instagram - is it crucial that we have a beautifully curated Instagram grid - how hashtags can help us to connect with new people - should we be showing ourselves on our Instagram feeds? And should be have a professional shoot ourselves? - is it ever ok to buy followers? (it was a strong no from Sam in case you're wondering!) - Sam's top 3 tips to help

Welcome to episode 43 of Shoot Edit Chat Repeat, the podcast for people photographers. Hosted by two leading UK photographers, Vicki Knights & Eddie Judd. This is the last of the series of interviews we did at the ClickAway conference in California a few weeks ago.  This week we have family lifestyle photographer, Clare Barker Wells, as our guest on the show. Clare is a Brit living and running her business in Singapore.    We chat to Clare about the following: - why Clare shoots only in clients' homes and not outdoors on location or in a studio - how she started her business from scratch in a completely new country   - how she poses her families to create beautifully natural images - what she does if she turns up to a cluttered dark house and/or the family are wearing clothes that don't work well together  And lots more! You can see Clare's lovely work here A huge thank you to our sponsor Studio Ninja for sponsoring this episode. The most user-friendly studio management software on the m

Welcome to episode 42 of Shoot Edit Chat Repeat, the podcast for people photographers. Hosted by 2 leading UK photographers, Vicki Knights & Eddie Judd.   You're in for a treat this week! We're chatting to Atlanta-based child photographer, Elizabeth Blank, all about changing direction in your photography business.   We first met Elizabeth in 2018 at the ClickAway convention in Florida, and were lucky enough to get to interview her a few weeks ago at ClickAway in California.   In the last couple of years, Elizabeth has transitioned from running a busy lifestyle family photography business, to shooting beautiful  underwater photos of children.    We chat to her all about the following: - the reasons she made the transition from family photography to underwater photography - how going under water made her fall in love with photography again - tips for photographers who are looking to change direction - why it's important to give back to your community There are lots of giggles throughout (which may be sl

This week we have another interview that we did at the Clickaway conference in California just a couple of weeks ago.    We are chatting to Seattle-based family lifestyle photographer, Elena S Blair. Elena has taught on Creative Live, educates photographers and also runs a thriving family, newborn and school photography business.    So we sat down with her to get some tips for you all about how she does this, including her top 3 tips to new photographers just starting out. It's a fast-paced and interesting chat and we think you're going to get a lot from it.  You can see Elena's website here And follow Elena on Instagram here ​​   ​​Thank you to Folio Albums for sponsoring this episode. Use the code ‘shootedit’ to get 40% off a studio sample album. ​​ And for Harmony & Blue for their support. Use this link to get 10% already applied to the portrait contracts.      We'd love to know what you think of this episode:   Email: hello@shooteditchatrepeat.com Instagram Facebook ​​   ​​Eddie’s Lightroom

We have just spent 3 brilliant days at the ClickAway photography conference in California. We interviewed some amazing guests while we were out there and can't wait to share the interviews with you.    First up, we have the talented wedding & family photographer, Chloe Ramirez. Chloe's photos are just stunning and ooze love and connection, so we made sure we sat down with her to find out how she does it!   We chat about the following: - do you need to separate family & wedding photography onto 2 separate websites, or can you show it all together   - why Chloe sees herself as a director and her subjects as the actors during a shoot - what kind of prompts Chloe gives to get natural reactions - how she builds trust and rapport in her shoots to end on the intimate photos that she shows in her portfolio   - how Chloe has struggled with consistency in her business, and how she overcame that - her top 3 tips for new photographers just starting out It's a lovely chat and we know you're going to get

Today we are chatting to Janine Esbrand from Lightbox Coaching. Janine empowers and coaches women returning to work after a break.  There are two areas of Janine's expertise that we talk to her about today; how to leverage your strengths as a business owner and how to use LinkedIn to grow your business. We learnt a lot!   Here are the strengths/personalities tests that we talk about during the episode: The Strengths Profile test (this is the test we did) 16 Personalities test    Find out more about Janine's business Lightbox Coaching Join Janine's free 5 day balanced working mum challenge   Thank you to The Design Space for sponsoring this episode. Click here for lots of free information about how to be the boss of your own website and for 20% off all their products. ​​   Our Repeat Rec's for this week: Canva Empowered Entrepreneur book by Elizabeth Cairns  ​​   ​​ ​​Eddie’s Lightroom presets Vicki's Delight Retreat for family & child photographers Eddie Judd's Lightroom workshops ​​Vicki’s photogr

We have a very special episode for you this week. This week’s show was recorded live in front of an audience at our ‘We Are One’ event in London on 19/01/19. We loved celebrating our first birthday with lots of you, and it was fantastic to get everyone together.   We have not one brilliant guest for you this week, but 3!   They have all been guests on the podcast before so we get straight into the juicy stuff and get some hugely helpful tips from them.   First up was Melissa Love from The Design Space. Melissa told us how to make our websites into marketing machines, who doesn’t want that!   Melissa mentions this article on her website which explains how to critique your own website.   And here is a link to the Facebook ads course Melissa talks about. Use the code ‘SHOOTEDIT20’ to get 20% off.      And next up we had wedding & family photographer Hannah MacGregor from Funky Photographers. Hannah gives us lots of tips on posing and capturing connection in your family and wedding photos in her own hilarious

We have branding expert Clare Yarwood-White on the show today to talk to us all about the secrets of personal branding.    Clare had a successful career in the world of advertising before founding her high-end wedding jewellery business, and now she runs Opal & Co, a brilliant brand consultancy for creative businesses.    We wanted to talk to Clare all about personal branding as we've had a lot of questions about this area. We chat about the following:   - what is personal branding photography and how it can elevate your brand - whether it's important for photographers & entrepreneurs to show more of themselves in their branding, and tips on how to do this   - whether Clare has noticed a shift to clients showing more of themselves in their branding   - how Clare advises clients to find the right photographer to work with   - Clare's top tips for writing copy creatively. And we may have digressed a bit here to chat about why Clare is teaching her kids to swear!  All of this and lots more, with a

Welcome to the first episode of series 4 of Shoot Edit Chat Repeat. We have a brilliant series lined up for you with lots of inspiring guests. We're excited to be back!  To kick things off, we have an episode with just us, Vicki Knights & Eddie Judd, chatting away and answering some of the questions you've sent in.    We start by talking through our highlights of 2018 and our aims for 2019.  Here are some of the questions that we answer in this episode:   - What are your tips for breaking into a more niche area of photography like pet photography?   - How do I improve my SEO? - What environments would you advise shooting branding photos in?   - What are the best props to use in a personal branding shoot? - Can lifestyle photography ever be competitive in the likes of The Guild and SWPP competitions? - I'm struggling to get sharp images, what's your advice?   - How do I transition from working as a news/press photographer to working for myself as a wedding photographer?     Thank you to everyone wh

This is our last episode of not just the series, but of the whole year. We want to thank all of our wonderful guests from 2018, we've loved chatted to all of you and hearing all of your stories. And thank you to you, our lovely listeners. We are so grateful for tuning in each week and for all of your messages and kind words.    We are going out of this series with a bang! We have a lovely (and rather long!) chat with UK wedding photographer, James Rouse.      James offers lots of advice about running a successful wedding photography business including...   - how he manages to get over 250 enquiries each year without ever paying for advertising, with no blogging and limited social media  - how he gets connection and emotion in his couple portraits - why adapting your personality can be important to connect with your clients - what passive filters are and how they can help you to attract your dream clients    - why every detail of the experience (including grosgrain ribbon!) is important to delight your c

We have a juicy episode for you today!   Today we are talking to Julie Christie of Togs in Business, all about the questions you need to ask yourself if you are considering quitting your photography business.   We asked Julie to come on the show after we saw that it had crossed her mind to quit this year, but then realised that wasn’t the right decision after asking herself these 4 questions.   We won’t tell you what the questions are, you’ll have to listen to see!   Julie offers a lot of great advice in this episode, we hope you find it useful.    Togs in Business website  Join the Togs in Business Facebook group      This episode is brought to you by our own ventures!   Check out the Vicki Knights Delight Retreat for family photographers    And check out Eddie Judd’s Lightroom workshops      There are just a few tickets remaining for our live podcast event in London on 19th January, you don’t want to miss this! Buy your ticket here.   ​​ ​​We’d love to know what you think of this episode... ​​Instagram: @

We have an info-packed episode for you this week. We're chatting with digital marketing expert, Kay Peacey, all about how you can use Facebook to grow your business.          Organic reach (aka you don’t pay for it) for Facebook business pages got very squished in 2018. Kay tells us  what we can do about it that isn't throwing in the towel and storming off muttering about "Bloody Facebook!”         The biggest takeaway…. step away from the tempting blue 'Boost' button of doomed tenners that you’ve been chucking blindly at Facebook, and get smarter about the paid ads you run.       Turns out there’s a stack of great tech behind the scenes. And once you know where to look and how to use it, you too can unleash the magic of retargeting (that thing where the dress you looked at on ASOS follows you round the internet).         Listen and learn - there’s a whole lot you didn’t even know you didn’t know about Facebook Ads!       Here are some of the links that Kay mentions during the chat....         The Facebook

This week we are chatting to the uber-cool wedding videography duo, The Costa Sisters.    We talk about the following: - How they got into wedding videography with no formal training   - How they found a niche for themselves and started attracting their dream clients from around the world   - Tips to help wedding photographers and videographers work in harmony on the big day   - How they grew their Instagram following to over 15,000   And lots more! It's a really informative and very entertaining chat, we think you'll enjoy it!   See The Costa Sisters website Follow them on Instagram     Thank you to Folio Albums for sponsoring this episode. Use the code ‘shootedit’ to get 40% off a studio sample album.   ​​ Here are the exciting events we have coming up that we mention before the interview: Our live podcast even in London on 19/01/19  Eddie's new Lightroom workshops in 2019 Vicki's 2019 Delight Retreat is now open for bookings      ​​ ​​We’d love to know what you think of this episode.. ​​Instagr

We have a very special episode for you this week. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Canon UK headquarters.    In this episode we chat to award-winning family photographer Julia Boggio. Julia has run her luxury photography business in London for 13 years, has won multiple awards and has been a judge at WPPI in Las Vegas    We chat to her about the following:    - how Canon saved her photography career   - why she appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show and how it felt to dance with Patrick Swayze    - what changes she has seen in the photography industry over the past 13 years   - why it's important to speak to clients on the telephone   - why she thinks collaborating with other businesses is the most important thing you can do for your business, and tips on how to make them work    - 3 tips for new photographers just starting out   Plus lots more (including Julia singing an Ed Sheeran number and playing the ukulele at the end!)    Thank you to Canon for letting us record live in their office

We recorded this week's episode at the Farmer's Market in Brighton, hosted by the Photography Farm.    In this episode we chat to Yorkshire based husband & wife team, the lovely Jo & James Melia (known as MeliaMelia).   When we saw that Jo & James were speaking at the show, we were keen to book them for an interview as their style of photography is wild and raw and quite different to many of the other family photographers we have interviewed so far.    We chat about lots of things including:   - How they dealt with their first experience of being trolled recently   - How they work together as a team   - How they photograph children in a wild and free way   - Why they've just switched from Canon to Sony   - How they've grown their Instagram following to over 12k   And lots more! Really hope you enjoy our chat with them.      MeliaMelia website Follow MeliaMelia on Instagram     Thank you to The Design Space for sponsoring this episode. Click here for lots of free information about how to be th

 In this week's episode we are chatting to fine art wedding photographer Stu Cooper, who has 30 years of experience.   Stu talks about how the industry has changed over the past 3 decades and why he shoots with a hybrid of film and digital in his work. He runs the business with his wife Anna, and shoots alongside her too, so we chat about how they work together.  Stu also gives some great advice for new photographers just starting out, and you mustn't miss his embarrassing story at the end! We really hope you enjoy this episode, we're pretty sure you will!    (Please note there is some adult language from quite early on, so you may want to listen via headphones if you have little ears around!)   You can see Stu Cooper's work here: Cooper Photography website Cooper Photography on Instagram   ​​Thank you to Folio Albums for sponsoring this episode. Use the code ‘shootedit’ to get 40% off a studio sample album. ​​ Get your hands on tickets for our first live event in London this January by clickin

This week we chat to wedding photographer and coach to the wedding industry, Faye Cornhill.    Faye is an expert on showing people how to price properly, we we talk to her all about the thorny issue of pricing and charging what you're worth. It's a really interesting chat which we know you're going to get so much out of.    We talk about the following: - How should a brand new photographer on how they go about pricing their services? - Advice to photographers who are struggling to charge what they need to. - Whether it's important for photographers to keep an eye on what other local photographers are charging - What should you do when you feel like everyone is cheaper than you and clients keep saying you're too expensive? - Tips on managing finances?      And lots more! We really hope you find this episode useful.      See more of Faye's work here: Faye Cornhill Wedding Photography Faye Cornhill Coaching Follow Faye on Instagram       Here are our Repeat Recs for this episode: Eddie: Fix Lightroom w

Welcome to Series 3 of Shoot Edit Chat Repeat! We have a fab series lined up for you with lots of amazing guests.    To kick things off, we have an episode with just us, Vicki & Eddie, chatting away in a cafe and answering some of the questions that you've sent in.  Here are some of the questions that we answer in this week's episode:  - What tips do you have to keep a healthy balance between home and work life? - How much time should I be spending on Instagram in order to grow my business? - Is it important to try and win awards? - Do you feel you need to constantly grow and evolve to have longevity in the photography business? - What are your favourite kind of shoots and why? - How do you find your editing style, and should I use presets?     Thank you to everyone who sent in questions. We couldn't fit in all of them so will try and answer more during the rest of the series.    ​​Thank you to Folio Albums for sponsoring this episode. Use the code ‘shootedit’ to get 40% off a studio sample

This is the final episode of series 2 and we're going out with a bang!   We went down to Brighton to chat to acclaimed wedding photographer and founder of the Photography Farm, Lisa Devlin.   We also have some special little guests on in the intro!    Lisa has been a photographer for over 25 years, starting her career as a celebrity music photographer, then moving into the world of alternative wedding photography 18 years ago.    We have a fascinating chat with Lisa and chat about the following:   Why Lisa moved into wedding photography after over a decade of photographing celebrities & musicians Why Lisa made the transition from film to digital and why she's looking to make the switch to Sony now How Lisa thinks the photography has changed in the past 18 years and what trends she can see emerging Lisa's top 3 tips for new photographers What she wants to achieve with her new trade show and training, the Farmer's Market   Please note there is some strong language during the interview, so many pop your he

We invited Coaching Emily back onto the show for a second time as you all loved her so much in her first episode in Series 1 (episode 3).    As photographers and business owners, we have to spend a lot of time in front of screens, not only editing but also with all of the marketing and admin that comes with running a business.    We know lots of you struggle with this and we wanted to find out from Emily if we need to digitally detox our lives.    We have a really interesting conversation with Emily about our screen habits and how to change them for the better, we hope you enjoy it!     Thank you to The Design Space for sponsoring this episode. Click here for lots of free information about how to be the boss of your own website and for 20% off all their products.        You can follow Coaching Emily here:   Coaching Emily's website   Coaching Emily on Instagram         See our new Shoot Edit Chat Repeat website here (with thanks to The Design Space for creating it).     Please support the show by purchasin