The Studio Takeover Podcast
The Studio Takeover podcast is about and for Portrait Photographers from all walks. Join host Cat Ford-Coates as she shares her journey and interviews other Portrait Photographers to learn how they navigate personal and professional challenges, their businesses, and their lives.
Episodes
44 episodes
Creative CEO & Expanding into What You Want with Jenna Karwoski
Jenna shares how she started her photography business with her husband with weddings in the northwest US. As they worked together more and more, and she stepped farther into her role as the Creative Director with setting scenes and posing durin...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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45:07
From Momographer to Confidence and Connection with Colleen Katz
Starting as a "momographer" in 2009 simply because she wanted real imagery of her four children and uncovered a LOVE in the medium which she turned into a business the way many of us do; at $100 per session.After practicing and learning pos...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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27:12
Becoming Who You Always Needed with Keri Johnson
Having lost everything on more than one occasion, Keri innovated her life and how she was showing up for her family, her business, and herself.At times it felt like she was creating something from nothing; her photography business, she wrot...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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28:09
Iron Sharpens Iron with Jerry Ghionis
Get OBSESSED. Like so obsessed within your creative process that you grow, evolve, and become more as an Artist. Jerry shares how if you're only considerate of the outcome; the final shot, the revenue, then the joy experienced from achievement ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:17:26
It's Because of the Love with Kimberly Angel W
In business now for ten years, Kimberly has found her stride as a boudoir photographer based out of Raleigh, NC. She has this enthusiasm for her work and what she does for her clients that is magnetic and her studio is finding new heights.S...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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32:22
Creating a CONNECTED Experience with Darina Neyret
Once Darina started seeing the aha moments and transformations her clients were experiencing in their portrait sessions with her, she dove deeper into WHY. As photographers we sort of know on a subconscious level that we are also minds...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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35:26
Where is the value in your portrait work with Andrew Funderburg
Is the value of our work as portrait artists in the medium of print? In the digital file(s)? Or in HOW your clients FEEL when they experience that work day in and day out in their homes and where they choose to display that work?Now, we...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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45:16
Getting People Interested and Invested with Amanda Lunsford
Between discovering her pregnancy and the pandemic occurring almost simultaneously, Amanda could exit the wedding space and begin to build her portrait business.The wedding industry taught her alot about valuing her business, her service, a...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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31:16
You Cannot Let YOU Stop You with Ivana Desancic
An introvert's introvert, Ivana has learned that she COULD make excuses about not doing what's required for a portrait business owner to become successful:Im an introvertIts scaryIt cant happen in my towna...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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44:29
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The Love of Your Niche is Life Giving with Paula Luu
Coming from a career as a piano teacher in Texas, and growing her portrait business to full time alongside her very supportive husband, Paula has discovered that having a sustainable foundation is the first step but her growth of that business ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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45:34
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An Abundance of Interest: ADHD and Creatives with Jen Swedhin
ADHD comes with it's own host of challenges and with the stigma historically associated with neurodivergence, can be a a point of contention for many creatives. Jen pulls back the curtain on the modes of the brain.Default: reflectiv...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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46:27
Room To Grow through Portraiture with Bex Wood
Finding the mirror for your clients and yourself through portraiture is where Bex Wood THRIVES. She's discovered that when she is overly critical, that behavior is mirrored back in her clients' level of confidence during their sessions. This wa...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:02:49
Going All In with Aamel Abed
On our business journey as portrait artists we will be faced with our own limiting beliefs around what we value. Canadian portrait photographer Aamel Abed shares how coming to the portrait space following a career in IT she sold her work, as ma...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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38:27
Standing on the Edge of the Abyss with Mim Quine
"I want to give a gift..." Love Mim's approach in realizing that while she wants to be able to give a gift to the people she photographs and that means she needs to be sustainable and it needs to be worth her time. As much as we love our cr...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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35:57
Head in the Game; Heart on Fire with Noel Marcantel
Noel is expanding his offers in his branding and commercial work and already knows that in order to get results that no one else is getting, you have to incorporate what no one else is doing to get the desired results and create work your clien...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:02:44
Alignment, Systems, and High Volume Photography with Heather Crowder
Heather is a POWERHOUSE!!From schools to corporations Heather has mastered the art and science of high volume branding photography. In this discussion Cat and Heather discovered their mutual love of systems and Heather shares with us ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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47:48
Having Meaning in the World with Jana Marcus
"I never thought of my work as a business. I was a freelancer..."For generations creatives were taught that you had a side gig to pay you so you can make the work you wanted to make on the side, and that simply isnt the case any longer. Fro...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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39:56
Marketing, Growing Your Business, and Becoming More with Joni Hough
Working with your partner, up-leveling your skills, and nurturing yourself by knowing your own limitations so that you can be at your best to serve your clients and grow your business with Joni Hough.When we come into this space of owning a...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:09
The Sides of Creative Entrepreneurship Nobody Talks About with Josh Beaton
Being a creative entrepreneur has its challenges and we could say those challenges are limited to the growth of our style, or improving technically, or in effective marketing even, but that isn't the all and the everything. Sometimes we have to...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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48:05
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Winning Conditions and Defining Success with Bassam Sabbagh
Bassam and Cat rekindle their Artist Forge connection and dig into his discovery of photography and spending a year mastering his skillsets in lighting, and posing, and upon his completion of that first year (2016) he exited his career as...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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54:09
Eff This Ish Right Up with Mitzi Starkweather
Full disclosure, Mitzi and Cat cuss like sailors. Buckle Up.In the name of "streamlining" you realize you've created a house of cards versus a stable business and how your desire to be challenged in what you create and how you create th...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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50:22
From Pawn Shop Employee to Professional Photographer with Simon Diez
As a husband, father, and employee to an Artist! Simon is a humble man taking his folio building and learning through CreativeLive (courses by John Cornicello) quite seriously, but after encouragement from his friend
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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36:21
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Tap Into Love: Uncovering More of Who You Are with Emily Pearl
"Enthusiasm" is from the Latin root "Enthios" which means: to be filled with a Godlike energy.Emily Pearl IS a very enthusiastic person. When she lights up, she ⭐️LIGHTS⭐️ UP. And it is THAT energy that not only draws her portrait clients t...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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50:18
Uncovering Your Style in Your Work AND Your Business with Ben Marcum
As a man in the boudoir photography world Ben has been very intentional with how he shows up for his clients in creating safe environments, a clinical approach, and assuredly in his marketing to educate his audience about his work.He's ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:21
Your Freedom on Your Terms with Hadonica Murphy
What you allow for yourself is up to you. Coming from a career as a nurse practitioner into full time as a portrait photographer, Hadonica has grown her business to support how she wants to live her life. She's been able to leave nursing and ex...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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36:59
