Photographic Collective Podcast || with Miles Witt Boyer

Momtogs you're doing a good job! I'm not just talking to the hobby shooters (though you're doing a great job too) but to the huge population of wildly talented, super busy, keep all the balls in the air kids to school lunches prepped laundry folded while also shooting editing and absolutely slaying the photography world women out there. This episode was supposed to be for you - and then, April started talking and I realized... --We all need to hear this stuff.-- An episode full of truth and totally relatable stories and struggles and tiny wins from April Payne, a Houston based wedding and portrait photographer who is as humble as she is talented. So many people in this industry come to the end of fall and absolutely collapse from exhaustion. We burn ourselves out every year trying to strike while the irons hot in our minds but this episode really opens up the truth of how quickly success can show up when you just keep moving the needle forward a little at a time and surround yourself with people who believe in you. April's perspectives here are absolutely powerful. "I can do the scary stuff" is a mantra that has taken her from a brand new photographer to a completely in demand brand in only a few years all while managing to keep her marriage, her home, and her family front of mind. This interview is a great chance to reset our priorities coming into the holidays and a slower season for most of the photo industry and audit our goals and who we're surrounding ourselves with for support. Make sure you check out April's work https://aprilmpaynephotography.com/ and consider joining her and a whole community of like minded, positive, encouraging photographers in one of our small groups simply by visiting https://www.facebook.com/groups/photographiccollective.mwb This episode is sponsored by the raddest preset pack ever released. https://www.gpresets.com/product/abidepresets/ Get the ABIDE preset pack from Miles Witt Boyer Presets today and then DM me @mileswittboyer or @mileswittboyerpresets on insta your before and after images for a chance at being featured!

This is the come back tour. The episode where we talk through what Jared and I have been up to over the last few months as we've taken a short break from this podcast and tackled a project we've been dreaming up for years. It's a cool look into the world of color science, what quality editing looks like for photographers in 2023 and how we partnered with one of the coolest brands to design what we truly feel like are the most versatile and beautiful Lightroom presets on the market and the best part? They're not even available for another week which means that listeners of this episode will be a few of the first to get their hands on them. After over a year of going strong with the PhotoCo podcast, a booming community in the Photographic Collective facebook group, constantly evolving conversations and small group trainings in the PhotoCo Slack Channels and now ABIDE the first official preset pack by Miles Witt Boyer and GPresets it's safe to say there's a few balls in the air. THANK YOU AHEAD OF TIME for investing in Abide and for upleveling your brand, your color, and your community with PhotoCo, Miles Witt Boyer, and Jared Fincher.

"I never thought I would live to see 42" Alison's story is one of ultimate perspective. In her first episode on this podcast we dived into a story filled with creative perspective and intentional, thought provoking heart. Before Alison found her wedding photography on the covers of major magazines like Martha Stewart Weddings chalking up awards and international attention from a few of the largest photography brands on earth she was a grieving teenager processing the loss of her mom at 42 years old by learning to develop old film negatives of her alongside her dad in a makeshift darkroom in their house. At 13 she found out she carried the same genetic heart disorder and what she thought would be an inevitable expiration date ticked closer and closer this last year. We interview Alison on a "bonus day" in the 200's. That's 2/3 of a year after she survived the unthinkable, setting her camera aside and undergoing a full heart transplant after her heart hit nearly 100% failure. Perspective is a powerful thing. Sitting down with Alison for this interview felt altogether different and yet somehow familiar. This is still the brilliant artist with the big smile and remarkable purpose behind her work but now with literally a new heart beating inside of her chest. Don't miss this opportunity to hear her story, to lean into the lessons she's learned about how important the photos of the people we love are, and to simply listen to her process her own story and learn to accept that this new lease on life is one she never knew she would have. Alison Conklin is a Philadelphia (area) based wedding and commercial photographer. She is a Fujifilm X Photographer and her work can be seen here https://www.alisonconklin.com/ or via her Fujifilm profile page here https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/photographers/alison-conklin/ She can also be found over in the large group for the Photographic Collective, a community packed with positive, purpose filled photographers from around the globe. Join the large group or apply for small group training or mentorship by simply clicking over to http://photographic-collective.com/ The PhotoCo Podcast is a production of The Photographic Collective LLC hosted by Photographers Miles Witt Boyer and Jared Mark Fincher based in Bentonville, Arkansas. All portions of this recording at ©2023 Photographic Collective llc.

She’s like the wizard of oz of the wedding industry. The founder of Junebug Weddings and the Worlds Best Wedding Photographers. She has helped shape and curate some of the most iconic portfolios in our industry. She is Meryl Streep from the Devil Wears Prada, a bold mind that has shaped the look and feel of wedding photography for over a decade and yet somehow she is still so approachable, kind, humble, generous. This chat with Blair deLaubenfels and Miles is eye opening as they talk through the importance of curation, community, collaboration, and consistency. If you've ever wondered how to approach getting your wedding photography published, how to better curate your portfolio to speak directly to the clients you're hoping to reach, how important having a consistent look and feel to your images is, or simply what it's like to be on the consulting end of the photo/video industry this episode is going to answer so many questions for you. As always we're so excited to continue this conversation over in the Photographic Collective community on Facebook and in our Small Group Training programs taking place right now in the all new PHOTOCO Slack Channels. For more information on any of that, to join in on the fun, or simply to connect directly with Miles and Jared simply connect with us @mileswittboyer on instagram or at our website https://www.mileswittboyer.com/photoco/hq To see more from https://www.worldsbestweddingphotos.com/best-wedding-photographers simply click the link! The PHOTOCO podcast is a production of The Photographic Collective llc based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Hosted by Miles Witt Boyer and Jared Mark Fincher this interview is ©2023 Photographic Collective llc.

Curate. It's that word that people don't want to hear, but need to. The challenge here is simple : are you showing work that communicates your value to the right people, in the right ways, at the right times? Are you leaving your best work on the editing floor or including too much? Are your processes for editing and post production stuck in the early 2000's? Are you actually getting any better or is every Uncle Joe snagging a camera at Cost Co catching up to you? Before you get all down on yourself consider this : maybe as a photographer you're best work just isn't being found hidden down deep amongst the most obvious stuff. Maybe just like your favorite band ever, it's the deep cuts that say the most about you as an artist. Sitting on this episode with two absolute legends. James Broadbent founded Narrative to solve the problems that photographers all over the world are facing. From the headaches of blogging to managing the culling and cataloging process outside of Lightroom this is a dude with incredible vision and insight and right along side him we bring in Kyle Wilson, wedding photographer, artist, and Narrative team member to spit ball together the way curating work can elevate it's value. This chat is filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and perspective we should probably charge for it, but instead we're going to give it away for free and then ask you to do a few things with this info! First - https://narrative.so/select?affiliate=miles CLICK THAT LINK to try Narrative Select! Second - https://www.mileswittboyer.com/photoco/hq JOIN US. There's a pretty rad little army of creatives hanging out every dang day in PHOTOCO and whether you're in a small group, a 2TO1 training group, or just chilling in the Photographic Collective Community I can promise you there's something waiting for you to learn, give, and grow right inside. The Photographic Collective (PHOTOCO) is a production of Photographic Collective LLC based in Bentonville, Arkansas. This episode is ©2023 hosted by Miles Witt Boyer and Jared Mark Fincher.

Your wedding photography marketing is supposed to stand out right? And yet somehow 90% of the industry is doing the exact same tactics hoping to somehow rise above the noise. If you're stuck drowning in the vacum of instagram analytics and worn out blog posts this episode may really hit home. We sit down today with Ron from Ron + Jess Marketing to chat about all of the things he gets to see going wrong with most wedding photography and videography company's marketing these days. Ron and Jess aren't just another convenient wedding photography duo however, they're a full time marketing company serving just this industry. From helping to solve SEO problems to building more effective social media ad buys, unpacking successful keyword strategies to creating workflows that build a better client experience these two have carved themselves deep into the industry at a level where it is incredibly needed. I think you'll enjoy the authenticity behind Ron's perspective on advertising in general as well as his nerdy numbers first approach to making sure that marketing is effective. We will be breaking into a second quarter of 2023 topic train in all of our PHOTOCO small groups all about marketing after this episode airs and are eager to see students, mentors, peers, and friends make some great changes in the way they're reaching new clients and serving current ones with better strategies all around. For more information on how to join a small group, or to get in at the ground level with PHOTOCO join us over at https://www.mileswittboyer.com/photoco/hq Make sure you give Ron + Jess some love and connect with them directly at https://ronandjessmarketing.com/ and if you're in the market for a team that can truly help you uplevel your marketing and reach more brides we'd strongly recommend giving them a shot!

What comes next for photographers, videographers, and creatives? Community. It's the simple solution to almost every problem that arrises. How do you become more successful? Community. How can you refine technique? Community. How can you work on your craft, your creativity, avoid burn out, fight impostor syndrome, achieve a more consistent workflow, and enjoy your work more? Community. This episode is a live, completely unscripted and off the cuff conversation with the four members of the leadership team for the Photographic Collective. We're peeking behind the curtain on an all new platform that is being prepared for our community that will include modules for training, small and large group sub communities, and collaborations with world class educators. It is a big task trying to cast vision for something that can affect the industry as a whole and these are the voices of a few of the people who are looking to do just that. If you're looking for a business coach, an accountability team, an editing workflow, a marketing strategy, or just a friend in the imaging industry we're discussing today something being built simply to serve you. This conversation with UK educator Tom Wright, US based film maker and director Brandon Buccheri, Architectural and portrait photographer, producer, and musician Jared Mark Fincher and Fujifilm Global Ambassador and wedding photographer Miles Witt Boyer is a candid, organic, raw approach to casing that vision. PhotoCo is a production of the Photographic Collective LLC hosted by Miles Witt Boyer and Jared Mark Fincher based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Copyright 2023, all rights reserved.

Everybody has heard of GPresets. Like everybody. These Lightroom presets are stylistic and edgy and as if the signature packs aren't rad enough they've somebody partnered with a few of the coolest photographers in the world to match and sell their color science as well. This episode isn't about G though, at least not directly. It's about Greg. The guy behind GPresets. Greg is this brilliant musician turned photographer turned entrepreneur in Northern California who has spent the last several years simply helping photographers get more out of their images. This chat was really laid back and unplugged just getting to know Greg and talking through what the industry has been like through a different perspective over the last few years and though we didn't pack this thing with actionable tips on ways you can get better as photographer if you listen closely you'll soak up some really powerful knowledge from a guy who has conquered a lot of the wedding and photography world on his journey to the top. If you liked this episode, or any episode of the Photographic Collective Podcast please leave us a five star rating and a solid review and make sure you join the Photographic Collective. It's a free to join community of photographers from all over the world coming together to encourage and support each other along side a small group and 1TO1 training program hosted by Miles Witt Boyer. For more information on GPresets and for a 15% discount on everything in the store use the code PHOTOCO over at https://www.gpresets.com/. This podcast is a production of The Photographic Collective, an Arkansas based community lead by photographer Miles Witt Boyer and cohosted, produced, and edited by Jared Mark Fincher. All information is copywritten 2023 Photographic Collective LLC.

Ben Hartley you guys. The most dynamic, most interesting, most energy packed educator in the photography space shows up in a real way in this episode. I asked Ben to have this chat with me to talk about how he has shifted his social media focus to a much more community minded approach over the last several years but what I got instead was, true to form, an intense purpose filled conversation with a brilliant mind that went much deeper. Ben is absolutely hilarious but his comedy only aids his perspective that when we show up as our best selves, when we are intentional about lifting up the communities and friends and people right around us, and when we act with integrity the results are always positive. Whether you've found Ben because of the Six Figure Photography Podcast, or his Mastermind Group, or the Booked Solid workshop series, or Abundance, or heard him on a platform stage at WPPI, or this is your first experience diving into the mind of this amazing friend of mine let me tell you directly : Ben is one of the most authentically kind people I know. This conversation all centers around his perspectives on the "long game", showing up every day in an industry that you love with your best work, your best intentions, and your most positive outlook. You'll hear throughout this chat a general perspective that is pretty counter cultural to the wedding / portrait photography industry these days that says, more than likely you already have all that you need baked into you to succeed. Ben's vision as a coach is just to help you navigate through the garbage standing in your way and that perspective is as bold as it is beautiful. Grab a coffee for this one, a notebook, and prepare to just be filled up with some goodness. https://sleek.bio/benhartley The Photographic Collective Podcast is a production of PhotoCo, hosted by Arkansas based Photography team Miles Witt Boyer and Jared Mark Fincher. To join the Photographic Collective, a FREE community filled with positive, intentional conversations for the photo/video industry simply click over to https://www.mileswittboyer.com/photoco/hq

An in depth conversation with UK commercial photographer and videographer TOM WRIGHT about the newest generation of cameras and how we're being marketed to by the big companies. Whether you're a film maker, portrait photographer, wedding photographer, or hobbiest this conversation is for you. An in depth look at the new Fujifilm XH2 and XH2s (as well as the differences), a chat about some of the flaws in the Canon R5 system, why Tom doesn't prefer Sony, honest perspectives on Leica and more.  Hosted by US, Arkansas based wedding photographer Miles Witt Boyer. Miles is a Fujifilm X Photographer and global ambassador who is using the new Fujifilm Xh2 and Xh2S in real world scenarios. The purpose of this interview was to discuss why and how purchasing the right gear matters, how to get beyond the specs and discover if a camera system is a good decision for YOUR brand, and how to shop smart.  Whether you're interested in the 8k / 6k open gate options in the newest systems or in need of faster auto focus and more crisp lenses we walk through the elements in 2022 of camera shopping that matter, and a few that do not. Tom Wright is a remarkable storyteller, educator, and consultant based in the UK. His work can be seen here https://www.bytomw.com/  Tom is also an active member of the Photographic Collective, a FREE TO JOIN community for like minded, positive creators. The Photographic Collective podcast is ©2022 Photographic Collective LLC, hosted by Arkansas Photographer Miles Witt Boyer with editing and engineering by Jared Mark Fincher. To see this episode and more content in video form make sure and check out our YOUTUBE channel 

So you have a million Tik-Tok followers, you're releasing 6 instagram Reels a week, your facebook groups are scaling, your snap chat story is always up to date and... you're broke? Welcome to the world of vanity metrics where building followers doesn't equal profit. This episode is all about the practical : what metrics matter? How can you create data for yourself around the analytics that will actually affect your success? We're diving into five areas you can track starting TODAY that will move the needle in your business, increase your profit margin AND... your happiness. This episode is all about the truth that popularity and profit are not the same thing. I'm excited for you to hear it and equally excited to get your reactions to it! If you aren't already a member of the Photographic Collective CLICK HERE or find our facebook group "The Photographic Collective". PhotoCo is a positive FREE community for photographers from all over the world coming together with one goal : intentional community. We'd love to have you! For more information on NARRATIVE (the company I use for my blogging and SEO) Check them out here : https://narrative.so/select and use the code MILES for a discount on all of their amazing products. This podcast is a product of the Photographic Collective LLC, hosted by Northwest Arkansas based photographer Miles Witt Boyer alongside sound engineer Jared Mark Fincher. Copyright Miles Witt Boyer Photography 2022.

Tell better stories. That's a mantra every photographer and film maker should strive to repeat. The live a life filled with the curiosity of the human experience is a special thing and to be a full time story teller is a job title reserved for a pretty select few creatives. Today's episode is with my friend Varina Shaughnessy. Let me start by saying Varina is brilliant. Her ability to understand, to observe, to empathize has been shaped over a decade spent watching stories come to life. Whether as a film maker, an interviewer, or a wanderer Varina's own story has been filled with intentionality and opportunity. This chat with her is packed full of nuggets of wisdom she has picked up along the way as well as moments that have shaped her. From meeting her husband who was a journalist in Uganda, to being hired by one of the world most foremost imaging companies to help tell their brand story Varina has lived an amazing life that I can't wait to share. You can connect with Varina via her INSTAGRAM page here or find her as a member over in the PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIVE The Photographic Collective is a FREE to join community filled with not only all of the guests of this podcast but hundreds of other positive, intentional image makers from around the globe! The Photographic Collective Podcast is a production of Photographic Collective LLC hosted by Bentonville, Arkansas based photographer Miles Witt Boyer with sound engineering by Jared Mark Fincher. For more content like this please check out CUTTING ON ACTION, our sister podcast hosted by film maker Brandon Buccheri.