It's all fun and games until you have to figure out how to make a living at it, am I right?
Trust me, I have made my fair share of business mistakes….
I got to the point where I wanted to burn it ALL DOWN.
I mean, I was making like $2/hour when averaged out!
I started with NO money, NO training, NO clarity. 100% bootstrapped
And now I make over 200k/year
The truth is that most photographers do NOT know how to run a business.
Heck, MOST photographers feel sick to their stomach just thinking about charging actual money for their work.
Can you relate?
I want you to hear me when I say that you deserve to have...
I know ... that's a bold statement. But I don't say that lightly.
The reason I know this is because I've seen it happen first hand - not just with my own clients - but also with senior photographers all across the country.
It started in 2017 for me. I'm in SoCal, and although senior teams weren't even a thing when I started my business (and my first team) in 2007, they very much are now. Running a team jump-started my senior business and it is the heart and soul of what I do as a senior photographer in my area.
Nobody knew what the heck senior portraits even were when I started - I had to build it all from scratch.
And by 2014, my business and my model team were exploding. I had tons of applications for the team every year, I was making over 100k shooting seniors only and I had parents begging me for a spot on the team for their...
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