Realistically you wanna come up with what best shows who you are and who you want everyone to see you as. - Angel Russo
Angel Starr Russo is a skilled photographer who is passionate about capturing precious moments. She began photographing after the birth of her daughter Liliana Marie and was soon obsessed with the fundamentals that make up a great photograph which include light, shadows, composition, and emotion. When friends and family saw how she captured the light in her daughter's eyes and the glow in her smile, they wanted in, and as they say, the rest is history.
Christina talks with Angel Russo about getting the right color scheme for your brand and why that is so important for entrepreneurs. Angel tells us why you need to dig down deep first and start that whole planning phase of what everything looks like or what you want it to look like going into a branding shoot.
Questions
- Okay, so you shared a story with me about one of your clients who was launching a business and needed headshot. And that turned into a full blown branding photo shoot that transformed her confidence. Can you tell us a little bit more about that experience?
- One thing that you said was, getting the right color scheme for her brand, can you speak to that a little bit and why that's important?
- How did having the models help with the photo shoot?
- Headshots versus branding photo shoots. What's the difference there and why does that matter?
- What recommendations or advice would you have for people in terms of like finding a good photographer, choosing locations, hair, or makeup, clothes?
- What are like maybe some gotchas that they should look out for when they're choosing a photographer?
- How long does it usually take to prepare? How long is photo day? Is it like an exhausting
eight hour grueling series of photos? - What does the actual process look like?
- What about like the prep time? What does that look like?
- What about when that photo shoot's over? How long does it take usually to get your photos?
- How many photos are you getting? When do we get to use them everywhere?
- How many photos do people typically get on the back end of a photo shoot like that?
- What do you do? Who do you work with? What does that look like if somebody wants to find you and talk to you?
- Do you travel around the U.S. to different places? Or can they come to you? Or how does that look like?
Links and Resources
- Angel's Website - https://www.angelstarrphotography.com/
- Angel's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/angelstarrphotography/
- Angel's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/angelstarrphotography1
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- Hey, busy business people.
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I am here today
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with another "Entrepreneurs
Taking Action," Angel Russo.
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Angel is a full service photographer
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that knows how to help entrepreneurs
do more than headshots.
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She captures their brand and personality
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and I'm getting the scoop
today on how she does it.
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(upbeat music)
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Okay, so you shared a story with me
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about one of your clients
who was launching a business
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and needed headshot.
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And that turned into a full
blown branding photo shoot
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that transformed her confidence.
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Can you tell us a little bit
more about that experience?
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- Yeah, it was amazing.
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So she had contacted me and
we had an initial consultation
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and she's like, I have no photos of me.
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I don't know what I'm doing
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but I'm really starting
my brand and my business
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and I need photos for my website.
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And I'm like, I am your girl.
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I got you. We're good.
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She's like, I don't like taking photos.
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I'm not really good in
front of the camera.
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I'm like, yes, you are.
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You just don't even know it yet.
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So we're good.
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So what we ended up doing was
she's like, I have no clothes.
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I don't know what to wear.
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I'm like, we're gonna do the whole thing.
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So we're gonna go start to finish.
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So we ended up doing full hair and makeup,
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which was awesome.
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She didn't even realize who
she was but in a good way.
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So full hair and makeup.
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Then we ended up doing,
we added a stylist in,
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we pulled clothes and colors
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and what worked with what she wanted
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as her color scheme for
her brand for her website.
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So it worked out really, really well.
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So head to toe, we came up,
we brought in some actors,
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we brought in some
models, good looking ones.
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(both laughing)
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So she was completely set up
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and to see her being quiet and timid
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and start to finish and not realizing,
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oh, wow, I look good.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, I really look good.
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Who is that in that mirror right now?
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And then her clothes and hair and makeup.
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And she just felt so good.
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And we did that photo shoot.
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We put on her favorite music.
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We blasted it, jammed it, she loved it.
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And we ended up getting
something that was just magical.
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Her day was transformed.
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She felt like herself,
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literally superwoman came on and did it.
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And it was fantastic.
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And the images just came out stunning.
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And she was so pleased,
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and just her confidence boosted.
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She felt more comfortable.
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She felt more comfortable
talking to people going forward.
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It was just a beautiful experience.
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It was fun. It was a lot of fun.
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- Well, there was like so
much to unpack in that.
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So it's like one thing that you said was,
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getting the right color
scheme for her brand.
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It's like, can you speak
to that a little bit
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and why that's important?
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- It's so important.
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'Cause you wanna, realistically
you wanna come up with
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what best shows who you are,
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and who you want everyone to see you as.
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So her color scheme, it ended up being
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I think it was blue, gray, and orange.
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She wanted something big and bright
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and it was fantastic.
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I loved those colors for her.
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It spoke to what she was doing.
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It worked out with her logo,
everything was in line.
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So I mean, it's so
important for entrepreneurs
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to dig down deep first and
start that whole planning phase
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of what everything looks like
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or what you want it to look like
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going into a branding shoot.
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So between your colors,
picking out your colors,
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making it uniform to your logo,
what it's gonna look like,
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making sure that it's
aesthetically pleasing
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for potential clients to see
and who your ideal clients are.
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- And I hear you said, you
brought in models and stuff too.
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How did having the models
help with the photo shoot?
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- Well, for the website,
she really needed something
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to actually show what she was doing.
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And for her, she actually
teaches non-native
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American speakers how to
speak English properly.
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So we actually went through
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and had them mock talking to each other
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and working with each other
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and coordinating and
communicating back and forth
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like an actual, what she would show,
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what she would actually do and
how she would actually teach.
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So we brought some models in to show that
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and then showcase that so she
could put that on her website.
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- Oh, that's really cool.
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I think that's something most
people wouldn't think about
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when it's like you're getting photos
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and stuff for your website
is having action shots
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of like what you actually do.
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That's really cool that
you helped facilitate that.
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I know something else to
speak to would be like,
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and we just kind of talked about that,
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like headshots versus
branding photo shoots.
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What's the difference there
and why does that matter?
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- It's so important to have so much more
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than just a headshot 'cause
a headshot you can use great.
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You toss it up there
on Facebook or LinkedIn
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or anything like that and
it's your cookie cutter.
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Look here very formal.
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I'm the complete opposite of that.
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I think that that's not
gonna show me who you are.
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If I'm a client looking for a
particular part of business,
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something that a product
that I wanna invest in,
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I wanna invest in you.
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So I wanna know who you are.
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And the only way you're gonna do that
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is by having those
great, not just headshot,
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but just in the moment, lifestyle photos,
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showing what you do.
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That's why branding photos
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and branding photography is so important.
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You get to actually see
what we do when we do it,
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or when we're in the middle of it.
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Whether it's us sitting at
our desks, taking those calls,
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doing those consultations.
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If you're a florist,
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you putting an arrangement
together, flowers in general,
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you around flowers, you
consulting with your clients.
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It's really important to have
those types of photos to use
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all throughout your social
media and your website.
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- That's really awesome.
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Yeah, it does make a huge difference.
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I know that's one of the
things we do for people
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is help them build out
their online personal brand,
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like build their websites,
write their book,
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get them on social media,
all that good jazz,
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and photos is the sticking
point every single time.
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It's like the difference between somebody
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who's looking like they're
just getting started
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versus somebody who looks like
a very professional brand.
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They're an expert at what they do.
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It really does come
down to the photography.
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We can build an amazing website
with some of the best copy,
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but it just doesn't have the same kick
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unless we've got pictures
of you doing what you do,
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hanging out with you know, having fun,
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even like a standard about page.
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An about page is one of the
most boring pages on a site.
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But photos of you playing with your dogs
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or doing something fun
that you like doing,
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or playing with your
kids or with a spouse,
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it makes your whole story just
come to life so much better.
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So I think it is so important to do that.
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When it comes to a branding photo shoot,
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what recommendations or advice
would you have for people
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in terms of like finding
a good photographer,
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choosing locations,
hair, or makeup, clothes?
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What advice would you have for somebody
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that's like, I've never done this.
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It sounds really terrifying,
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but like something I
should maybe do. (laughs)
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- Yeah, absolutely.
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I would say have no fear and jump in.
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You have to be willing
to let down those guards
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and break down that wall to
get outside your comfort zone,
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to get your end goal,
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which is to have an
aesthetically pleasing website
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and social media presence
and things like that.
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So make sure, do your research,
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make sure that you find
people that photographers,
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branding photographers that
have actually done branding.
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There are some photographers
that do everything
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or they have their special niches.
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So find someone that
you're comfortable with,
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have that consultation, know ahead of time
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what it is that you're looking for.
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You know you're gonna
need hair and makeup.
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You potentially might need a new wardrobe.
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You might do a couple of locations
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and know those locations ahead of time.
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So I would say
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if you have a brick and mortar
place of business, use that.
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Because that's where you're gonna be.
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That's where your customers are gonna be.
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That's where your clients are gonna be.
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That's where you wanna shoot
as one of your locations,
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then pick somewhere like a coffee shop
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or just outside and about.
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Places that you like to go
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that you normally go all the time.
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And then it's important
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to have them photograph what
it is that you actually do.
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You in the moment doing your thing.
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Because people are gonna feel comfortable
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and they say, oh wow, that is what you do.
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That looks awesome. I wanna do that.
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That's what I wanna look like.
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So making sure that all
of those boxes are checked
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and you actually sit down
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and really come up with
something that matches your logo
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and matches your website
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and you have it make it
look aesthetically pleasing.
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- Yeah, what about like...
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I know this is something
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a lot of people don't really understand,
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the legalities around photos.
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Because I know I've heard horror stories
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where people have went and gotten photos
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and then they didn't get
permission to use the photos
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in their marketing.
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I don't know why that
wouldn't be standard.
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It just feels like it would be standard,
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but bad photographers, not
you, but other photographers.
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Just things that...
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So what are like maybe some gotchas
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that they should look out for
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when they're choosing a photographer?
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- The biggest mistake some people make
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is they do not look at the contract.
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Read the contract people.
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Read the contract. It's so important.
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Make sure that if you don't
own the copyright outright,
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at least share the copyright.
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That's so important because
then you can take those photos
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and you can do whatever
you want with them.
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And I'm gonna say that again,
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whatever you want with them.
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That means you can use them
for all of your social media.
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You can change them, tweak them,
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just make sure it's in the contract.
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If it's not, add it to the contract,
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because then you won't be
able to use your images
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the way you think you can.
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It's really important.
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It's scary because you don't realize
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sometimes after the fact you get them
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and you're like, "Oh
I'm gonna share that."
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You don't have the copyright.
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If it's not there, you're
not gonna be able to use them
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the way you want.
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- Yeah, and it's like,
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I think it's something
we just don't think about
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because it's like, we're
the subject of the photo.
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So we feel like they're ours,
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but it's the photographer's artistic work.
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So it's a really fuzzy area.
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One person I talked to,
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they had went to use
their photo on a book,
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which of course is distribution and money.
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And so they had rights to use
it for the website and social
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but they didn't have rights to use it
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in publication and
print works like a book.
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And it was like, "What on earth?
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That was the craziest thing to me."
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So it got me going down that
rabbit hole of like, (laughs)
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I feel like that's such an
important thing to understand.
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That they have to give you those rights.
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And I feel like
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if they're not having that
conversation with you,
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especially for branding photographers,
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that would be a red flag to me.
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Because that's the whole point,
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is to use your photos everywhere.
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And if they're not giving you permission
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to use them everywhere,
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that's probably not somebody
who has some experience
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as a branding photographer.
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So-
- Little sketchy.
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- Yeah.
- Absolutely.
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- A little bit sketchy.
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- Yeah, you wanna avoid that?
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(both laughing)
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- Let's talk about maybe like
time and stuff like that.
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So it's like, how long does
it usually take to prepare?
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How long is photo day?
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Is it like an exhausting
eight hour grueling series
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of photos?
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Or like what does the
actual process look like?
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And I mean, you can speak
to your actual process
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and kind of what you do too.
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'Cause I think that would
be good for people to hear.
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- It all depends.
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If there's hair and makeup,
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you wanna add about 90 minutes for that.
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For shooting itself,
depending on how many outfits
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and how many locations
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is really what's gonna set off your time.
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So I, on average I tell the
client, we're gonna shoot for...
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We're gonna be in it
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and in the middle of it
of all the fun, good stuff
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for about four to five hours.
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- Okay. That's not too bad.
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What about like the prep time?
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What does that look like?
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Where you're trying to figure
out what your colors are,
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and what your locations are
and all of that good jazz.
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How long does that usually take?
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- About a week?
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We do two consultations.
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We'll set up an initial consultation
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to find out what your needs are
and what you're looking for.
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And then we'll really,
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the second consult will dive in deep
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as far as what that's gonna look like
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as far as color scheme, pattern, clothing,
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what you wanna accomplish,
that kind of stuff.
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- What about when that photo shoot's over?
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How long does it take
usually to get your photos?
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How many photos are you getting?
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When do we get to use them everywhere?
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(both laughing)
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- That's literally like on my
end where the magic happens.
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Because it's okay.
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The day goes by so quick
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and you're like that was so much fun.
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And now I get to work.
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Now here's my part.
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This is where it takes
the nitty gritty time
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to make all that special,
magical magic happen.
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So that takes about two weeks.
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So realistically you'll
end up getting your photos
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literally completely done in three weeks.
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- Oh, that's not bad at all.
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- That's a turnaround time.
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- That's really cool.
- Yeah. Nope, not at all.
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Yeah.
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And then you can literally,
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you'll have high res images, digital,
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you'll get them all on an
online gallery that you can use
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and you can share those, download them.
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And you're good to go to put
them everywhere in any way.
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- How many photos do people typically get
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on the back end of a
photo shoot like that?
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- About anywhere from 500 to 700 images.
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- Oh wow! (laughs)
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- That way...
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Yeah. Right?
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That way we can use them.
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We ask them to change different clothing
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and things like that.
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So we try and make it so you have
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enough to publish every day
on social media for the year.
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That's the goal.
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- Oh, that's really cool.
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Yeah. I hadn't thought about it like that.
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That's a really good way to approach that.
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That's really neat. (laughs)
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- Yeah, absolutely.
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'Cause you have to
think about it this way.
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If you're posting onto stories,
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those could be every
couple of hours every day.
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If you're posting an actual media post,
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then that's 365 days out of the year.
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So you wanna make sure
you have enough content.
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And then you don't wanna make sure...
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You also wanna make sure
that it's not the same.
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You shouldn't be posting
the same things on Instagram
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that you're posting on let's say Facebook.
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Or if you're using it
as a video for LinkedIn.
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They should be different.
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The content should be
a little bit different.
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You shouldn't be posting
daily the same exact thing.
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- Yeah.
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- The algorithm gods don't
necessarily like that. So.
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- Well, and that speaks to
the different poses too.
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'Cause it's like, you
can't just take like,
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even an expanded series of headshots
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where you're just basically
doing the same five, 10 poses
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over and over again.
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You've gotta have some fun
stuff in there, don't you?
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I mean, you've gotta have
like pointing at things
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and going ugh!
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And all the little fun
faces that you have to make,
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so you can do stuff like
that with social media.
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There's so many poses, right?
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- There's so many fun poses
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and there's so many different ways
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and you don't even realize
it how a photo can change
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just by you turning your head.
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Or looking a different way or
picking up your cell phone,
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talking on your phone,
looking at your phone,
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looking at your computer,
typing on your computer,
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laughing and talking to a client.
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It's great.
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There are so many different.
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That's 10, 20, 30 images right there.
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So I mean it's fun.
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You have to think about
what it is that you do.
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So like let's just say, I
just did a branding shoot
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for a manufacturing company.
00:16:07.937 --> 00:16:10.914
So you get to see all of like
the heavy metal duty tools
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that they're working on
and the sparks flying
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and stuff like that.
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They're fun images that
show what it is that you do
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and what you make.
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So it's not just necessarily
you in the shot, particularly,
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'cause that branding part
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and photography could
also be your products.
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So it's a combination of.
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- Yep. That is so cool.
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I love all that.
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So I know I've asked you like
every question I can think of
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that someone might wanna know.
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Tell us a little bit about you.
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What do you do? Who do you work with?
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What does that look like
00:16:42.030 --> 00:16:44.330
if somebody wants to
find you and talk to you?
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- Yeah, absolutely.
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I own and operate in Branford, Connecticut
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a full photography studio.
00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:57.510
So we focus on branding,
boudoir and weddings,
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which is great.
00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:00.150
But what you can do
00:17:00.150 --> 00:17:03.810
is I'm on Instagram at
angelstarrphotography on Insta
00:17:03.810 --> 00:17:06.930
and then angelstarrphotography1
on Facebook.
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My website is
www.angelstarrphotography.com.
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The types of best ideal clients for me
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are those business owners
that are either first starting
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or they've been in the
market for such a long time,
00:17:21.690 --> 00:17:25.260
and everything that they do
is out or have is outdated.
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So if your website hasn't
been touched since 1985,
00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:30.570
you need something new.
00:17:30.570 --> 00:17:33.870
If it still looks like it
looks when you started it
00:17:33.870 --> 00:17:36.000
or open your business, you need a new,
00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:37.170
you need some new photos.
00:17:37.170 --> 00:17:40.200
If you're not...
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If you're a business owner
00:17:41.070 --> 00:17:44.910
that hasn't really touched
the social media world
00:17:44.910 --> 00:17:47.730
and needs to, that's a
fantastic client for me.
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Someone that's just getting started,
00:17:49.170 --> 00:17:51.240
that has no idea what they're doing yet,
00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:52.590
and doesn't know where to start
00:17:52.590 --> 00:17:53.877
that's a great client for me.
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- All right. Awesome.
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I will make sure that we have links
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to all of your stuff all around here.
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I know a lot of people that work with me
00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:04.440
need to probably call you and talk to you.
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Do you travel?
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So I know you said you're in Connecticut
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but do you travel around the
U.S. to different places?
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Or how does...
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Can they come to you?
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Or how does that look like?
- Absolutely.
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They can come to me.
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I can travel out to them.
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I go all over the United
States, so we're good.
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- That's really awesome.
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So yeah, I have a feeling
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I'll be sending some people your way,
00:18:22.650 --> 00:18:26.160
'cause photography is
something they all just...
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It's scary. It's intimidating.
00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:29.760
It's like I tell people
they need to do it.
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I still need to do it myself.
00:18:31.230 --> 00:18:33.453
I haven't done my updated photos.
00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:37.050
Everything I've done myself
is with my cell phone.
00:18:37.050 --> 00:18:40.020
So I've gotta bite that bullet
myself at some point soon,
00:18:40.020 --> 00:18:42.360
but thank you so much for coming on,
00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:43.680
and for having this conversation with me.
00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.820
It has been so great.
00:18:44.820 --> 00:18:46.893
I know this is gonna help so many people.
00:18:48.840 --> 00:18:50.353
- Fantastic. Thank you
so much for having me.
00:18:50.353 --> 00:18:51.600
- Yeah.
- It's been fun.
00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.500
- Awesome.
00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:53.940
Great, so entrepreneurs, guys,
00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:55.140
this is your call to take action.
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