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PODCAST

The Studio Takeover Podcast

Cat Ford-Coates

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.

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All Episodes

45:21

You Cannot Let YOU Stop You with Ivana Desancic

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2024/07/08

Send us a Text Message.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 townand the list goes on...But she also knows that SHE is responsible for the growth and success she's after for her business & she doesn't let fear stop her. She shows up for networking, is consistent in her organic efforts on social, and employs paid advertising for h...

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46:26

The Love of Your Niche is Life Giving with Paula Luu

The Studio Takeover Podcast ·

2024/07/01

Send us a Text Message.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 is in discovering WHO she loves to photograph.Working from her home studio to keep her overhead low her next goal is to purchase a new space (commercial or a second house) to create an epic location with multiple concept opportuni...

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47:19

An Abundance of Interest: ADHD and Creatives with Jen...

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2024/06/23

Send us a Text Message.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: reflective, contemplation, rumination, day dreamingActive: Taking actionThoughts lead to emotion, to the emotion, to the action (or inaction). As neurodivergents tend to lean into the default, especially when self judgement comes into play. AKA the in...

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63:41

Room To Grow through Portraiture with Bex Wood

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2024/06/17

Send us a Text Message.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 was an aha for her so she created The Moxie Project in her studio to lean into helping her clients discover their truest and most confident self.It didn't come without growth within herself though. She uncovered that her own negativ...

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39:19

Going All In with Aamel Abed

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2024/06/10

Send us a Text Message.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 many of us do for $60 a session and included everything for her clients.Then hopping on a plane from Canada to Las Vegas for the WPPI tradeshow to see "who these people were that were charging a THOUSAND dollars for their sessions a...

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36:49

Standing on the Edge of the Abyss with Mim Quine

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2024/06/03

Send us a Text Message."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 craft, the second we have created a business, we need to ensure that our infrastructure and sales process generates revenue so that our investment: in gear, wardrobe, education, subscriptions, insurance, and what WE are paid so the love...

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63:35

Head in the Game; Heart on Fire with Noel Marcantel

The Studio Takeover Podcast ·

2024/05/27

Send us a Text Message.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 clients are thrilled to share in their brand and it is showing up in his opportunities with clients in New Orleans and outside of his local community and his show is on the road serving clients in Las Vegas, and California.Coming into ...

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48:40

Alignment, Systems, and High Volume Photography with...

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2024/05/13

Send us a Text Message.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 how she got IN to photographing high volume work, and how she's evolved her processes to serve her clients at her best. Having started as an on location photographer photographing children and families, she discovered that not only the WAY ...

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Having Meaning in the World with Jana Marcus

The Studio Takeover Podcast ·

2024/05/13

Send us a Text Message."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. From educators like Cat Ford-Coates and Sue Bryce portrait photographers are learning that their work IS valuable.Jana was a street photographer for years and then in 2014 decided she wanted to learn more about studio lighting and dove i...

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37:01

Marketing, Growing Your Business, and Becoming More...

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2024/05/06

Send us a Text Message.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 and running a portrait business we often have expectations of ourselves in the name of "savings": we'll do hair and makeup and photograph our clients instead of hiring a professional. Seems innocent enough until the energetic bandwidth...

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48:57

The Sides of Creative Entrepreneurship Nobody Talks...

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2024/04/29

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55:00

Winning Conditions and Defining Success with Bassam...

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2024/04/22

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51:14

Eff This Ish Right Up with Mitzi Starkweather

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2024/04/15

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37:12

From Pawn Shop Employee to Professional Photographer...

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2024/04/08

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51:10

Tap Into Love: Uncovering More of Who You Are with...

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2024/04/01

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39:12

Uncovering Your Style in Your Work AND Your Business...

The Studio Takeover Podcast ·

2024/03/25

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38:23

Your Freedom on Your Terms with Hadonica Murphy

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2024/03/18

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34:30

You Are Not Alone with Judith Dineen

The Studio Takeover Podcast ·

2024/03/11

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45:54

Putting People In The Bank through connection, joy,...

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2024/03/04

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48:27

Building a Sustainable Portrait Business with a Full...

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2024/02/26

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