The NineDots podcast. Topical ramblings from NineDots co-founders Rahul Khona and Andy Gaines, with regular guests from the world of wedding photography, creative business and entrepreneurship!
Neil Redfern is the dotcast guest on this episode talking to Adam Johnson about why flash became a big part of his work, how his training business evolved, how he uses social media and why he became …
Adam Johnson chats to Ste Walker from Liverpool about the hustle mentality, working hard, and some of the tactics Ste used to build his business relatively quickly about leaving the Royal Air Force. …
In this episode Adam Johnson chats to Elle Coe and Ben Winnington of Winnington + Coe (https://winningtoncoe.com) who are a couple, and a photo/video duo specialising in weddings. We chat about the d…
In this first episode of series 2 Adam Johnson chats to our good friend Heather Jowett from Michigan USA. Find out how Heather started her wedding photography career from a random stranger offering h…
Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona discuss what advice they would go back and give themselves when they started out their journeys as photographers.
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Rahul Khona and Andy Gaines chat to the amazing Two Mann Studios about their career, their motivations, and how they got so good! They share some amazing insight into the creative struggle, and you m…
Cat Ekkelboom-White joins the DotCast for this special episode talking about Elopements and how you can retool your business towards shooting more elopements or even being a pure elopement photograph…
Rahul Khona and Adam Johnson talk about a lot of things, but it keeps coming back to trusting in your own taste as a photographer. We also talk about times we've had clients who didn't like our work …
In this episode Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona discuss how they're each coping with home-isolation, parenting and working at this time, and how it's ok to not feel great, and how they're each dealing w…
In this episode Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona discuss how they're approaching client communications during the Coronavirus pandemic, inspired by a tweet from the inspirational Gary Vaynerchuk!
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The coronavirus pandemic is a huge issue for wedding photographers especially in this limbo state we're currently in. Adam Johnson, Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona discuss some tips for you and your busi…
Adam Johnson, Andy Gaines and Rahul Khona talk about some recent workshops and conferences they've attended, why we go to them, and what nuggets we've learned lately. Andy briefly discusses turning 4…
In this episode, Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona talk about motivation during the off-season 'downtime' we have as wedding photographers. Including to-do lists, finding your headspace, getting started a…
In this episode, Rahul Khona talks to NineDots Gathering 2020 presenter Rocio Vega about off camera flash, Rocio’s favourite modifiers, shooting one handed with a monopod in the other and a slight ta…
Following the announcement of the Canon EOS R5 as the newest kid on the mirrorless block, Adam Johnson and Rahul Khona discuss the camera, their switch to Sony, whether they'll switch back to Canon n…
Pricing in wedding photography is often a contentious subject. It seems you're either too cheap and annoying the rest of the industry, or too expensive for every enquiry that comes through the door! …
Rahul Khona is back! And along with Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, the three of us chat about the effects of digital manipulation on modern photography, whether it's just part and parcel of modern pho…
In this DotCast Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines, fuelled by recent discussions in the NineDots members facebook group, discuss the meaning of success and that leads into some advice for getting your bus…
In this episode Adam Johnson and Andy Gaines debate the connection between photography quality and business success and whether there comes a point where your photography no longer needs to evolve or…
In this episode we welcome the amazing Nadia Meli to the DotCast! Nadia is a presenter at this year's NineDots Gathering, and we quiz her on her approach to goal setting and future planning. Andy upd…