Photo Happy Hour
A fun and engaging chat about anything and everything you need to know to be a professional photographer. Loose, casual, and light-hearted, your hosts, master photographers Carl Caylor, Dan Frievalt, and Michael Mowbray, tip back their favorite drinks and provide a ton of insight on how to run a successful photography business. Helpful, sometimes intelligent, and always entertaining.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Tips to start off the new year
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It's 2023 already, just in case you didn't realize it. But there's definitely still time to make some changes, implement new ideas, refine some old ones,…
Reinvention
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All three of us have undergone some level of reinvention this year. How about you? Planning any changes for 2023? Why wait? In this episode, we talk about…
Why can't clients listen?
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We put it all in writing, in brochures and on the website. We go through everything in person and on the phone. We have YouTube videos walking clients th…
Is AI creating "art"?
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This week we jump into the deep end and wade into chemical-laden toxic pool that is the topic of Artificial Intelligence: Creating art from words being in…
Sportraits -- Sports Portraits
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One successful product we have used to help grow our sales and differentiate us as artists in the marketplace is the "sportrait": Unique artwork based aro…
Dressing clients for photo success
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"Dress for success" is an old idiom that has some merit. But what about when a client shows up wearing unflattering or ill-fitting clothing? Or a mishmas…
Light Quality: talking about softness, specularity and diffusion
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We get a little technical this week as we explore the topic of light quality and really dig into the definition of hard and soft light, and the role that …
Workflow
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One of the most common complaints we see, especially from newer photographers, is how much time they spend in front of the computer, up until the wee hour…
The Great Reset: What has changed over the past two years?
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Our podcast launched at the start of the pandemic two years ago. We reflect over the past two years on what has changed in our own businesses as well as …
Should you be a specialist, or a generalist, in your photography?
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Specialize? Or generalize? It's a huge question for many photographers, especially when they are starting out. The three of us all have taken different ap…
Caring for your gear
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Breaking, damaging, ruining, or just messing up gear can get pretty expensive, both in out-of-pocket costs to replace or repair, and lost opportunities be…
Pricing
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What holds photographers back from pricing their work appropriately? This week, we do an in-depth discussion on pricing to help photographers struggling t…
What it's like to sit in the judge's chair
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This week we give you a little peek behind the curtain and let you know what it's like to sit in the judge's chair. Since Carl and Michael are both IPC ju…
Goals
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How can you get where you want to go without first picking a destination and then creating a map to get there? This week we talk about the importance of g…
How is photography like cooking?
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Start with a good base. Add a little of this, a little of that, mix it all together and throw it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes, or in the camera at f5…
It's a Darty Party! Our chat with SYNC cofounder Darty Hines
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We sat down to chat with one of our favorite guys, SYNC cofounder Darty Hines. After a long and successful career in photography, Darty and his wife Miche…
Context
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What you say or do is important. But often equally as important is the "when, how and where" you say or do it. It's the context. Be aware of how context c…
Get yerself some edumacation in 2022
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There are so many great education opportunities for photographers. If you aren't actively investing time, effort and money into your growth, you're always…
Did your photography business ruin your hobby?
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It started with so much promise. You got a new camera. You quickly began to create some pretty cool photos here and there. Friends and family tell you tha…
Things you should be doing RIGHT NOW
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The leaves have fallen. There's a crisp bite in the air. The last piece of pumpkin pie is calling out to you. And the Bears still suck. Ah, yes. The last…