The Studio Takeover Podcast
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
You Cannot Let YOU Stop You with Ivana Desancic
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 introvert
- Its scary
- It can…
The Love of Your Niche is Life Giving with Paula Luu
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 fo…
An Abundance of Interest: ADHD and Creatives with Jen Swedhin
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 curta…
Room To Grow through Portraiture with Bex Wood
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 …
Going All In with Aamel Abed
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 portr…
Standing on the Edge of the Abyss with Mim Quine
"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 i…
Head in the Game; Heart on Fire with Noel Marcantel
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 …
Having Meaning in the World with Jana Marcus
"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 …
Alignment, Systems, and High Volume Photography with Heather Crowder
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 m…
Marketing, Growing Your Business, and Becoming More with Joni Hough
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 w…
The Sides of Creative Entrepreneurship Nobody Talks About with Josh Beaton
Being a creative entrepreneur has its challenges and we could say those challenges are limited to the growth of our style, or improving technically, or in effective marketing even, but …
Winning Conditions and Defining Success with Bassam Sabbagh
Bassam and Cat rekindle their Artist Forge connection and dig into his discovery of photography and spending a year mastering his skillsets in lighting, and posing, and upon his comple…
Eff This Ish Right Up with Mitzi Starkweather
Full disclosure, Mitzi and Cat cuss like sailors. Buckle Up.
In the name of "streamlining" you realize you've created a house of cards versus a stable business and how your desire to be …
From Pawn Shop Employee to Professional Photographer with Simon Diez
As a husband, father, and employee to an Artist! Simon is a humble man taking his folio building and learning through CreativeLive (courses by John Cornicello) quite seriously, but afte…
Tap Into Love: Uncovering More of Who You Are with Emily Pearl
"Enthusiasm" is from the Latin root "Enthios" which means: to be filled with a Godlike energy.
Emily Pearl IS a very enthusiastic person. When she lights up, she ⭐️LIGHTS⭐️ UP. And it is…
Uncovering Your Style in Your Work AND Your Business with Ben Marcum
As a man in the boudoir photography world Ben has been very intentional with how he shows up for his clients in creating safe environments, a clinical approach, and assuredly in his mar…
Your Freedom on Your Terms with Hadonica Murphy
What you allow for yourself is up to you. Coming from a career as a nurse practitioner into full time as a portrait photographer, Hadonica has grown her business to support how she want…
You Are Not Alone with Judith Dineen
Being an entrepreneur can be isolating. You're trying to figurer out all the "things", and you can feel like you are alone. Judith was courageous enough to bring her startup portrait bu…
Putting People In The Bank through connection, joy, and service with Angie Whitten
My mentor has always said "You will learn more about who you are as a person when you start and learn to run a business (successful and unsuccessful)." And today we are talking with Ang…
Building a Sustainable Portrait Business with a Full Time Position with Ashanta Staten
Ashanta Staten from But a Moment Photography in the Raleigh area of North Carolina is building her business while working in a full time position outside of photo to maintain her securi…