Connecting Through Stories with Matt Stagliano

March 22, 2021 Artist Spotlight

Episode 64: Matt Stagliano In Episode 64, Nikki Closser welcomes Matt Stagliano of Stonetree Creative back to the Portrait System Podcast after his first appearance on Episode 54: Bronze to Silver: Level Up Your Portrait Masters Awards Submission. Since then, Matt has achieved his goal of attaining Master accreditation. To do so, he needed all […]

Everyday Magic with Cassandra Jones

March 15, 2021 Artist Spotlight

Episode 63: Cassandra Jones In Episode 63 of the Portrait System Podcast, Nikki Closser speaks with guest Cassandra Jones of Noelle Mirabella Photography. In this wide-ranging conversation, Cassandra shares her passion and insight into the power and responsibility of being a creator in the arts. Cassandra knows first-hand about the healing potential in art and […]

Brand Clarity Brings Income with Sue Bryce

March 8, 2021 Blog

Episode 62: Sue Bryce In this Portrait System Podcast, Nikki Closser welcomes Sue Bryce back for a conversation on how developing brand clarity is essential to being able to communicate clear offers to potential clients and attract income to your business.  Sue shares her process for coming to understand her heart’s desire in photography and […]

SBE Lessons Bring Big Sales with Darina Neyret

March 1, 2021 Artist Spotlight

Episode 61: Darina Neyret In Episode 61 of the Portrait System Podcast, Darina Neyret shares how she blossomed her passion for creating emotionally-moving photographs into a successful business, in a new town, in just 2.5 years, by following the Sue Bryce business recipe.  She stayed on track with weekly in-person accountability meetings with other local […]

Worthy and Successful with Crystal Byrd Uqdah

February 22, 2021 Artist Spotlight

Episode 60: Crystal Byrd Uqdah In Episode 60 of the Portrait System Podcast, Crystal Byrd Uqdah reveals how she dedicated herself to learning all she could about photography in order to transform her business into the success it is today. You’ll find out about the gorgeous campaign she created called “Worthy,” and how she used […]

Senior Photography Success with Olivia Renee

February 15, 2021 Blog

Episode 59: Olivia Renee In Episode 59 of the Portrait System Podcast, Olivia Renee gives Nikki Closser the lowdown on building a successful career shooting portraits for high school seniors. You’ll learn all about her ingenious marketing system that involves a yearly cadre of Senior VIPs, who she takes on exclusive location shoots, and how […]

Bronze to Silver: Level up your Portrait Masters Awards Submission, Part II

February 11, 2021 Blog

Episode 58: Marie Sales, Angela Klaus, Mike Gillette, Melissa Ring In Episode 58 of the Portrait System Podcast, Nikki Closser talks to four more photographers who have all leveled up their Portrait Masters Awards submissions to achieve silver medal status, and one who reached gold, after previously attaining bronze – Marie Sales, Angela Klaus, Mike […]

An Artist’s Pathway to Profit with Jana Marcus

February 8, 2021 Blog

Episode 57: Jana Marcus In Episode 57 of the Portrait System Podcast, Jana Marcus shares her lifelong journey exploring photography.  Her inspiring decades-spanning career began in fashion photography in dark rooms with film, and included traveling the country as a documentary photographer with an ethos of contributing to society through art.  She went from being […]

Grow in Confidence with Stacey Hanlon

February 1, 2021 Blog

Episode 56: Stacey Hanlon In the Portrait System Podcast, Episode 56, Nikki Closser interviews Stacey Hanlon, an Ontario-based business coach and photographer. Stacey reveals how Sue Bryce Education’s self-value work, as well as her degree in social work, helped her create a business dedicated to growing her client’s confidence.  Her passion for empowering women and […]

Value Your Work, Increase Your Income with Sue Bryce

January 22, 2021 Blog

Episode 55: Sue Bryce Welcome to Sue Bryce’s first 2021 visit to the Portrait System Podcast with Nikki Closser.  In this episode, Sue talks with Nikki about the many ways you can make money with a photographer’s skill set, as well as how to decide what to focus on and build your business around. But […]