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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How long have you been a professional photographer? About 10 years. I graduated with a BS in Photographic Imaging in 2003. While my degree taught me the art of photography, I needed to learn the business side of photography. I was making strides, but after joining Sue Bryce Education in 2017, my business has grown […]
Q: Where are you located? A: My home studio is located in the south of France in a small village of fewer than 2000 people called Beaupuy. Q: Can you tell us about your journey? A: When I first started to be passionate about portrait photography I was living in Japan with my pregnant wife. […]
Tell us a little about yourself and your background in photography. “I’m Bella Kotak and I’m a fine art and fashion photographer based between the UK and US. My background is actually in the arts, and then architecture before I somehow slipped into photography and it all made sense.” At what point in your photography […]
Q: How long have you been a professional photographer? A: I have been a professional photographer for 17 years. My survival job during graduate school was as a make-up artist. An actress hired me to do her make up for her headshot session. Being an experienced makeup artist, my fee was on the higher […]