Wedding Photojournalism Inspiration :: Jennifer Wohrle Photography on thePhotoChicks Podcast today!

If you're looking for a hit of #photography #inspiration - especially if you love #photojournalism - Listen to Jennifer Wohrle Photographer on The Photo Chicks podcast today!!!  Woohoo! Such a good interview with this lovely lady. Cheryl and I have both been seeing the world different after chatting with Jennifer Wohrle and getting super excited about composition and capturing 'moments'.

Listen to her interview at thephotochicks.com
http://thephotochicks.com/jenny-wohrle-photographer-interview-thephotochicks-podcast/

Enjoy the inspiration and sunshine!
xoxo
Chamonix

thePhotoChicks Podcast — Golden Oldies & New Interviews

When was the last time you sat around laughing at yourself? For Miss Cheryl Ford, apparently that's all the time. haha (Sorry for the spotlight Cheryl.) I just love it when Cheryl sends me a text and tells me she's listening to our old podcast episodes and laughing out loud. It's pretty shameful but we do find ourselves hilarious — I think that's a good thing though. haha Those were the good old days of thePhotoChicks, when Cheryl and Chamonix spilled their guts about photography business and life and we went on tangents about cupcakes and road-trips and laughed hysterically at nothing. Nowadays, we're still having fun but we've cranked up the cool factor on our podcast.

We are now interviewing other photographers every week, asking them all the same set of questions and hearing about their personal journeys in the photography industry. Even if no one ever listened to our episodes, Cheryl and I would still keep this podcast going. We are so inspired by every photographer we meet (on Skype) haha and each 30 minute episode is an amazing outlet, a little change from the everyday march of running a business.

We love hearing from our photography buddies and interview alumni who send us little messages and Instagram photos when they're listening to thePhotoChicks. Apparently, our show is great entertainment while you edit photos. Perfect! That's exactly what we want and it's so rewarding to be contributing to the photography community in this uber-techie way. We love it.

If you'd like to listen to thePhotoChicks podcast, here are some of our most recent episodes (and some of the golden oldies). Enjoy!!

Interviews:Interview with Naomi Levit — Wedding & Portrait Photographer (Hawaii)
Interview with Katie Cann-McTaggart — Seattle Wedding & Portrait Photographer (Seattle)
Interview with Tobin Smith — Glamour Portrait Photographer (Vancouver, Canada)
Interview with Carly Bish — Wedding & Portrait Photographer (Seattle)
Interview with Melissa Kilner — Wedding Photographer (Seattle)

Golden Oldies:
Mistakes We Made in Our First Year of Business
Annoying Things About Photographers
Business Dreams & Photography Fantasies

xoxo
Chamonix

thePhotoChicks [podcast] :: 10 Quick Tips for Maximizing Your Productivity Every Day

It's another beautiful Saturday, ready for a new podcast episode from thePhotoChicks!! In this episode, 10 Quick Tips for Maximizing Your Productivity Every Day, Cheryl Ford and I get down and dirty with how much time most of us waste and widdle way without even realizing it. In March 2013, Cheryl wrote a couple blog posts that listed the top ten ways you can take control of your time so you can WORK TO LIVE and free yourself from that pesky LIVE TO WORK cyclone that we're all getting sucked into. 

You can listen to this podcast episode on thePhotoChicks website, iTunes, or right here:

If you'd like to have the tips written down in front of you while listening to the podcast, check out Cheryl's blog posts here:

Maximizing Your Time & Workday Efficiency – Part 1

Maximizing Your Time & Workday Efficiency – Part 2

Items Mentioned in this Episode:

• 4hr work week by Tim Ferriss
• What most Successful People to Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam
• The Monk who Sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma
• Sue Bryce
• creativeLIVE
• Hootsuite
• Facebook
• Twitter
• iPhone

Things You’ll Learn in this Episode:

• How Cheryl Changed Chamonix’s Life!
• How to prioritize yourself.
• How your emotions get in your way of being productive.
• Why social media is your ice cream dessert?
• What your brain takes 8 minutes to do when you go one Facebook every hour!

Enjoy my friends!

What are your best strategies for maximizing the use of your time?
Which of these 10 tips is your favorite, and why?

Leave your answer in the comments below!

thePhotoChicks [podcast] :: KICKSTART with Cindy Yetman Part 2

It's Saturday and you know what that means?!?! It's PhotoChicks time! This weekend, Cheryl and I are chit-chatting with our friend Cindy Yetman in Part 2 of "KICKSTART" — our podcast series that's following Cindy as she starts her photography business from scratch!

Check out KICKSTART Part 1

In this episode you're going to learn:
1) What a Photo Safari is and why it’s important for your company brand.2) The secrets of Equipment Envy.
3) Why the word SIMPLIFY is the most important word you can use every day.

So hop over to thePhotoChicks website or ...  listen right here!

In honour of gorgeous Cindy, I thought I'd (re)publish a few photos that I snapped of her at the beginning of this year when she came to my studio for the first time for a mock bachelorette party! She came with 5 other girls and I paired Cindy with her friend Sasha. After all this time I finally put together a cute collage of these pretty ladies (Cindy has the red hair). Why didn't I think of doing this sooner? haha I'd love to make mixed collages like this for mother-daughter & best-friends!

What do you think about this podcast episode?

thePhotoChicks LOVE feedback. Please email us & leave comments below. 

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Just search for "thePhotoChicks"

Gracias amigos!

NEW EPISODE from ThePhotoChicks :: Photography Equipment We Adore, Abhor, & Lust For

"What lens is worth saving from a burning building & which should be chucked into the trash? In this episode, Chamonix & Cheryl discuss the photography equipment they love, hate, recommend, travel the world with & never want to see again! This ain’t your typical boring conversation about gear and techniques."

That's right! We're gettin' geeky! Prepare yourself for 35min of hypothetical situations and laughter with thePhotoChicks!

And to get you in the mood.... here's a little behind the scenes action from a styled shoot w/ my friends Rick + Anna Photography — it just screams DIY gear all over it lol We're creative people...that's how we roll.

New Episode from thePhotoChicks (KICKOFF Preseason) + Video DAY 2

thePhotoChicks :: Episode 8 :: KICKOFF Preseason with Cindy Yetman

Cheryl & I are starting a new podcast series called "KICKOFF" that's geared towards helping newer photographers who are establishing their business. Each episode of KICKOFF is following the journey of individual photographers; hearing about their progress, goals, concerns, fears etc... Our first "player" in this fun series is Cindy Yetman! I photographed Cindy back in February when I hosted a bachelorette party in my glamour studio. She's a gorgeous woman and I'm so excited to walk beside her on this adventure!

30 Days with Chamonix :: Day 2

It's Day 2 and life is still pretty awkward here in front of the camera...but I have faith it'll get better. Thanks for putting up with me through this. ;)

thePhotoChicks PODCAST :: Episodes 1-5 LAUNCHED!

Today's the day, my friends! The first 5 episodes of thePhotoChicks podcast have just the interweb this morning! It seems like only yesterday I was lying in bed, struck with this craaazy idea to start a Podcast. AMAZING how when you TAKE ACTION....THINGS HAPPEN! Manifestation, baby! I'd say the first couple episodes are kinda hilariously awkward since Cheryl & I threw ourselves in front of a microphone for the first time. BUT never fear... we're working on projecting our natural charm & charisma across the airwaves ;) So please...download & enjoy a little happy chit chat while you commute to the city, bake brownies, burn off the brownies or fingerprint a masterpiece!

Episode 001: Pilot

In the Pilot Episode of thePhotoChicks, Chamonix Thurston-Rattue and Cheryl Ford introduce themselves and share who they are and why they started thePhotoChicks podcast. Read more on thePhotoChicks Website....

Episode 002: Struggles of Starting a Photography Business — Part 1

In Episode 2 you'll learn how we got inspired to be photographers and start a photography business, the areas we have struggled with the most in getting our businesses going, how much of our lives have been wasted obsessing about logos, fonts, and colors & why www.plumbumble.com is no longer available. Read more...

Episode 003: Struggles of Starting a Photography Business — Part 2

Part II of Struggles of Starting a Photography Business continues with thePhotoChicks sharing the biggest frustrations and struggles they had in the early stages of their business. Work/Life Balance? Check. Finding Clients? Check. Money? Check. Plus much, much more. Come along as we lay it all out on the line. Read more...

Episode 004: Business Dreams & Photography Fantasies

Chamonix & Cheryl detail their top 10 dreams which include an epic photo shoot in Venice & curating a "museum" of photography albums. Also... find out what happens when we meet for coffee, what colour convertible Cheryl drives in her photography fantasies & why YOU should be sharing your dreams & goals with the world! Read more...

Episode 005: Mistakes We Made in Our First Year of Business

Get ready for some lessons learned the hardway: How to analyze purchases to maximize the benefits of your spending; Why you shouldn’t order 5,000 business cards when you are first starting your business; How to talk yourself out of buying things you don’t need; Why in-person sales are so important to a photography business; and just a tiny bit of Latin. Read more....

Check out thePhotoChicks on Facebook, Twitter, & our new Website!

Thanks for listening!

PS: All this week Cheryl & I have been throwing together websites & social media pages, editing audio, Skyping to decide on blog themes, logo fonts, & meandering our way through fancy things like html codes and figuring out what "syndication" means. THANK YOU CHERYL for being such an awesome team-mate. I love working with you and I'm so excited about our fun projects! Cheers to the greatness that is to come!

Announcing .... thePhotoChicks PODCAST

Coming next weekend to the airwaves — a brand new podcast from the lovely Cheryl Ford & ME!!

Last month I was lying in bed dreaming of marketing ideas and pop bam boozael I decided that a podcast was the next big thang. But girls don't go to the bathroom alone so I called my #1 girl and pitched her the idea. At first... hesitation and then....excitement. Hours of planning & recording later and we're ready to rumble. Episodes 1-5 will be published on iTunes next Saturday. After that, you'll be able to join Cheryl & me every other Saturday for loads of chitter chatter about photography, small creative business & women's lifestyle!

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Have a fab day!