The Photo Bar Podcast

What Is Documentary Photography? - Paul Rogers - PBP19 If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode In episode 19, I talk with Paul Rogers who is a UK based documentary wedding photographer who creates amazing impactful stories with his work. He has more than 20 years of experience as a photojournalist for The Times...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode In episode 18, I chat with Andrew Hellmich from Photo Biz Xposed. Andrew is a hugely talented and successful photographer, multi-photographer studio owner, podcaster, photography educator, cyclist, and much more! We dive in on specific Facebook ads for photographers that...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode Pursuing your passion can be scary for anyone, especially when you are older. In this episode, I talk with my childhood friend Aaron Craker who’s a musician from Louisville, Kentucky. Music, much like photography, is a highly competitive industry and not always easy to make...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode In this episode, I chat with Paul and Melissa Pruitt from Photographer Entrepreneurs Association about living and running a debt-free photography business. Melissa and Paul are both incredibly talented, not just in photography, but also running a business, marketing,...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode In this episode, I talk about finding your photography niche, how, why we should, and maybe why we shouldn’t. Just A Few Things In This Conversation How to find your photography niche The pros / cons of finding our photography niche How finding your niche can make you more...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. Also, if you want to send us your favorite local brewing companies beer for us to try on the show, send us an email to photobarpodcast@gmail.com! We loved to try your favorite beers! In This Episode In this episode, we discuss some of our favorite travel tips to help you travel with your...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. Also, if you want to send us your favorite local brewing companies beer for us to try on the show, send us an email to photobarpodcast@gmail.com! We loved to try your favorite beers! In This Episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of maintaining your health with online fitness and...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In This Episode What's it like after shooting your first wedding? In this episode, Atlanta based videographer Sean Lee from Oh18Media discusses the reality of his fear, emotions, and expectations after shooting his first wedding. This is a follow-up episode to The Emotions And Expectations...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In this episode, we talk about dealing with imposter syndrome which is the feeling like one is a fraud, or has the inability to realize their own accomplishments, and believe they’ll be discovered at any moment. Imposture syndrome often causes the feeling of not deserving the success that has...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In this episode, I talk with my friend Dan Owens who was my photography assistant and 2nd photographer for about 6 years on how to be an awesome assistant and 2nd photographer. Just A Few Things In This Conversation How to get jobs as a photography assistant and 2nd photographer Things to do...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In this episode, we discuss dealing with Uncle Bob type photographers and eating during a wedding day. Just A Few Things In This Conversation How to deal with Uncle Bob types during weddings Things to do and not to do when dealing with Uncle Bobs If, when, and how we eat during wedding...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Sean Lee, Atlanta based videographer from Oh18Media to talk about his potential fears, emotions, and expectations before shooting his first wedding. We also discuss his portfolio building, plans for leaving his day job to transition into full-time...

If you subscribe to the Photo Bar Podcast in iTunes, please take a minute to rate and review us. This helps us move up in the podcast world, so others that are interested in photography can find us. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Sean Lee, Atlanta based videographer from Oh18Media to talk about his potential fears, emotions, and expectations before shooting his first wedding. We also discuss his portfolio building, plans for leaving his day job to transition into full-time...

In this episode of the Photo Bar Podcast I talk about how remembering visits to my grandmother's farm in rural Indiana as a kid helped me realize how important the planning process really is to grow your business as a photographer and small business owner. Waking up one day and deciding you want to start a business is a great start, but actually running a business is not easy and we need to do a lot more in order to make it work. Planning, determination, diligence, hard work, planting...

In this episode, I talk about how I started my business with just a Nikon d3000 and a Nikon 85mm 1.8 lens. From there my gear collection exploded to multiple camera bodies, lenses like the Nikon 14-24mm, 24-70mm, 70-200mm and many more, tons of flashes, and so much more gear than I ever needed. I had the dream gear setup most photographers dream of! Then I got burned out, exhausted and sore, and miserable of it so I sold it all! That's right, I sold everything except two camera bodies, a...

As self-employed business owners, everything is dependent on us. How we handle situations and customer issues can make or break our business. Making the wrong decision or handling things incorrectly is the perfect way to lose customers. In this episode, I talk about how to lose customers based on a terrible personal interaction I had with a small local car mechanic when trying to get my car repaired. This one experience taught me a lot of things to pay attention to regarding running my own...

Being a self-employed entrepreneur has a lot of benefits like working from home in your pajamas, but it can also have a lot of downfalls like working from home in your pajamas. Being self-employed photographers many of us work from our homes. Maybe some have studios or other places we work, but most are working from home. Regardless of where you are working, here are 12 ways to be more productive. 12 Easy Ways To Be The Most Productive Working From Home Links & Things Mentioned In This...

In this episode, I talk about getting over the fear that can hold us back from putting our work and ourselves out into the world. Often when it comes to trying new things, putting our work out into the world, or anything else there is generally some sort of fear looming in the back of our heads that slow us down or completely stops us from moving forward. What Are We Fearful Of? Maybe it's the fear of just starting something new, rejection from our family, friends, or others. Or maybe it's...

Welcome to the very first episode of the Photo Bar Podcast! In this episode, I introduce myself, the type of photography I do and how I got started, why I started the Photo Bar Podcast, what I hope you get out of it, and much more. Who I Am My name is Matt Druin. I'm an Atlanta, Georgia based documentary wedding, portrait, editorial, and documentary family photographer. How I Got Into Photography The quick breakdown is I got into photography by total accident. At the time I was in...