My life as a Professional Photographer

I appreciate everyone who's listen to me on this journey teaching you photography, but I'm honestly getting a little tired of it and I want to do something that inspires both me and everyone else who listens

Photography can be a physically demanding job. You need to take care of yourself as much as possible

You have to take good care of yourself

It is sometimes hard to get up in the morning and get out to go take pictures but if you develop a routine of doing it over and over you'll find yourself an amazing spots with an amazing chance to capture something beautiful

It's been a crazy year with Covid, but we're coming out on the other end of things and photography is going great. I hope all of you are doing well and I want to answer your questions on future podcasts

Over the last few months my photography business has been booming and it’s about time! I moved to Western Colorado two years ago and the first year I hardly made anything, but now I’m getting a lot of business and I just wanna share this update with you!!

A few podcast a girl I talked about how I went up to a company that I wanted to work with and scheduled a meeting with them. I just recently got the opportunity to do a photo shoot with that company. And this podcast I explain how it happened and how you can achieve the same thing

I hear a lot of people talk about the price of gear and how an expensive camera takes better pictures, but it’s simply not true. I talk about the picture I took last night and how I didn’t need expensive gear to get it

We all have things that we want to do. I sold everything and hit the road full-time with my family for two years. No matter what it is you want to do, put it in motion and make it happen

Once again, the most important thing you could do in photography is take pictures of something you’re passionate about. What is The one thing that you would take pictures of for free? Listening as I try to reignite my passion in photography and help you find yours at the same time

The other day I dodged a bullet. I told this client that I could not take pictures of her because she showed way too many red flags. Today I talk about what I noticed and how I got it out of the shoot

We all have things we don’t like to take pictures of. Write them down on a list and make sure you never take pictures of those things again. You will find that by eliminating the things you don’t like you end up taking pictures of the things you do like more

Here is the number one thing that keeps us from doing what we love. Today I talk about how fear keeps you from taking amazing pictures and what you need to do to push fear aside.

Today I had a wonderful meeting with a creative director at a world-class company. In this podcast I talk about our meeting, how it went, and what I need to do to get jobs in the future with this company.

For anyone who listens to this podcast and emails me at joe@joehendricks.com I will send you a free 8 x 10 landscape photography print. I just want to hear from you what you’re going through as a photographer and where you wanna be in the future. Email me and I’ll get that print out to you right away

Everyone has a company or product that they love and they would love to take pictures of. Today we talk about how you can start that relationship with a company do your photography and hopefully end up being the photographer they turn to when they need marketing pictures in the future

Sometimes, when the money isn’t coming in you have to change gears do what it takes to bring home the bacon. What are you doing to make money during this pandemic with Photography?

I spend a lot of my time looking at different locations and finding places that are amazing to take pictures of couples

Today I’m doing my podcast while I am taking pictures up in the mountains during sunset. The lupine flowers are in full bloom and I’m standing by myself as the sun is going down explaining it to you

From taking the picture to editing the photo to printing the final print that everyone is going to love for years in their house, landscape photography is all one big slow process that you need to get comfortable with.

This is a day and a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life, because it taught me a lot about being prepared when you go out to take landscape photography pictures!

The most amazing pictures come when you least expect it. Today I talk about my latest picture and how I’m going to sell it on my website and the thoughts behind my decision making for the price point in the story.

Dennis Lankes is an Entrepreneur at heart and I wanted to ask him some question today about what it is that drives him to create businesses and what the rest of us can do to find encouragement in our photography careers!~

Every photographer goes through highs and lows in their career. I am personally at the point where I need to reignite my passion for photography. Here are my thoughts and my honesty about my current situation with my photography career

It feels like a big risk being creative and different with your photography, but you can do it and I hope to give you the confidence to do it to this podcast

Doing photography over and over along with podcasting can wear you down sometimes. It’s good to take a break from it all and recharge your creative juices

There’s thousands of people out there that can take the same exact photo that you just took yesterday. What’s going to differentiate you from everybody else is your story.

Landscape photography is not easy and it takes hours and hours of hiking the right gear in the right know how and the right circumstances to create a beautiful image that will last forever

It’s one of the most basic things that will change your photography forever. Recomposing it’s just putting everything into your image that you want to be there after you focus

This is a funny but true podcast about the difference between couples that are booking a wedding photographer versus an elopement photographer listen to the podcast to hear my thoughts

Today I revealed to you a deeply guarded secret that will 100% improve your photography miraculously overnight!

Being stuck inside makes you do the same thing over and over every day… It’s time to break your routine and start being inspired through your photography once again

Right now is the best time to find a personal project and photography and chase the passions that you’ve always been scared to chase. If you fail nobody’s gonna care, if you succeed it’ll be an amazing experience. Nevertheless you have time on your hands so you need to come up with something creative to do during this time

Life has been crazy the last three or four weeks, so I thought I would just get real with you and let you know how I am handling this whole pandemic and what I’m looking forward to doing in the future.

So many photographers want to be creative when they talk about themselves, but honestly you just need to get to the point and say what it is that you do

Only you know what you wanna do with photography. Other people will have opinions about who and what you should be, but you are the one that determines who you were ultimately be.

Making friends with other photographers that do the same kind of shooting that you do is the best thing you’ll ever do for your career as a photographer and let me explain why…

So many things can go wrong during the photo shoot, but if you take the time to solve one problem at a time, you will find a lot easier to connect with your clients during the photo shoot

What are you doing to prepare for life of the coronavirus? We all need to be working towards the future. What are you doing to prepare your self?

Technology has really made it easy to stay in touch online, especially during this hard time. But figuring out how to go live and answer questions and everything else at the same time is a little difficult. Tune in today at 12:30 PM on YouTube to watch me answer questions live about photography

Recently I did some front porch family sessions and they turned out wonderful but behind the scenes came criticism and a moral responsibility that I talk about in today’s episode

I had a comment on TikTok asking me how Photograpers deal with emotional baggage. I answer her question with a story of my own from when I first began a photography… I hope it helps

You don’t need to message professional photographers asking questions that can simply be answered by trying. Use common sense.

Today I talk about a wedding photographer who is absolutely crushing it while being super niche at the same time.

Today I want to make a deal with you. Let’s commit to doing what you love for 6 months and see where you are at the end of that 6 months!! I’ll continually to what I can to inspire you and you chase after what ever it is that you love to photograph!

I want to inspire you to be as great of a photographer as you can possibly be… Today discuss what lies ahead for us after the pandemic is done

I’ve made the decision to move to Colorado and take my full time photography business more into the Landscape photography arena! It’s not easy, but I will document it all here. #photography #learnphotography

Being a photographer is a physically demanding job. I am sidelined for a few weeks because of knee problems. I hope you all learn from my mistakes and keep yourself healthy.

Photography is booming more than ever and it's fairly easy for anyone to take a shot and see if they are good at it. Some people start making lots of money at it fairly quick. They understand their camera and how to make someone comfortable in front of it, but there is one thing that I see over and over that a lot of real good photographers still lack and I talk about that in this episode. #photography

I’m motivated this morning and here is my plan to get myself one small win on my side! This is a must hear episode!!!

There are so many distractions in life that take your attention away from what you love. Make it super easy to go do what you love!