THE f-STOPS HERE

Why are we still talking about this? What difference does it make? Join us and find out!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Join us as we discuss where the magic really happens amongst all the tools available to us today!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Part 2 of our talk with Jalyn Webb! Incredible insights and ideas here!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Join us as we host very special guest (and Tim and Bev's niece) the extraordinary Jalyn Webb!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Monica, Michael, Tim and Bev interview each other!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Today we're chatting about valuing what we do, and pricing ourselves accordingly. If we don't respect our art, how can we expect our clients to?Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Join us as we share tips and tricks for creating a successful 2023 Marketing Plan!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

We're sharing some great ideas that we'll be employing to get some revenue in for First Quarter!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Back from Imaging USA and ready to get our studios in order as we get ready for an amazing new year!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Joins us as we discuss our goals for 2023 and what we're most excited about!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

We're sharing our favorite gear, software, and more from 2022! Jim us for some great information!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Paying attention to the details is what will separate you from the others and yes, theymust be mastered. However, what trumps details are the expressions, so there is abalance in every session between tweaking the details and capturing those magical andhighly perishable moments. Know when to fix things that are amiss...and know when tostep away and let those details help tell the stories of your clients. Listen closely as thisteam shares so many helpful tips for success in the camera room.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Oh so many nuggets about props along with ideas on how this team uses them. You will learn how to improvise reflectors as well as the difference between props you see and those you don't. From gray walls to special moveable stands for small backgrounds to V-flats, you will learn so much from this episode.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

What lights should you buy? What about cameras, lenses, stands? Hear what each ofthese studios use in their businesses, understand what you need and more importantly,what you don't need to accomplish your goals. With experience comes wisdom inknowing what equipment is important to have, though as most photographers know, it isenticing to buy every light, lens and camera when you are just starting out. This episodewill open your eyes on what is really important.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

We are all little pieces of those we have seen or studied with. In this podcast, the teamshares who has influenced them in their careers and who still plays a pivotal part inwhat they do and who they are today. Some names are widely known and some aresimply friends in the industry, but all five on this team have been changed in some wayby others and are grateful.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Listen to this week's podcast to hear a few more myths that photographers have aboutthe photography industry in general, from marketing your business to the skills that arerequired to being a jack of all trades vs specializing. This discussion will certainly benefitthose just getting started as well as the seasoned professionalHosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Many times, clients may come to us with mistaken ideas…we call them Myths in this episode. The gang talks about the myths they have encountered from clients who wear the wrong clothing (because they look good in it) to getting a tan before the portrait to asking for nearly impossible things they think can be magically fixed in Photoshop.How we handle these myths is part of being a professional.Ultimately, our message is to celebrate people and the beauty they already have within, understanding that it is our job to see that beauty and bring it out through our skillsets.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

In this episode, the Portrait Paradigm team chats about triggers to get people throughthe door that won't destroy your brand. Listen as each studio shares what they do tocreate momentum during dry times and the triggers they use to entice clients so thatboth their studios and their clients win.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

In this episode, the crew talks about how ProSelect has massively changed theirbusinesses and sales numbers by using the Room View feature.By using this software, you gain the ability to show people's work in context in theirhome. When you're in a sales room where you're doing to selection appointment, youalways want to put emphasis on the heart. There's an old saying, the heart buys, themind justifies.Here are some comments that sum it up.“We sell emotion, but we still have to deal with context. And that was always a difficultthing. ProSelect solves it beautifully!”“Let's find the wall and let's place the portrait and figure it out.”“It's a very objective third party.”“It's so easy, and it just takes away that salesy feeling.”“With ProSelect, there is no gray area on sizing. There's the wall, there's the sofa orthere's the mantel. And this is the appropriate size portrait.”For any photography studio, using the tools ProSelect provides is a win-win.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

 Wall sizes, small sizes, albums, finishes? UGH! Too many details and options can hurt your sales and cause decision fatigue. Hear what these experienced photographers found to be the answer-SIMPLIFY! Listen as they explain how they all started out in the beginning offering everything under the sun, but realized, as time went on, that this was the road to confusion…and not great sales. As Michael says of his experience when purchasing a new Ford (after he tried to figure out the many, many options), “It was so confusing. I gave up.” Great lesson here!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

We seem to make poor decisions during times that we are desperate. Whether a brand new portrait business or one that has been going for awhile, there are seasons where we need more clients coming through our doors. But be careful how you handle these times or you may pay a price you don't want to if you draw the wrong clients who are only looking for a discount. Hear the Portrait Paradigm team describe how they made mistakes, but learned from them and turned their businesses around.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

In this final segment of the team discussing the Design Session, they cover what they ask of their clients to do to make the upcoming portrait session a success. Topics include creating a relationship with the client to let them know they are important along with conversations about preparing for their portrait by going over the many details that need to be in place and so much more. Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

In this episode, the team continues discussing the importance of the Design Session and what their goals are when they sit down, face to face with their clients.They share how to interact, what to say and how to overcome potential issues so the actual session runs more smoothly. It is all about communication that sets out the rules of the road (in a nice way) so there are no misunderstandings later.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

One of the most important sessions before the “session” is what we call theDesign Session or Design Chat; and we all set aside the time to meet withour clients IN PERSON for this time of discovery and friendship building.In Part 1, Tim sets the stage for the conversation as he discusses what hetalks about with the client and his goals. Then Bev talks about how theysuccessfully work with children due to the time spent talking to the parentsand setting the expectations for the upcoming portrait.Throw in the concepts of vulnerability and trust that Monica discusses andhow Rod sets his stage a bit differently as he strives to start with theconcept in mind, but then looks for the quick moments that happen in theblink of an eye.Each studio, in a broad sense, follows the same path, but then, they eachhave their own unique way of conducting the Design Session.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Is pricing something we should initiate? Is it something that we wait for aclient or prospective client to ask about? Is it something that we shouldhave on our website? Should we have a printed price list...and should wehand it out? These are all questions we hear from other photographers aswe teach and share how we handle pricing in our own studios.And each of us has a unique approach that fits our businesses.In this episode, we all share our viewpoints on pricing...not the price of thisor that, but the APPROACH. Pricing is about investment, it's aboutexperience, it's about all the things you're doing for the client. It's aboutrelationships, not just transactions.If you've ever wondered about how other photographers handle pricing andhave loads of questions, then this episode is for you!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Consistency“Trust is built with consistency.”   Lincoln ChafeeConsistency in how you run your business is an often overlooked topic, yet it is critical for long term success in any business. When you are consistent, people know what they are going to get and that is a foundation for having a long lasting and successful business with return clients. Learn from these three studios about the processes they have implemented to attain consistency, from the first inquiry to the final delivery.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Investment WorthyPaper itself doesn't have value. The mount board doesn't have value. It's what we do with all the processes to get to that final image that has value and that value reflects us…who we are as artists. To offer and be able to sell portraits that are investment worthy has many different aspects, from your skill to client experience to their perception of you and so much more. This episode delves into the many factors that all add up to being INVESTMENT WORTHY!Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Technical ExcellenceWhat role does technical excellence play in your style? In your confidence as a professional? In your ability to create and sell “investment worthy” art and be proud of what you are producing? Technical excellence lays the foundation for your future as a creative and successful photographer. Learn from these 5 portrait artists as they discuss their thoughts and much more in this episode.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Defining your BrandHow do you to define your brand and make it authentic to you?  When people look at your work, who do they see? As an artist, your work will draw clients to you when they see that you are different and authentic…not copying the photographer down the street. Find out how these studios rose above the noise of so many photographers surrounding them to attract the perfect client and why they advise you to run from what the masses are doing and go in the opposite direction. Create GAPS between yourself and the masses and you will find yourself rising to the top.Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free Resources available at our website.https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us in Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

Finding your StyleA lot of people search for a long time to figure out what it is that they want to do? Who are they? What makes their hearts sing? This is especially hard if you're a pro and you're needing to pay the bills, but you are pulled in too many different directions for money just to make ends meet. It's a common story among photographers who are starting their own businesses. In this podcast, learn how these 3 studios were able to leverage themselves out of the mess they were in and into a place that not only helped them financially, but the passion returned of getting up and doing what they loved every day. Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.Free resources at our websitehttps://www.theportraitparadigm.com/Follow us on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/

In this first podcast episode, we chat about the mission of this podcast THE f-STOPS  HERE .  We discuss our mission to help photographers in EVERY aspect, to build a luxury portrait business that fulfils them artistically. Meet these 5 nationally recognized photographers who have built a high end speciality businesses, Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm. We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution.