Shelby Hobarth had to put her education as an art teacher on hold when the pandemic hit.

So she transitioned into photography. Making only 200 bucks a session,

her relationships started to suffer because she had no free time. Then she became boutique and

quickly got two big clients who invested $1,649 and $3,305.

So the real question is how are portrait photographers like us able to run a profitable

business and still put our families first without selling digital files for cheap and working

all the time? I'm Sarah Petty your host of the Worth Every Penny Joycast and I went from a

stressed out overworked mama with three babies to being named one of America's most profitable

photographers without working my kids lives away. Each week I'll show you how to find and serve

boutique portrait photography clients in a world where we compete with free thanks to everyone

having a digital camera in their pocket. Take the first step to adding more joy and profit

to your life by downloading your free photography business tools at joyofmarketing.com

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Shelby welcome. I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad you're here.

I want to hear first before we hear your successes because I feel like the successes aren't as

exciting until we hear what people overcame to have the success because I think sometimes listeners

you know if they read a stat or they're like so many people are succeeding they say well I can't

because I wasn't raised with money or I wasn't raised with parents who told me you can do anything

baby or whatever the case is so I love bringing people on so and sharing your backstory so that

they can see that never does anyone come into my program with like everything they need right

enough time enough money enough you know before they have kids and and they have the house and

they have everything paid off and they're just ready to build their business. Definitely not the case

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