242: Photographer Danielle Finney Uses Natural Light to Bring Out Natural Beauty With Every Click
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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
If you take a look at Danielle Finney’s body of work, you’ll see two common themes: warm expressions and joyful faces. Her signature style as a natural light photographer has connected her to clients and taken her places she never could have imagined.
Danielle originally began her professional career on the administrative track with aspirations to be an executive assistant because she had a desire to help people. And one thing’s for sure, she never saw herself doing photography full-time, even though she had taken a liking to it over time. It was just a side hustle.
Initially, her work was experimental and friends and family-centric — reaching out to them, trying new things, and learning by trial and error. And even after about four years of developing her creative eye, gaining clientele and finding her photography style, Danielle still didn’t see what she was doing as a “profitable means of making a living.”
That was, until life gave her a reason to put herself out there and believe in herself.
And the rest is history! Now, after 13 years in the photography arena, she helps women see themselves in their best light through beautiful, joy-filled photos. As well as, teaches other photographers how to improve their natural light portraits and enhance their client experiences.
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| 0:00.0 | If I own my own business, it's not to do things that I don't want to do. |
| 0:07.4 | So I'm not going to do things that I don't want to do. |
| 0:12.4 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your |
| 0:17.3 | side hustle from passion project to profitable business. |
| 0:21.1 | And I'm your host, Nikaela Matthews of Kome. |
| 0:24.0 | So let's get started. |
| 0:26.6 | Hey, hey guys, welcome, welcome, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:31.0 | It's Nikaela here. |
| 0:32.2 | And today in the guest share, we have Danielle Finney, the founder of D Finney Photography. |
| 0:38.2 | Danielle is a natural light photographer and instructor based in Washington, DC, specializing |
| 0:43.5 | in warm and engaging lifestyle portraiture. |
| 0:46.8 | In short, she helps women see themselves in their best light through beautiful joy-filled |
| 0:52.2 | photos. |
| 0:53.2 | When you check out her website or Instagram at D Finney Photo, you will see what I mean |
| 0:57.8 | when I say Danielle's photos make you glow. |
| 1:00.6 | They bring out this soulfulness and vibrancy that I have never seen before. |
| 1:07.3 | And fun fact, Danielle is the photographer who took my head shots, the one you see in |
| 1:11.9 | my profile photos on Instagram and Facebook. |
| 1:15.3 | And if I have it my way, she will shoot my photos for the rest of my life. |
| 1:20.1 | With over 13 years of experience, Danielle also teaches photographers looking to improve |
| 1:25.5 | their natural light portraits and enhance their client experiences. |
| 1:29.8 | In today's episode, you'll hear how Danielle got her start and was able to grow her photography |
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