Divorce leads banker to Boudoir Photography Empire.

This corporate banker wanted to make a change after she went through some changes in her life, including divorce.

She'd always wanted to work for herself.

She didn't want to continue in the 9 to 5 world driving in traffic to get home late and hardly see her kids, especially because they were still young at that time, and they were having some difficulty adjusting to the separation, the change in the family and so on. Her family told her she couldn't make money as a photographer, very supportive family there. And in fact, her own divorce

lawyer said she needs to get a real job, quote unquote, since nobody makes money in photography.

Again, very supportive network she had. But despite the lack of support, this side hustle now earns

mid six figures. She's actually moving on to a new endeavor now. But let's look at how

she made all this happen, including how she used those banking skills to re-ager her pricing

strategy, earning an average of $5,000 per photo shoot. I think this is so smart because you have acquired

all sorts of skills in your life like this woman, and maybe there's a way you can

adapt those skills to a totally different business model, just like she did. So divorce leads

banker to boudoir photography empire. I remember when we first worked on this story many years ago,

we're going to do a couple updates here. Detailed story about Tanya Smith coming right up.

Thank you. about Tanya Smith coming right up. Tanya Smith found her side hustle as a boudoir photographer in the midst of a divorce.

Prior to having kids, she had worked in the corporate banking world. While this gave her stability,

it also stripped her of the freedom she wanted when it came to being there for the family.

So, after she had quit her job to raise her children, she pursued art in a few different mediums.

As a mixed media artist selling paintings at art shows, she began playing around with the DSLR camera she had bought

after the birth of her first child. She would take photos of anything she could and sell prints

alongside her paintings. For years, she combined these two passions as both a hobby and a way to

make extra money. But now, finding herself newly separated, after 20 years of marriage and two kids,

Tanya felt lost. As a woman, she had struggled being able to view herself as anything other than a

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