How Melissa Stone Reshaped Her Business From Wedding To Personal Storytelling
The Portrait System Podcast
Sue Bryce Education
4.9 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week, on The Portrait System Podcast, host Nikki Closser interviews close friend and amazingly talented portrait photographer Melissa Stone. Melissa started out as a wedding photographer and after going through some burnout, she completely turned her business around and used her superpower of connecting with people to transition to personal storytelling photography. Don't miss out on this insightful, fun and inspirational interview!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Nikki Klosser, and I want to let you know about an awesome free giveaway for people on our email list. |
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| 0:32.1 | You're listening to The Portrait System podcast. |
| 0:35.1 | I think it can be really hard on your ego to be okay pivoting when |
| 0:40.1 | something isn't working. And I think that's my biggest piece of advice is like to be okay with |
| 0:46.0 | the pivot. But it doesn't have to mean anything about how good you are, you know, or just who you |
| 0:51.6 | are as a human, that yeah,, having the courage to, like, |
| 0:57.1 | be very clear and honest about, like, okay, this isn't work. Let's try something different, |
| 1:00.8 | whether it's when you're in a shoot or whether it's how you're building your business. |
| 1:06.4 | Welcome to the Portrait System podcast. I'm your host, Nikki Klosser, and this show is here to help you succeed in the world of photography and business to help you learn to become financially free doing what you love and so much more. With over one million downloads, countless photographers have taken what they've learned from both our episodes and from the Portraitysystem.com, and they have grown their businesses, quit their day jobs, |
| 1:28.0 | and are designing a life of their dreams. |
| 1:30.4 | We keep it real and share stories |
| 1:32.3 | about the ups and downs |
| 1:33.3 | that come with running a photography business. |
| 1:35.5 | You'll hear real life stories |
| 1:37.2 | of how other photographers run their business |
| 1:39.1 | and you'll learn actionable steps |
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