How this Photo/Video duo went from burnout to $200K. (Business Blueprint Student Interview)
Passion With Purpose - Photography Podcast, Creative Business, Six Figure Photographer
Nathan Chanski - Photography Business Coach
5.0 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today I’m sitting down with Josh and Lily of McKinley Made Photo & Film(Wedding Photographer and Videographer team), Business Blueprint students who went from being overworked, underpriced, and stretched thin — to breaking $200K in a year as a photo + video duo.
We talk honestly about what actually changed: raising prices, refining their client experience, rebuilding confidence, investing before it felt comfortable, and trusting God through the uncertainty of entrepreneurship.
No theory. No hype. Just a behind-the-scenes look at what growth really looked like for them.
If you want proof that change is possible — this episode delivers.
What We Cover:
- Why booking more weddings wasn’t the answer — and what was
- How they raised prices (and didn’t lose momentum)
- Booking their highest package ever right after relaunching
- The mindset shift that unlocked better clients
- Going from survival mode to structure + clarity
- Building a photo + video duo business without burning out
- Investing in your business when it feels risky
- How faith played a role in navigating uncertainty
- What they’d tell their past selves before making the leap
⭐️Nathan’s Signature Coaching Program:THE BUSINESS BLUEPRINT⭐️
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Their website: https://www.themckinleymade.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, my friend, it's Nathan here. So before we jump into the episode today, I want to let you know that right now, my sold out signature coaching program, the business blueprint, is officially open for enrollment to a limited number of new members until spots sell out. You probably heard the student success stories. Maybe you've listened to my podcast for a while now. And you know that you're looking for a change and breakthrough in your business and finances, and I'm willing to bet that this program |
| 0:24.3 | could be the exact answer you've been looking for. This is a full year of access to my highly |
| 0:29.4 | tested and proven framework for building your business to a place of six figures plus in yearly |
| 0:35.6 | revenue with live bi-monthly coaching calls with me, |
| 0:39.3 | countless supplemental tools, including a sales script for your client calls, |
| 0:43.1 | email templates for every step of your workflow, an entire course on how to run meta and |
| 0:47.1 | Google ads, and so much more. |
| 0:49.1 | No gimmicky business practices here. |
| 0:50.9 | This is going to be me teaching you timeless business principles that will truly |
| 0:55.6 | last you your entire career and equip you with as many tools as possible to fast track your |
| 1:01.9 | growth. So doors are open right now until February 18 or until spot sellout. And by the way, |
| 1:08.4 | we have sold out every single other time. So make your |
| 1:11.2 | move as quick as you can. Click in the show notes where it says business blueprint to secure your |
| 1:16.4 | spot if you haven't yet. And by the way, if you have any questions, please email me directly |
| 1:22.0 | using the email info at nathanchansky.com. And i will be personally responding to you as soon as possible |
| 1:31.4 | will be hovering over my email this week so i hope you hope to see you in there let's jump on |
| 1:35.9 | this new year of twenty 26 and get a head start early on and let's make it your best year yet |
| 1:40.6 | all right let's start today's episode all All right, welcome back everybody to the Passion |
| 1:46.7 | with Purpose podcast. I'm your host, Nathan Shansky. I'm very excited today because I have Josh and Lily |
| 1:53.0 | McKinley with me here on the show. And Josh and Lily are two people that I've gotten to know just a |
| 1:59.5 | little bit in my business blueprint |
| 2:01.3 | coaching program, which I am so humbled by and so grateful to have any sort of window into |
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