In today’s episode I chat with Christina Lauder.  Christina is a studio portrait photographer specialising in children.  Her work is instantly recogniseable and truly awesome.  Christina is also a Fuji X photographer and a Bowens ambassador.  Christina is meticulous in her posing and lighting with her portraits and has built up an amazing business that is truly focused on a niche.  Have a listen to the podcast and her all about her business and her awesomeness.
 
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Important  Moments:
00:27 – Of Course I Say Her Name Wrong!
1:55 – Everything is About Photography
2:42 – Hand Painted Backgrounds
3:34 – Variety of Portrait Photography
5:11 – Family Slides
5:53 – Composites Are Nothing New
6:50 – Software to Redundancy to Photography
9:27 – Sometimes You Need to Not Take the Job
11:44 – It’s Hard to Say No
12:33 – Sometimes You Need Someone Else to Challenge You
14:15 – Competitions and Qualifications and Their Awesomeness
15:35 – New Style and New Invigoration
16:30 – The Joy of Painting
18:56 – Didn’t Feel Could Be a Really Good Photographer
20:12 – Facebook and Blowing Smoke Up People’s Asses
21:25 – Instagram, Pinterest, and Inspiration
22:50 – Showing Finished Images First
25:01 – Quality Over Quantity
27:23 – Ads
28:33 – Quick Fire Round
33:04 – Thinking Outside the Box with Marketing
 
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Fujifilm X-T2 Camera
Fujifilm XF50-140 mm Lens
Google Nik Collection
Annie Liebovitz
Mark Seliger
SWPP
MPA
 
Get in Touch With Christina
Christina Lauder Portraits – Web
Christina Lauder Portraits – Facebook
@christinalauderportraits – Instagram
@clauderportrait – Twitter
 
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