Behind the Lens

If you’ve ever opened your calendar in November and felt your stomach drop, you already know the feeling I’m talking about. Portrait season wraps up, the weekend bookings disappear, and suddenly you’re staring at a whole lot of nothing. No sessions. No income. Just time — and not the relaxing kind. The kind where you’re […]

Slow season photography hits different, doesn’t it? Like… one minute you’re slammed, shooting seniors, running on caffeine and chaos. The next minute your inbox is silent, your calendar has more white space than a brand-new notebook, and suddenly your brain is like: “Are we a fraud? Are we done? Is this the end?” In Episode […]

Let’s talk about the Senior Sunday system that took me from “what the heck do I even post?” to turning ONE senior session into a full week of strategic, SEO-friendly, confidence-building content. No overthinking.No blank screen spirals.No spending three hours trying to get two stupid green lights in Yoast. Just one messy, unhinged voice note […]

Blog in a Box for Photographers Is the Anti-Burnout System You’ve Been Waiting For If you’ve ever wrapped a senior session, collapsed into your car, and thought, “I’ll blog this later”—this episode is for you. Because spoiler: later never comes. In Episode 22 of The Raw Edit, Kelly spills the behind-the-scenes of Senior Sunday, the […]

Some senior sessions just hit different from the very first conversation. Ries’s was one of those. She reached out knowing exactly how she wanted her photos to feel — not a full shot list, not a location plan, just a single pinterest image of a wooden bridge over water and the words: I want something […]

You became a photographer because you love it. The creativity, the connection, the feeling of nailing a shot that makes a client cry happy tears. But somewhere between the editing marathons at midnight and missing another Saturday barbecue, a quiet voice started asking: Is this actually sustainable? If you’re a wedding, senior, or family photographer […]

If your photography income depends entirely on weekends, you already feel the pressure. Predictable weekday income for photographers isn’t just a nice idea — it’s often the missing piece between burnout and sustainability. You sprint from March through October. You stack Saturdays. You protect Sundays. You tell yourself you’ll rest later. Then November hits. Or […]

Raise your hand if you’ve ever set a goal and promptly forgot it existed by March. 🙋‍♀️ Same. This week’s RAW Edit episode is part therapy session, part strategy jam as we dive into goal setting and work-life balance — not the Pinterest version, but the photographer-in-her-slow-season-wondering-who-she-is version. Wait, We Actually Crushed 2025?! Sarah and […]

You know that eerie silence that hits after busy season? That “what do I do with my hands?” moment in January? Yeah, that’s where we’re at. In this week’s episode, we’re spilling the behind-the-scenes of our 2025 planning and workflow reflection — the wins, the flops, and what we’re keeping (or ditching) as we roll […]

This session with Bryce is one I will always remember. Not because it was flashy or styled or overdone. But because it started with honesty. At Bryce’s senior consult, his mom was open with me. Bryce did not want senior pictures. He did not see the point. He told her straight up that he did […]