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 […]

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 […]

Sacred Money Archetypes Aren’t Woo — They’re the Secret Sauce to a Thriving Creative Biz Photogs, let’s talk about the big, scary, often-ignored elephant in the studio: money mindset. Not pricing. Not “how to book more clients.” I’m talking about your relationship with money — the stories, the habits, the beliefs that are quietly running […]

From Small-Town Roots to Big-Time Senior Sessions Ashley Mosier is living proof that you don’t need a big city zip code to create jaw-dropping senior photos. Based in a tiny town in Southeast Missouri, this senior photographer has built a killer brand based on authentic senior sessions, scroll-stopping style, and a client experience that has […]

Photographers Weekend in Palm Springs: Behind-the-Scenes Realness Imagine a desert weekend filled with cameras, chaos, caffeine, and content creation. That’s exactly what went down in Palm Springs for Episode 17 of RAW Edit.We packed up our laptops, creative burnout, and high hopes, and rolled into a four-day Working Girls Photographer Weekend at Natasha’s gorgeous home. […]

Website Tips for Photographers: Octavia Elease Spills It All Photographers, if your website is just “meh” or if your location is buried so deep no one can find you… this episode is your sign to fix it. We sat down with Octavia Elease, a Showit website designer and HoneyBook/Flodesk pro, who literally turns chaotic client […]

Look, we LOVE a good Target run and a spicy Amazon two-piece set as much as the next gal. But if you’re waking up, reaching for the same leggings-and-tee combo, and feeling meh before you’ve even had coffee—girl, it might be time for a closet intervention. Enter: Betsy Beaman, personal stylist, fashion therapist, and your […]

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