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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