129: Karen Alsop – How To Build A Successful Fine Art Photography Business

Todays episode is for the creative photographer seeking to generate a sustainable income through creative and self fulfilling photography work. Already successful wedding and portrait photographer, Karen Alsop shares everything you need on how to build a successful fine art photography business today. She also shares some marketing gold for portrait and wedding photographers looking to build their business. Before listening to this interview, you need to see an example of Karen's work, it'll blow you away with creativity, flawless attention to detail and pure fun. A true artist in every sense of the word, her conceptual work is amazing but difficult to describe easily so let me say…  it will transport you. Now here's something I found totally interesting when preparing for this interview - Karen never used to think of herself as an artist - to her, artists were painters, sculptors or people who could draw... not photographers. It has taken her more than 20 years to realise she was in fact an artist herself. Here’s some of what we cover: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with a promo code to give you 50% off some pretty special offerings from Karen. You can also find the promo code in the Premium area of the site. If you're on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the same promo code from Karen, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your podcast app. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know what your biggest takeaway is – what is the one thing that you’d like to implement or learnt from what was shared? Let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below. If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Karen or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them below. Want more from Karen… International Workshops and Specials! Karen will be presenting compositing workshops around the world from May to July in 2016. If you'd like to learn what they're all about and how you can be there head to - Fine Art Photography Compositing Workshops. Karen as also put together a special bundle for PhotoBizX listeners (3 tutorials plus her 'Once Upon a Time Book') for $90 (normally $135). http://storyart.com.au/downloads/special-bundle/ Her 'Once Upon a Time Book' book is also available on it's own for $20 - http://storyart.com.au/downloads/once-upon-a-time-book/ iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome! Secondly, iTunes is the biggest search engine when it comes to podcasts and it's your reviews and ratings that help other photographers find PhotoBizX. More listeners means more interviews and ultimately a better show. If you have left a review in the past, thank you! If you haven't and you'd like to, head to http://photobizx.com/itunes and you can leave some honest feedback and a rating which will help both me and the show and I'll be sure to thank you on the show and add a link to your website or blog if you let me know the URL. Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode: Emerald Eye Photography Story Art