378: Blair DeLaubenfels – How to curate your way to photography success

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Blair DeLaubenfels of www.worldsbestweddingphotos.com is today's interview guest and was recommended by Premium member, Kelli Wilke who emailed me to say… Blair DeLaubenfels was the founder and owner of June Bug Weddings. She has recently launched a new site: World's Best Wedding Photos. She was doing some consulting about photography curation with the editor of Rangefinder Magazine for the 30Rising stars issue last year. Kelli says, I was chosen by the editors to submit to that contest, which is how I found Blair. It was hell trying to put together 30 images for the submission and I hired her to help me curate that gallery. Kelli went on to say… I thought it would be interesting to hear Blair share how to curate photos, and how to use contests and publishing to elevate a photographers marketing and SEO efforts. It’s what I’ve been doing now for a couple of years and it’s given me street cred as well as the confidence to charge what I do for wedding coverage. I did some research, totally agreed with Kelli and approached Blair for this interview to tap into some of her 22 years in the wedding world as a photographer, author, consultant, speaker, executive, and publisher. In this interview, Blair shares how to curate your way to photography success and why curation really is the one big thing that will bring you bookings, recognition and profitability in your photography business. Here's some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus special member-only interviews. If you want to be an artist, you must be consistent. There's no way around it. – Blair DeLaubenfels You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Blair shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. If you're trying to take a photo that looks like someone else's, you've lost your voice. – Blair DeLaubenfels If you have any questions that I missed,