Episode 4: Appreciating a different kind of family photography with jennifer blake

 

In this conversation, Heather Whitten interviews Jennifer Blake, a documentary family and birth photographer and full spectrum doula from New Brunswick, Canada. They discuss Jennifer's journey into photography, the importance of capturing authentic family moments, and the role of mothers in family photography. Jennifer shares insights on her approach to working with children, the significance of birth photography, and the challenges of balancing her photography business with her work at a daycare. They also explore marketing strategies for photographers, the unique structure of documentary mini sessions, and the importance of community support in the birth and photography fields. Jennifer emphasizes her desire to expand the documentary photography community and her commitment to making these services accessible to more families.

 
Ash Raddatz

Ash Raddatz is an American Documentary Photographer living in Jena, Germany for the past 8 years with her 2 small sons and her German husband. She is the founder of Documentary Family Photographers Worldwide (“DFP”), a community connecting and supporting photographers all over the world to push their work further and to successfully run a DFP businesses.

Ash is an educator with a background in marketing & communications, has a wild sense of humor, a love of helping and encouraging others, and is passionate about continuing to transform perspectives surrounding documentary photography and what it means to run a successful business

https://www.studiolamuse.com
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Episode 3: A Documentary approach across the board with Samantha freinbichler-kallabis