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Featured Session: The Franke Family Documentary Session

Life with littles is just plain hard sometimes.

My prayer for this film as it goes out to this family in the thick of it, is that they can watch it in quiet moments and appreciate the beauty that’s being buried in all that busy business of keeping babies alive and fed.

 

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Mr. Max's First Birthday Pictures | Goshen, IN Family Photographer

Every photography business course I have ever taken has asked me to write out my “ideal client” in as much detail as possible. I have half-completed this exercise so many times, always quitting the job. How can you describe what you are looking for in a client? Writing the list starts off easy:

  • values photography

  • loves their family

  • wants to pass on memories to their children

  • good values and morals

That’s about where I lose it. Most photography business coaches ask you to write out where you’d prefer them to shop, spend their extra time, vacation… Guys. I just can’t do it. Everyone is different, and frankly, I could care less where you shop or vacay. I love meeting new people and hearing about their unique stories, so I don’t want cookie cutter people filling up my inbox.

Ideal clients? I don’t know what that means when I try to put it down on paper, but I know now that this family is them. Dream clients. I am so lucky to have worked with them 3 times this year. Adding a few bullets to the list is easier now that I know them:

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