Mastering the Shoot and the Business is Overwhelming.
- Piecing together lighting advice from Instagram reels.
- Freezing up when trying to pose a reluctant senior boy.
- Stressing over how to efficiently run a massive sports media day.
- Drowning in pricing spreadsheets and clunky workflow software at 11 p.m.
Credentials & Expertise
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Credentialed through the Professional Photographers of America (a distinction held by fewer than 2% of photographers nationwide)
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(2025, 2026 & 2027) Destin, Florida
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(2025, 2026 & 2027) year-round membership. Yearly in person precon at SYNC
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(2020 - Present) Ongoing Mentorship from Dan Frievalt with Seniors Unlocked
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(2026) under Alison Carlino (High School Senior & Media Day Methodology)
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(2024) under Carl Caylor
(2023) under Ashley Siegert
(2022) under Alison Carlino
(2021) under Gary Box
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(2024) a three day intensive High School Senior Workshop in Wisconsin with Dan Frievalt, Josh Hanna, and Nathan Loker
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(2018) Three-Day Intensive Game Changers by Shirk Photography, LLC with Ben Shirk
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(2023) Two-Day Masterclass with Alison Carlino (Phoenix, AZ)
(2024) The Light Exposed Workshop with Audrey Woulard (Phoenix, AZ)
(2023) One-Day Workshop with Josh Hanna (Prescott, AZ) -
Continuous monthly training through SYNC Luminaries with Jonathan Mast
AI Command Center Certification
AI Command Center 2.0 Certification
AI Agent Advantage Training
NotebookLM Content Factory Training -
Extensive college-level coursework dedicated to professional photography, lighting, and composition.
Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)
SYNC Conference
Luminaries Master Mind
Seniors Unlocked
West Coast School of Photographers
Texas School of Professional Photography
All Senior Workshop
Createography Workshop
Local Masterclasses
Backend Systems & AI Efficiency Training
Formal Collegiate Education
What You Will Learn:
- Mastering the Solo Business Workflow: The exact business systems I use to run a boutique senior photography business as a solo operator, including client experience design, workflow, and the technology that keeps a personalized process from becoming unsustainable.
- Building Authentic School Relationships: How to build real relationships with schools and coaches instead of doing transactional vendor work. You will learn the exact approach that has kept me on the Liberty sideline for eleven years and earned me a seat at staff lunch, not a spot in the vendor line.
- Winning Over the Resistant Senior: How to work with the client nobody else wants, the resistant teenage boy who says he does not want senior pictures, and turn that session into the kind of work that gets referred.