The Art & Soul Show - Photography Podcast for Newborn and Family Photographers

"This isn't rejection. This is growth." Losing a client you love hurts in a way nobody warns you about. Not the random inquiry that ghosts you, but those early families. The ones who gave you a chance when you were still figuring out manual mode, cheered you on, brought you their babies, and told everyone how wonderful you were. And then one day you're scrolling, and there they are, tagged in someone else's sneak peek. In this episode, I'm talking about that gut punch and why it feels so pers...

"Trends burn fast. But timeless work lasts." There's a fear most photographers carry around but rarely say out loud. It's not just fear of competition or a slow season. It's deeper and sneakier than that. It's the fear of irrelevance. That whisper at midnight when you're scrolling Instagram, wondering if your best days are already behind you. In this episode, I'm getting honest about all the ways this fear shows up. The new photographer in town who's suddenly booked solid. The longtime client...

Every single time I've chosen to quiet that audacity voice and lean into my audacious side, my life has expanded." Two words. They look almost identical on paper, but they feel completely different when you say them out loud. Audacious is bold, brave, and full of possibility. Audacity is the sting, the who do you think you are, the voice that shows up the second you start to dream a little bigger. In this episode, I’m breaking down the battle between these two voices and how to recognize whic...

"You are never going to feel ready, because ready isn't a feeling. It's a decision." That one hit me like a ton of bricks the first time I heard it. Because how much of our lives do we spend waiting? Waiting for clarity, for confidence, for the perfect moment that never actually comes. In this episode, I'm sharing why that feeling of readiness is a myth and what actually moves the needle. From the 200mm lens that sat untouched on my desk for six months to launching Milky Way when I had absolu...

"The idea graveyard isn't proof of my failure. It is proof that I am alive and creative." Every creative has one. The half-finished projects, the abandoned plans, the supplies still in the bin with the tags on. We just don't talk about it. In this episode, Lisa gets honest about her own graveyard, the costumes, the felting disaster of 2021, and the shed full of marketplace furniture, and flips the script on what it all actually means. You'll walk away seeing your unfinished ideas not as...