#Special Guest

Ep. #064 - Shooting Eyes Wide Open with Corynn McKibben

In this episode, Steve is kicked to the curb, and by curb we mean DISNEY! But have no fear, Corynn McKibben, Dustin's better half, joins us for some light-hearted tails of a recent family member's wedding they did together.

October 22, 2018

Ep. #061 - Breaking Out of a Creative Rut with Jenn Van Elk

This is a question heavy episode. Jenn, Steve’s wife, fills in for Dustin this week because he’s incapacitated. Steve and Jenn answer questions from the internet in this action filled episode.

September 30, 2018

Ep. #049 - From Cedar Point to Six Figure Photography with Ben Hartley

Ben Hartley of the Six Figure Photography podcast and owner of Style and Story joins us to talk about his journey from Cedar Point to oil painting to ministry to professional longboarding to wedding photography to podcasting. There's a lot of ground to cover, but we cover it quickly. So pull up a seat and listen to Steve and Dusty talk about life and work and photography with J.

July 8, 2018

Ep. #043 - Ya Boy Sample Size Doza (David Mendoza III)

This week we interview wedding photographer David Mendoza III, or you might know him better as Doza. Doza talks to us about his favorite taco shop, going full time with his wedding photography, his motorcycle accidents, losing drones in Bali, shooting twilights, working with young models, Instagram's Instaprom and getting pressured into getting Swarovski Crystals painted on one of his finger nails. Doza is going to be speaking at Showit United this year and he talks a little bit about what he'll be talking about this year and how things went when he spoke there last year. Doza also talks with us a little about how difficult it is to have a bifurcated personality online, managing both an inspirational account which showcases certain aspects of who he is and also managing his wedding account which highlights different aspects of his personality.

May 30, 2018

Ep. #041 - The Wedding Photographers Unite Crossover Extravaganza

This week we teamed up with Andy Buscemi and Neal Urban from the Wedding Photographers Unite podcast to do a crossover episode. I know, it's crazy. You'd never expect to see the cast of Brooklyn 9/9 popping up in an episode of New Girl...

May 13, 2018

Ep. #039 - Double Wide Lenses with Jennifer Van Elk

Steve's sick, so he asked his wife Jenn to step in for him this week on the podcast. But it's okay, because he grabbed her a Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA before he went to bed for the night. First Jenn and Dustin are following up on some topics from past episodes. Ulices Del Toro of the Wedding Photo Podcast wrote in to update us on Style Me Pretty. It's not dead yet. Phantom Producer Louie Novak didn't end up having strep throat... but he did have the flu. You'll have to listen to the episode to see what happened to him with regard to wedding he had to shoot shortly after he found out he was sick though. Next up, Jenn talks to Dustin about why he finally got back on Twitter last week, since Steve totally forgot... Then she calls Dustin out on something related to his Twitter. Last up, Dustin talks about that styled shoot he did for free that another vendor paid to be a part of and talks about why the shoot went up on a blog, but didn't make it into the magazine.

April 29, 2018

Ep. #034 - Literally Selling Shit with Heidi Thompson

We're back with the author of Clone your Best Clients and founder of Evolve Your Wedding Business, Heidi Thompson! Heidi talks to us about a variety of topics, like meeting her husband through Napster, literally selling shit, and most importantly, effective ways to market your wedding photography business to perspective clients. Heidi lays a lot of knowledge on us, including the biggest thing that could help most wedding photographers rank higher in Google searches.

March 25, 2018

Ep. #031 - The One with Nathan Mitchell of the Epic Podcast

This week we invited photographer and podcaster Nathan Mitchell onto the show to talk about how he got started shooting weddings, why he thinks it's beneficial to second shoot, running Instagram advertising campaigns, and his band Prisms. We touch on a lot of other stuff too and Nathan gives some great, practical advice for photographers. Plus, Nathan tells us about the first wedding he shot... when he was traveling in India. We also play some Star Wars trivia and answer some questions from the internet about whether or not you should narc on a guest that's breaking the venue's rules, whether or not an inexperienced photographer should shoot a friend's wedding, and what to do if you see something you shouldn't at a wedding (which we're pretty certain was joke question, but we included it anyway).

March 4, 2018

Ep. #029 - Nicole Ashley And A Couple Garys (Valentine's Day Special)

In this special Valentine's Day episode, we invite Nicole Ashley onto the podcast to talk about her wedding and boudoir photography. Nicole tells us about her love of Nutella and coffee before talking a little more about her work, how she put together her team, how her team helps to get her clients comfortable for shoots, and how being on the other side of camera helped improve the way she shoots.

February 14, 2018

Ep. #013 - Professional Fat Ass Card Stock With Special Guest Micala McClain

This week Steve was too sick to record, so special guest Micala McClain of 604 Studios joined Dustin on the podcast to talk about dealing with the craziness of fall... Without Steve, there was no beer consumption or beer talk, so it's straight into the photography stuff. They talk about handling the crazy that is fall and discuss why people are obsessed with fall. Then they talk about plans for the off season and all the work they want to get done. Micala's looking at changing up her website hosting service and changing her photo hosting service. Dustin has what he calls a 16TB hard drive, but I assume is two 8 TB hard drives in a RAID configuration and then he talks about how he's going to hit Instagram really hard this winter. At the end, Dustin teases some other special guests we'll be having on the show this winter, so stay tuned to the bitter end so you don't miss it.

November 5, 2017