Our next PhotoDay Unframed is all about extremely memorable picture days—and how to work through them! Have you had to work through a blizzard or tropical storm? What happens when the set is blowing over? With 20 years of experience in the volume photography business, Stella Crase has plenty of exciting stories to tell. Having learned from other generous photographers in the industry, Stella values community building, attending conferences, and sharing how PhotoDay has transformed her workflow. With the help of PhotoDay’s processes and Capture, she had her highest-grossing sales year ever in 2023 🎉 Join us on January 22nd at 2 pm EST for fun stories and helpful insight!

We’re kicking off 2024 with a new episode of PhotoDay Unframed! Jake Carr from J7 Images wants you to ditch the resolutions and focus on solutions to do more in 2024. Based in Illinois, J7 Images specializes in sports photography and has expanded into the school market with the help of PhotoDay’s time-saving tools. In this episode, Jake will share valuable tips on building momentum for your business that will last through the year and how you can find the power in your own portrait. You won’t want to miss this one!

PhotoDay Unframed meets SPAC 2024 🤝 ​Founded over 50 years ago, SPAC is the nation's largest annual high-volume school and sports photographer conference. Coree Cooper has played an integral role over the past ten years by helping SPAC focus on engaging new photographers, offering the best comprehensive education, and growing photographers' businesses by hosting an incredible trade show with companies that cover the spectrum of any photographer's business needs. It brings fun social events, education, and networking together under one roof in Las Vegas. Our next episode dives into everything you need to know about SPAC with Coree—just in time for trade show season.

The holidays are here, and so is our next episode of Unframed! Get festive with PhotoDay employees Reagan, Steph, and Alicia as we share our favorite holiday traditions, swap stories (some sweet, some silly), and prepare to close out the year together! Prep some hot cocoa, and don your ugly sweater! ❄️

Our next episode of PhotoDay Unframed features Andrew Vernon, the creator of ShootAssist! ShootAssist is an innovative workflow management and CRM (short for Client/Customer Relationship Management) tool built specifically for volume photographers by a volume photographer. After trying countless other tools, Andrew decided volume photographers needed a better solution and created his own! Tune in to meet Andrew and discover how ShootAssist can help you improve the management of your business, clients, and workflows.

Next up on PhotoDay Unframed: a studio tour with Rose Coleman of Center Stage Photos! With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Rose and Tim Coleman focus on cheer and dance portraits in Oklahoma and beyond. Rose will give us a walkthrough of her unique studio on their home property of 12 acres. They converted a barn space for horses into an impressive 2,400 sq. ft. studio with an office loft, dressing rooms, and more. Join us for a full tour of her studio space as Rose shares insightful advice, the highlights of their setup, and the challenges and rewards.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Matt believes that creating impactful images starts with an intentional experience that makes every client feel special. This approach to portrait photography led him to found So Many Angels, a non-profit with a mission to empower and inspire child warriors with cancer and in remission to become whoever or whatever they want to be when they grow up!

It might only be fall, but you can hear those jingle bells ringing already! After leaving an IT and consulting career to pursue being a professional Santa in 2020, Quintin has never looked back. Since then, he has taken Santa mastery classes, made countless appearances, and even published an e-book about how photographers and professional Santas can connect. Discover how Santa Q got his start, built connections with his community, and leveraged his IT know-how to streamline the business of being Santa Claus!

Did you miss our first episode of PhotoDay Unframed? Jon Riveira of Game Changer Photography is changing the game with his completely mobile photo studio in Southeast Texas—allowing his business to take stunning, studio-quality images anywhere. In this episode, Jon took us on a complete tour of his trailer and shared an inside look at how he runs picture days.

Missy & Tracy Siers have been married for 28 years and have been photographing dance and high school sports together since 2016. Check out their episode of PhotoDay Unframed, where we talked all about how they split roles and tasks, what challenges they've faced, and what they love most about working together in volume photography!