Your Photographer Mom
Remember your mom's homemade scrapbook? The one with the floral stickers and slightly sticky paper and all of the love? Fantastic! I am so happy you found me!
If you are a photographer - brand new, intermediate, or a photographer dinosaur like myself who loves all things photography, this podcast is for you! Centered on photography tutorials and creative growth, this fun photography podcast is perfect for any photographer who just freaking loves photographs.
My name's Lissa Chandler and I love photography with my whole entire heart. A professional photographer based in Fayetteville, Arkansas since 2011 and a photography educator since 2014, I'm so excited to share so much with you! So! Pull up your editing queue and get cozy. I've got a new episode for you every Tuesday talking all the things: photography tutorials, photographer interviews, solutions to common photographer problems, and so much more.
See you on Tuesday!
Episodes
42 episodes
Episode 042: Do Magazine Features Really Matter?
Hellooooo from 2026! We are jumping in after a two year break with a little pep talk + info dump. The subject? Why I Don't Approach Client Work with Features in MindThis started as a blog post, hopped into a "Oh yeah! I can upload...
Episode 041: What's The Point of a Styled Shoot Within Wedding and Portrait Photography?
Can you believe we've been doing this for six months? Me either! And this morning? We are talking about one of my very favorite creative photography subjects: What's The Point of Styled Shoots Within Wedding and Portrait Photography?
Episode 040: What if I Keep Getting Told No Within My Photography Business?
Episode 046: What if I Keep Getting Told No Within My Photography Business?Today, we are talking about something every photographer (and creative!) has to face within their creative journey. Being told no. Because honestly? If yo...
Episode 039: Five Must Have Tips for Wedding Photographers
Episode 050: What Are Five Must Have Tips for Wedding Photographers?On episode fifty of Your Photographer Mom (what?!), we are going to my photography roots: Wedding Photography. I abs...
Episode 038: How Do I Know When To Reschedule My Photoshoots?
How Do I Know When To Reschedule My Photoshoots?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about something that impacts photographers everywhere: when to reschedule.Here's a quick summary!Come Up With P...
Episode 037: Five Tips for Product Photography For Product Listing Photos on Etsy + Other Online Platforms
Morning! Today, we've got a cross post from my Print on Demand podcast, Lissa Talks Print on Demand. Super excited to share this w...
Episode 036: What's Mockup Photography?
Episode 036: What's Mockup Photography?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about something I freaking love. What's that? Mockup Photography! I discovered mockup photography in 2022 and, two years later, I'm s...
Episode 035: What's a Hiking Elopement? | Guest: My Husband and Fave Second Shooter: Andrew Chandler
Episode 035: What's a Hiking Elopement? Morning! Today, I'm so excited to welcome my husband back on the podcast as we talk about something really fun and also, like, a total kind of unexpected insurance: having a partner that ca...
Episode 034: What's the Point of Photography Presets When Exploring Your Photography Editing Style?
Episode 034: What's the Point of Photography Presets When Exploring Your Photography Editing Style?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about such a fun + creative photography topic: What's the point of photograph...
Episode 033: What's the Difference Between Inspiration and Copying in My Photography Business?
Episode 033: What's the Difference Between Inspiration and Copying in My Photography Business?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about such a unique and complex topic: What's the difference between photography i...
Episode 032: How Can I Work on Creative Growth Through Creative Studio Portraits? | Guest: Rachel Penry of Castle Rock, Colorado
Your Photographer Mom Episode 032: How Can I Work on Creative Growth Through Creative Studio Portraits?I am so excited to chat with Rachel Penry on our photography podcast today! Rachel of Penry Studio is so creative, fantastic, ...
Episode 031: What's a Mom Shot? | How To Incorporate Smiling Photographs Into Your Photography Shooting Style
What's a Mom Shot? | How To Incorporate Smiling Photographs Into Your Photography Shooting StyleIn this week's photography podcast, we are taking about Mom Shots! Not sure what a Mom Shot is? It's this: The smiling, happy photogr...
Episode 030: How Can I Use Light in My Photographs To Drive Emotion? | Guest: Courtney of Ardent and Elm Photography
Your Photographer Mom Episode 030: How Can I Use Light in My Photographs To Drive Emotion?Y'all! I love our episode with Georgia wedding photographer Courtney of Ardent and Elm Photography. Courtney's photographs are so sentiment...
Episode 029: How Can I Consistently Shoot in a Specific Kind of Light?
How Can I Consistently Shoot in a Specific Kind of Light?In this week's photography podcast, we talk about something I freaking love: Taking photographs in your favorite kind of light. Don't have a favorite light? We are chatting...
Episode 028: How Can I Use Locations and Light to Make My Images More Fun? | Guest: Northwest Arkansas Senior Photographer Kristen Herrington
Your Photographer Mom Episode 028: How Can I Use Locations and Light to Make My Images More Fun?Hope you're ready for a photography podcast full of laughs! Cause today? We are talking with Northwest Arkansas senior photographer K...
Episode 027: What If I'm Nursing and Need to Photograph a Wedding?
Episode 027: What If I'm Nursing and Need to Photograph a Wedding?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about such a fun and slightly mind bending topic: What if I I'm Nursing and Need to Photograph a Wedding?<...
Episode 026: How Can I Create a Consistent Photography Feeling Through Genres? | Guest: Darcy of Darcy Graf Photography in Miami, Florida
Your Photographer Mom Episode 026: How Can I Create a Photography Feeling Through Genres?Today is going to be so fun and SO full of information! I'm so excited to share this photography podcast with y'all this morning! For...
Episode 025: What if I Want to Switch Photography Genres?
What if I Want to Switch Photography Genres?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about such a fun and slightly mind bending topic: What if I Want To Switch Photography Genres?Here's what we''ll discuss...
Episode 024: How Should I Approach Photography Marketing? | Guest: Fiona of Fiona Margo Photography Education + Mentoring
Your Photographer Mom Episode 024: How Should I Approach Photography Marketing?Y'all! Today we've got a podcast full of so much information and so much fun, too! Grab yourself a big cup of coffee and your editing queue because, t...
Episode 023: How Do I Get Into Stock Photography? | Guest: Aubrey Westlund!
Your Photographer Mom Episode 025: How Do I Get Into Stock Photography?Morning! I am so excited about our episode today! We are chatting nonstop (literally, I had to start recording almost immediately after we introduced o...
Episode 022: How Can I Stay Creative Over a Long Photography Career? | Guest: Autumn Beury of Hello Miss Lovely
How Can I Stay Creative Over a Long Photography Career?Today, we are so lucky to be joined by Florida 30A Photographer Autumn Beury of Hello Miss Lovely as we chat about something I'm so ...
Episode 021: How Do I Raise Kids and Build a Business, Too?
How Do I Raise Kids and Build a Business, Too?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about my most requested topic: balancing motherhood with building a photography business. While my experience is mainly with photogra...
Episode 020: How Can I Use Composition and Color When Photographing People Who are Camera Shy? | Guest: Rebecca Hunnicutt
Your Photographer Mom Episode 020: How Can I Use Composition and Color When Photographing People Who are Camera Shy?Y'all! Today is so much fun! I'm chatting with Rebecca Hunnicutt
Episode 019: How Do I Get Through A Creative Fog in My Photography Business?
How Do I Get Through A Creative Fog in My Photography Business?In this week's photography podcast, we're talking about a big one! What do you do in a creative fog? Not, like, a time where you're feeling creatively depleted or tir...
Episode 018: How Can I Find Collabs, Creativity, and Community in Styled Shoots? | Guest: Amanda Knoner
How Can I Find Collabs, Creativity, and Community in Styled Shoots? | Guest: Amanda Knoner PhotographyIn this week's photography podcast, I'm so thrilled to introduce you to