Ana Brandt is a world renowned celebrity maternity and newborn photographer, an educator, fashion designer, super mom and incredible entrepreneur with almost 20 years of experience. Today she talks about her journey into photography. How she got started photographing newborns and maternity photos and what she attributes her success to and what you need to know about photographing clients.
Today you’ll learn:
How Ana got started in photography
What Ana went to school for and how it pushed her to become a full time photographer
How Ana got into maternity and newborn photography
How Ana got her first clients
Why Ana recommends shooting for free
How to get clients when you move to a new city
What Ana says is the key to her success
What Ana learned from her first maternity session
How Ana got answers to her photography questions before Google
How Ana made sure her first clients were so happy they gave her referals
Why Ana wont shoot weddings
What Ana says is a beginner mistake when photographing Newborns
Why you need to have a second set of eyes when photographing a baby
The importance of knowing who your clients are
Resources
Quotes
My Photography Professor and I fought the entire semester
You have to be completely immersed in your craft
Video is the #1 reason why people all over the world hire me
Marketing is telling the world who you are. No one else is going to do that for you
...Its the one thing you need to do the second you decide to become a photographer
In the beginning you have to build your portfolio as fast as you can
