Queen Photographers Podcast

Samantha Clarke of Samantha Clarke Photography gives us an inspirational interview on how she transitioned from her career as an attorney to now photographing weddings internationally.

Host Latoya Dixon Smith shares the importance of being bold and confident as a business owner and the transformation which happens from speaking your desires out loud and working diligently toward them. Barbara Grimes of Barbara Yvonne Photography confirms this message in her interview.

Kahran Bethencourt is one-half of the CreativeSoul Photography kids fashion, husband and wife team powerhouse. Kahran shares her atypical story of how she got into photography and how CreativeSoul came to be a wonder in kids fashion photography.

Dana Cole of Dana Cole Photography lets us in on her experience in moving from Texas to Oslo, Norway to become a full time fashion and beauty photographer.

Atlanta photographer, LaJoy Cox, takes us behind her journey to finding success after given an ultimatum, dealing with a divorce, rebranding, all while maintaining her duty as a mom.

On this episode we sit down with the Area Leaders for the Charlotte Queens, Charmekia Bias of CharMarie Photography and Demetria Mosely of Studio Mosley.

Keda Sharber, a Houston-based photographer, is a wise soul. Keda shares a window into her own photography experience, including the personal professional rollercoasters she rode along the way.   Read the show notes at www.queenphotographers.com/011

In this episode we sat down with Raleigh-Durham Area Leaders, Nikia Williams Wilson of Nikia Williams Photography and Elena Lewis of CMWE Photography to hear how they got started in photography and what challenges they've faced along the way.

Sacia Listenbee is a wedding photographer, based in Myrtle Beach, SC. A former high school English teacher, she struck up a love of photography quickly, and soon after decided to make the jump to go into the business full-time.  In this episode, Sacia shares her journey to photography and gives insight to the freelance work she has done with the Uber Eats program.

Sabrina Guyton is a lifestyle portrait photographer, based in Philadelphia. Sabrina shares her inspiration behind creating a new platform, Figs and Cocoa, which is a curated lifestyle blog feature portraiture of families and children of color.

In this episode we chat with our Atlanta, Ga area leaders: Hope Ballenger, Latricia Buffington, and Brittany Richardson. They each share their experiences as new photographers and some of their favorite #QueenPhotogs moments.

Ebony Stubbs of Rae Images chats with us on how she transitioned from her corporate 9 to 5 job to full time photographer. Listen to her journey in this episode.

The Queen of COMMUNITY, Latasha Haynes gives us the real and chats with us about community and why we should strive for building a community, how to find a mentor, and the importance of showing up for our fellow Queens!

On this episode we have the Creator of Brown Girl with a Camera, Ruby Melton on the podcast. If you remember back from episode one, we first met Ruby back in 2015 when we invited BGWAC to Greenville, SC for a portfolio building experience. This was shortly after Sierra and I met and were elated to find each other, two young black women interested in photography. Both BGWAC and the Queen Photographers have grown tremendously since then. In this episode Ruby shares her early beginnings with Brown Girl with a Camera as well as some extensions to her brand that has garnered over 40,000 tags on Instagram.    Check out the show notes here: https://www.queenphotographers.com/ep-004-growing-a-community-on-instagram-with-bgwac/

The rest of our South Carolina area leaders, Sirena White-Singleton of Aneris Photography, Kristen Gordon of Lavish Moments Photography, and Tangela Kitchens of Tangela Kitchens Photography shed a little light on how they begin in photography, which conferences they invested in, and how the original QPSC (the Queen Photographers of South Carolina) helped them find a supportive community in the early stages of their business.

In this episode, we chatted with 3 of our South Carolina area leaders, Denise Benson of Denise Benson Photography, Tiffany Douglas of Sunshine's Photography, and Kim Craven of Kim Craven Photography. They each share their experiences as area leaders and their leadership styles.

In this episode, The Queen Photographers CoFounders, Latoya Dixon Smith and Sierra Collins give introductions about the #QueenPhotogs, explaining who the Queen Photographers are and the mission of the organization.