Standing Out Without Discounting with Heidi Thompson

June 24, 2025 Jaine Kershner

I’m excited to welcome back Heidi Thompson of Evolve Your Wedding Business to the show! Heidi and I are chatting about how to stand out without discounting your services for wedding photographers. Heidi shares her expert advice on marketing how wedding photographers can begin to separate themselves from everyone else and show their value before even chatting with a potential client. A little bit about Heidi, she is a best-selling author of Clone Your Best Clients and the wedding business coach & marketing strategist behind Evolve Your Wedding Business, where she helps wedding professionals book more ideal clients and craft a business that gives them the income, life, and freedom they want.

Heidi Thompson - Evolve Your Wedding Business

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Building a Local Community that Fosters Resilience and Support for Wedding Photographers with Chris J. Evans

June 10, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with ⁠Chris J. Evans⁠ all about how to build a local community that fosters resilience and support for wedding photographers. Chris shares his personal stories of how to authentically connect with your peers and create lasting relationships that will help your business grow year after year. A little bit about ⁠Chris⁠, He is a luxury wedding photographer who has traversed the globe, capturing iconic love stories. For nearly 14 years, discerning clients have invited him to immortalize their celebrations from the canals of Venice to the shores of Hawaii.

Creating Impactful Candid Photographs: Techniques and Mindset Behind Capturing Real, Unscripted Moments with Charles Moll

May 27, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Charles Moll about creating impactful candid photographs. Charles shares insight on his techniques and mindset behind capturing real, unscripted moments. A little bit about Charles, he is a wedding photographer specializing in candid, creative storytelling, celebrating life's natural beauty. He holds a bachelor’s in Film and Photography from Montana State University. Before working as a wedding photographer, Charles worked for various non-profits and photographed all over the world. In 2024, he was recognized as one of the top 150 photographers by WPJA.

How to Attract High-Paying Clients Without Competing on Price with Vanessa Joy

May 13, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Vanessa Joy about how to attract high-paying clients without competing on price. Vanessa shares how wedding photographers can be strategic in their marketing messaging, networking, and upping your sales process, you can start to attract the right clients all the time. A little bit about Vanessa, she has helped tens of thousands of photographers master their craft and build a thriving photography business. Her work has been trusted by major brands like BravoTV, Canon, Hilton Grand Vacations, and Profoto. Vanessa is also a Canon Explorer of Light recipient, an honor held by only five wedding photographers in the U.S. over the past 21 years!

Why Wedding Photographers Aren’t Booking Weddings from Their Social Media Ads with Ron Sefcik

April 29, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Ron Sefcik all about why wedding photographers aren’t booking weddings from their social media ads. Ron shares his insight and expertise on why your ads could be hurting your return on investment and why clients could be pushed away. A little bit about Ron before we get started, Ron is a marketing expert and agency owner specializing in helping wedding photographers book more weddings through strategic advertising, organic social media, and sales funnels. As the co-founder of Ron & Jess Marketing, he has spent over eight years running high-converting Meta ad campaigns and designing systems that turn leads into booked weddings.

The Power of Public Relations with WedVibes Media

March 4, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Daria and Alina from Wed Vibes Media all about the Power of Public Relations. Daria and Alina share their insider knowledge as to why submitting your work and having it featured in the right places is going to help your business grow year after year. A little bit about the PR Duo, Daria has over 9 years of luxury European wedding planning experience and Alina has over 15 years of experience as a marketing executive and has previously worked with Nestle and Ferrero.

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How to Attract High-End Clients Through Curation with Twah Dougherty

February 18, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Twah Dougherty all about how to attract high-end clients through curation. Twah shares how she’s developed her High-End Framework to continually up-level to the next tier year after year. A little bit about Twah, is an internationally acclaimed wedding photographer whose work has graced the pages of Vogue, Over The Moon, Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, and many more. Beyond her wedding photography, she’s also a sought-after speaker, educator, and mindset coach, empowering photographers to establish themselves as a premium option to stand out in the high-end market. Twah is also today’s podcast sponsor for her new Master Course - High-End Framework - Roadmap to Up-Leveling and has graciously offered Tea with Jainé listeners an exclusive promo code to save $250 off her master course.

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How Clients are Making Buying Decisions with Good Vibes Only - Andrea Shah

February 4, 2025 Jaine Kershner

We are chatting with Andrea Shah about how clients are making buying decisions with good vibes only. Andrea shares her expertise and advice on the topic and helps us, the wedding vendor, understand how our potential clients are making decisions for their wedding day. A little bit about Andrea, she is a copywriter and marketing consultant for wedding pros who want website copy that sells their personality + high-end client experience. In a previous life, she worked in an agency, where she learned everything she knows about SEO, brand voice, and buyer psychology.

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Top 100 Podcasts for Photographers 2024

December 13, 2024 Jaine Kershner

I’m beyond excited to share that our Tea with Jainé podcast has been named one of the Top 100 Podcasts for Photographers in 2024 by Feedspot. Thank you so much for your continued support and I can’t wait to share what’s in store for 2025! You can read the full article here.

2024 Best Black Friday Deals for Wedding Photographers

November 25, 2024 Jaine Kershner

Over the last few years, I have compiled a list of my favorite Black Friday Deals for wedding photographers to save during this once-a-year event.

Each deal listed is from a product or service that I already own and use for my wedding photography business. I’ve probably mentioned each of these a few times in the past and for good reason. Why? Because they are my trusted resources and I’m so proud to be a partner with a few of these incredible companies.

As a friendly reminder, some links are affiliates and I may make a small commission on your purchase at no additional cost to you. It helps support Tea with Jainé and helps me continue to bring your free educational content. Thank you for supporting Tea with Jainé and being part of our wonderful community.

Happy Saving!

Clean My Mac - 30% OFF All Products

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I highly recommend Clean My Mac and taking full advantage of this unbelievable offer.

Offer is available from November 29th to December 1st, 2024. Click HERE to save.

Social Templates Co. - 25% OFF FOREVER

Want to create Instagram Reels in minutes? Social Templates Co. is my secret weapon for creating Reels quickly and easily right in the Instagram App.

They are offering 25% OFF their Annual Membership - FOREVER!

Use Code JAINE at checkout and use this LINK to save.

Vaild through November 4th - Dec 1st, 2024.

Imagen - Black Friday Deals

Imagen is the ultimate post-production tool for Lightroom Classic, reshaping the standard for photographers with AI-driven efficiency, creative freedom, and secure cloud backup. To celebrate Black Friday, Imagen presents a fantastic deal! This Black Friday, Imagen is offering new subscribers a whooping 35% discount on your first invoice. This offer includes AI Culling, and advanced AI photo editing tools such as Crop, Straighten & Subject Mask, along with 3 months of FREE 100GB Cloud Storage.

Use code “Blackfriday24” at checkout
The offer is valid until November 30, 2024!

Pixpa - 55% discount on Annual Plans

Pixpa is an all-in-one, no-code website builder for creatives and small businesses to create beautiful, professional websites with an in-built online store, a dynamic blog, client galleries, e-commerce galleries, a photo gallery app, and marketing tools. Pixpa’s versatile platform has everything you need to showcase your work, share ideas, and sell your work online without any coding knowledge.

Key Features:

Portfolio Website Builder
Customizable Templates
E-commerce Integration
Client Galleries
Blogging Platform
SEO Tools
24/7 Support

Black Friday Deal - Use code BLFPIXPA55 to get up to 55% discount on annual plans. Click HERE to save.

Instaproofs - Online Photo Hosting for Photographers

I love Instaproofs and am so happy I switched over several years ago. Every Black Friday they offer incredible Black Friday Deals for new and current users to take advantage of. Here is what they are currently offering this year:

New Sign Ups - 60% Off for Six Months

Subscription Prepayments - Pre-pay for your subscriptions and receive a 20% Bonus Credit to your account.

Annual Subscription Upgrades - 4 Months Free

Referrals - 10GB for You + 5GB for Your Friend

Ready to save? You can use this LINK to sign up and save and you’ll get 5 GB for FREE when you use my Referral Link ;)

Sale ends December 2nd, 2024

Locust Collection Styling Surfaces - 20% OFF Everything

My favorite and ONLY styling surface I will ever use or recommend is Locust Collection. They are simply the BEST out there in my humble opinion. Kate has been on the podcast and is a joy to collaborate with.

Locust Collection is having a great Black Friday Sale.

Save 20% OFF Everything in the shop
Save 25% OFF orders of $250 or more

Discount Automatically applied at Checkout. NO CODE NEEDED

Use Code JAINE at checkout for bonus savings too!

Shop My Favorites for Photographers on Amazon

Over the years, I have created several posts about my favorite Styling Items, what to wear to a wedding, what gear I love, and so much more but it was hard to find the links for those items in a pinch.

So I created an Amazon Storefront with all of my favorite items and some of them are on deep discount for Black Friday too!

You can visit my Amazon Storefront here.

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Clean My Mac - 30% OFF All Products

Social Templates Co. - 25% OFF FOREVER

Imagen - Black Friday Deals

Pixpa - 55% discount on Annual Plans

Instaproofs - Online Photo Hosting for Photographers

Locust Collection Styling Surfaces - 20% OFF Everything

Shop My Favorites for Photographers on Amazon

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