As a wedding photographer, print sales are easily my favorite income stream. With these sales, I can make money in my sleep! What’s not to love about that? It wasn’t always like this, though. Several years ago, I relied on a single income stream from photographing weddings. I wasn’t taking advantage of all the ways […]

As a wedding photographer, I’m constantly working with new clients who have just started their families. They may begin their journey as a family of two (or three or four if you count fur babies!), but often, new additions to the family are just down the road. The arrival of a newborn opens up a […]

Incorporating wedding album sales into my business model has been the best decision I’ve ever made for my photography business. Three years ago, I watched my sole income stream—photographing weddings—evaporate overnight as the pandemic forced all my clients to postpone their celebrations. Not only that, but I soon found myself in $20,000 of credit card […]

As a wedding photographer for over 14 years (and counting!), I spent most of that time relying on wedding bookings as my sole source of photography revenue. I would book one client, then the next one, then the next one. I would panic when bookings slowed down or paused for a time—but the stream would […]

If you’re a photographer that made it through 2020, then chances are you’ve said to yourself, “I really want to find other ways to generate income,” maybe, more than a few times. How could we not? The last few years have caused sleepless nights as we had to endure cancellations, financial loss, and exhaustion.  When the pandemic hit, […]

I recently had the honor to be interviewed by Canvas Rebel as part of their stories & insights feature. This series interviews the top photographers and creatives in the industry, and highlights their stories. Inside my article, I got to share how I got started as a wedding photographer and what I’ve learned over the […]

As a business coach for wedding photographers, I know how important it is to review your year, and set goals and intentions for the new year. But I also know it can be so hard to set these without a guide! That is why I created this free guide: Year In Review + Goal Setting […]

One of my 2020 couples had a big wedding planned last spring. There were going to be hundreds of guests at a really unique industrial venue downtown. Like so many other 2020 couples, they had to change plans. At one point, they were so devastated, they actually canceled. Their wedding venue was closing down and […]

Creating a website is definitely a big undertaking. There are so many different elements to consider and so many moving pieces! When I wanted to create one for Julie Wilhite Education, I immediately knew that I didn’t want to do it alone. I also knew I didn’t want it to take ten years to create […]

After the last twelve years of owning my business, I can confidently say that surrounding myself with people that I call my “wedding family” has been the single most important thing I have done for my business. It has helped me grow in leaps + bounds. It has helped me target my ideal client and […]