
Senior Style Guide’s Real Talk series brings you face-to-face with other photographers and creatives who are going through exactly the same things you are. It’s about going beyond the technical parts of photography and diving deep into what struggles have they faced, how they got to be where they are today and what they learned along the way. Hosted by Sean Brown, join us as we sit down and have conversations with photographers whose stories you’ll want to hear.
Episodes

Monday May 06, 2019
Real Talk 14: Chelsea Taylor
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
Chelsea Taylor is an award-winning, nationally featured senior and teen photographer based out of the Wichita, Kansas area. She prides herself on the specialized attention that each client receives and strives to create and experience that makes each of her girls fee beautiful, confident & empowered. Chelsea has been a judge for Modern Teen Style Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Teen Photographers and is considered an industry leader. She loves turquoise jewelry, live music, vintage records, true crime podcasts, the dollar bins at Target, zombie movies, home grown veggies, my bearded husband, spoiled pitbull and creating personal relationships with my clients that last long after they've graduated high school.

Monday Apr 29, 2019
Real Talk 13: True Muoa
Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
True Muoa is a renowned portrait artist who is best known for her mystical and artistic senior portraits. She is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin and is a high school senior who dabbles in other fields of creative photography. She began her career as a dental assistant and discovered her love for photography when she picked up a DSLR. She now teaches around the country at various conferences and workshops and is sought after for her insight on creative styling.

Monday Apr 22, 2019
Real Talk 12: Christina Ramirez
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Christina Ramirez is a high school senior photographer based in San Antonio, Texas. Christina is known for being an open book when she teaches other photographers and is highly sought after at conferences for her knowledge about skin tones, growing a business and more. She is loved for being a friend to all and loving what she does every single day.

Monday Apr 15, 2019
Real Talk 11: Jen Bertrand
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Monday Apr 15, 2019
Jen Bertrand is a photographer based in Dallas, TX whose work is focused on creating editorial, magazine-style imagery that speaks to the individual. She graduated from the University of Texas - Austin with a degree in photojournalism and has used this background to drive her work ever since. She is best known for her incredible off-camera flash and putting the subject at ease. Jen grew up in a family with parents who were DJs and music serves as an inspiration for her every day.

Monday Apr 08, 2019
Real Talk 10: Dan Brouillette
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Dan Brouillette is a senior and editorial photographer operating in the midwest with locations in both Omaha, NE and Sioux City, IA. Dan was born and raised in Iowa, and attended Iowa State University where he earned degrees in Psychology and Advertising. Later he left his midwest roots to pursue his dream of being a NYC based photographer where he had the chance to work for several magazines and companies such as ESPN, Time and The Wall Street Journal. He is best known for his lighting where he began to merge his lifestyle and fashion approach with his senior work and opened up LOOK Portrait in Omaha in 2013. Dan teaches and speaks on his lighting at workshops and conferences and helps break down lighting in a way that photographers are able to grasp easily.

Monday Apr 01, 2019
Real Talk 09: Adam Hommerding of The Modern Collective
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Adam Hommerding is a senior and family photographer based out of Minnesota. Together with his wife Amanda, they form a photography duo that is known for personality filled portraits throughout the midwest. Adam and Amanda founded The Modern Collective, a design shop that caters to photographers and provides them with curated marketing and sales products in an effort to make the lives of modern portrait photographers easier. Their photography brand has been going for over a decade strong and continue to produce photos and designs that lead the industry.

Monday Mar 25, 2019
Real Talk 08: Tara Rochelle
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
Tara Rochelle is a senior photographer who infused fashion and editorial elements into her photography and has established a signature style that is known throughout the industry. She is located outside of Los Angeles, CA and has been photographing since high school. She has photographed celebrity weddings and celebrities, but now focuses on the high school senior market. Tara also loves to teach other photographers and has been a speaker at workshops and is always highly requested to be a keynote speaker at industry conferences!

Monday Mar 18, 2019
Real Talk 07: Hope Taylor
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Hope Taylor is a senior and wedding photographer based out of Fredericksburg, VA and loves to help educate other photographers when she’s not off shooting. She began to pursue photography full time at 17 years old because it felt like it was exactly what she was supposed to be doing. Hope is considered an expert on social media and helps out photographers across the country through her online and in-person education.

Friday Mar 08, 2019
Real Talk 06: Spanki Mills
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Spanki Mills is a photographer and educator based out of Austin, TX telling the stories of families and seniors every day. Photographing the cover for the very first issue of Senior Style Guide Magazine, Spanki has been involved in the senior industry since the beginning. She believes that photography should have an emotional connection and it’s her goal to provide that experience for her clients and inspire other photographers to create work that they love.

Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Real Talk 05: Mario Masitti
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Mario Masitti is a senior and fashion photographer based out of Los Angeles, CA with a passion for creating images with a fashion inspired look. He is an educator and loves helping other photographers be able to take their images to the next level and be the absolute best they can be with his educational courses and teaching.