Real Talk Photography Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Claire Anderson is a photographer specializing in seniors with an editorial flair based out of West Palm Beach, Florida. She has had the opportunity to work not only with seniors, but also famous bloggers and is the owner of Clara Bella Photography with locations in Dallas, TX and West Palm Beach, FL.