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Beautiful

brand and product photos for your business

- expertly and joyfully captured by you

The Product Photo Fix-Up

A FREE 3-Part Video Series To Bust You Out of Your Product Photography Funk So You Can Start Taking Better Photos, Faster

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10

online photography
classes for creatives

1600+

learners
enrolled

5

years teaching product photography to makers

12

years as a professional photographer

Hi there, I'm Amy.

There are three big things you should know about me –

I'm a creative at heart, I know brand & product photography, and I revel in the concept of simplicity.

Through my signature, no-muss no-fuss teaching style, my students learn exactly what they need to know through clear, simple steps, which enables them to take gorgeous product photos, quickly and easily. Swirl in a healthy dose of creativity and artistic approach, and these beautiful images allow them to effectively market their products and themselves.

That’s why I’ve become the go-to person to teach brand and product photography to makers and creatives.

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ABOUT AMY

photography teacher

Learn to love photography for your business

"Amy taught us all the tricks to take amazing photos and edit them like a professional. I started using my DSLR that I'd had for years and was afraid to touch… And I’m glad to say I love taking photos and editing them as much as I love crafting new jewelry! I’ve gotten so many views and visits, and of course, sales since then. It was the best investment for my business."

- Meital, Artist & Jewelry Designer

Makers' Academy of
Product Photography

Focused classes to empower your quest for better product photos and a stronger business. Learn what you want, when you want.

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Resources for Creatives

PHOTOGRAPHY, BUSINESS, CREATIVITY

Lightroom Presets

Dreamy one-click photo edits that make editing your brand and product photos as easy as 1-2-3.

Compatible with Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom mobile (free version included).

Get in touch

Have a question? Want to collaborate? Let me know.

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What the WHAT?! Honoured... Truly, so grateful for each and every one of you.
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Also probably going to celebrate with Thai food and video games, TBH. 😆
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Are you one of the 3000+? Give a 🎉🎉🎉 below to celebrate this milestone with me!
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PS: If you're not one of the 3000, your chance is comin' - I'm running a MASSIVE celebratory sale very soon! Stay tuned!
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GAME CHANGER 😍😍😍 Am I right?
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What are your thoughts? Who were you most excited for? 👀 👇
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Just a little love note today... Go easy on yourself. You're still living with the trauma of the past 3 years. 💚

So if you're wondering why you're feeling burnt out... Like giving up... Like up is down and down is up...

Be patient with yourself. Take yourself for a long, slow walk. Go somewhere that inspires you or makes you feel at peace. Create something just for you.

Most important - forgive yourself.

Forgive yourself for not being where you thought you'd be, or not achieving what you wanted to achieve.

You survived. You're here. And that's enough.

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In July 2022, I put my dream work on the calendar. For February 2023 - seven months in the future.
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I wasn't ready at that point, but I was tired of seeing my big dream being push further and further into the future and never really feeling real.
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When I saw an opportunity to sign up for a course that started in February 2023, with someone who was doing my dream work in a way I really admired, I made a commitment for my future self.
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In 7 months time, I would begin to shape my dream and conjure it into reality.
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My big dream, for several years, has been to be a published author. It's a dream I've held close and kept very quiet about because it had felt very precious and delicate. Too vulnerable for the outside world.
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But now it's growing legs. And it's not just a dream anymore.
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I've cleared my schedule for the next four weeks and I'm working daily to bring my book to life and develop my book proposal with @bethkempton alongside other (amazing) writers.
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It's my dream work. And now, my reality.
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(And let's just say that if you've been enjoying my recent posts, I think you'll really love my book too. It's all of you who are on my mind as I'm writing it 🥰)
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Now tell me - what can you schedule on your calendar that will start bringing your dream work into your life?
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Seriously. It's not to just magically happen.
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You're not going to just suddenly have a big space in your schedule in which you can say "oh, I guess I'll finally get to work on that dream now."
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You've got to schedule in it and protect that commitment fiercely.
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So go ahead. Open your calendar. Find the time. And schedule it in.
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Then come back and tell me you've done it.
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Because I can't wait to see your dream work come to life too.

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${ PART 2 } A few days ago I shared that I almost walked away from my business last year due to burnout. Today I'm sharing how I saved my business (and myself) and now am absolutely in love with my business and work again. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I was BLOWN AWAY by the response to my post last week - a lot of you are feeling the same things right now. So I genuinely hope that these help spark something inside of you, so you can start to dig yourself out of burnout starting TODAY. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I could write a single post on each one of these (or a book on whole thing), and maybe I will someday. But for now, I hope this helps. Have any questions about how I did it? Drop 'em below. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oh, and bonus 👉 I practiced A LOT of savouring the moment. I mean A LOT. Engaging all my senses, appreciating the small, precious things, practicing gratitude... That really helped get me back to a place where I could start again. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Big thanks to @this_is_carinda and all the ladies in S&S for all their support as I got myself out of this state. 💚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Community and mentorship was the single largest (and crucial) factor that saved my business. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And I'm now working on something really incredible that will offer you community and mentorship for your creative business too. Epic. More details on that to come. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #freeyourcreativity #creativeentrepreneurship #smallbusinesslife #creativityeveryday #smallbiz #creativebusiness #smallbizphotography #everydaycreativity #creativebusinesstips #solopreneurlife #brandbuilding #smallbiztips #creativelife$

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I'm sharing my story today. The story that played out behind the scenes all last year.
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The story of tears, uncertainty, emotional exhaustion, sadness, resentment, and frustration.
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And since we're being honest... I only just realized, literally this morning when I read @this_is_carinda 's latest post, that the reason was because I was totally and completely burnt out.
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I'd been working straight for 5 years - through the births and newborn months of my two children, through loss and grief, through a global pandemic. Any time I did take off was wrought with an undercurrent of anxiety that I really *should* be working, or it might all just disappear.
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The irony is that running my business this way was the force behind why I nearly burnt it all to the ground in the end anyway.
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I haven't breathed of word this publicly until now. I believe in sharing the lessons, not the pain. The pain has passed and the lessons are the beautiful gifts that remain.
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That's what I want my business to be. Showing others the way, through my own hard-learned lessons, so you can have a smoother, more direct path forward in your business and see the benefits in your own life.
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Part of this includes spectacular photos and videos for marketing in your business, absolutely. And another part of it is a lot more than that.
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Vague, I know. I'll share more about that at a later time. :)
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I share this because I hope it resonates with you. (and if it does, let me know below)
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I hope you see yourself in my story of how 2022 didn't break me, it shaped me.
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But most of all, I hope that if you're currently in a burnt out state like I was, that you read this and know that it doesn't have to be to end for you and your business either. Instead, it can be a really beautiful beginning.
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More on this soon. 💚