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Join Sarah Monson (Sarah Monson Photography, Benton, WI) and Kellie Llewellyn (Kellie Rochelle Photography, Williston, ND), two passionate senior photographers and best friends.
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Managing Seven Schools Without Losing My Mind / w Sarah (opens the original)
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Sarah currently shoots senior portraits and volume sports for seven schools — a client list she grew from just three. In this episode, she breaks down how she communicates with coaches and athletic directors, and how she keeps it all running without burning out. In This Episode: How Sarah grew her school client list from 3 schools to 7 Her approach to communicating with coaches and athletic directors Systems she's built to juggle multiple schools with different cultures, contacts, and deadlines
Volume Sports Stories — What I've Learned Along the Way w/ Sarah (opens the original)
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Sarah shares stories from past volume sports seasons — the moments that taught her the most — and traces how those experiences shaped the way she runs her business today, including how she now manages seven schools at once. In This Episode: Real stories from past seasons that stuck with her What each story taught her, and what she changed because of it How those lessons built the systems she relies on now The throughline from "how I used to do it" to "how I do it today" Sometimes the best system
Personal Style Talk — Shopping, Staples & What's in Our Closets (opens the original)
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Sarah and Kellie switch gears from business to personal style, sharing what they've learned working with the same stylist, Betsy, and how that's shaped the way they shop and dress now. They dig into: Where they've been shopping lately and what's earned a permanent spot in the rotation The pieces they're currently loving and can't stop reaching for How working with a stylist changed the way they think about their closets Their "fun pieces" — the statement items that bring personality into an outf
Failed Launches — What We Got Wrong (and What We Know Now) (opens the original)
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Sarah and Kellie get real about the launches that didn't go as planned. Recorded fresh off an editorial studio lighting workshop with Jai Mayhew, this episode is an unfiltered debrief on the missteps, misreads, and lessons that came from launches that flopped — and what they'd do differently now. They dig into: The specific launches that didn't hit — and what they thought would happen versus what actually did The warning signs they missed (or ignored) along the way What they misunderstood about
Inside Volume Sports Season w/ Sarah Monson (opens the original)
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Sarah is deep in the middle of volume sports season, and in this episode she pulls back the curtain on what that actually looks like — how she preps, how she runs it, and what a real week in season looks like from the inside. In This Episode: What "volume sports season" actually means for Sarah's business How she preps before a shoot — gear, scheduling, and what has to be locked in ahead of time A look at what her week-to-week season rhythm looks like The realities of running this kind of work s
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