401: Damon Pijlman – Survive and thrive with your photography business during the pandemic Photography Xperiment Podcast

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Damon Pijlman of www.studiodamon.com photographs weddings, portraits, families and commercial work. His Instagram bio says he's a Visual Storyteller who Documents inspiring couples worldwide.

His wedding photography was voted best in the Netherlands – 2014, 2015 and 2016.

He has countless awards – take one look at the images that earnt them, and I promise, you will be blown away. His work is fantastic.

It was his artist and painter father who taught him to observe carefully. But it was following the Foundation Workshop in 2013 where Ben Chrisman and David Murray changed everything about wedding photography for him.

I read in an interview where he was asked, what's the stupidest thing you've ever agreed to do? His reply… Setting up a Groupon beach portraits package … After 500 sessions, he says he was ready to kill himself.

In this interview, Damon shares how to survive and thrive with your photography business during the pandemic.

Here's some more of what we cover in the interview:





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All you need to do is listen on the call, and just make them excited. – Damon Pijlman

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What is your big takeaway?

Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Damon shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode.

It really was surprising that this happened. But the couples I didn't connect with very well, I still send them a voucher, and are one of our best couples. – Damon Pijlman

If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Damon or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.



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