In this episode I talk with Kate Winters, a wedding photographer working between Hawaii, California, and the UK. Her work is quiet, color-rich, and shot almost entirely on film. It feels calm and observed, yet it never takes itself too seriously. There's always a bit of play in it.

April Payne turned down New York Bridal Fashion Week the week her daughter's first theater show fell on the same Friday and she'll never regret it. An honest conversation about what a creative career actually costs when you also have people at home who need you.

April is a Houston-based wedding and editorial photographer who describes her work as "taking pictures of good parties." We talk about her route in from the oil and gas industry with a master's in English to seven seasons shooting weddings. The diminishment that can come with parenthood, the FOMO that runs both ways when you're away on weekends, and why, for both of us, building a business you can live inside has meant working with fewer people, not more.

In this episode I talk with Yazmine May, a wedding photographer whose work is grounded in human connection, cultural traditions, and a distinctly film-forward approach. We unpack how Yasmin moved from a decade in finance into photography and how motherhood, COVID, and a camera that had been sitting unused became the catalyst.

A big thread running through the conversation is feeling over settings. Yazmine describes working intuitively: knowing when to step in with gentle direction and when to step back and let moments unfold, with an emphasis on presence, observation, and people being able to “speak” through images.