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Nashville Personal Branding Portraits For A Family Photographer

Branding

Nashville Personal Branding Portraits with Haley | Nashville Branding Photos with Dolly DeLong Photography

Branding Photo Ideas for a family photographer BY NASHVILLE BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHER DOLLY DELONG

I just LOVE personal branding sessions! There’s something so powerful about imagery that speaks to who you are as a business owner, and you can share it online to build your brand. So, when Haley reached out to me about capturing her personal branding portraits, I was beyond excited. Haley is an up-and-coming family photographer here in Nashville. She recently established her business and is already growing by leaps and bounds because she’s just so talented!!! I’m literally over the moon because I get to share these branding photos with you today!

Branding portraits truly elevate your brand! These photos will allow Haley to connect with her audience on a deeper level, all while using professional-grade photos that always look amazing! Branding photos can be used on your website, social media, and so much more. I always feel like they’re a great investment for business owners. Personal branding sessions are all about capturing who YOU are outside of your business. Truly, these portraits reflect your work and the business you’re building, but they also show your personality. For Haley, that meant including photos of her working at home and with her family. Honestly, both of these types of photos help create connection points with her audience. We even captured photos of her during a family session. It’s such a great idea to show potential clients what it’s like to work with you.

VIP Day for Family Photographers

Beyond branding photos, Haley invested in a VIP Day with me to learn how to grow her business strategically. Honestly, I have to tell you, it’s AMAZING to see the growth she’s made since she started and had her VIP Day. There’s nothing like knowing I’m helping other photographers build sustainable, profitable businesses with a strategic mindset!! If you set yourself up for success from the start, your business journey will be more enjoyable!

I have changed up the structure of this VIP Day for Family Photographers to focus on more marketing for family photographers, but if you would like to learn more about that 1:1 experience, click here. 

Haley shared some of her thoughts with me about her VIP Day and branding photos:

“I can’t even begin to tell you how much I appreciate you, your support, and sharing all your wisdom with me! I have been feeling like I hear the Lord whispering, “Haley, you really can do this!” and, along with all of your encouragement, believing that has really made a difference. I have doubted whether I can really make this my full-time job next year, and everything you’ve been teaching me has helped me realize that if I keep trying to grow and work hard, I hope and pray I can make that happen! I will always be appreciative of you for taking your time from your family to work with me.
You really are the best. Thank you for sharing the gift that God blessed you with, with me!”

Thank you, Haley! I LOVED working with you!!!! And I can’t wait to see where you go with this business!

And if you’re reading this, wondering whether or not a branding session is for you… Good news: I have created a FREE PDF that walks you through my process, which I send to my clients. It’s absolutely free!! Plus, it can give you some insight into seeing what it takes to plan out your branding session. Read through and decide if you’re ready for a branding session! The best news is that you can review this list and apply it to literally ANY business! 

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Meet Your Friendly Nashville Branding Photographer 

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Dolly DeLong is a Nashville-based family & branding photographer AND a creative business owner who educates other family photographers (aka creative business owners) on systems, SOPs, workflows, and marketing (aka how to run the backend of your own family photography business as a one-woman show)! Dolly loves serving families with her bold, elevated, and radiant photography. She also loves educating other creative business owners on how to set up systems and workflows to help them save time in their businesses. Dolly produces weekly blog posts, podcast episodes on The Systems & Workflow Magic Podcast, and weekly YouTube Episodes. 

Dolly shares her expertise in Marketing, Email Marketing, and Business Systems with family photographers in an encouraging, supportive way, because she believes anyone can find joy in systems, workflows, and intentional SOPs! Plus, BONUS: Systems are where the magic happens! You can streamline and automate the backend of your creative business with ease!

Dolly’s faith and love for her family motivate her to help other business owners find the joy and freedom she’s seen in running a successful small business.

Whenever she has a spare moment, she enjoys watching TV, loves eating way too many sweets, and listens to podcasts while running or walking. Fill out her contact form to work with Dolly DeLong Photography for a branding photography session.

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