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Let's cut through the noise! This is your one Stop solution for everything you need to make your portrait business a success! Hosted by the Portrait Paradigm–five legends in the world of Portrait Photography–this podcasts shares the foundational principles upon which they have each built long-lasting, successful businesses. They'll cover such topics as branding, marketing, photographic style, sales, client experience, and so much more. Join Michael Taylor and Sony Artisan Monica Sigmon, Tim ...
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Listen to our regular podcasts on astrology, published a few days before each new moon, giving a guide to the movement of the planets for the coming mooncycle and how to work with the changing astrological energies. Also, pieces revealing the inner workings of astrology, astrology for business, astrology and music and whatever else sparks our interest. We are also delighted to include podcasts by guest contributor, Claudia van Buren including her series of meditations and practical pieces on ...
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Send us a Text Message. Venus: The male fantasy of women! The female side of the male psyche that is often projected onto women. What Jungians term the anima. In astrology, this can be read from the position of the planet Venus in the birth chart. She represents a man’s unconscious feminine side. Venus also represents how a man relates to women and…
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Send us a Text Message. Angel Protection is a wonderful way to access and call on the archangels and the angelic realms for help in times of need or distress. This protection is there for you at all times 24/7. This guided meditation will enable you to restore calm in difficult and stressful times. #angelicprotection #angelicrealms #angelichelp #an…
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Send us a Text Message. There are twelve of us and we are crossing an immense plain. Anything could happen: attacks, dangers, natural disasters and even worse, and less predictable, the enemy or enemies within. Each of us carries something within us, a vital part of what we need for the journey. In astrological terms, the twelve are the twelve sign…
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Send us a Text Message. Follow the changing astrological patterns over the coming mooncycle. This moonletter spans the New Moon in Cancer on 5 July 2024 and covers the Full Moon in Capricorn on 22 July 2024. Ben Belinsky talks about the astrological influences and how to make the best of the available planetary energies. Subscribe for monthly astro…
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Send us a Text Message. Pluto, the planet of transformation is changing sign from Capricorn to Aquarius. We're at a time of transition from the old business model of the last 200 years to a new business paradigm - The Aquarian Paradigm. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus meditations and conversations on th…
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Send us a Text Message. This protecting and cleansing meditation takes us on a journey to our cosmic origins. Reminding us of our connection with mother earth and the universe. It will lead you to place of peace and calm within yourself, enabling you to relax and recharge. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plu…
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Send us a Text Message. If Astrology is able to predict good times and challenging times in our lives, can it also predict death? Would you really want to know when you or someone was going to die?And if Astrology can predict death, should it? Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus meditations and conversation…
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Send us a Text Message. Follow the changing astrological patterns over the coming mooncycle. This moonletter spans the New Moon in Gemini on 6th June 2024 and covers the Full Moon in Capricorn on 22nd June 2024. Ben Belinsky talks about the influences and how to make the best of the available planetary energies. Subscribe for monthly astrology arti…
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Send us a Text Message. Mars in a woman’s chart can give an idea of the type of man she finds attractive. This is also true for gay or bisexual men. What we’re looking at is the Mars energy that is projected onto the male ‘object of desire’ from each of the astrological signs. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters,…
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Send us a Text Message. How astrology can help you connect with your inner world and your own values and keep you from the influence of those who would control and manipulate you. This is my mission statement as an astrologer. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus meditations and conversations on the Moonlett…
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Send us a Text Message. What does astrology have to say about the issue of gender? Does the soul have a gender? And is it possible to read from a birth chart if the person is male or female? We explore these questions and look at the influence of Venus and Mars in matters of femininity and masculinity. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and B…
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Send us a Text Message. Practice of the Presence is a simple, psychic protective contemplation that can be used at any time as a form of protection and defence against any unusual energies that may be directed against you. This practice is simple but extremely powerful and potent and can be used at all times by anybody as a form and means of psychi…
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Send us a Text Message. Photography has changed the way we look at the world and at our selves. Neptune, the planet of images and imagination gives us the key to understanding the generations. We take a look at the world of street fashion from the fifties, through the hippies, the punks and the summer of love up to the present day. Subscribe for mo…
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Send us a Text Message. Follow the changing astrological patterns over the coming mooncycle. This moonletter spans the New Moon in Taurus on 8th May 2024 and covers the Full Moon in Sagittarius on 23rd May 2024. Ben Belinsky talks about the influences and how to make the best of the available planetary energies. Subscribe for monthly astrology arti…
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Send us a Text Message. One idea behind these moonletters is to help people get back in tune with the cycle of the moon.. It’s an important cycle to be in touch with and is no longer followed in western cultures. But by being aware of the natural cycles, not only of the moon but also of the planets, you’ll find that you’re more in tune with yoursel…
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Send us a Text Message. Gertrude Stein is an icon of American Literature of the 20th century. From her early work, Fernhurst, here is a classic description of the learning of the Saturn return. "It happens often in the twenty-ninth year of a life that all the forces that have been engaged through the years of childhood, adolescence and youth in con…
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Send us a Text Message. Deep relaxing meditation, to help you to connect with your fortune whether that means financial success, relationship happiness, peace in your life, finding the career and lifestyle you want. This meditation is designed to inspire, empower and stimulate positive thoughts and actions, by Claudia van Buren. Let Claudia's sooth…
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Send us a Text Message. What happens at the midlife crisis? How can this time of transition become a positive and rewarding experience? Here we explain everything (well, maybe not everything) about this important life event from the point of view of planetary influence. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus m…
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Send us a Text Message. Follow the changing astrological patterns over the coming mooncycle. This moonletter spans the New Moon - Total Solar Eclipse in Aries on 8th April 2024 and covers the Full Moon in Scorpio on 25th April 2024. Ben Belinsky talks about the influences and how to make the best of the available planetary energies. Subscribe for m…
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Send us a Text Message. Two thousand years of the Age of Pisces are drawing to an end. And we are seeing its last gasp. It has been an age born of wonder and shrouded in mystery: beginning with a miraculous birth, followed by the divine transmission of sacred texts, fuelled by the yearning for knowledge of the infinite by way of alchemies and obscu…
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Send us a Text Message. Deep relaxing meditation, designed to inspire, empower and stimulate positive thoughts and actions, by Claudia van Buren. Let Claudia's soothing voice take you out of your everyday world and bring you back cleansed and refreshed. Music by Brian Lee of Naked light. Episode one of a series of five Subscribe for monthly astrolo…
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Send us a Text Message. What do you see, child when you look at the ringed planet, Saturn? A big, bad bogeyman or a protecting friend? “Limitation, constriction, delay,” the classic negative descriptions of Saturn in the astrological chart. Negative from the point of view of the child. The child wants it all. Saturn says, “Get real. You can’t have …
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Send us a Text Message. Follow the changing astrological patterns over the coming mooncycle. This moonletter spans the New Moon in Pisces on 10th March 2024 and covers the Full Moon in Libra and the Lunar Eclipse on 25th March 2024. Ben Belinsky talks about the influences and how to make the best of the available planetary energies. Subscribe for m…
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Send us a Text Message. Your Saturn return at age 29 is a time to grow up and take responsibility. But if you are minded to dodge the issue, here is your cheat sheet! Part one of the Saturn series. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus meditations and conversations on the Moonletter website…
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Send us a Text Message. Can Artificial Intelligence ever be truly creative and replace songwriters, artists and poets? This piece sneaks a peek into the process of creation to see if human creativity can survive the advance of technology. Originally published in 2600 magazine - the Hacker Quarterly. Winter 2024 Subscribe for monthly astrology artic…
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Send us a Text Message. Do wolves really howl at the full moon? And what about this business of werewolves? A question comes from a reader in Japan asking about the connection between werewolves and the moon. She’s been watching the Twilight series and is a bit confused as the full moon in east Asia is considered to be a favourable time. So, let’s …
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Send us a Text Message. Pluto’s 20-year transit through the sign of Aquarius promises massive changes in how we see ourselves as human, particularly in our relationship with technology. Subscribe for monthly astrology articles and Ben Belinsky's moonletters, plus meditations and conversations on the Moonletter website…
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Why are we still talking about this? What difference does it make? Join us and find out! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Fo…
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Join us as we discuss where the magic really happens amongst all the tools available to us today! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadig…
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Part 2 of our talk with Jalyn Webb! Incredible insights and ideas here! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Follow us in Instag…
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Join us as we host very special guest (and Tim and Bev's niece) the extraordinary Jalyn Webb! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.co…
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Monica, Michael, Tim and Bev interview each other! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Follow us in Instagram https://www.insta…
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Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Follow us in Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_portrait_paradigm/…
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Today we're chatting about valuing what we do, and pricing ourselves accordingly. If we don’t respect our art, how can we expect our clients to? Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available…
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Join us as we share tips and tricks for creating a successful 2023 Marketing Plan! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Follow u…
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We're sharing some great ideas that we'll be employing to get some revenue in for First Quarter! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm…
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Back from Imaging USA and ready to get our studios in order as we get ready for an amazing new year! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitpara…
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We're sharing our favorite gear, software, and more from 2022! Jim us for some great information! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadig…
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Joins us as we discuss our goals for 2023 and what we're most excited about! Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Tim Walden along with Rod Evans make up the Portrait Paradigm Team . We are here to be your complete portrait photography solution. Free Resources available at our website. https://www.theportraitparadigm.com/ Follow us in I…
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Paying attention to the details is what will separate you from the others and yes, they must be mastered. However, what trumps details are the expressions, so there is a balance in every session between tweaking the details and capturing those magical and highly perishable moments. Know when to fix things that are amiss...and know when to step away…
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Oh so many nuggets about props along with ideas on how this team uses them. You will learn how to improvise reflectors as well as the difference between props you see and those you don’t. From gray walls to special moveable stands for small backgrounds to V-flats, you will learn so much from this episode. Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Be…
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What lights should you buy? What about cameras, lenses, stands? Hear what each of these studios use in their businesses, understand what you need and more importantly, what you don’t need to accomplish your goals. With experience comes wisdom in knowing what equipment is important to have, though as most photographers know, it is enticing to buy ev…
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This power-packed episode has many gems about increasing sales and what is really important in the selection appointment...and it’s not inches or finishes! Learn the story behind the idea of having your clients write letters to attach on the back of their children’s portraits and how much time you should spend explaining vs experiencing. You just m…
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We are all little pieces of those we have seen or studied with. In this podcast, the team shares who has influenced them in their careers and who still plays a pivotal part in what they do and who they are today. Some names are widely known and some are simply friends in the industry, but all five on this team have been changed in some way by other…
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Listen to this week’s podcast to hear a few more myths that photographers have about the photography industry in general, from marketing your business to the skills that are required to being a jack of all trades vs specializing. This discussion will certainly benefit those just getting started as well as the seasoned professional Hosted by Monica …
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Many times, clients may come to us with mistaken ideas…we call them Myths in this episode. The gang talks about the myths they have encountered from clients who wear the wrong clothing (because they look good in it) to getting a tan before the portrait to asking for nearly impossible things they think can be magically fixed in Photoshop. How we han…
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In this episode, the Portrait Paradigm team chats about triggers to get people through the door that won’t destroy your brand. Listen as each studio shares what they do to create momentum during dry times and the triggers they use to entice clients so that both their studios and their clients win. Hosted by Monica Sigmon, Michael Taylor, Bev and Ti…
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In this episode, the crew talks about how ProSelect has massively changed their businesses and sales numbers by using the Room View feature. By using this software, you gain the ability to show people's work in context in their home. When you're in a sales room where you're doing to selection appointment, you always want to put emphasis on the hear…
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