How Can I Find Collabs, Creativity, and Community in Styled Shoots?
In this week’s photography podcast, I’m so thrilled to introduce you to Amanda Knoner! Amanda is a portrait + elopement photographer in Missouri and Arkansas and she is the absolute sweetest. I swear we laughed through half this episode and even had to re-record the beginning after laughing ridiculously hard. Our topic today? How to find collabs, creativity and community in styled shoots.
As the owner of Opal and June, I’m super passionate about this topic and loved discussing it with Amanda! She is an absolute gem of a person – and photographer! – and our conversation was so much fun. I adored spending a morning with her!
Your Photographer Mom with Guest Amanda Knoner
Here’s a few topics we’ll talk about today!
Amanda’s Photography Background
Finding Unique Spots to Shoot + Collaborations, Too!
How Styled Shoots Add Value to Your Work
Amanda is so creative + creatively driven and talking about this topic with her was so wonderful! Be sure to check out her photos below + check out her work on her website and Instagram, too! You’re going to love her! Case in point? Her most recent blog post starts with this sentence! “I like to take photos that makes us feel like friends.” Sound like your jam? Mine, too! Can’t wait to share this fun and upbeat photographer conversation with you! Also, she’s adorable.
A Little More About Amanda Knoner
Amanda Knoner is a portrait photographer based in Missouri and Arkansas specializing in seniors, families, and elopements. Starting in front of the camera as a model, she fell in love with the process and got her own camera in 2013.
Shooting for fashion and fun – she slowly refined her craft while walking and shooting runway shows and editorial concepts with designers and creatives. Styling her own sessions became a huge selling point in her work with clients of every kind. As a wife and mother of two, Amanda understands the yearn to capture parenthood and memories of families freezing beautiful moments in time.
Find Amanda Here! Website + Instagram.
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