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The Business of Telling Stories Workshop Review by Rhea Bailey

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

Click here to learn more about the workshop or register for the next run which starts April 6th  🙂 “If you have even an inkling of an interest in storytelling/documentary photography. This is THE workshop to take. I’ve actually taken the workshop twice. Yes, twice. That’s how good it is. Colie packs so much information (and […]

The Business of Telling Stories Workshop Review by Megan Hassold

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

“Registering for The Business of Telling Stories was by far the best thing I have done for my growth as a photographer to date. I knew I wanted to become a better storyteller but felt stuck in where to go next. In “walked” Colie! The weekly content and PDFs took the perfect progression from week […]

The Business of Telling Stories – April 2015

Review of The Business of Telling Stories by Angela Norlen

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

Documentary Family Photography Workshop – There have been a number of changes to the Telling Stories with Lifestyle Photography workshop since I first offered it in August of 2013.  What started as a 5 week workshop in exploring lifestyle photography to tell rich stories of your own family and others has now grown into two […]

The Stories We Tell – Stories to Remember July 2014

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Technically we blogged on August 1st, but shhhh.  I am so very proud of each of the participants.  To see all the images in a collage just makes me say WOW.  In case you don’t follow The Stories We Tell each month we have a collection of stories told by each participant and then we […]

The Business of Telling Stories | Slideshows

Business of Telling Stories Sept 2014 Regular Registration

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

Business Lifestyle Photography Workshop – Last week I blogged about what happens After the Workshop.  The Stories We Tell is a storytelling collaborative where many participants continue their personal growth and blog stories to remember.  Today is the first day of the June run of The Business of Telling Stories and I am so excited […]

Telling Stories with Lifestyle Photography Workshops | After the workshop

Lifestyle Photography Workshop

The Stories We Tell is a storytelling collaboration blog started by the fabulous ladies of the first run of the workshop.  With each run of the workshop the collaborative has changed and grown.  We now post 4 times a week with individual stories and once a month with a group post.  All of my collaborative […]

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