The Retake

Photography Podcast for Beginners Turn your passion into a full-time business with The Retake by Unscripted Photographers . Hosted by resident photographer Anna Hutchcroft, this podcast is packed with practical tips and honest conversations to help beginner photographers grow — creatively and financially. 🎧 Join us for episodes on: Emotional storytelling through photography Building a magnetic photography brand Social media and marketing that actually works Pricing, mindset, and staying sane while scaling your photography business 📸 Brought to you by the creators of the Unscripted App , the go-to app for poses, prompts, and workflow tools to help you grow your dream business. Follow us on Instagram → @unscriptedphotographers

The Retake is a business podcast hosted by Unscripted Photographers, with 96 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unscripted Photographers hosts The Retake, a business show with 96 episodes published.

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  Episode #96

  Mari Trancoso on Motherhood, Work, and Finding Your Way Back

  Apr 20, 202655 minS0

  <p>What does returning to your work actually look like after becoming a mother?</p><p>Wedding and family photographer Mari Trancoso gets into the messy, honest reality of building a photography business alongside motherhood — shifting capacity, rethinking pricing, outsourcing, and what "balance" genuinely looks like when you're in it.</p><p>We also get into everything that sits outside the invoice: the mental load, the invisible labour, the constant recalibration that shapes the creative work you can make.</p><p>If you're a photographer navigating motherhood, burnout, or a season of change — this one's for you.<br/> <br/>  📸 <b>Instagram...

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  Episode #95

  James Wolf on Why Grad Photos Don't Have to be Boring

  Apr 6, 202652 minS0

  <p>Grad photography gets overlooked a lot in the wedding world - treated as filler work between bigger bookings, or a stepping stone to something more "serious."<br/>In this episode, James Wolf breaks down what actually changes when you start treating grad sessions as real rights of passage - from how you draw out genuine personality on a shoot to how you build a grad offering that feels intentional and creatively fulfilling.</p><p>We talk about the difference between photographing high school and college grads when it comes to identity and confidence, how small styling choices can elevate...

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  Episode #94

  Daniel Kim on Pricing Film Photography

  Mar 23, 202657 minS0

  <p>Film photography gets talked about a lot in wedding photography — especially when it comes to pricing.</p><p>In this episode, Daniel Kim breaks down what actually changes when you start shooting film, from how you approach exposure and decision-making to how you structure your packages and charge for your work.</p><p>We talk about whether film should be an add-on or part of your brand, how to price film without undercharging, and why “just because it’s on film” isn’t enough to justify higher rates.</p><p>If you’re trying to figure out how film fits into yo...

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  Episode #93

  Chandla Manning on the Rise of Wedding Content Creators

  Mar 9, 202657 minS0

  <p>Wedding content creators are becoming a regular part of the vendor team — but what exactly do they do, and how does the role differ from photography or videography?</p><p>In this episode, we talk with Chandla Manning, director of Socially Wed, a wedding content creation company known for capturing weddings using a mix of iPhone and digicam.</p><p>They explore how wedding content creation is emerging as its own creative practice, why couples are drawn to the immediacy of phone footage, and how content creators are changing the dynamics of the wedding day.</p><p>If you’re a...

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  Episode #92

  Koko King on Bringing Editorial Energy to Weddings

  Feb 23, 202655 minS0

  <p>Wedding photographer and fine art creative Koko King doesn’t believe in “just showing up.” In this episode of The Retake, we unpack what it actually means to bring editorial energy to a wedding day — from sculpting light and building sets, to planning portrait windows with intention and knowing when to push a concept further.</p><p>Koko shares how her unconventional path — from tattoo artist to bodybuilder to makeup artist — shaped her eye for texture, movement, and form. We talk about reinvesting in the wedding experience, refusing to shoot on autopilot, and creating editorial wedding photography that feels cinematic, c...

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