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In this episode, it all begins: Meet the Cowgirls with Cameras, Cara Taylor Swift, Kim Beer and Phyllis Burchett and learn about their backgrounds and their vision for Cowgirls with Cameras. You’ll get a sneak peak at upcoming events, podcast topics, and more.
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NEW PERSPECTIVE
The #cwcphotochallenge is designed to get you to sharpen your photographic eye and skills. This episode’s challenge is NEW PERSPECTIVE. We challenge you to try photographing things you photograph often from a different angle or perspective. Move your feet, change your lens, Post your challenge images on Instagram using the hashtag #cwcphotochallenge
Transcript
It's time to laugh, learn and take your photography to the
Jaz:next level with your favorite cowgirls with cameras, Cara,
Jaz:Kim, and Phyllis.
Kimberly Beer:Hey there, everybody. Welcome to the
Kimberly Beer:cowgirls with cameras Podcast. I'm Kim Beer with Kim Beer
Kimberly Beer:photography.
Cara Taylor Swift:And I'm Cara Taylor Swift with Fast Horse
Cara Taylor Swift:photography.
Phyllis Burchett:And I'm Phyllis Burchette. With Phyllis
Phyllis Burchett:Burchette photo.
Kimberly Beer:Welcome, everyone, to the very first
Kimberly Beer:episode of what we hope are many, many, many, many episodes
Kimberly Beer:that we're going to bring you about photography and about the
Kimberly Beer:western lifestyle and horses and all the cool things that we know
Kimberly Beer:get your adrenaline pumping, and get you up and going and excited
Kimberly Beer:to embrace the beauty of the life around you. So this
Kimberly Beer:podcast, of course, is our very first one. And we're very
Kimberly Beer:excited to talk today about our vision and what cow girls with
Kimberly Beer:cameras means to us as well as give you a little introduction
Kimberly Beer:to who we are, we want to start off by telling you you are in
Kimberly Beer:the perfectly right place if you love horses and taking photos.
Kimberly Beer:If you want to learn how to use your camera better if you want
Kimberly Beer:to take your photography up to the next level. If you want to
Kimberly Beer:start or improve your equine photography business, or you
Kimberly Beer:want to travel to new and exciting destinations, or expand
Kimberly Beer:your creativity or meet like minded people that you can
Kimberly Beer:create a community with that all are passionate about those same
Kimberly Beer:things. That's what we're here to do. Moving forward, our show
Kimberly Beer:is going to have a nice format to it, we're going to have news
Kimberly Beer:and updates topics are going to talk about gadgets and gear and
Kimberly Beer:software. And every episode, we are going to attempt to bring
Kimberly Beer:you a challenge that hopefully will push your skills up to the
Kimberly Beer:next level, we have shows coming up on a variety of topics,
Kimberly Beer:everything from technical expertise to battling creative
Kimberly Beer:blues to destination locations that we're going to cover. But
Kimberly Beer:the first thing we want to do this morning is get you to know
Kimberly Beer:us a little bit better. And so I'll start with myself. And then
Kimberly Beer:I'm going to turn it over to my co hosts here. So my name is Kim
Kimberly Beer:Beer. I've been a photographer since I was about 13 years old,
Kimberly Beer:I started making money as a photographer around 18. And the
Kimberly Beer:majority of my business has been focused around horses, and
Kimberly Beer:definitely animals, people tend to be a little bit extra in my
Kimberly Beer:photos. So and I have gotten in trouble for that the horse
Kimberly Beer:always looks good. But sometimes the person doesn't always look
Kimberly Beer:that great because I believe them to be responsible for
Kimberly Beer:themselves. So that's a little bit of my downfall there, I
Kimberly Beer:bring to this group, an interesting mix of skills. In my
Kimberly Beer:other life. I am a business consultant and strategist. And I
Kimberly Beer:have over 30 years experience doing that and being an
Kimberly Beer:entrepreneur. So I bring that particular set of skills to the
Kimberly Beer:table. And then I also bring in another unique set of skills
Kimberly Beer:called Gestalt, which is helping people break through the
Kimberly Beer:barriers that may keep them from achieving their goals. And for
Kimberly Beer:me that ties really tightly into my vision for this community.
Kimberly Beer:And my why for being here is that I see people who are
Kimberly Beer:incredibly talented, and who have all the technical expertise
Kimberly Beer:in the world or can learn it. And yet they still don't achieve
Kimberly Beer:their goals because of a limiting belief or because of
Kimberly Beer:something tied to a trauma in their past that they need to
Kimberly Beer:clear out and move past in order to reach that beautiful goal
Kimberly Beer:that they are wanting to reach and are perfectly able to
Kimberly Beer:obtain. So part of my reasoning for being here is to help people
Kimberly Beer:get to their goals by eliminating all of those
Kimberly Beer:barriers that stop them from being there. Alright, that's
Kimberly Beer:enough about me. So let me toss the mic over to Cara, who's
Kimberly Beer:going to talk about what she brings in and her exciting
Kimberly Beer:adventures in photography.
Cara Taylor Swift:Thank you, Kim and Phyllis. I'm so excited
Cara Taylor Swift:that we finally did this. I feel like we've been talking about
Cara Taylor Swift:doing theCowgirls with Cameras podcast for a long time. And
Cara Taylor Swift:when we first started working together with cowgirls with
Cara Taylor Swift:cameras, this was like an idea that was bouncing around the
Cara Taylor Swift:back of our head. And then for folks that have followed I guess
Cara Taylor Swift:all three of us for a little while you know that him and I
Cara Taylor Swift:have a podcast called The Business Animal. So we realized
Cara Taylor Swift:you can't just have one podcast. So when we started cowgirls with
Cara Taylor Swift:cameras, and then we when I joined Kim and Phyllis with
Cara Taylor Swift:cowgirls with cameras, we decided we had to have this new
Cara Taylor Swift:podcast so I'm super excited to be here and I'm excited about
Cara Taylor Swift:the fun we're gonna have this is gonna be such a light hearted
Cara Taylor Swift:show, I think compared to some of them out there. And I love
Cara Taylor Swift:that because that's what we're all about. So I'm with Fast
Cara Taylor Swift:Horse photography. I've been a professional photographer with
Cara Taylor Swift:fast horse for probably around seven years now, I'm a wife. I'm
Cara Taylor Swift:a mom of a really cute eight year old boy, we had major drama
Cara Taylor Swift:this morning around the planet, maybe not planet Pluto, who
Cara Taylor Swift:knows we had major drama this morning. So I like to talk about
Cara Taylor Swift:my family and how that it affects my photography business.
Cara Taylor Swift:Because I know there's a lot of folks out there that are family
Cara Taylor Swift:people as well also trying to run a business and be
Cara Taylor Swift:photographers. I'm a lifelong horse gal. I've been with horses
Cara Taylor Swift:my whole life on my own now and love spending time with horses.
Cara Taylor Swift:And when I first decided I was going to shift into photography,
Cara Taylor Swift:I thought that I needed to photograph everything. And I
Cara Taylor Swift:learned real quick that I didn't care to photograph everything.
Cara Taylor Swift:The only thing I ever wanted to point my camera at was a horse.
Cara Taylor Swift:So one of the the goals that I had was to prove everyone wrong
Cara Taylor Swift:and prove that I could have a successful business and I could
Cara Taylor Swift:make money being a photographer that only photographed horses.
Cara Taylor Swift:So the way that I have done that, and one of my things that
Cara Taylor Swift:I'm really proud of is I've done that by being a full service
Cara Taylor Swift:photographer. By being a full service photographer, I work to
Cara Taylor Swift:provide excellent customer service. And I believe in
Cara Taylor Swift:educating clients around their options and helping with their
Cara Taylor Swift:selection. So I work with clients to create beautiful
Cara Taylor Swift:finished products, things like prints, wall decor, albums,
Cara Taylor Swift:keepsake boxes, and just anything that they can envision
Cara Taylor Swift:doing with their images. That's what I hope to do. And I try to
Cara Taylor Swift:make the experience a really special one for them. So one of
Cara Taylor Swift:the things that I feel like I really bring to cowgirls with
Cara Taylor Swift:cameras is my experience with providing that full service
Cara Taylor Swift:experience and the sales aspect of that. So I'm excited to be
Cara Taylor Swift:here and I can't wait to see where we go, Phyllis. It's your
Cara Taylor Swift:turn.
Phyllis Burchett:Well hi guys, and thanks for having me share
Phyllis Burchett:this podcast with you and the new adventure we have with
Phyllis Burchett:cowgirls with cameras. I'm Phyllis Burchette of Phyllis
Phyllis Burchett:Burchette photo. Kim and Cara are pros at the podcast business
Phyllis Burchett:so I'm a newbie at this so kind of bear with me
Cara Taylor Swift:you'll be just fine.
Phyllis Burchett:I been a photographers since 2003, but I
Phyllis Burchett:went full time in 2011 I specialize in equine wildlife
Phyllis Burchett:and nature photography, there's actually not much that I don't
Phyllis Burchett:like to photograph I have quite a diverse portfolio at this
Phyllis Burchett:point in my life I feel like my purpose is to help to educate
Phyllis Burchett:and serve others and I love sharing my passion for
Phyllis Burchett:photography with you my friends, my clients my fellow
Phyllis Burchett:photographers Hi bring to the group how to create art that
Phyllis Burchett:sells and how to make money selling your images as art I
Phyllis Burchett:hope I can help you with that I'm I have a great passion for
Phyllis Burchett:art and the horses art or even in my nature and wildlife
Phyllis Burchett:photography as well. My passive income knowledge and skills will
Phyllis Burchett:help you do that. Hopefully, you've heard my podcast episode
Phyllis Burchett:on The Business Animal with these two ladies how to step
Phyllis Burchett:your creativity in in camera and in post production. I'd love to
Phyllis Burchett:be able to help you with that I feel like that's one of my major
Phyllis Burchett:skills is how to increase your productivity in those areas. My
Phyllis Burchett:vision for the cowgirls with cameras community is the
Phyllis Burchett:celebration of the Western way of life by documenting it with
Phyllis Burchett:our cameras and experiences to create an environment of
Phyllis Burchett:positivity through leadership and fellowship that will be
Phyllis Burchett:gained by new friends and to share our passion for
Phyllis Burchett:photography.
Kimberly Beer:That's awesome. Awesome. As you can see, we are
Kimberly Beer:quite the dynamic trio. And here's the reality of the
Kimberly Beer:situation, the three of us met through photography, our
Kimberly Beer:friendships were formed through our mutual love of the Western
Kimberly Beer:lifestyle of horses and of telling that story through our
Kimberly Beer:lenses. And we each are very passionate in our own rights.
Kimberly Beer:But together we have found a whole new level of being able to
Kimberly Beer:bring things to you, our listeners and to the community
Kimberly Beer:at large. And for us, I think I speak for all three of us when I
Kimberly Beer:say this is truly a labor of love, because it's something
Kimberly Beer:that we want to share because it's impacted our lives in such
Kimberly Beer:dramatic ways. And with such positivity. I don't know about
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis and Cara, you guys can speak up here, but I've made
Kimberly Beer:some of the best friendships that I have ever had in my
Kimberly Beer:entire lifetime through photography. What about you
Kimberly Beer:guys?
Phyllis Burchett:Most definitely, yes, of course. I've
Phyllis Burchett:been in the horse business pretty much all my life. And a
Phyllis Burchett:lot of the people that I was in the horse business with have
Phyllis Burchett:transferred over into photography as well. So yeah, my
Phyllis Burchett:best friends are photographers. Obviously. You too are among
Phyllis Burchett:those best friends.
Kimberly Beer:That's awesome. That's an honor right there.
Phyllis Burchett:Now I'm gonna get teary eyed.
Cara Taylor Swift:Oh, no. I hear that a lot though. Like
Cara Taylor Swift:it's really hard, I think as adults to find common connection
Cara Taylor Swift:like we could when we were younger. And one of the things
Cara Taylor Swift:that I've always enjoyed about photography and the horse
Cara Taylor Swift:photography community in general is when I go to events where
Cara Taylor Swift:there's other photographers, you immediately find a common
Cara Taylor Swift:connection you find a like mindedness and you have
Cara Taylor Swift:something to talk about and I have met some of the coolest
Cara Taylor Swift:people and become friends with people that in any other walk of
Cara Taylor Swift:life I maybe would have never have met and enjoyed spending
Cara Taylor Swift:time with and it's just been the coolest thing and I think that's
Cara Taylor Swift:what has made me so happy about cowgirls with cameras is this
Cara Taylor Swift:community that is being built and how people are finding a
Cara Taylor Swift:home there and they're able to really just build friendships
Cara Taylor Swift:and grow and it's just been so great and I just love it so much
Cara Taylor Swift:and of course each one of you guys when I first met you I was
Cara Taylor Swift:at such a different level of photography skill and I felt
Cara Taylor Swift:like I was meeting famous people you know in the photography
Cara Taylor Swift:world. So I'm just so just so happy to have you guys
Kimberly Beer:Well we all know Phyllis famous. You didn't think
Kimberly Beer:you get to give scape a podcast without us bringing up famous
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis
Phyllis Burchett:really hoping that we wouldn't go there.
Kimberly Beer:So just so you guys know Phyllis gets
Kimberly Beer:recognized on airplanes people know her name when she walks on
Kimberly Beer:the airplane and I cannot be more jealous. Not one single
Kimberly Beer:time in the millions of flights that I have taken. Has anyone
Kimberly Beer:ever said my name if it wasn't related to Miss Beer you are in
Kimberly Beer:the wrong seat?
Cara Taylor Swift:Listen, the truth is, the truth is that she
Cara Taylor Swift:probably just had her feet in the aisle or was blocking
Cara Taylor Swift:traffic or taking too long get your suitcase up in the
Cara Taylor Swift:overhead. That's the truth. That's probably what happened.
Cara Taylor Swift:Yeah. Could you please find your seat?
Phyllis Burchett:Go ahead and think that girls, but I know the
Phyllis Burchett:truth.
Kimberly Beer:Cara? Cara, cara cara? You have been at a booth
Kimberly Beer:when someone walks up to the booth table, and just oh, oh,
Kimberly Beer:you're Phyllis Burchette. I've been following you for years. I
Kimberly Beer:just, I can't believe you're actually here in the flesh. And
Kimberly Beer:I get to meet you.
Phyllis Burchett:I don't know how many times I got to have my
Phyllis Burchett:picture taken with my art and a new client.
Cara Taylor Swift:I have to say, I have to say we're in good
Cara Taylor Swift:company. We are in good company.
Phyllis Burchett:Yes. So we are all in good company.
Cara Taylor Swift:Yeah. And every time we have an event or
Cara Taylor Swift:we go to an event or we're at a vendor show where we're you
Cara Taylor Swift:know, meeting people, we're always in good company, like I
Cara Taylor Swift:have very rarely met someone that I wouldn't want to shoot
Cara Taylor Swift:beside again. So it's pretty cool.
Phyllis Burchett:We're very blessed to have a great group of
Phyllis Burchett:ladies following us too.
Kimberly Beer:Yes, we are. We are very blessed for that. But I
Kimberly Beer:also want to talk to those of you out there that are going
Kimberly Beer:this is not my experience of the photography world, right?
Kimberly Beer:Because I will be honest, when I first started shooting, and I
Kimberly Beer:first started shooting professionally, I didn't come to
Kimberly Beer:this with a formal education in photography, my degrees are in
Kimberly Beer:history and English, they don't do a lot to help you use a
Kimberly Beer:camera, I had a vision that I wanted to create on an image.
Kimberly Beer:And I knew what I wanted that to look like. But I didn't have any
Kimberly Beer:idea how to use my camera. I didn't know anything really yet
Kimberly Beer:about software, I am going to date myself horribly and say I
Kimberly Beer:used the very first version of Photoshop that came out. So I
Kimberly Beer:don't know what version we're on. But it was a long time ago.
Kimberly Beer:But when I first got started in photography, I had questions, I
Kimberly Beer:remember getting a job where I was going to be able to shoot in
Kimberly Beer:an arena and I wanted to use strobe lights. And I reached out
Kimberly Beer:to several photographers, and I could not get anyone to answer
Kimberly Beer:my questions. Basically, they were like, you know, hey, we had
Kimberly Beer:to learn it, you go, you go learn it and earn it too. And
Kimberly Beer:what I want to relay to those of you who've had that kind of
Kimberly Beer:experience or who've been at a workshop and not felt like they
Kimberly Beer:belonged. That's not what we're creating here. What we're
Kimberly Beer:creating is an environment where I don't care what level you're
Kimberly Beer:at, I don't care if you just unpacked your camera, the
Kimberly Beer:morning of the workshop, we're going to help you be able to
Kimberly Beer:understand how to use that camera and get to be the best
Kimberly Beer:that you want to be in what you're doing. And there's no
Kimberly Beer:judgment here. There's no backstabby talking behind your
Kimberly Beer:back or withholding of knowledge. And I hope this
Kimberly Beer:podcast is a place where you can come dip your toe in the pool of
Kimberly Beer:knowledge that we offer and when we have guests on that they
Kimberly Beer:offer, because I want you to feel comfortable with that. If
Kimberly Beer:your experience is not what we just talked about, about the
Kimberly Beer:friendships and the joy and the happiness and the sharing, you
Kimberly Beer:found a place where that actually is the theme. And it's
Kimberly Beer:our most important held value in this to make sure that that you
Kimberly Beer:feel welcome and have a safe place to learn and explore. And,
Kimberly Beer:you know, heck, if your exploration didn't land in the
Kimberly Beer:place you wanted to no one's going to tell you that you
Kimberly Beer:shouldn't try again.
Cara Taylor Swift:When I was first starting as a
Cara Taylor Swift:photographer, I remember the most challenging part was just
Cara Taylor Swift:trying to figure things out. And even if you've taken photography
Cara Taylor Swift:classes, there's not there's no one that's going to sit you down
Cara Taylor Swift:and say okay, here's how to figure out what you need to be
Cara Taylor Swift:charging or what you need to get this job done and what kind of
Cara Taylor Swift:materials you should be educating your clients about and
Cara Taylor Swift:what kind of products you should be offering. Like, that's
Cara Taylor Swift:something that you kind of get thrown into the deep end on. And
Cara Taylor Swift:it can be really scary and extremely costly. When you order
Cara Taylor Swift:and buy stuff that isn't appropriate for you or you
Cara Taylor Swift:attend events that aren't, you're not ready for yet, and
Cara Taylor Swift:you don't get anything out of them. And I think that's one of
Cara Taylor Swift:the things that I hated so much. And I was so terrified to ask
Cara Taylor Swift:questions and why this project is so important to me, because I
Cara Taylor Swift:don't want other photographers to feel like I felt when I first
Cara Taylor Swift:got started.
Phyllis Burchett:And to be able to support and encourage others.
Phyllis Burchett:I think that's a big thing and to lift you up when you're
Phyllis Burchett:feeling down. And we all have all of us even now at this point
Phyllis Burchett:in our careers, we all feel like some days we'll leave a shoot or
Phyllis Burchett:I know I do at least and I think we've all talked about this, how
Phyllis Burchett:we'll leave a shoot and go, Oh my gosh, I can't believe people
Phyllis Burchett:pay me to do this. First off, I'm amazed that people pay me to
Phyllis Burchett:do this, because it's so awesome. And then the other part
Phyllis Burchett:of me is like, oh my gosh, I can't believe somebody paid me
Phyllis Burchett:to do this. And I feel like I don't have a picture that's
Phyllis Burchett:worth giving them until I get home. And then I go oh, okay,
Phyllis Burchett:there's a good one. Oh, okay, there's another good one. So we
Phyllis Burchett:all do the same thing.
Cara Taylor Swift:We're always learning, we're always growing.
Cara Taylor Swift:And sometimes we need people in our corners to say, You know
Cara Taylor Swift:what, you got this, or you know what, you didn't do a great job
Cara Taylor Swift:on that project. But let me give you the tool that you need to
Cara Taylor Swift:move forward. I mean, we all need that sometimes
Kimberly Beer:We absolutely do. And we all need to break through
Kimberly Beer:those barriers that keep us from reaching our potential. And
Kimberly Beer:that's another thing we're here to support you with. I'm not
Kimberly Beer:sure of any other photography community that's going to focus
Kimberly Beer:as heavily on helping you with the personal growth that comes
Kimberly Beer:along with expanding your art. Because when you expand your art
Kimberly Beer:and your vision, you also expand yourself. And that process
Kimberly Beer:sometimes takes a little bit of support, and it can take a
Kimberly Beer:little time. And that's again, we're here for that. So I want
Kimberly Beer:to talk a little bit ladies about what we envision this to
Kimberly Beer:look like. I think one of the biggest things that we're
Kimberly Beer:excited about, because we know what's going to happen at them
Kimberly Beer:is the events that we are planning to hold our workshops,
Kimberly Beer:we are looking at holding a little bit different format than
Kimberly Beer:a typical photography, workshop or retreat, we want these to be
Kimberly Beer:full on experiences for you where you are immersed in
Kimberly Beer:photography, knowledge at the track level that you are needing
Kimberly Beer:at the time, whether you're a beginner or an intermediate or
Kimberly Beer:an advanced photographer, and also immersed in the lifestyle
Kimberly Beer:that you are capturing because that is the bottom line to what
Kimberly Beer:we all do. As photographers we tell stories through our images
Kimberly Beer:and to understand that lifestyle and to really feel like you're a
Kimberly Beer:part of it is a key aspect to that. So we have some great
Kimberly Beer:events coming up. Cara, why don't you talk about our
Kimberly Beer:cottonwood event that is going to be coming up in August. We're
Kimberly Beer:all thrilled about that,
Cara Taylor Swift:Oh, gosh, this is going to be such a cool
Cara Taylor Swift:event. It's a brand new location. We are just thrilled.
Cara Taylor Swift:We've already got people registering for it. But we do
Cara Taylor Swift:have some spaces left. I think we're gonna have 10 shoots
Cara Taylor Swift:during that week. Is that right, Phyllis?
Phyllis Burchett:Yes.
Cara Taylor Swift:So we've got 10 shoots set up that week. But
Cara Taylor Swift:one of the coolest parts about it is that we will have
Cara Taylor Swift:education available in the middle of the day for all levels
Cara Taylor Swift:of photographer and our hope is that you will grow whatever
Cara Taylor Swift:level that you're at, you will grow in that experience and you
Cara Taylor Swift:will grow at that level. So we have a lot planned for that
Cara Taylor Swift:week. Phyllis, can you talk a little bit about the location.
Phyllis Burchett:It's a guest ranch, but it's also a working
Phyllis Burchett:cattle ranch and they have a large cavvy of guest horses. So
Phyllis Burchett:I think they run about 75/80 head of horses that we'll be
Phyllis Burchett:able to photograph as a group. And they also are going to have
Phyllis Burchett:pack mules, I guess that they'll be taking out for hunting at
Phyllis Burchett:that time. So we'll be able to photograph the pack meals, which
Phyllis Burchett:I'm really excited about and get to learn a little bit more about
Phyllis Burchett:packing horses or packing mules. So I'm just really excited
Phyllis Burchett:because we've never been to the location. But the landscape is
Phyllis Burchett:stunning. The scenery is stunning. It's just the people
Phyllis Burchett:the family, it's a I think a five generation ranch and they
Phyllis Burchett:got kids that rope and it's just going to be a great, great time.
Phyllis Burchett:So it's a beautiful Lodge. And we all be staying in the lodge
Phyllis Burchett:together. So we'll have that community even more so where we
Phyllis Burchett:can have fellowship and friendship, right there all
Phyllis Burchett:together and eat together and got a classroom and I'm just I'm
Phyllis Burchett:super excited. I think Well, I think we all are
Cara Taylor Swift:it can't come soon enough. Yeah,
Kimberly Beer:we all are. Yes. Yeah. By the way, Cottonwood is
Kimberly Beer:in wells, Nevada. We all forgot to mention where we're going.
Kimberly Beer:Because frankly, we wouldn't care where it was that list of
Kimberly Beer:things that we just talked about and reason we're headed there.
Kimberly Beer:And of course we'll find our way there. So we're going to be
Kimberly Beer:having some other events over the year there. Some things that
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis and I do together and that Cara and Phyllis do
Kimberly Beer:together. And we've all kind of mixed and matched doing some
Kimberly Beer:events in partnership with each other. And Phyllis and Cara, you
Kimberly Beer:guys do a great event in January called Horses on the Beach,
Kimberly Beer:which I am going to this January because I am, frankly jelly
Kimberly Beer:every single time I see the photos that come out of that, so
Kimberly Beer:I can't stand it.
Phyllis Burchett:Don't bring any of that nasty Missouri
Phyllis Burchett:weather with you.
Kimberly Beer:Trust me, I'm gonna leave it here in January
Kimberly Beer:or February whenever you guys are doing that. I know the cool
Kimberly Beer:thing is is Cara has to time that tide schedule correctly.
Kimberly Beer:And I'm glad she's doing that and not me because I would
Kimberly Beer:probably screw that up. So tell us about horses on the beach.
Cara Taylor Swift:Well, Kim, it's a real thinker. It's a real
Cara Taylor Swift:thinker that tide schedule. So I love this event. Phyllis, we've
Cara Taylor Swift:been doing this are we on our fifth year now?
Phyllis Burchett:This was our fifth year.
Cara Taylor Swift:This might have been our fifth year horses
Cara Taylor Swift:on the beach. Yep. So we do. We've been hosting this event.
Cara Taylor Swift:It's a fun weekend event that we do where we photograph horses at
Cara Taylor Swift:sunrise and sunset over on the east coast here in St.
Cara Taylor Swift:Augustine, Florida. We usually have one offsite location as
Cara Taylor Swift:well. We've done everything from full fantasy to fully styled to
Cara Taylor Swift:just if you can picture just the beautiful silhouettes at
Cara Taylor Swift:sunrise. We have horses jumping on the beach, we've had a little
Cara Taylor Swift:bit of everything. This event fills up really quickly. As a
Cara Taylor Swift:matter of fact, I think it's full for next year. We're
Cara Taylor Swift:already full for 2023 yet but we are taking waiting lists. If
Cara Taylor Swift:it's something that folks are interested in, they can reach
Cara Taylor Swift:out to us. We've got a cool one day gypsy vanner event that
Cara Taylor Swift:we're doing here in Florida in a couple of months. And then for
Cara Taylor Swift:those of you I know Kim, you guys have your Kim and Phyllis
Cara Taylor Swift:you guys have your Art of the Cowgirl event that you attend
Cara Taylor Swift:that I got to hang out at last year.
Kimberly Beer:The Art of the Cowgirl is a great event and
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis and I lead a workshop there Phyllis Why don't you tell
Kimberly Beer:him a little bit about what we do at that workshop because it's
Kimberly Beer:an interesting thing and this year you got to shoot with a lot
Kimberly Beer:of the people more than I did
Phyllis Burchett:Art of the Cowgirl is a huge event. It's a
Phyllis Burchett:celebration of the Western way of life and promoting women in
Phyllis Burchett:the western industry. So they have a big event every January
Phyllis Burchett:in Arizona was this year it was at the Horseshoe Equestrian
Phyllis Burchett:Center in Queen Creek Arizona and Kim and I we basically have
Phyllis Burchett:a photography clinic where our photographers the participants
Phyllis Burchett:and us are part of the photography staff that helps to
Phyllis Burchett:supply images to the Art of the Cowgirl for their social media
Phyllis Burchett:for their website for marketing. And it's just a really,
Phyllis Burchett:absolutely fantastic event where women are supporting women. It's
Phyllis Burchett:ranch rodeo the world's greatest horse woman. They have breakaway
Phyllis Burchett:roping, they have working cow horse, they have so many
Phyllis Burchett:demonstrations and presentations going on. Artists Oh my gosh.
Phyllis Burchett:It's just it's so packed full of events and things going on.
Phyllis Burchett:They've got braiding Rawhide clinics, they've got chap
Phyllis Burchett:making, chink change making clinics, they've got boot making
Phyllis Burchett:clinics, they Oh and the working the working dogs to the stock
Phyllis Burchett:dog, they have a clinic for stock dogs and they have stock
Phyllis Burchett:dog trials they have. There's so much they have going on there
Phyllis Burchett:and were there to to photograph and document that and help our
Phyllis Burchett:participants to learn more about the art of photography and the
Phyllis Burchett:business of photography and to guide them in every way possible
Phyllis Burchett:that we can. And then we have a booth as well. We were so
Phyllis Burchett:blessed to have Cara and another great helper Marci from North
Phyllis Burchett:Dakota, which was a participant with us last year at the same
Phyllis Burchett:event in Bozeman. She came and helped with the booth and we get
Phyllis Burchett:to sell our art and have a little meeting place for
Phyllis Burchett:ourselves as a gathering place. So we're very blessed and
Phyllis Burchett:thankful to Tammy Pate for having us do that every year.
Phyllis Burchett:And we're going to be doing another clinic in big timber
Phyllis Burchett:this August. We don't have all the details on that one yet, but
Phyllis Burchett:we will be doing another event there.
Cara Taylor Swift:I didn't realize that that's gonna be
Cara Taylor Swift:really fun. And then don't forget about the Dryhead Ranch.
Cara Taylor Swift:Did you want to talk about that a little bit?
Kimberly Beer:The Dryhead is a blast. The fun thing about where
Kimberly Beer:we go is we make friends with people who live on these
Kimberly Beer:ranches. And we get involved in their lives. Kristin Grant who
Kimberly Beer:got us into the dry head we met her at another event. So it's
Kimberly Beer:just a big train of fun when you hang out with us. Once you get
Kimberly Beer:on you can just kind of ride until you till you want to get
Kimberly Beer:off. So we met Kristin and she said I have this great ranch and
Kimberly Beer:we do guest ranch where people come in. And I love this thought
Kimberly Beer:if you live in the western lifestyle of the fact that you
Kimberly Beer:go to their ranch and you pay them and then they let you help
Kimberly Beer:them work cattle. Oh, we wished it here in Missouri that we had
Kimberly Beer:a depth of a destination location that people would pay
Kimberly Beer:us to come and work our cattle with us. But at any rate, it's a
Kimberly Beer:wonderful location and the family is just awesome. So
Kimberly Beer:they've got a great little number of children and there's
Kimberly Beer:Jesse and Jake who entertain us and mom Who takes care of us,
Kimberly Beer:and there's great food and wonderful photography, they are
Kimberly Beer:located in the Prior Mountains. So you get beautiful prior
Kimberly Beer:mountain vistas behind your images. And nothing is more
Kimberly Beer:entertaining than Jake and Jesse, Jesse is the cowgirl that
Kimberly Beer:I would want to be when I grow up. So she's pretty awesome. And
Kimberly Beer:Kristin is amazing. And she just had a little baby. So we're
Kimberly Beer:excited because we're going to have baby photos this summer
Kimberly Beer:when we head out there. So it is it's a beautiful place. And it's
Kimberly Beer:full of friendship and laughter and a lot of really good times.
Kimberly Beer:So we also have some other events that we're working on in
Kimberly Beer:the background to bring to people that are going to be
Kimberly Beer:focused on on again, on learning. And also Cara, I have
Kimberly Beer:a little vision and Phyllis has joined in on this as well, where
Kimberly Beer:we want to bring a retreat for photographers where you can get
Kimberly Beer:some relaxation and maybe a little pampering like spa time.
Kimberly Beer:And then just some really deep self care, because that's
Kimberly Beer:something that we have a very physical passionate, either
Kimberly Beer:hobby or profession, depending on what level you're at. And
Kimberly Beer:sometimes a little self care would go a long way. So we're
Kimberly Beer:looking at some locations for that. But we're all very excited
Kimberly Beer:about this part.
Phyllis Burchett:Don't forget, we're headed to Animal Image
Phyllis Burchett:Makers in April as well.
Kimberly Beer:Oh, yes, we are, we are headed to animal image
Kimberly Beer:makers to go hang out with other animal photographers.
Phyllis Burchett:And we will have a booth there, we will have
Kimberly Beer:a booth there. And we also are working on a
Kimberly Beer:t-shirt line for photographers, which has been a really
Kimberly Beer:entertaining project that we are deeply enjoying. And we're going
Kimberly Beer:to have some of the T-shirts at the AIM booth there and super
Kimberly Beer:excited about that. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis also does an international workshop in
Kimberly Beer:Iceland every year. And we are going to do a future episode of
Kimberly Beer:this podcast focusing on international photography and
Kimberly Beer:that particular event. So we'll have a lot of talking about
Kimberly Beer:Iceland and Phyllis's adventures there. I do want to mention a
Kimberly Beer:couple of other things that we do have planned that are outside
Kimberly Beer:of the workshop experience, because we know not everybody
Kimberly Beer:can attend a workshop and still wants to be part of this
Kimberly Beer:community. We're working on a membership community where
Kimberly Beer:you'll be able to join and get access to each other and
Kimberly Beer:dialogues and online learning and stuff like that, we're still
Kimberly Beer:working on what exactly that's going to look like if I had my
Kimberly Beer:druthers, we'd launch it halfway. But Cara is a really
Kimberly Beer:good individual about reining my crazy butt in on occasion and
Kimberly Beer:she is got me focused on making it the best it could absolutely
Kimberly Beer:be for all of us. And so we're going to roll that out. We don't
Kimberly Beer:know exactly what it's going to look like at this moment. But
Kimberly Beer:it's gonna be fantastic. When we do get it ready for everyone.
Kimberly Beer:Right now we do have mentorships to where you could work with one
Kimberly Beer:or all of us in in that capacity if you're interested in it. And
Kimberly Beer:we're going to have a lot of community building and online
Kimberly Beer:learning opportunities coming up that you can participate in
Kimberly Beer:without necessarily coming to an event. The final thing I do want
Kimberly Beer:to mention here is we have a line of artwork that is designed
Kimberly Beer:to be displayed in a barn. So it's made on a substrate that
Kimberly Beer:allows it to be weather friendly and also cleanable and and be
Kimberly Beer:able to hang it without being under glass which makes it
Kimberly Beer:perfect to go in people's barns and we have all contributed are
Kimberly Beer:in the process of contributing pieces to go into a collection
Kimberly Beer:that consumers can buy for this particular project. It's called
Kimberly Beer:it's for the barn and we're excited about seeing where that
Kimberly Beer:project goes we don't have it completely outlined for the
Kimberly Beer:future yet but we are working on it Have I forgotten anything in
Kimberly Beer:that list of stuff that we're up to?
Cara Taylor Swift:I don't think so. Why don't we move on to the
Cara Taylor Swift:weekly challenge?
Kimberly Beer:Absolutely. So every episode that we put out
Kimberly Beer:Cara just booked us into weekly our goal to start off oh sorry.
Kimberly Beer:She's convinced we need to do let's not do weekly weekly.
Kimberly Beer:Phyllis is a little bit afraid anyway. So it the podcast will
Kimberly Beer:come twice a month.
Kimberly Beer:the podcast is going to come out twice a month
Cara Taylor Swift:I'm a little afraid of weekly too.
Cara Taylor Swift:and every episode that we bring to you we want to bring you a
Cara Taylor Swift:I just want to thank everyone for being here
Cara Taylor Swift:challenge because part of this is again to build community and
Cara Taylor Swift:to get you to explore your strengths and to explore your
Cara Taylor Swift:photography. So this particular challenge for this episode to
Cara Taylor Swift:and joining us on the very first episode of Cowgirls with
Cara Taylor Swift:kick off this series is going to be looking at things from a
Cara Taylor Swift:different perspective. Just like we have as photographers as
Cara Taylor Swift:people who have led workshops and done photography education.
Cara Taylor Swift:We have decided to step into a different place and look at that
Cara Taylor Swift:from a different angle. As photographers, we all know that
Cara Taylor Swift:stepping over one step to the right one step to the left
Cara Taylor Swift:getting on something squatting down, it changes the view of
Cara Taylor Swift:what you're shooting, and it tells a whole different story.
Cara Taylor Swift:And sometimes that story is something that someone else
Cara Taylor Swift:might not have seen. So your challenge for this particular
Cara Taylor Swift:episode is to take photos from a different perspective, if you
Cara Taylor Swift:would like to share those photos, which we would love for
Cara Taylor Swift:you to do, by the way, and we will give you some love on our
Cara Taylor Swift:social media. If you would do that. If you want to share them,
Cara Taylor Swift:share them on Instagram with the hashtag, #CWCphotochallenge. So
Cara Taylor Swift:that's #CWCphotochallenge for cowgirls with cameras photo
Cara Taylor Swift:Cameras. We hope you understand this is just a kind of an
Cara Taylor Swift:challenge, and please use that hashtag. And we'll be watching
Cara Taylor Swift:for those images just from a new perspective. Is your prompt for
Cara Taylor Swift:this week. Is there anything else you ladies would like to
Cara Taylor Swift:introduction for us. We've got a lot of great things planned and
Cara Taylor Swift:add? Before we close this up?
Cara Taylor Swift:we hope that you join us you can also join in on the fun online
Cara Taylor Swift:we are on Instagram and Facebook at cowgirls with cameras and our
Cara Taylor Swift:website is cowgirlswithcameras.com if you
Cara Taylor Swift:want to see some of the upcoming events, we have just click that
Cara Taylor Swift:Events tab and you'll get some great information right there.
Cara Taylor Swift:Don't forget we are currently booking for Cottonwood ranch
Cara Taylor Swift:experience right now. I think we have a few spaces left. So if
Cara Taylor Swift:you are interested in that, go ahead and hop on and get
Cara Taylor Swift:yourself pre registered and then we'll get you rolling through
Cara Taylor Swift:that process.
Phyllis Burchett:Or if you have any questions regarding the
Phyllis Burchett:event, please feel free to message either one of us through
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