{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Portrait System Podcast","title":"Part-Time Photographer, $1,800 Client Average, No Studio | Kristina Svirskaite","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1cd5d7f0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3557,"description":"Kristina Svirskaite built her photography business from $150 sessions to an average of about $1,800 per client, all while keeping a full-time corporate career, raising three children, and working without a permanent studio. She joins Nikki Closser to explain how she made part-time photography fit the life she actually wants.\nKristina shares what happened when the referrals that had sustained her business slowed down, why she returned to SEO and Google, and how clear website copy and transparent pricing helped attract clients who were already prepared for her rates.\nThe conversation also gets practical about session fees and collections, selling albums and wall art in clients' homes, combining lifestyle and posed newborn work, creating relaxed family sessions, and building a proven pricing structure around limited time.\nIn this conversation:\n\nGrowing from $150 sessions to an approximately $1,800 client average\nBalancing a corporate career, three children, and four to eight sessions per month\nRebuilding demand through photography SEO, Google, and consistent marketing\nShowing pricing online and attracting clients who understand the investment\nSelling albums, wall art, and acrylics without maintaining a studio\nBuild your photography business with PortraitSystem.com. Use code PODCAST7 for your first month for $7.\nChapters\n00:00 Part-time photography is a real business\n01:13 From $150 sessions to a $1,800 client average\n02:32 Natural family and newborn photography without a studio\n05:34 Balancing a corporate job and four to eight monthly sessions\n07:40 Starting a photography business after becoming a mom\n10:45 Why referrals slowed and consistent marketing matters\n13:54 Photography website SEO and Google leads\n15:30 Showing pricing before clients inquire\n21:44 Collections, products, and a $1,800 average sale\n29:18 Instagram strategy for attracting paying clients\n33:40 Creating relaxed family and newborn sessions\n42:55 Building a proven pricing model around real life","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/H9QcfJKaAEAsYKeAYiewBc7x64qo7bRJUxVt54HIIek/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MjM4/ZTA4OTE1MDk2ZmE5/YjBjMDI0Njc2OTI3/OThhZS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}