Welcome to the Photo Life

The Photo Life is your platform for inspiration and education. When you spend time here, you’ll discover a one-stop educational resource for professional photographers.

But it’s more than that.

The Photo Life brings essential elements of your photographic life together in one place so you can build your business and feed your creative spirit. Here, you’ll interact with professional photographers from all walks of life and share your success stories.

The team behind The Photo Life strives to create and share resources that will help you learn, connect and succeed.

The Community Team

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  Rachel LaCour Niesen

  Title:

  VP Community Marketing

  Twitter:

  @rachellacour, @shootq

  Location:

  Atlanta, GA

  Rachel manages the commingled communities of Pictage & ShootQ.

  “In my free time, I collect wine and photo books and occasionally wrangle photographers!”

  

  Photo by Rachel

  “This is an image I made at Ground Zero Blues Club in Mississippi that reminds me how important improvisation is to both musicians and photographers.”

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  Katie Humphreys

  Title:

  Community Commander and Content Contributor

  Twitter:

  @katiehumphreys

  Location:

  Denver, CO

  Katie oversees the PUG program and works on The Photo Life Dispatch to develop business resources for photographers.

  “In my free time, I love hiking, playing outside with my puppy and exploring Denver!”

  

  Photo by Katie

  “This image was taken right after the couple’s wedding ceremony while they were playing in an old canoe that belonged to the groom’s family.”

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  Elizabeth Villa

  Title:

  Content Curator

  Twitter:

  @elizabethipp

  Location:

  South Pasadena, CA

  Elizabeth collaborates with a team of photographers and creatives to provide valuable content for The Photo Life readers.

  “I’m a Content Marketing enthusiast, spending too much of my free time researching and experimenting with the ideas of Content Marketing for small business.”

  

  Photo by The Youngrens

  “This is my family’s story captured in a single image of my dad and my sister on her wedding day.”