Photos are visual stories, and every great story should tug at your emotions. 

When you know your audience, you begin to understand what they want and how you can serve them. Evoking emotions is one of the best ways you can develop your audience.

Here's what you'll learn in this episode:

• Why do we tell stories?
• The two primary methods of evoking an emotion
• Why emotions help your photography improve

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Serving others is one of the best ways to improve your photography. Learn how developing your audience will teach you to be a better photographer. 

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why it's imperative to find your audience
• How to discover what your audience wants
• How serving your audience benefits you and your photography

If you're a photographer in business, defining your audience is a great path to creating better work and earning higher profits.

For those of you who aren't in business, the same advice applies to help you improve your craft, build a social media or other audience, and really target your photography to know what you should be doing to create your next photo.

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Visit the show notes at:  https://williambeem.com/episode165

We're changing the name and brand of our podcast from The Photo Flunky Show to I Like Your Picture podcast. Check out this episode to find out more about our new direction. 

In this episode, we introduce our core beliefs to help you improve your photography with visual storytelling.

• We'll help you understand how to find and nurture your Audience.
• You'll understand how to find the right background for your subject
• We share the critical importance of lighting that creates a mood and develops a story for your subject
• You'll learn what subjects your audience truly wants, and how you can always deliver for them
• Finally, you'll understand why every photo should evoke an emotion and which ones your audience wants.

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Visit the show notes at:  https://williambeem.com/episode164

Backgrounds are one of the three pillars of your photos, along with subject and light. In fact, I think that finding the perfect background is often more important than your subject.

In this episode, we'll teach you:

• The purpose of a background in your photos
• What attributes your background should and should not have
• How to asses a potential background for your subject and story

Photography should always work to tell a story and evoke an emotion from your audience. We share the creative and important points to consider every time you take a photo, so you can take the perfect photo every time.

Visit the show notes at:  https://williambeem.com/episode163