Small Business Collab SS Reflections x Love Natural Beauty

A Small Business Collaboration From High School Friends to Small Business Collaborators: Some collaborations start with a cold email. This one started in 1985. Lisa and I graduated together from Orofino High School. Like a lot of friendships, ours drifted over the years — different towns, different lives, the usual story. Then, out of nowhere,...
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The Best Camera Bag: My Honest Review of the WANDRD PRVKE 21L V4 Photo Bundle

The Best Camera Bag for Small Frames OR any frame: My Honest Review of the WANDRD PRVKE 21L V4 Photo Bundle. By Shanna Schwartz/ SS Reflections Photography. I spent four months researching camera bags before I bought this one. Four. Months. As a professional photographer and someone who stands at 5'2", finding a bag that could carry my full Sony...
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Orofino Idaho Family Photographer | The Durkan Family Session

The Durkan Family | Orofino, Idaho Family Photography There are sessions that remind me exactly why I do this work. The Durkan family was one of them. Christina, Kyle, Gavin, and Levi came out to the woods near Orofino for their very first family session — and I mean ever. No pressure, right? But honestly, from the moment we started, it felt like...
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5 Things That Will Save You Time as a Photographer
 (Hint: It's not what you think)

5 Things That Will Save You Time as a Photographer (Hint: None of Them Are Cameras or Lenses) Let me be honest with you for a second. After years of shooting, I've invested thousands in glass, upgraded my camera bodies, and researched every piece of photography gear under the sun. And yet — some of the biggest time-savers in my life as a photo...
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Honeybook for Photographers: How I Automated My Entire Client Workflow

Why I'll Never Run My Photography Business Without HoneyBook (And Why You Shouldn't Either) Affiliate disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through my link, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you — and honestly, I only share tools I genuinely use and love. There was a season in my photography business where I was...
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