Dazzling Spoons Counseling {Seattle small business branding session}

Dazzling Spoons Counseling {Seattle small business branding session}

One of the more joyful parts of my job is getting to be the photographer who gets it — who doesn’t push, who doesn’t rush, who has the accommodations and modifications ready so that capturing branding photos is a good experience for disabled and ill clients, not just something to be endured.

Joyful Divergence {Seattle small business branding session}
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Joyful Divergence {Seattle small business branding session}

I also love, love, love working with neurodivergent folks. Y’all are my people. (Neurodivergence is an umbrella term that includes autism, ADHD, dyslexia and more, and depending on who you ask also includes mentally ill and mad folks.) At Kyra’s session, we cheerfully got distracted together by a hawk flying by and a rainbow, and laughed ourselves silly while getting Kyra covered in grass rolling down a hill.

I chat with Alissa Rumsey about size inclusivity in business
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I chat with Alissa Rumsey about size inclusivity in business

From @alissarumsey: Building inclusive and fat-friendly businesses: why is so important (for us, for our business, and for the collective) and some things to think about when it comes to being inclusive in your digital/online space. Loved this convo with @bodyliberationwithlindley, who shared so much of her wisdom along with some practical tips. Lindley will be…

Meghan Matt’s Small Business Session | Seattle body-positive portrait photographer

Meghan Matt’s Small Business Session | Seattle body-positive portrait photographer

So many of my small business photography clients come to me right at the beginning of their entrepreneurial lives. The process of planning and executing a body-positive small business photo session with me helps them think through not only the look and feel of their brand, but what kind of presence they want to establish…

A fat white woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses smiles down at yarn she is winding on a wooden device into a spool. She's wearing an intricate handmade sweater at her Seattle body-positive small business portrait photo shoot.

Sneak peek: Meghan Matt’s Small Business Photo Session | Seattle portrait photographer

Here’s a sneak peek of Meghan @thebrassydiva’s Good to Go small business photo session with me last week! I am totally in awe that she made that sweater. Amazing, right? In case you missed it yesterday, I also announced my brand-new podcast, Bad Fatty, with Laura Burns, and am giving away a copy of Laura’s…

How to set your freelance and speaking rates

How to set your freelance and speaking rates

You deserve a living wage for your work. Let me say that again: You deserve a living wage for your work. Even if you’re a creative type. Even if you’re an artist. Even if your work is fun, and something you’re passionate about. Women and gender-non-conforming folks have lots of pressure on us to charge…

{Listen} Lindley on the Entrepreneurial Outlaws Podcast with Melanie Knights: Representing yourself as a marginalized business owner
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{Listen} Lindley on the Entrepreneurial Outlaws Podcast with Melanie Knights: Representing yourself as a marginalized business owner

The experience of being a business owner in a marginalized body is very different from the mainstream, and it’s one I spend a lot of time thinking about. It was a pleasure discuss it with Melanie Knights on the Entrepreneurial Outlaws podcast. I love the way Melanie described our episode: We are in a period…