He started out filming tutorials in his garage and now works with Adorama, runs sold-out workshops, and collaborates with some of the biggest names in photography. But being a photography educator isn’t the same as being a working photographer.

In this episode, I sit down with my mate Gavin Hoey to get real about:

• Why he swapped shooting jobs for teaching thousands online
• The difference between pleasing clients vs. pleasing audiences
• What big brands really expect from educators
• The burnout, the critics, and the “you’re not a real photographer” brigade
• Whether free tutorials have wrecked photography education
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This isn’t your usual polished interview. Expect honesty, laughs, and a few hard truths about what it takes to build a career teaching photography in 2025.

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#gavinhoey #teaching #photography

Forget funnels, forget boosted posts. I’ve promoted my photography business in some seriously weird ways — and shockingly, they worked. From offering ‘just in case’ portraits after seeing a missing child poster with a bloody Snapchat filter, to running a Pay What You Can day where people literally paid me in cake, I’m lifting the lid on the marketing experiments that got me remembered.

This isn’t marketing fluff. It’s scrappy, human, and it proves one thing: weird bloody works.

Hit play and maybe you’ll find the guts to try something unconventional in your own business.

Tickets for BIPP photo event in November 2025 https://www.bipp.com/the-bipp-big-bash-2025/

Images of the rubbish https://khandiephotography.pixieset.com/press-khandie/

Think the only way to make money as a photographer is by pressing the shutter? Bollocks. In this episode of The Loud Lens, I rip apart the myth that your camera is your only money-maker.

From selling digital products, running workshops, and teaching, to building communities, affiliate partnerships, and even monetising your bloody personality — I’m breaking down every way you can earn without taking a single photo.

I’ll share real examples, my own experiences building books, mentoring, and this podcast, and give you the blunt truth about diversifying your income.

Because here’s the real talk: if your entire business collapses the second you put the camera down, you don’t have a business — you’ve got a hobby.

👉 DM me or join The Loud Lens Facebook group to share the weirdest way you’ve made money without a camera — I might read it on a future episode.#

Find out about my mentoring here: https://www.khandiephotography.com/1-on-1-mentoring-with-khandie-photography/

#makemoney #photography #mentoring