One of the most powerful things about being a business owner is the ability to create a work environment according to your own principles. So many of us have worked within a company or organization and been disappointed by the way things were run, the way team members were treated. So, we wanted to ask some fantastic business owners and operators how they’ve gone about creating a more inclusive workplace.

Sarah Dowlin

When working with business owners and marketing leaders, I emphasize the idea of using their photo sessions as a celebration. All too often, corporate photography is viewed as a “must do” for the sake of marketing and not a “get to do” for the benefit of the team as a whole. Read more>>

Asia Fogle

This year my focus was creating a space I’d love to create candles in each day. I started renovating my candle studio in the fall of 2022. With so much space & an area only for candle making it’s been amazing. I have a few more things I want & need to do before it’s officially finished. Read more>>

Elliot Carlyle

In learning to make space for yourself, you learn to make space for others. My best friend often says, “you were building your brand before you knew you were building your brand.” She’s right in that. I can’t say that I was ever focused on building a brand from the beginning. Building a brand wasn’t in my consciousness. I wanted to work and I wanted to show what I was capable of accomplishing both alone and with a team. Read more>>

Molly Switzer

We started this company during the pandemic to give our kids some work experience that was safe and socially distant. We have learned over almost 3 years that not all of the aspects of the business are a good fit for each individual employee. One prefers to ride along and photograph setups, a couple help their mom organize and execute the setup and pick up, one likes the whole creative experience start to finish, Read more>>