Maddie Peschong Photography

Maddie Peschong Photography Sioux Falls, SD Commercial and Personal Branding Photographer.

Featured in People Magazine and USA Today, Maddie Peschong is a photographer in Sioux Falls, SD specializing in commercial and personal branding. With a background in digital marketing, Maddie helps business owners build personal and commercial brands through visual imagery, coaching, and weekly education through her podcast, Take It Personally.

When I first started doing brand photography, I thought it was just taking some lifestyle photos with a laptop and calli...
06/09/2026

When I first started doing brand photography, I thought it was just taking some lifestyle photos with a laptop and calling it brand photography.

I’d deliver gorgeous galleries to my clients and then... crickets. They’d say “I love these, they’re beautiful!” and then never use them.

I tried truly everything Loom videos walking them through their galleries (mostly unwatched), Canva templates so they could use their photos (didn’t get used), even post-session content planning calls (no one booked them).

Then I realized my clients didn’t need help with using their photos after the session. They needed it before.

They needed someone to sit down with them and ask the right questions so we could create the exact shots they needed to make their branding and marketing easier.

Brand photography isn’t about taking pretty photos. It’s about understanding your client’s business, their ideal client, and their goals so you can create images that actually make them money.

While I have loved EVERY brand session I’ve personally had, the difference in planning from my first to my most recent is night and day. Now, we spend weeks working through current offers, my ideal client, and client journey. Every image has a job before I even receive the gallery.

I’m teaching the exact 3 layer framework I use for this in a FREE masterclass. When you nail all three, your clients use their photos, send referrals, and rebook and your own work starts marketing you.

Comment SELL and I’ll send you the link to save your seat. It’s free, it’s live, and I’d grab your spot now. 💌

06/08/2026

Been yapping for a decade and it hasn’t gotten any prettier 😅😅😅

BUT it does get easier and I’ve gotten better. And tbh, I’ve also just got a higher tolerance for being awkward and uncomfortable in front of a camera—and I think that’s worth spending too!

If you’re just starting out with yap content, messing up or feeling awkward doesn’t mean you’re doing anything bad. It’s just the price of visibility 😘 keep going!

06/08/2026

If this makes you uncomfortable imagine how I feel 🤣🤣 I’ve been making content like this for 10 years and I could compile QUIIIIITE the blooper reel 💀 If you’re just getting started with this kind of content and you’re terrible at it, or it feels awkward, CONGRATS! You’re doing it right 😉

06/08/2026

I live in the midwest. Everything here is brown. All of the ceilings are drop ceilings. And none of that scares me when it comes to brand photography.

I used to compare myself to California photographers and think “of course your photos look like that.”

But then I realized I’M IN CHARGE of making these locations look good.

Your clients aren’t building their offices to look aesthetic like Selling Sunset (surprise!!) they’re normal businesses. But you can still make them look incredible.

This is what flash is for. This is what planning is for. This is what being a professional photographer means.

Your clients aren’t asking you to make their office not look like their office. They just want it to look the best it possibly can.

This is all part of my 3 layer SESSIONS THAT SELL strategy for crafting brand sessions that get you booked, referred, and worth more $$$.

Comment SELL to save your seat for June 25th!

like how are you going to sell brand photography if you don’t have brand photography??? that is the whole point of embod...
06/08/2026

like how are you going to sell brand photography if you don’t have brand photography???

that is the whole point of embodiment content, you have to be embodied in what you do. that’s where the mf trust lives.

thoughts on this?? let’s yap 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

06/04/2026

I need to say this and I say it with love because I literally used to do this lol.

Trendy photoshoots are fun to style, fun to shoot, and fun to post. But if your client can’t use the photos to actually grow their business, what exactly did they pay you for?

I used to get so caught up in what was trending, aesthetics, props, annd Pinterest worthy backdrops that I forgot to ask myself the most basic question: how is my client going to USE this image?

The photos that actually create ROI? They’re strategic. They’re planned around your client’s business model, their content needs, and where they’re going to use each image. And tbhhhhh they look just as good… they’re just built to work harder.

I put my exact shot list framework into a FREE doc for YOUUU. It works for every niche because the core images every business owner needs are the same.

Comment SHOTLIST and I’ll send it over for free.

You ever scroll past a client’s grid like 3 months after their session and realize they’ve used 4 of the 80 photos you s...
06/04/2026

You ever scroll past a client’s grid like 3 months after their session and realize they’ve used 4 of the 80 photos you sent? Same.

For years I told myself it wasn’t on me. I shot the gallery. I edited the gallery. I delivered the gallery. The rest was her job.

except… it kind of wasn’t. The photos I was handing over were beautiful, but my clients had no idea what to do with them.

Once I changed how I planned my sessions, that stopped happening. My clients use their photos. They put them on their websites, in their newsletters, in their pitch decks. Because every photo in the gallery has a job before I ever pick up the camera.

I’m teaching the whole system inside my new free masterclass: Sessions that SELL. How I plan, shoot, and deliver galleries my clients can’t wait to use.
Comment SELL and I’ll send you the link!

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