Kayleigh sits down with Teresa, the portrait photographer (and rising comedian) behind My Friend Teresa Studios in downtown Cary, for a conversation that goes from bank tellers questioning her business name to what a LinkedIn recruiter survey reveals about AI headshots.

Teresa built a 16-year photography career photographing everything except weddings, babies, and pets, and now she's starting over as a beginner again in stand-up comedy. They get into imposter syndrome, being taken seriously as a woman in male-dominated industries, why she meets every client in person before ever picking up her camera, and the moment her comedy coach told her the only way to fail is to stop having fun.

In this episode:

• How "My Friend Teresa Studios" got its name
• Fighting for credibility as a woman in photography and comedy
• Why real photos build more trust than AI-generated ones - the data behind it
• Detaching from outcomes and just having fun with something new

Find Teresa:

• Photography: My Friend Teresa Studios — downtown Cary studio
• Comedy: @laughwithteresa on Instagram

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