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April Payne

April Payne

Documentary and wedding photographer based in Houston specializing in capturing authentic celebrations and editorial moments

Jun 22, 2026

TomHOST
7:12
Like you said, seven seasons under your belt at this stage, so how did you make that transition? What were you doing before you did this?
7:20
Man, so I got into the game later.
7:23
So I literally just turned 40 years old, and I, in some ways feel like a grandma [laughs] who is at the same level of people who are half my age.
7:33
But, you know, I... with that brings a lot of life experience, which I feel that I bring to every single shoot, wedding, everything that I do.
7:43
But how did I get into this? So long story short, I was in the oil and gas business.
7:47
I live in Houston, Texas, and that is just what we do here.
7:50
And I was in the oil and gas business.

14 MINS LATER

TomHOST
21:55
And you'd made a comment about how you balance that, and I'd love to hear more about the struggle with that, because I feel like we don't talk about it enough.

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