Episodes

April 2, 2021

Alexis Cuarezma: Finding Your Vision

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― β€œLeonardo da Vinci says that β€œcolor is the children of light”, which I found beautiful. You could assign any emotion that you wanted to color. There are no rules to say that red is powerful, or blue is this or that. It's whatever rules you want to make, and from there, you have your roadmap.” A…

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March 26, 2021

3 Signs You're Pricing Like an Employee

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "If you are frustrated with how low you're pricing yourself, start here, start presenting yourself as an intellectual property business, and not just a contractor business."

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March 19, 2021

James Patrick: How to get your work published

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― β€œAn imperfect portfolio that is pitched will be infinitely more successful than the perfect portfolio that's never shown to anyone" James Patrick

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March 12, 2021

Brad Smith: The Lens of a Photo Editor

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "I've worked in sports for years on some level or another. I've never hit a home run in my life so it's like, that's the average person. I love photography. I had no desire ever in my life to go take photos for a living and schlep my portfolio around and get told "no" a bunch of times. Zero. I'…

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March 5, 2021

Kyle Zedaker: The Road to the Superbowl

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― β€œI need to shout out my whole team, like our whole team; the Bucs photo team, the creative team, the behind the scenes stuff, like we've been saying, there's so many people that have helped me get here and then helped the team get to where we are as an organization." Kyle Zedaker

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Feb. 26, 2021

3 decisions that will leave your business vulnerable

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "What makes great artists great isn't always unteachable genius. It's simply the habitual nature of being proactive."

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Feb. 19, 2021

Tri Nguyen: How to create demand for your work

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― β€œYou’ve got to be proactive. Instagram is great, but you can't just post nice photos and expect people to just come flocking to you, that doesn't happen. I don't passively market." Tri Nguyen

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Feb. 12, 2021

Brandon Magnus: Facing Imposter Syndrome

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "I feel like right now, more than ever, with this pandemic, people are having a hard time feeling like they know where they belong, especially in their role. And in sports photography, with restrictions on events being tighter, there's less credentials being given out and less work for a lot of…

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Feb. 5, 2021

Kelly Aoki: Building comfort with your family and senior clients

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― β€œGetting to know the clients is one of the more important things just because they feel like you're invested in them. I think anyone wants to feel special. And that's what I'm here for.” - Kelly Aoki

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Jan. 29, 2021

What you might be missing in your estimates

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "If this is your first point of communication with a potential client, make it a good impression. Be detailed, be brief, be quick."

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Jan. 1, 2021

5 Practices to reduce job-loss anxiety

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "If you can identify your client's needs and come up with ideas before they've even had the chance to put them up on their own drawing board. You've transformed your own brand in their eyes, instead of seeing you as a photographer, and just that. Maybe now they see you as a brand strategist. I…

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Jan. 1, 2021

How to make your call-sheet stand out from the crowd

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "Whether this is a paid or collaborative photoshoot, the quality of communication you provide to your team is going to have a big role in your project's success or failure."

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Jan. 1, 2021

3 Things to ask yourself before going self-employed

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "You're not just a photographer, you're also sales, your marketing, your the legal department, accounting, r&d, customer service, the list goes on, you don't have anybody to pass the buck to. So I asked you How comfortable are you taking the time to learn things like intellectual property so …

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Jan. 1, 2021

Welcome to Artrepreneurs

πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’― "The title of this show is called, Artrepreneurs, and it is very intentionally pluralized. I want this show to be inviting, to be inclusive and collaborative.  I want everyone who listens to the show, to feel like they are an entrepreneur, that they belong in this community without any real i…

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