Final Thoughts & A Note On Obsession
Lesson 19 from: How to Become a Freelance PhotographerIsaac Johnston
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Final Thoughts & A Note On Obsession
Lesson 19 from: How to Become a Freelance PhotographerIsaac Johnston
Lesson Info
19. Final Thoughts & A Note On Obsession
Lessons
Meet Isaac Johnston
03:53 2Problems Becoming A Fulltime Freelancer
02:45 3The Tool I Use To Create
21:22 4How To Know If Your Hobby Should Be Your Profession
05:10 5Showing Your Work Daily
02:55 6Getting Support
03:05 7Handling Fear of Failure
03:08 8Creating Your Own Unique Value
08:39My Workflow
19:24 10How I Approach A Brand
07:07 11How To Build A Proposal
08:46 123 Strategies on Increasing Exposure
04:47 13How To Meet Artists You Love
06:19 14How To Find Ideas
07:53 15My Techniques To Shoot Photos
05:45 16My strategies to make better stories’
08:48 17Writing Videos For The Internet
07:56 18How To Be Comfortable In Front Of The Camera
06:08 19Final Thoughts & A Note On Obsession
01:55 20Getting Work and the Post Covid Goldrush
27:20 21Live Lesson: The Covid Goldrush
1:05:34Lesson Info
Final Thoughts & A Note On Obsession
I wanna end this whole workshop by saying thank you for joining and thank you for purchasing this. It really means a lot to me. When Alex and I started talking about me doing a workshop, I didn't really know what I was gonna teach. And Alex suggested that I could teach how to remove barriers. And when I started thinking about that, I was like, yeah, maybe that's the thing that you guys would find most valuable that I could teach because I have done that in my own life a lot. I've removed the barriers of I don't have enough resources. I've removed the barriers of I'm too old, I'm fully committed to a different career, I don't wanna shift directions because I have my family. I found that just by making sure that I was a good husband and that I communicated well, I could continue to push forward into an area where maybe there was some financial instability. I found that I could be adventurous and I could make adventure my career. And I'm pretty confident that you guys can do that too. I t...
hink that if you have patience with your craft, that you create value, and that you share that value, that you're gonna be able to make connections in this creative industry and that you're going to be successful. So my final note, I wanna say that obsession and curiosity are the wind in your sales. So don't let anybody tell you that you shouldn't lean into your curiosity or that you shouldn't get up at 1:00 AM in the morning to research a project, that you should just mellow out. For me, that's always been the driving force and the difference between just doing this as a hobby and doing it as a profession is that I just always want to do it. So you can't fake it. If you don't have it, you won't be able to just all of a sudden have obsession and curiosity. But if you have it, don't let anybody tell you that you can't lean into it. So get out there and create, learn, lean into your creative obsession, and yeah, I hope this was helpful. Thanks for joining.
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Ratings and Reviews
Ken Neubecker
A great course/workshop, one of the best I've seen with CreativeLive. While at 71 I'm not looking at starting a full new carrier in freelance photography or video work, doing the work helps keep me off the street. It has given me inspiration to do a stoty about what I am going through now as a full time caretaker for my wife, who has been suffering the declining pains of Alzheimer's for a few years now. No one with Alzheimer's travels that final journey alone. In a sence it is an adventure, mostly for those close to the one with the disease. While it's not like the travels I did 50 years ago when what today is called "adventure" (canyoneering, something we used to simply call a hike in the desert...). I spent a lot of my life running rivers and working as a wilderness wanderer and guide/instructor. Now my travels are pretty well limited to long walk with the dog and occasional fishing outings with my wife who used to be a guide herself. Maybe thats not all that interesting or exciting as say going over a cliff with a bike and a parachute, but for many older folks it is the new story, the new adventure as their later years unfold. This in itself will be an adventure, at least for me.
Ryan David
Practical yet fun Great workshop and worth the time/money. Isaac is an easy to watch presenter and the various modules were each concise and practical. Time well spent!
asieh harati
honest advice from an adventure photographer who went through career transition I think a lot of us are mulling over the idea of transitioning to become a photographer. It's not easy. There are lots of fears and hesitations. It's a change that could affect our life. I'm at this decision branch for the second time in my life, and I still fear. Isaac shares with us how he overcame those very same hurdles and fears. He is genuine, practical and proves that you don't need expensive gear to start or even continue to become good enough. The pitch deck example, the starting up a conversation with a prospective client, the way to deal with blockers, all are real. I cannot wait to put them in place and start my first pitch. Thanks Isaac for sharing your journey!