Revealing your inner voice by giving up on social media clout with Steve Mendes
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Release Date: 11/19/2020
Maximize Your Efficiency with Jessica Whitaker
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
If you're stressing about how to do it all and adapt to the constantly changing features in social media and how to get yourself out there, you need to pause, and just listen for a minute. It's not about perfection - it's about knowing your audience and just getting started. This episode is packed with tips on everything from where to get your film developed to production values for various forms of online video and reels. Have your notebook ready for this one!
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Revealing your inner voice by giving up on social media clout with Steve Mendes
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Have you ever wished you could just strip away all of the trappings, go back to the absolute basics, start over and just reveal your raw, vulnerable self? No Photoshop, no worries about how many likes or followers you have - just simplicity and honesty and beauty. Steve Mendes started his career as a photographer in the fashion world - big shoots, makeup and fancy cars and entire teams - and then he stopped.
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In pursuit of balance, inspiration and creativity with April Lawrence
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
April Lawrence is the master of balance - she's a military spouse who has honed her craft while moving across the world the last several years, finding her voice and improvising with what she has available (during COVID-19 lockdowns in two countries, no less!)
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Embracing your flaws to flourish as a photographer with Teri Hofford
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Teri (she/her) describes herself as a body image coach and boudoir photographer, but she does SO much more! Join us as we discuss how our own body image affects our client work, rejecting the idea of Photoshopping ourselves and our clients, and how educating ourselves and our clients about the psychology of body image can change lives.
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Dropping out to achieve success and fulfillment with Chinelle Rojas
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Think you need an expensive college education to be successful? Self Portrait Queen Chinelle Rojas and I discuss how our college experience let us down and that pursuing your passion on your own time can lead to far greater success and fulfillment.
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The Battle of the Artist vs. Social Media with Ryan Muirhead
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
I discuss and argue with Ryan Muirhead about the struggles artists face using social media to promote themselves and get their work seen.
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Permission to Stop Faking It with Tash Haynes
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Are you overwhelmed by trying to do it all?
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Why this photographer deleted her 50K IG account
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
This deep soul is not only a talented photographer, creating epic conceptual art, but she’s also a deep thinker and has a powerful way with words. She’s going to inspire you with her outlook and mindset on life and the world. While her work is stunning and can speak for itself, you’re going to really want to hear the heart behind all that she does.
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How to Get Started in Brand Photography with Allyse Francis
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Where does someone start if they want to create art for brands and businesses? How do you carve out a spot for yourself in the industry that’s unique to you, while also creating for a specific look?
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Getting Out of Your Creative Rut with Fer Juaristi
Emotional Storytelling with Twyla Jones
Are you feeling burned out creatively? Are you starting to compare yourself to other photographers? Do you struggle between providing a service and being an artist?
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"My biggest achievement was believing in myself that I'm good and that I can do that. And I can do some really good work, because for me photography, it's therapeutic, not only for the model, but also for myself."
Have you ever wished you could just strip away all of the trappings, go back to the absolute basics, start over and just reveal your raw, vulnerable self? No Photoshop, no worries about how many likes or followers you have - just simplicity and honesty and beauty. Steve Mendes started his career as a photographer in the fashion world - big shoots, makeup and fancy cars and entire teams - and then he stopped.
He explored urban scenes - abandoned buildings, old castles, gorgeous spaces where he forged a new relationship with composition and light. He found his voice, he focused in, and shoots now with natural light, usually in his kitchen in Belgium. He gave up the quest for likes and social media accolades, and found a way to express himself as an artist, to produce extraordinary images, to forge genuine collaborations.
Art for me is expressing yourself with your soul, finding yourself inside of yourself. Finding your Self.
- Steve Mendes
See more of Steve's work on on PhotoVogue and follow him on instagram.
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