Be Your Definition

A dope, laid-back, fun conversation with the young sports creative from Portland, Oregon, Darby Winter  @darbywinterphoto! We talked about his love for Oregon and his love for the Ducks 🦆! Fun fact: Darby hasn’t missed an Oregon Ducks football home game since 2010! He’s only 17, about to turn 18, and already has an impressive body of work. Tune in to hear this fun chat about sports and his creative journey.

Another great conversation with a talented professional sports creative/photographer, @alonzo3000. I got to learn about his journey and get some amazing insight and wisdom. He dropped some free gems when it comes to photo editing, photo capturing, and navigating in the sports industry! Thank you Alon for your time and energy and adding value to the community!! Y’all Check it out!

A great conversation with the artist, storyteller, and filmmaker Salah Muhmed @salahmuhumedd !! turning the interview on me and start asking me questions and it was hard to keep my mouth shut 😆😂! Anyways, I believe we only scratched the surface of a rich conversation about creativity and self expression!

We have the living legend, elite professional photographer, Howard Lao of @howlaophotography. How is a former D1 hurdler for UW and now a USTF Level 1 coach. He is an amazing sports creative, covering collegiate sports all the way up to professional sports teams. How also adds value in the creative space with behind-the-scenes content showing his camera gear, photography tips, and advice. He also runs workshops for up-and-coming photographers who want to learn the business and their craft. In this episode How shares his journey, knowledge, wisdom, and insight on how to be successful in the sports industry! 🔥🔥

Sat down with sports creative, photographer, videographer Jae Waddell @jae.vision to talk about his creative journey, and Jae’s vision for the future of building a team and production studio that produces various forms of content. Dope conversation, let’s go!! Tune in!! 

We Have Christopher Scott of @chriscreatesreels We talked about how he got into the creative space, the role of mental health, and he shared a story of overcoming imposter syndrome. Chris gave us perspective that created inspiration to continue to follow our plan, purpose, and passion. 

We’ve got the legendary sports journalist Jed Tai @jazzyjdt62  Blessing the SBL SHOW! Jed Tai local sports industry legend. His content style is real, authentic, and humanizing. He shares more than sports coverage but also his life, thoughts, feelings, and happenings. From food reviews to local restaurant recommendations, he inspired me to be brave enough show more parts of myself other than just my work. Jed is a senior contributing staff writer for @prephoopsor Prep Hoops Oregon. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association and the Asian American Journalists Association, Jed has covered basketball at all levels from high school to the NBA for over 20 years on numerous websites and print publications. Specifically in Oregon, he started out as a contributor and became the publisher/editor of OregonPreps.com on the Rivals network from 2002 to 2008. 

Broadcasting live with Brandon J Wigley  @brandonjwigley founder of a Sports Marketing Agency @sixringsfirm | This is the first Sports Brand Lifestyle Show live edition here on IG!! Tune in as we talk about sports, brand, and lifestyle!

This was a much-needed conversation for me to put away my interviewer hat and have a casual conversation with a dope creative entrepreneur. Thank you, @thedylanschmidt, for this talk! We discussed the creator life, the business life, the parent life, content creation, the creator economy, sports, and online platforms. It was a long conversation with a dope friend I’ve known for years, but our first time talking face to face. The longest live so far 😬. I almost didn’t post this because I thought I rambled way too much! But that’s me overthinking again. Dylan inspired me to discuss the future of this show and brand in detail. Tune in, especially if you are an entrepreneur building a brand.

Hunter Newton of @newtonflix just lit up my Instagram Live! 🔥 Hunter talks about his creative sports journey that started in 2020, and within months, his brand recognition skyrocketed with the help and mentoring of Ryan of @ssvisualworks. In this conversation, Hunter talks about his relentless hunger and passion derived from his parents, and perseverance, having been cut from the high school baseball team twice in his early years. Sports might have rejected him in the past, but he’s fully accepted in the sports industry now (full circle). As Hunter will say to all the creatives: ‘We all belong here! This convo is hot lava 🔥