Have you seen the Tom Brady Hulu Ad, or the Baker Mayfield, Saquon Barkley deep fake Hulu ad, or the Taco Bell moon campaign? If you have, then you know some of Guto Araki’s work. Guto and I talk about all of these campaigns as well as how he started his own company at 19 and then was bought out and started working at an agency. We talk about him living in South Africa for a year at 15, going t Romania for a shoot and closing down a working train station and highway, plus his latest venture, Biite Club, which is a really great idea, if you like food. There are so many good stories in this episode, you don’t want to miss it!

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What do you do when the model misses her flight, doesn’t tell you until the morning of and doesn’t show up for the shoot? Carmen can tell you what she did. She can also tell you how to handle a stylist and assistant that get drunk the night after day 1 and sleep through their alarms and show up severely hung over! So, on top of those amazing stories, we also discuss how her dad had a big influence on helping to develop her artistic eye, her love of looking through stock photography, what it’s like growing up in the Black Hills and hanging out in Sturgis during biker week, why she didn’t become an elementary school teacher and her love of Seinfeld, plus so much more! I had a lot of fun talking with Carmen and I know you will enjoy this episode! So check this one out and let me know what you think.

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Did you know that Facebook has Creative Directors, and at least one amazing Creative Director. If you didn’t know that, or even if you did, you should listen to this episode. Toby and I discuss the time she worked on the floor of the NY Stock Exchange, how she is partly responsible for the inclusion of plus/curvy models in a lot of what you see today. We also talk about a shoot she did with WestWorld star Evan Rachel Wood, Toby’s shoot that was a reimagining of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ where she used a photographer that was still in college (and it turned out great), plus how she uses Instagram to find photographers and a lot more! So check this one out and let me know what you think.

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Want to know what it’s like to work with Bad Bunny and Snoop Dogg and Zoe Saldana, Forest can tell you. He can also tell you about working with Rick Ross and having deep conversations with celebrity athletes. Forest tells us about the time he drove from Colorado to Atlanta, just for a job interview. Listen to find out if it was worth the drive. He also tells us a story he has never told before. We discuss his love of writing for McSweeney’s, who originally rejected him, many, many times. We also talk skateboarding, work from home and growing up in Pennsylvania. So go take a listen and let me know what you think.

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You want to know what a Diva, Hand Models can be? Listen to this episode with New York Times editor, Kim Gougenheim. Kim and I discuss, hand models, shooting on the set of Sesame Street, meeting and working with Elmo. We find out what Elmo can’t do, or is allowed to hold, we discuss her time at Rolling Stone magazine, working at O magazine and her first time meeting Oprah, which also included meeting Maya Angelou, working at Rachel Ray magazine and working with Rachel Ray, how they were able to continue shooting during CoVid lockdown and a bunch more interesting stories. So go take a listen and let me know what you think.

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Ryan talks about a dinner he had in London where a couple of famous artists, asked him to go out and party with them and then asked him to attend one of their showings. Find out who they were and what Ryan said to their invitations. We also discuss working at smaller agencies versus larger ones, the relationship between the art producer and the creative director, why he had to build a huge hamburger bun for a shoot one time, a last minute shoot in South Africa, why he keeps losing his wedding ring and what his wife thinks about it, and so much more! This was a fun one and I really enjoyed talking with Ryan. I know you’ll like this one!

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This is one of my most interesting episode, so definitely check this one out! Krystle and I talk about the time she played HORSE with Kobe Bryant and it wasn’t easy, for him! We discuss working on shoots with Kobe, LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo, including which one always has to have tropical Skittles. We also discuss the past life regression therapy she does for people and she shares some stories of how that works and some incredible ways in which it can help with your current anxieties and fears.

This interview was VERY interesting and I know you guys are going to like it!

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Tim tells us about what it was like to work at McCann Advertising as his first job, how things go down in meetings where the agency is presenting Photographers and Directors to their clients. We also discuss the time he worked with Cindy Crawford, a voiceover he did with Gary Sinise and how nice he was, the MasterCard shoot he did for the World Cup that took him all over the world, why he moved south and a lot more.

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In this episode Nathan and I catch up on how his career has exploded since he moved to London and lockdown has ended. We discuss how he has been getting jobs, the benefits of constructive criticism, his shoots for Mimi London, and other companies, what it was like when each of us shot covers, that we were told not use in our portfolios. We also talk a little bit about the stories we have heard about some famous photographers and all kinds of other things. So check it out.

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