#13: How Seoung Lee @ChowdownDetroit is Making a Living with Food Photography

In this in person episode of the podcast, Seoung Lee joins to talk about how he's combined his love for food and photography into a successful business using social media. Seoung's Instagram page @ChowDownDetroit has grown to over 100k documenting his local food adventures, and he's able to work with restaurants and people to make a full time living creating content around food and dining.

TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Intro4:50 Getting Into Photography Before Social Media7:00 Why he doesn't call himself a food critic15:00 Working at GM, Advertising Agency, & Lay-Offs23:40 The Power of Social Media 29:50 Starting ChowDownDetroit37:10 Taking the Risk to go Full Time46:50 Food Photo Trends54:00 Growing on Instagram1:00:00 Sticking in the city of Detroit1:18:55 Being an early adapter1:21:00 Outro

Check out Seoung's Channelshttps://www.youtube.com/chowdowndetroithttps://www.instagram.com/chowdowndetroit/