Just a Good Conversation

Rebranded Athlete was founded by Dr. Sarah Lepe who is a former Division I Cal State University, Fullerton Volleyball Alumni. Athletics played a tremendous role throughout Sarah’s life and especially in pursuing her career goals. After the final whistle of her last game, little did she know what a challenge it would be to transition out of athletics and pursue her career.

Jenny Topping is one of the best softball players period! Pac 10 newcomer of the year, 3 time Big West player of the year. Gold medalist at Pan American Games 2003, Gold medalist at the Athens Olympics 2004, International Sports Invitational Champion 2005, Softball world Champion 2006 and 2012 Olympic Hall of Fame as well as Cal State Fullerton Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. She started a softball training center goldmedaltraining31.com to help young girls better understand the softball. We talk about that and more on the podcast.

Todd Bigelow is an adjunct professor of photography & photojournalism, founder of The Business of Photography Workshop, and author of "The Freelance Photographer's Guide To Success: Business Essentials. You can find Todd on Youtube as well talking about business practices for a freelancers. We talk about this and more on the podcast. We talk about what makes a good contract and a bad one. The power of the internet and how it changed the way photography was seen and more.

Todd Bigelow is an adjunct professor of photography & photojournalism, founder of The Business of Photography Workshop, and author of "The Freelance Photographer's Guide To Success: Business Essentials. You can find Todd on Youtube as well talking about business practices for a freelancers. We talk about this and more on the podcast.

The lost art of building and maintaining work relationships is the topic Robert Huskey and I discus. From mentoring, working together to now a working partnership. Take a listen to how he did it and the pay off in the end. Check out his work at huskeyweddings.com or roberthuskey.com

For over 35 years Southern California was lucky to have my guest Paul Rodriguez making images in local newspapers. We discus his time at the OC Register, cover major events and getting better light You can see his work at www.paulrodriguez.biz

Isaac Salazar is the director of strength and conditioning at Cal State Fullerton. Isaac earned his bachelors degree in exercise and sports science at Vanguard University and his masters degree in kinesiology (performance enhancement emphasis) at Cal State Fullerton. We talk about getting into weights at all ages, what to eat and not eat make when lifting and more. 

Not too many people can say they have changed an industry for the better,  my guest Gaby Mullinax changed the photo lab industry and more. She bought Fullerton Photographics in 1999, within two years she and her team tossed the photo lab industry upside down. We talked about buying a small business, the challenges of covid as a business owner and the future of Fullerton Fast Signs.

You can’t say Long Beach Press Telegram with saying Jim McCormack. For more than 40 years that newspaper was his life. He worked as a beat writer covering Long Beach State athletics, copy editor, Sports Editor, he did lay out, was a Religion Editor and even got his hands on a camera from time to time get a photos in the paper. We talk about his career and the newspapers future.

Michael Coronado is an old soul, a true newspaper man. He’s covered the news for small local papers and traveled half way around the world to cover the war in the middle east. Now a professor at Cypress College he’s teaching the next generation of journalist on how to cover the next big story and the smallest ones as well. Michael and I talk about journalism, mustaches and Land Rovers.