Fran is a British portrait photographer who aims to celebrate the undercelebrated. Her work has been featured in national and international magazines and newspapers and has worked with the likes of BBC, Oxford College, and The Financial Times.

One of her most notable recent projects has been documenting the lives of those around the world and how they’ve been experiencing COVID through Zoom photoshoots, from some of the first vaccine trialists to US Scientists, to what lockdown looks like in Europe. We talk to Fran about what it means to be a portrait photographer, beyond just the camera and the photo itself, but how to tell the story of your subjects, and how to incorporate ever-changing technology into your art. 

Josh & Care, along with their two little girls, share their love for discovering everything the great outdoors has to offer through photos and videos they share on their social media and Pexels, documenting their travels and adventures in hopes to inspire others to also become lovers and protectors of our beautiful home we call earth.

In this episode, we talk about the ups, downs, and amazing journey of raising a traveling family, and how photography has taken them all over the world. Their work has been featured in Today's Parent, Forbes, Yahoo, and Huffington Post working with world-class brands such as Teva, Escape Campervans, Reima, and Schwinn bikes.

Today, we are talking to one of our Pexels photographers, Zeeshan Shabbir, who is a photographer/ videographer residing in New York City. Zeeshan picked up a point-and-shoot camera for the first time growing up, like most photographers, and dabbled in various forms of photography from fashion to film, but it wasn’t until he moved to New York City where he really found a passion for street photography. We talk about what the creative landscape looks like there, where he draws inspiration from to create moody, cinematic shots of the city, and how to navigate the current social media landscape as an artist - being able to balance patience and purpose when it comes to creating photographs that are truly meaningful. This episode gives you an inside look at how a street photographer finds inspiration in his surroundings.

Today I am joined by Amanda Soriano, who is a Toronto-based wedding photographer and host of the Legit Photography Podcast.

In 2019, she booked 23 weddings with little to no portfolio and has since created her own communities on her podcast and Facebook group to share what she’s learned in hopes to help aspiring photographers looking to book dream clients and work on projects that they are passionate about.

We talk about what it takes to be a dedicated, creative entrepreneur while also balancing personal life and well-being and the importance of building community as a way to grow your business. Amanda is such a sweetheart and so generous with her knowledge and expertise so I’m sure you guys will be able to take away some useful nuggets in this episode.

Kammeran is a 22 year old photographer, born and raised in the Hawaiian Islands. He found his passion in the ocean at an early age and soon combined his passion of the ocean and photography at the age of 16 and has been photographing and sharing images of the raw power and beauty of the ocean ever since. He’s one of our own Pexels Heroes who’s become quite a household name in the community - winning several challenges from Pexelspalooza to the Ocean Life Challenge.

This episode gives us an intimate look inside the day in the life of a surf photographer - the high risks and high rewards when it comes to working with natural elements. Kammeran’s lessons of humbleness and resilience that he’s learned through being around the ocean can be applied to any photographer - no matter where you are and what you shoot.

Till is a nomadic photographer, videographer and Youtuber who was born and raised in Germany, but has also resided in places like Denmark and Vietnam. He now lives in Norway, a place that enables him to seek out a simpler way of living, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, and somewhere he is able to become more in tune with his natural surroundings. You can tell by his photos that have a serene, and calming feel to them, full of vast landscapes and wildlife. While Till’s formal education is in human nutrition and biology, he taught himself everything creative. After using Pexels for quite some time, Till decided to try sharing his own photos and documenting his experience on Youtube. In this episode, we talk about Till’s adventures as a nomadic creative, and his experience as a photographer on Pexels.

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Shelly is a photographer, educator, and podcaster currently living the transatlantic life, splitting her time between London and San Francisco. Shelly’s career has quite the trajectory. She got her start in finance and also worked in the pro sports industry for a number of years. While photography has always been in her life in some shape or form, Shelly didn’t take it full time for many years. In this episode, we talk about how Shelly knew when it was time to leave her corporate job to make photography her full-time career, and the tips she learned along the way so you can do it too.   

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Dylan is a photographer & creative based in Lancaster, PA. He fell in love with the color in old film photos when I was younger and have been shooting ever since, telling stories through the colors, subjects, and composition in his work. When you look at his photos, you can see that Dylan has a talented eye for capturing candid moments in an aesthetically pleasing way. In this episode, we talk about how Dylan used aspects of what he loved about film photography as an inspiration for his photography style now. 

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This week I am joined by Eric Deine, a self-taught photographer currently based in Dubai. Having been forced to leave his home country in Cameroon due to turmoil, Eric had to make a living for himself in a completely new country, where he stumbled across photography by chance. Falling in love with taking photos but also out of necessity, Eric spent countless hours on YouTube and photoshoots teaching himself the ins and outs in order to survive. It is one thing to have to leave everything behind once, but having done more than he should need to, Eric has the most incredible story about perseverance and how one can make a successful life despite extreme challenges.

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Taj Singh is a mindset coach and founder of Savita Hana. After struggling and overcoming her own mental blocks at a young age, Taj set out to empower others to do the same by developing a program that allows others to accomplish their goals and transform their lives.

In this episode, we talk about Taj’s own self-development journey, how to balance work and life as an entrepreneur, getting over the guilt of charging for your services as a business owner, and concrete tips on how creatives can achieve their goals.

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