The BWNC Podcast

Creators are always wondering what’s the best way to get in contact with artists or celebrities to get hired to shoot live shows, tours, music videos, and more. In this episode, we break down 3 CRUCIAL steps that every creator should take to land more responses when reaching out to potential clients. We break down the importance of “cleaning up shop”, researching the artist’s camp, and critical email strategies! 

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RUKES is arguably the top EDM photographer in the game & has seen the dance music industry grow from the ground up for 15+ years. In this interview, Rukes dives back to his early days shooting at night clubs in LA, becoming Deadmau5’s first tour photographer, & working with legendary artists like Calvin Harris & Swedish House Mafia. He tells the story of watching Skrillex rise from opener to headliner. He opens up and shares some great advice for creating lasting relationships with artists, strategies for shooting large production EDM shows, & key photography skills that all music photographers should focus on! That and so much more!

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Two types of content that are hot right now on Youtube & Instagram are product videos & behind the scenes content (especially of those product videos). There are some dope creators out there making some commercial-grade product spots right from HOME with products that you can buy at the grocery store. We wanted to highlight a BWNC member named Austen Paul who has been crushing this space on Youtube. Just in the last month, he’s grown almost 30K subscribers after being featured on the Daniel Schiffer's channel. In this episode, we dive into his entire creative process when creating these product videos & how he has leveraged them into legitimate brand relationships where he’s getting hit up left and right to shoot commercial spots!

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Do you need to censor people’s faces in your protest photos? We brought in photographer Andrew White – who has done extensive photojournalist work for publications like the New York Times – to share his perspective on censorship & the code of ethics that photographers in that space adhere too when documenting events. We think this can give you perspective when going out and capturing the history unfolding in your respective city!

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No podcast episodes until next week... We hope you understand.

 

In the mean time, here are ways you can help create change:

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This website will direct you to petitions you can sign NOW

It will give you phone numbers that you can text and call

it will show you places where you can donate

Along with other info - act now.

 

Rest in power George Floyd we will not forget your name.

 

Love,

 

BWNC.

Ashley Osborn is a photographer best known for touring with acts like Jessie J, All Time Low, Bring Me The Horizon & photographing Billie Elish, Taylor Swift, & the Jonas Brothers. In this episode, Ashley dives into her battle with creative depression, her fight to overcome the anxieties of social media pressure, & above all her mission to empower the most iconic women in music! We discuss her decision to completely halt her full-time touring career in favor of taking on bigger brand projects – like creative directing a national campaign for Vans where she was able to shoot some of her favorite musicians. She takes us behind the scenes of her latest album cover shoot with Selena Gomez & so much more!

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“The Office” star John Krasinski created a YouTube series from his house – filmed it on his iPhone – and after 8 episodes was able to sell it to CBS for a huge sum of money… This got us thinking about why it’s so important to take initiative on your ideas NOW instead of waiting for someone to believe in you or a company to give you money to start production. Make it and prove it to them!

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Jon Cruz is known best for creating photo & video content for two of the biggest movie stars on the PLANET – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson & Will Smith. In this episode, Cruz takes us through how creating amazing content for travel influencer Shay Mitchell landed him his first opportunity with DJ. He takes us behind the scenes of his lifestyle traveling the world with DJ for movie tours & how he’s able to keep up with the mogul. Lastly, he gives amazing advice on storytelling, capitalizing on opportunities with big clients, and how to navigate around top tier talent. Enjoy and please let us know what your takeaways are from this episode in the comments!!

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Andrea Saavedra aka ProducedByDre is a music video producer who has worked with all the biggest names in hip-hop – Nipsey Hussle, Roddy Rich, Lil Wayne & Rick Ross to name a few. In this episode, Andrea dives into producing Post Malone & J Balvin music videos for legendary Director Colin Tilley, tells some amazing stories on set with Lil Wayne, and relives the time she saved a D Smoke & Snoop Dogg music video from being completely shut down!

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Director Tony Yacenda  – known best for directing Lil Dicky’s viral music videos “Save Dat Money” & “Freaky Friday” – takes us through his experience directing 3 episodes of Dicky’s new FX show “Dave”.  He also dives into the process of conceptualizing,  pitching, & directing his own hit  Netflix series “American Vandal”

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