I'm thrilled to finally get the chance to speak with DP Shannon Palmer. Based out of New York by way of Baltimore (crabs cakes, football and DP's... am I right?) she shares her journey from athlete to DP. In this episode you'll find out her tho

S2E6: Michelle Gustafson | How to Move Across the Country and Start a Photo Career

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 15m

Philadelphia based Michelle Gustafson and I met during an assignment cover The Penn Relays. I was amazed at how naturally she struck up a conversation. Watching her work and approach people she had never met seemed to come so effortless to her.

Caitlin Dooley | The Power of a Stylist

Aug 11th, 2020 45m 43s

New York City based Stylist Caitlin Dooley keeps Season 2 of The Creative Freelancer going strong. It's already our 23rd episode of this podcast and like all great things with the number #23, Caitlin delivers.Ever wonder what a photographer

Elizabeth Collins | Working with a Producer

Aug 4th, 2020 47m 27s

Season 2 continues to roll along with Producer Elizabeth Collins. Elizabeth's company, CTRL E Content produces branded content and commercials for companies including UPS, Jersey Mike Subs, Nike, L.L. Bean and others.In this conversation, w

S2E3 : Emily Maye | How Personal Projects Can Open Doors

Jul 28th, 2020 58m 30s

Continuing with our pattern of all female creatives for Season 2, photographer/director Emily Maye is our guest on this episode of The Creative Freelancer Podcast. Based in the US, represented worldwide, Emily's client roster is amazing and inc

Amy Wolff | How to Shoot for a Magazine

Jul 22nd, 2020 1h

Our guest on this week's podcast episode is Hearst Photo Director Amy Wolff. Amy oversees the photo departments for Runner's World, Bicycling and Popular Mechanics magazines. Last month I put out a question on my Instagram asking everyone "Who

S2E1 : Daniele Anastasion | Writer + Director

Jul 8th, 2020 55m 29s

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Creative Freelancer, I'm your host David Bracetty and on this episode, our guest is D.C. based writer and director Daniel Anastasion. I first discovered Daniele's work on I am Yupik, a short film about a native A

Clay Cook | Building Your First Print Portfolio

Sep 27th, 2017 50m 57s

Welcome fellow photographers to another hot one! On this podcast episode we feature Louisville based commercial and editorial photographer Clay Cook. I was on Instagram an saw that he just recently teamed up with Wonderful Machine and Mullenber

Zoe Rain | Hard Work and Getting Lucky

Sep 11th, 2017 50m 35s

Seattle born Zoe Rain has already accomplished a lot in her young, creative career. By the age of 20, she was touring the world with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis as their official photographer. The list of artists she's worked with include Lorde,

Philip Haynes | Putting in the Work and Staying Positive

Aug 25th, 2017 59m 30s

Philip Hayes is a UK based commercial and advertising sports + lifestyle photographer... a pretty damn good one. Only 30, Philip somehow managed to compress 20 years worth of assisting, retouching, digi teching for others and signing with an Ag

Anthony Supreme – Taking Chances + Building Relationships

Dec 9th, 2016 54m 31s

LA based director/photographer Anthony "Supreme" Thompson sat down with us this week to share his story of how he went from directing and producing music videos in North Carolina, to living out of his car in LA and landing the opportunity to ph

Brook Pifer – From Personal Project to Client

Dec 2nd, 2016 56m 4s

New York based lifestyle photographer Brook Pifer recently sat down on our podcast to talk shop. After meeting her at this year's PhotoPlus Expo, we linked up and expanded on a few points mentioned during the conference and dug deep... like rea

Aaron Anderson- Printing Promos and List Building

Oct 27th, 2016 1h 1m

This week we sit down with Colorado Springs based photographer Aaron Anderson. In this episode, we talk about how he goes about building his list and what the process of printing his promo's looks. Aaron also shares what strategies he's seen pa

Mike Holland – Photographing Concert Tours and Shooting Documentaries

Oct 18th, 2016 50m 11s

Maryland based photographer, Mike Holland is no stranger to capturing artist performances. Since high school, he quickly started working with other Maryland based artists his craft. Connecting early on with Logic and creating work has led to a

John Keatley – Creating personal projects

Oct 4th, 2016 54m 37s

This week, we sat down for an interview with John Keatley, Seattle based advertising and fine art photographer. On this podcast episode he shares some behind the scenes of his recent project "Uniform" and why it's so important to be creating pe

Lou Lesko- Building Confidence and Bidding for Jobs

Sep 27th, 2016 43m 44s

If you're looking to get some epic knowledge bombs dropped on you (like the one below) with a dose or motivation and confidence building, you need to listen to this episode as Lou Lesko, photographer, writer and founder of BlinkBid. Lou and I s

Corey Jenkins | Commercial Fitness and Assisting Pro’s

Mar 11th, 2016 59m 14s

Meet photographer Corey Jenkins. Based in Miami, Corey specializes in fitness and sports creating images for Image Source in addition to other advertising and commercial clients.After landing an internship with photographer Tim Tadder, Corey

Alexandra Ostebo – Marketing Consultant

Jan 27th, 2016 58m 26s

Alexandra (Ally) Ostebo was a former Senior Marketing Consultant at Wonderful Machine and is currently the executive director at Creative Picnic. Over the last few years, she's worked with over 100 photographers to help them successfully promot

Craig Oppenheimer – Producing and Pricing

Dec 15th, 2015 1h 15m

"Hi, yes I'd like to hire you for an assignment and it has to happen tomorrow. Our day rate is $900 and we need the rights to images." If that phone call hit you today, would you be prepared to answer it? Well this episode of The Creative Freel

Victor G Thomas (@Vic.Invades) | Urbex in Brooklyn

Nov 24th, 2015 58m 5s

Brooklyn based creative, Victor G Thomas (@vic.invades), is a freelance photographer who is 100% self taught and also happens to be an urban explorer (urbexer).For Victor, photography came first and then Urbexing. It made perfect sense to mix

Zach Hetrick | Around the World with Kevin Hart

Nov 18th, 2015 1h 11m

Brooklyn based running and sports photographer Zach Hetrick sits down with me for episode 5. Last summer, Zach photographed comedian Kevin Hart as he traveled to various cities in the US and Canada. Through establishing the right connections, Z

Blair Madigan | Learning Gear and Extreme Weather

Nov 11th, 2015 55m 24s

Freelance cinematographer Blair Madigan has traveled the world and back. Growing up in Colorado surrounded by travel and visual artists in his family, it's as if Blair was destined to be a kick-ass, nomadic cinematographer guru, who can pretty

Esteban Jimenez (Copter Pilot)

Nov 3rd, 2015 1h 12m

Hollywood motion picture pilot, Esteban Jimenez (@copterpilot on Instgram) has over 70k followers and doing amazing things in LA. He's flown Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York & San Fransisco. Recently, he's opened the doors of aerial pho

Ep2: Mike Tang & Cristina Pilo

Sep 21st, 2015 1h 42m

Miami based husband and wife team of Mike Tang & Cristina Pilo dive deep to share how they met and were able to build such the very successful photo & video company, Ohrangutang... and they are just getting started.Nearing 1 Million followers

Ep1: Steve Boyle

Sep 15th, 2015 1h 22m

Philadelphia based advertising and editorial sports photographer Steve Boyle shares his thoughts on personal work, building a portfolio and relationships.Steve attending University of Missouri's photo journalism school and shortly after began

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