Stay ConnectedOverexposed is a series of discussions with modern creatives who have found success through carving their own unconventional paths. Hear empowering stories from entrepreneurs, designers, photographers, artists and leaders on how they brought their creative passions to life.
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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.
If you’ve ever seen the work of our guest today, Jeffrey Czum, you can describe it as minimal magic. Jeff is a freelance digital creator from Buffalo, New York, and was featured as one of our Heroes of the Week on our blog a while back, talking about his "minimal makeovers,” where he creates fantastical worlds out of everyday scenes by removing distractions from a shot to highlight the most important elements. If you haven’t seen his work yet, you HAVE to check it out.
We talk to Jeff about how he finds inspiration in the most common places, and how he found his signature style from learning photoshop during quarantine as an outlet to express himself during the pandemic. His work has been featured on the New York Times, Accidentally Wes Anderson, and the popular Tumblr blog This isn’t happiness.
The stories and thoughtfulness behind Jeff’s photos are absolutely incredible, and the way that he was able to teach himself a completely new skill during quarantine is so inspiring.
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In this episode, we are joined by one of our very own Pexels Heroes, the one and only Luke Barky! Luke is a 26-year-old creative director, photographer, and videographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. Luke had his start in the advertising world 6 years ago before he started shooting professionally for the last 4. Luke’s energy and drive are absolutely infectious and we actually ended up covering so many topics, from how to find your style, to dealing with hustle culture and burnout, to the importance of community building in the creative industries.
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Today on the podcast, we are joined by Fan Yang, the marketing manager at XP Pen, who makes graphics tablets, pen display monitors, stylus pens, and more. Fan will be telling us all about why every digital artist, no matter if you’re an illustrator, photographer, or graphic designer, needs an XP Pen tablet to take your creative journey to the next level.
Feeling lucky? We are giving away an Artist 24Pro tablet to one lucky winner over on our Instagram!
Win an Artist 24Pro tablet: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIMuboFWla/
Video tutorial on the Artist 24Pro tablet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EETNlTfRhdo&t=15s
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Our guest today is our very own, Ricky Esquivel! Ricky is our in-house videographer who will be helping us answer the question - what the f are NFT’s?
I’m sure you’ve heard about them everywhere on the news and social media, and it can be very confusing knowing whether or not to believe in the hype! But have no fear! This episode will cover all of the essential information you need to decide whether or not this is something you want to consider getting involved in.
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On this week’ episode, we are joined by Christy Laurence - the extraordinary founder of an Award-winning Global Social Media Suite, Plann, which helps millions of global brands find success online. Christy got her start in the Marketing & Advertising world, but after an unfortunate illness left her unable to continue working, she turned to posting and selling her illustrations on Instagram for income. That’s when her entrepreneurial lightbulb lit up, and the idea of Plann was born.
In this episode, we talk about how Christy creatively navigated being in the tech space with no previous background, and how she started Plann from the ground up with barely any outside support.
And if you’re interested in trying out Plann yourself, you can use the promo code "PEXELSxPLANN20" to help you get started.
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