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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Today, we are talking to Senior Graphic Designer and Creative Director, Juan Alfonso Solís Martínez. Juan has been a native Pexels user for the past few years as a designer, and has recently joined us as a photographer - offering up his beautiful, cinematic photos for free on his Pexels profile. He is known mainly as @thethinframe on Instagram, having amassed over 31K followers on his travel account, and 18K followers on his street photography account, @framingstreets.
We talk to Juan about how simplicity is the key to great design and how you can make a greater impact with your own work.
Our first double feature podcast collab! On this episode, we talk to agency founders and digital natives, Nick Klenchik and Chris Davis. Nick is the CEO and Founder at Kowala Creative, a digital marketing agency specializing in marketing and design based in Syracuse, New York. Chris is a digital marketer and graphic designer. He has also started his own venture in the agency world as the co-Founder at Revcarto, a sales and marketing company based in Philadelphia.
Nick and Chris joined forces earlier this year by launching The Creative Brief podcast, which we were featured on, so go check that out if you haven’t already!
We talk about how they balance running their digital agencies with consistently putting out content through their podcast, and valuable tips on how you can improve your own online presence
Today, we are talking to Oladimeji Ajegbile who is joining us from Nigeria. Oladimeji is an all-around creative who wears many hats - he is an architect, designer, podcaster, and one of our talented photographers on Pexels. A self proclaimed Brand Architect, Oladimiji designs brand identities and digital products for startups and established businesses. Besides creating brands for his clients, he shares his stories and motivational content on his YouTube channel and podcast, The Simple Creative.
In this episode, we will be talking about how he has built his own successful freelancing brand, how to engineer the life you want, and how he stays inspired to continue to create consistently.
Craig Dennis is a photographer who contributes to Pexels and a Product Designer who uses Figma.
After running into the problem of not being able to find a plugin to use images from the stock photo site for Figma, he decided to try and make his own using the Pexels API. He tracked his progress in a Twitter thread, where we found him, and started working together.
Figma plugins can be developed by anyone in the community—they offer a wide selection of plugins that make the design process easier, from plugins that improve workflow to niche tools for sorting colors.
We talk to Craig about his journey of how he brought this project to life.
We are so excited to be kicking off Season 2 of Overexposed, with Evgeny Tchebotarev! Ev is currently the Chief Growth Officer at Skylum and had previously founded one of the world’s biggest, most renowned photography communities, 500px.
Evgeny Tchebotarev got his first camera almost 20 years ago. In 2004, before social networking invaded all of our lives, Evgeny started a community for photographers by handwriting the code for the website during his university classes. While he is a talented photographer himself (and one of our very own Heroes), he dedicated over 14 years to helping other creatives master their craft. His efforts resulted in growing the 500px community to have currently over 15 million photographers.
After connecting with the Skylum team while he was in Asia travelling and consulting companies, Evgeny joined Skylum as Vice President of Growth, Asia. Evgeny combined his knowledge in building strong communities and experience living in Asia to help grow the company's presence in the Asia-Pacific market.
We talk about how his journey of leading a young startup, how he finds purpose in his work, and how the future of creativity is being challenged and shaped by current technologies.
This episode was a live recording from our Toronto event in partnership with Timbuk2. Panelists Ryan Bolton (Photographer), Lindsey Rebeiro (Artist Representative) and Colin Jaworski (Art Director/Graphic Designer) will be sharing their stories about how they got to their respective careers in the creative industries.
About Ryan:
Ryan Bolton is an award-winning, Toronto based photographer with a passion for telling stories. He has traveled around the world working with renowned clients like Apple, Red Bull, Spotify, WayHome Festival, Intrepid Travel, Universal Music, Me to We, the JUNO Awards, the Red Cross. His work has been published in Vice, Toronto Star, Fortune magazine, Applied Arts and Billboard magazine.
About Lindsey:
Lindsey is an artist representative who has been in the industry for over 10 years. Over the years she has been fortunate enough to work alongside some of the best in the business. Starting out as a stills producer and gradually moving on to her current role as rep she continues to strive for innovation and quality. She currently represents awarding winning photographers/directors and is based out of Toronto.
About Colin:
Colin Jaworski is currently the marketing and advertising designer at Penguin Random House Canada. He has collaborated with top photographers, illustrators, stylists, and editors to create innovative layouts on a monthly basis covering a range of topics from fashion, real estate, news, and politics. Colin's experience has lead him to work with the likes of Boston Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Rue La La, and The Improper Bostonian.
In September 2019, Pexels' content team embarked on the first-ever #PexelsTour through California! Our very own Pedro (Brazil Ambassador), Wendy (Social Media), and Ricky (Videography) sit down to talk about how they planned their road trip from San Diego to San Francisco, with no shortage of interesting stories along the way.
As a self-taught illustrator and designer, David Huynh has amassed nearly 100K followers on Instagram between his own account and Logo Goals, a design feature account he founded. In this episode, we talk about how David turned a creative passion for drawing into a profitable freelance business.
You can find his work at @davidhuynh__
Kishan Mistry is a photographer, videographer, and designer based out of Toronto, Ontario. Kishan got his start early on in his high school days playing around with all different forms and mediums of media. His love for “hoops & music” lead him to have worked with the likes of Drake, Migos, Travis Scott, and the Toronto Raptors. In this episode, we talk about the importance of 'the hustle' when it comes to pursuing a creative passion.
You can find his work at @_kishanmistry
Welcome to Overexposed: A Pexels Podcast. This podcast is for those with a dream, a side hustle, or just want to live their lives on their own terms.
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