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Prince McClinton (@wonderboyprince) is a co-founder of the popular media company, Art of Visuals, and has built up the brand's photography community, podcast, store, app, and more. He joins us to chat about the power of building an online community, what it takes to sustain and grow a brand into multiple channels, and how he’s merged art and commerce with self-development to create a creative-focused company.
This is the recap episode to my conversation with @The.Architxct. I sit down and go through and highlight some of the key points and takeaways from the most recent interview. Let me know what you think of these types of episodes, this is the second week I've done this so curious to hear your opinion.
The Architxct is a fashion and portrait photographer based out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He has accumulated over 18,700 followers on Instagram and has worked with brands like Mercedes and the Zargara Label. We’re going to discuss how he landed his first clients, what he did to grow his Instagram, what he would do if he had to start all over again, how he got over 270K YouTube views on a single video, and so much more! There is also a portion of the conversation where The Architxct talks buying likes on Instagram and I just want to give him props for being so open and honest in this episode. I also want to call out the audio quality of this episode, I had an issue with mic so it may sound off and a little staticy at points. I did my best to clean it up, and got it a long way from what it was but still not perfect. Thank you for listening to this episode of My Social Life, be sure to leave us a rating and review and post this episode to your story and tag @mysocialpod and we'll share it! FOLLOW THE ARCHITXCT Instagram - @The.Architxct Instagram 2 - @ImFitch YouTube - ImFitch Twitter - @architxct_ Facebook - The architxct Website - https://www.architxct.com/ FOLLOW JACOB Instagram - @TheJacobKelly Twitter - @TheJacobKelly YouTube - Jacob Kelly Medium - Jacob Kelly Facebook - Jacob Kelly - My Social Life FOLLOW MY SOCIAL LIFE Instagram - @MySocialPod TIME CODES 0:00 - Intro 3:38 - Who is The Architxct? 7:18 - Getting into photography 12:36 - Gig work 24:35 - Instagram and how he grew to over 18.7K 45:51 - Posting process and post breakdown 57:41 - YouTube, having a video get over 278,000 views 1:05:58 - Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat 1:08:06 - What’s next? 1:22:22 - Q&A 1:32:44 - Where you can find The Architxct 1:34:13 - Outro
Roland Bast is a travel and wilderness and he is currently sitting with over 21K on Instagram. He only started photography in 2014 when he was in his mid forties but has quickly established himself as a known photographer in the Ottawa area. He has worked with many different tourism and we’ll get into what is in his media kit, why his new blog helps him work with other tourism boards, and what makes a good collaboration. We’ll also look at how he grew his page when he started out in late 2014. FOLLOW ROLAND Instagram - @RolandBast Instagram #2 - @RolandBastPhoto Twitter - @RolandBastPhoto Facebook - Roland Bast Photo https://rolandbast.wordpress.com/ FOLLOW OTTAWA PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK Instagram - @OttawaPhoto FOLLOW JACOB Instagram - @TheJacobKelly Twitter - @TheJacobKelly YouTube - Jacob Kelly Medium - Jacob Kelly Facebook - Jacob Kelly - My Social Life FOLLOW MY SOCIAL LIFE Instagram - @MySocialPod TIME CODES 0:00 - Intro 2:16 - Who is Roland Bast and he got into photography and Instagram 5:31 - Getting published as a photographer within the first year 9:33 - Should beginner photographers keep it simple? and landing first gig 12:03 - Starting on Instagram and how he grew 18:01 - When he posts during the day and week 19:16 - What he would do if he woke up tomorrow with no followers 20:27 - How often he goes out to shoot and his posting process 25:39 - Collaborating with brands 31:25 - Blogging 34:15 - Posting photos of himself 34:50 - What's in his media kit 35:35 - Facebook 38:12 - Twitter 40:07 - Why his Instagram follower growth has slowed down 43:01 - Moderating an Instagram account with 49K 45:31 - What's next for Roland Bast 48:24 - Q&A 55:41 - Where you can find Roland 56:43 - Outro
Say hello to Bryan Rupp. Art Of Visuals very own Vice President of Marketing. Bryan is the most successful and experienced wedding photographer we have ever met. In this episode Bryan explains how he went from working at a cafe to making over six figures a year shooting weddings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Will Carey is a portrait photographer who currently has 11.000 Instagram followers and he grew his community in under two years of posting to Instagram. On top of that, during the summer his full time job is photo editor and secondary shooter for Union Eleven Photographers, a wedding photography company in Ottawa and during the winter Will is a full time student. In this conversation Will and I talk about a lot. Obviously we talk about how he grew his Instagram to over 10,000 people in under two years and then how he went from 10,000 to 11,000 in only 36 hours! We discuss how he's done collaborations with Joey Kidney (670,000+ YouTube subscribers), and how he get Brandon Woelfel to follow to him (2.3 million Instagram followers). On top of having over 11,000 followers, he has an extremely high engagement rate, more than four times the average. This can be enticing to brands and Will just recently worked with a brand (Lyft) for the very first time only recently. We talk about how he turned down the initial ask because it wasn't the type of content he puts out and that his audience is used to but how he offered an alternative that the company went for. This conversation naturally has quite a few conversations about photography, including tips and gear for beginners and whether or not you should work for free. However, even if you aren't a photographer there's a lot of good things in this conversation that anyone trying to grow on social media should be doing. Be sure to leave us a rating and review, it helps us get discovered by new people. We recently surpassed 100 downloads, a modest amount but the first milestone en route to many more! We're trying something new this week, take a picture or screenshot of you listening to this podcast and share it to your Instagram Story and tag @mysocialpod and I will share it to our story. I hope you enjoy this episode. FOLLOW WILL Instagram - @WillCareyOVO Website - https://www.willcarey.co/ FOLLOW JACOB Instagram - @TheJacobKelly Twitter - @TheJacobKelly Medium - @Jacob97Kelly YouTube - Jacob Kelly Facebook - @jkells97 FOLLOW MY $OCIAL LIFE Instagram - @MySocialPod YouTube - My Social Life LINKS Phlern Peter McKinnon Brandon Woelfel Samuel Elkins Joey Kidney (Taken By Joey) TheRealKerbens The Architxct Legion Studios Zach Alia Bleeblu Charly Jordan Paige Jimenez Sam Kolder Isaiah Rashad MGK Stupid Young Reason The Art of Visuals Podcast Brooklyn Nine-Nine Rick and Morty Kochu Elgin Street Diner Warehouse Union Eleven Photographers TIME CODES 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - Who is Will Carey and how he got into photography 5:43 - Will's first paid gig 9:30 - Working as a full time secondary shooter and editor for a wedding photography company 12:21 - When will began posting his photography on Instagram 13:20 - How will grew his Instagram 16:47 - Is being posted on a "Feature Page" important? 18:49 - The importance of creating connections with other photographers 20:31 - Having 1,000 true fans is all you need 21:27 - Finally passing the 10,000 followers threshold 24:53 - Creators that inspire Will 27:09 - Finding his photography style 28:07 - Will's upcoming trip to Iceland 30:56 - Getting followed by Brandon Woelfer 33:05 - Dream photographers to collaborate with 34:06 - Doing a camera giveaway with Joey Kidney, TheRealKerbens, and The.Architxct 41:14 - How will has a 13% engagement (more than 4x the average) 43:17 - Why Will posts on Mondays and Tuesdays and the time he posts 45:24 - Collaborating with models 46:53 - How he finds his models 50:32 - Crediting your photographer 53:09 - Tough asks of models at photoshoot, painting face and being buried alive... yes for real 56:30 - How Will got his first brand deal and why he turned it down at first 1:04:25 - Reaching out to brands to collaborate 1:05:16 - Should beginner photographers work for free? 1:14:47 - Will's plan for other social media platforms 1:21:18 - Tips for beginner photographer and what gear you should use 1:28:18 - What Will hopes people take away from his content 1:30:32 - Rapid Fire Q&A
Kyle is a seventeen-year-old Photoshop artist and photographer living Boise Idaho. He has managed to grow a following over 20k while keeping a 4.1 GPA and while working with Art Of Visuals to develop new products and resources for the community. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Until Last April Jacob had never even heard of Instagram. That is until influencers and photographer from all around started hitting him up to come and photograph his magical creations. In this episode of the Art Of Visuals podcast, we sit down with Jacob to hear his story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.