On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we're recording from WPPI in Vegas, chatting with editorial + commercial sports portrait photographer, Alexis Cuarezma.
In this episode, we chat about the importance of networking and getting in front of people's faces, going from being a double major in college to dropping out with a semester left, how persistence + patience landed him work with HBO + Sports Illustrated shooting Mayweather & Pacquiao and the US Women's Soccer Team respectively, how to implement aggressive patience, long term relationships working with BorrowLenses ending up in a spotlight piece, shooting for the jobs you want not the jobs you're getting, what it's like to shoot multiple lighting setups at once with syncing sorcery, and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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In this episode, we chat about his transition from a recording label executive to getting his PhD in psychology to a wedding photographer late in life at 45 years of age, what it's like to then receive Lifetime Achievement Awards for his work, how he uses Jedi-mind tricks to make himself the 2nd shooter on all his weddings to make sure he shoots what he wants, shooting Annie Leibovitz's sister's wedding only a year into his career, how taking a wedding for next to nothing ended up being his most amazing wedding he's ever shot and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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In this episode, we chat about transitioning from a graphic designer to photographer, the importance of owning your story, dealing with having premature twin boys, becoming a better business person as a photographer, empowering people through his bodyscape series, the ever fun talks about photography and profits, asking the tough questions with clients to get to know them more, making for a better experience and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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In this episode, we chat about his transition to working at Aol. to becoming a full-time photographer after getting laid off, shooting celebrities like Daniel Craig, Barack Obama, Demi Lovato, Donald Trump (Drumpf), The Weeknd, The Jonas Brothers, and more. A lot of people know his name from The Stolen Scream, working as a tank driver in the Israeli military, loving Donald Trump's rants because he keeps making money off the images and even a TIME magazine cover, and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat about the crazy coming week and trip we’ve been planning for.
Jessica helps co-host this episode where we chat about what’s going on at WPPI, 'rubbing shoulders' with people in Vegas, booping Peter Hurley on the nose, the usual stress + anxiety before big trips for your business, the difficulty of parents traveling when you have two kids, how Jessica will NOT binge-watch X-Files while I'm gone, finalizing my review of the #AskGaryVee book by Gary Vaynerchuk, what seasons of the X-Files were the best and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we have our first return guest! And who else is it than the Crude Canuck, photographer + digital artist Renee Robyn, whom many of you remember from our launch at PhotoPlus last year. Coming up this week, you can come meet Renee at the SmugMug booth Tuesday, March 8th @ 12 Noon, and a Platform class on Wednesday, March 9th @ 8 AM.
We chat about the difficulties of being a woman in photography with a large following, the crazy shooting process behind her amazing SmugMug video with multiple locations + riding through the rain up mountains in the freezing cold, her upcoming two-day workshop on CreativeLive (view her original PhotoWeek one here), why we love Kylo Ren's Undercover Boss episode, taking the big leap to go to her first WPPI four years ago, the ethos behind delayed gratification, recovering from brain injuries and a bad motorcycle accident, and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat about things upcoming + a book review.
Jessica helps co-host this episode where we chat about a job interview, my new baby beard, the upcoming WPPI trip to Vegas, getting an early copy of the #AskGaryVee book by Gary Vaynerchuk to review, apparently how I have Kim K cry face + Jess has Claire Danes cry face, opening up to family and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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In this episode, we chat about her beginnings in Albania, living as a creative in a communist country, coming to the States at 17 years of age alone, what is was like coming to the States thinking Beverly Hills 90210 was really how the US was, seeing Philadelphia change since arriving in 1997, how she sees Philadelphia as a great incubator for entrepreneurs, deconstructing the feelings we feel with regards to failure, and lots more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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Jessica helps co-host this episode where we chat about her 33rd birthday this week, having moments of self-reflection, me putting in more effort and cooking a bomb ass meal for her birthday, why artists do some of their best work when they're in the darkest place in their life and more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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We chat about Steve's early beginnings with radio playing DJ in his house, his foray into podcasting in the early beginnings some 11 years ago, how he came into contact with Toronto native Donna Papacosta with whom he wrote The Business of Podcasting, how he found success in podcasting consulting for corporate clients, recently picking up new organizations as clients like NJ Spotlight, and lots more on this part one episode of The Angry Millennial.
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Be sure to check out Steve's book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional by clicking on the image below.
In this second part of a two-part episode, we chat about the real physical effects of depression, dealing with + healing chronic pain, practicing Awareness Meditation, perfecting time management to help others by being 'selfish', finally finding happiness in her career with CreativeLive, taking the risk of walking away from her photo business to go 100% at CL, the importance of hosts in shows and platforms like CL, crushing on photojournalists, Ami Vitale + Lynsey Addario, her photo work with the people of Cuba, and lots more on this part one episode of The Angry Millennial.
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In this first part of a two-part episode, we chat about her beginnings at CreativeLive which include volunteering for over a year before becoming Employee #08, the rarely acknowledged stigma behind Ivy League education, adjusting to being a industry rock-star getting recognized at all conferences + expos, the boom of online education, getting broken up with over e-mail in the early 90's, dealing with anxiety, depression, + ruts while working in the corporate world and as an artist, and lots more on this part one episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, I chat about a rough week of losing family.
Jessica helps co-host this episode where we chat about losing family members, my trip to Puerto Rico to be with family, dealing with older family members suffering from Alzheimer's, losing a loved one when you're a parent, knowing the origins of your name when you're named after family members, and a possible new direction with the show on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat with the #SHABANG headshot master, Peter Hurley. No stranger to keeping busy, he's the founder of companies like Hurley Pro Gear, Headshot Crew, & PsyPhotology.
We chat about his career path as a Olympic sailboat racer & model which lead to him picking up a camera, the woes of being an Instagram husband, what is was like writing his book over some two years - The Headshot, the power we have with our cameras, regretting never having taken a portrait of his late mother, growing up down the street from Gary Vaynerchuk'sWine Library in New Jersey, his hustle to make living off his camera work at 30 with kids and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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I chat about why in a social media age, just a face-to-face interaction can set you apart from the crowd, surrounding yourself with the smartest people possible, making platonic friends in your 30's, how seeing someone enough times will get you the opportunity just by being there, telling people why they should have a podcast, how going out of my comfort zone and doing things like PhotoPlus Expo, Startup Soiree, and other events have exponentially helped my journey with the podcast and other work on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat with Sam Aquillano, engineer turned non-profit co-founder of Design Museum Foundation. Originally based out of Boston, now opening offices in Portland, OR & San Francisco, CA.
We chat about disruption models booming presence the last few years (think Uber + Airbnb - own no assets, yet rule it all), the importance of using the tools at your disposal to build things - even the local library, how bootstrapping help him & his co-founder not go into huge debt launching DMF, the importance of unstructured play for a child's development, the fun structure of going after government grants for a startup non-profit, and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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One of the biggest things that most artists struggle with is feeling like you're doing well when the success isn't quite what you've imagined just yet. Times like these can make those cocktail party + holiday functions tough when people ask: So what do you do?
I chat about what you should always remember when those 3am doubtful feelings creep up, ways to flip it on them next time someone responds condescendingly to your response of artist/boot strapped entrepreneur, how important vision + faith are when you're struggling to close the creative gap and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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We chat about the rise of period pieces likethe show,Boardwalk Empire, the popularity of jazz, how we should have actor John C. Reilly, in character as Dr. Steve Brule, as a guest on the show, wearing suits from the 20's + 30's, how we began to play a tea kettle as an instrument and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat with actor/musician, Chris Sullivan, whom you may recognize as Tom Cleary from Cinemax's The Knick.
We chat about having his beard becoming a character within itself, his theater start, how embracing social media has opened lots of doors for him, writing 30 songs in 30 days for Sully and the Benevolent Folk, landing himself a role on a Soderbergh show, what it was like to work with James Gandolfini on his last film, The Drop, and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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On this episode of The Angry Millennial, we chat with comedian & radio personality Mickey Cucchiella, a Baltimore legend.
We chat about his early on comedy career of working the elementary school classrooms, getting locked in art supply closets, bouts with depression, walking away from a successful radio DJ career, refusing to work the college circuit, learning how to work a room and much more on this episode of The Angry Millennial.
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