
“I learned how to manage client relationships and how to market yourself. There's no teaching that in school. It took me a long time to actually implement those practices in my own work.”


“If I want this story to be as complete as I was envisioning it, I need to get myself back there and make more photos. It was the first thing I ever really pitched and was fully confident in.”




“Being a freelancer in photo is basically job interviews every single day. You're pitching yourself, you're pitching stories, you're pitching yourself to agencies and large clients.”


“You gotta have thick skin in this game. Be able to handle rejection and know that there's gonna be something down the line that you'll find the energy to push forward on.”




“You have to be able to accept the uncomfortable stuff to eventually get you to where you need to go. It might be a huge uncomfortable jump, but if you can see the path, it'll lead to the next thing.”








