In today’s re-release episode (81) of The EAT, CAPTURE, SHARE Podcast, I’m talking to Viola Virtamo, photographer, graphic designer, videographer, cookbook author, visual artist and director of Dream Cozy, a publishing company based in Finland. We chat about how to establish a successful career as a photographer, how to find your style, how to curate your Instagram feed and so much more. Here’s what else you can expect from today’s episode …
- I share more about the advanced food photography retreat I’m teaching with Viola this summer!
- Viola introduces herself.
- Viola chats about what she’s been cooking in quarantine and how the current situation has positively affected her cooking skills.
- Viola outlines how she started her photography career and how she established her creative business.
- Viola describes when and how she fell in love with food and food photography.
- Viola shares her top food photography tips.
- Viola explains how she found her own unique style and how she’s allowed it to continuously evolve.
- We discuss what makes a great creative.
- Viola shares where she found the courage to pursue her dream of working in a creative field.
- Viola talks openly how she deals with creative set backs and rejections.
- Viola notes why it’s been so important to obtain inspiration from a variety of different sources and explore different visual mediums.
- Viola shares what her great sources of inspiration are.
- Viola spills the beans on how she approaches the curation of her Instagram grid.
- Viola outlines what her creative process is and how she tackles client projects.
- We discuss how best to plan a shoot.
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