The Terrible Photographer Podcast
Helping creatives find their voice in an industry that rewards conformity, trends, and bullshit.
Photographers. Designers. Filmmakers. Writers. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing it all wrong in a creative industry obsessed with followers, hustle, and aesthetic perfection, this is for you.
Hosted by Patrick Fore, The Terrible Photographer is part therapy session, part creative survival guide. We talk about burnout (without the platitudes), making money (without selling your soul), and what it really takes to build a sustainable, honest creative life.
If you’ve ever wondered:
• How to make money as a creative without losing your voice
• How to recover from burnout and stay in the game
• Where to find clients who value the work
• Or if you’re just too honest for this business…
You’re not alone.
New episodes every Tuesday. Listen if you’re ready to build a creative career that still feels like you.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2025
My Friend Hue - Seeing Color as Emotion, Language, and Power
this episode is a love letter to color. Not just as an aesthetic choice—but as psychology, science, culture, and storytelling.
We start with a fictional moment on a busy New York City street, then div…
Dim, Not Done - Burnout, Breakdown, and the Slow Road Back
This one’s personal.
In this episode, Patrick shares the story of a full-blown burnout that ended behind a dumpster — and why it didn’t start there. We talk about what burnout really looks like (spoil…
Still Here - Why Resilience Is a Creative Act
This week’s episode isn’t about trends, trolls, or gear. It’s about something quieter — the part of you that refuses to give up, even when the work feels impossible.
We explore the idea of creative re…
No Secret Sauce: Just Show Up (How Careers Are Actually Built)
You’re not missing a magic lens. There’s no course, preset pack, or algorithm trick that’s secretly holding you back. The truth is less glamorous — but way more powerful.
In this episode, Patrick peel…
Your Brain is the Biggest Dick - Photographers Can Be Dicks – Part 2
In this raw and unflinching episode, Patrick explores the psychology behind creative self-doubt and why your inner critic might be the biggest obstacle to your growth. Drawing from neuroscience resea…
Photographers Can Be D*cks (But You Don’t Have to Be One)
Patrick calls out the toxic gatekeeping culture that's suffocating creativity in photography — and offers a better way forward for anyone tired of comment-section warriors and gear snobs who've confu…
You’re Not Terrible, You’re Just Early - Why showing up bad is the only way to get good
Welcome to the first episode of The Terrible Photographer — a podcast for working photographers and creative humans who are done with fake positivity, influencer bullshit, and pretending they have it…
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A show about creativity, survival, and making work that actually means something.
Hosted by commercial photographer and reluctant philosopher Patrick Fore, this podcast isn’t about gear, presets, or g…