242: Vanessa Joy - From Crying to Creative : A Photographic Journey of Discovery

Vanessa Joy is an award-winning wedding photographer with more
than 20 years in business. In 2020 she was named one of Canons
Explorers of Light. An exclusive position reserved for
photographers who have dedicated their lives to the craft. Today
she talks about how she almost chose a different career path and
what it was that brought her back to photography.


Episode Timeline:


Vanessa describes her early interest in photography, and when
she knew that photography was going to play a big role in her
life.

Vanessa shares personal shots from her early days in
photography.

What influenced your preference for portraits in photography?

About Vanessa's plans to move to Texas.

Vanessa was announced as one of Canon's Explorers of Light.

Is there anything Vanessa thinks new photographers should
know?



Premium Members Also Learn:


The marketing efforts that have worked for Vanessa in New
York over the past 20 years

What marketing efforts Vanessa is using now to build
authority when she moves to Texas



Key Takeaways: 


The passion had always been there for photography, the
realization that it would be a full-time career much later.

Highlighting the benefits of her photography career, Vanessa
talks about the love for it and the freedom to plan her schedule.

Vanessa describes the drive behind her preference for
portraits. In a lot of ways, I think I enjoyed photographing
people in how I felt, so photographing people is a little bit of
photographing them but a lot of expressing who I am.

Combining two styles of portrait photography, one where every
aspect of the picture is controlled with one where things are
allowed to be more natural is possible, and do not have to be
mutually exclusive.

When you first start in photography it is understandably
necessary to try many styles and then hone in on a particular
one, but as you get better in that aspect, you get bored and have
enough control of your craft to try other things and expand your
photography interests while maintaining your brand.

Discussing Vanessa's move to Texas, she noted some key
differences regarding the technique in her photography.

Asides from her technical know-how with the camera, another
point Vanessa attributes her Explorers of Light announcement to,
was her ability to find simple uses for the camera for the
average person, knowing that the company would need that kind of
market to make sales on a large scale.

To new photographers: Gear doesn't matter, and should not
stop you from being a great photographer, and as gear gets more
expensive it's good if there's a particular reason. Just keep
going at it, you have to love photography for the work itself
because that's the thing that's your daily life, not the results.



Resources:


Austin Texas Wedding Photographer Vanessa Joy’s Website

Vanessa Joys Website for photographers



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