S8 E79 - Kannetha Brown

Kannetha Brown is a Cambodian-American photographer from Rhode Island. Influenced by her experiences with body politics, intimacy, and womanhood, she explores power and the female gaze in her artwork.

Her story is fantastic and inspiring as someone living at home, enrolled in art school and working towards her dream of being a commercial photographer who makes a difference in the lens we are viewing our world through. 

Brown has been featured in publications including Rolling Stone, Elle Magazine, and Best of Photo Vogue. Her photographs have been exhibited in various American and European galleries such as GRRL HAUS Cinema, The Luupe, and El Salón— all of which commit to representing the narratives of women, LGBTQ+, and Black, Indigenous, people of color.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

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S8 E78 - Mikhael Romain

Tune into Shelly's chat with one of our favorite Prop Stylists, Mikhael Romain. She started her career in San Francisco working for Meredith Publishing, assisting one of their editors and that is where she learned what it was to be a prop stylist both by assisting other stylists and sometimes by working on her own for magazines in their editorial department. One of those stylist's was Gary Spain, he was a freelance stylist prior to his current job, Chief Product and Integration Officer at Restoration Hardware. She assisted him for two years, with some brief stints in editorial as a full time writer and design editor for CA Home and Design.  After leaving the magazine world, she came back to work for Gary at Restoration Hardware in-house, styling their stores, working on their web and catalog shoots too. Her experience is vast and her path extensive, which makes her a prolific and well organized stylist for sure.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E77 - Krystal Collier

Tune into Shelly's chat with Krystal Collier, better known as KC Styles. A recent Los Angeles transplant from Dallas, following her dream of working as a stylist in the commercial world of photography and film. She started her career working in props, wardrobe and production for companies like JCPenney and Neiman Marcus, then went in house working for a big jewelry company. All these roads were an intentional path leading her to follow her dream head to Los Angeles. She shares that journey with Shelly and talks about the latest film project she was lucky to be involved in recently.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E76 - Kimberly Murray

Tune into Shelly's chat with this amazing female creator, Kimberly Murray. She is based in Atlanta and not only is a photographer but also a product stylist specializing in food, products, and interiors.  Her path to photography wasn't direct, she first got her Ph.D. in psychology. She has taken her knowledge of psychological principles and applied it to her photography,  creating compelling images that capture the mood and personality of her clients’ brands and help to attract their ideal customers. Besides being behind the camera she has also created a class where she shares her techniques, called Flat Lay Play, helping content creators hone their craft. Her energy is as bright and exuberant as her work and the conversation was fun too.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E75 - Michelle Russ

Tune into our chat with the bay area photographer, Michelle Russ. We talk about her journey that took her to the world of photographing dogs, cats, and the brands that love them. From her beginning shooting in an ecomm fashion world, to changing coasts and taking her passion for animals to the photographic side and building a commercial career around that, to today, being a new working mom. We unpack good stories about finding your strength in a crappy situation and following your dreams to get you where you need to be.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E74 - Jillian Knox

Jillian Knox is an interdisciplinary creative polymath based in San Francisco, California

With a BFA in Photography, concentrating in Fashion Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design, Jillian opened her online vintage store, Joules Jewels Vintage, in 2009 to hone her commercial photography, styling skills, and embrace her love for fashion. 

Shortly after, she opened community art gallery and multi-space, TBA Space 1039, in Chicago, IL which hosted many local and national artists in juried group shows. The space was closed coinciding with her move to San Francisco in 2011.

She currently works as a food + fashion stylist and is the founder of The Astute Agency. The Astute Agency is a not-for-profit inclusive community that is founded and operated by BIPOC creatives. Not only that she runs an awesome little online shop called Casa Ojo.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E73 - Kristin Cofer

Tune into our chat with this lovely Bay Area native, Kirstin Cofer. She specializes in portrait and lifestyle work as well as having a background in design, some experience as a radio host and an upcoming podcaster too. When it comes to capturing a person’s nature, she’s a magic-maker. Her energy is calm, kind and creative - you will find this episode like taking a deep breath and inhaling copious amounts of love.

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E72 - Rachel Korinek

Tune into our amazing chat with this Australian photographer living the dream in Vancouver, Canada. Rachel Korinek is better known as @twolovesstudio, a food blogger, professional food photographer, stylist, and teacher of some awesome master classes teaching you all of her best tips and tricks on all of it. Her journey is an inspiration to all over-achiever listeners  as well as our lighting and technical nerds too. Her work is beautifully mouth-watering and I'm sure this lady will be just continuing to grow and go more places so let's keep our eyes on her for sure!

Season 8 is brought to you by some of our closest friends, our networking chair, Betsy Davison's baby, Space for Arts. They are a global marketplace for professional production spaces. Think of it as an AirBnB like platform dedicated exclusively to the demanding requirements of our creative community.

Space for Arts presents a vetted inventory of production spaces with robust search tools optimized for the needs of production professionals.  Their patent pending Space for Arts booking system mirrors our industry’s practice of using “holds” & “challenges.” And best of all there is no cost for production teams to book through Space for Arts.

Space for Arts is AirBnB, meets Resy, meets CRM for our professional production community and has over 1,000 spaces listed in key US markets, London & Berlin and adds new listings daily.

Find it  -  Plan it  -  Book it  -  Manage it

S8 E71 - Cat Jimenez & Smita Sharma

Tune into our episode featuring Cat Jimenez who is a Host Community member at Las Fotos Project. Along with one of the winner's of the annual Foto Awards, Smita Sharma. Smita is a photo journalist based in Delhi who has documented victims of gender-based violence, sexual crimes and human trafficking in the Global South through long-form visual narratives. She is also a TED fellow and an IWMG reporting Fellow and recipient of Amnesty International Medaa award for photo journalism and One World Media Award for her short film “Rebel with a Cause”. She is currently working on a photo book documenting cross border minor sex trafficking between India and Bangladesh and it will be used as an educational material to be distributed in school and university libraries, NGOs and with law enforcement agencies.

Las Fotos Project is a community-based nonprofit organization that inspires teenage girls through photography, mentorship, and self-expression. Founded in 2010 by by Los Angeles-based photographer Eric V. Ibarra after seeing a need for teenage girls throughout Los Angeles to have a skill that could help build their confidence and self-esteem. They  Offer year-round programming, and provide girls with access to professional cameras, quality instruction and workshops that encourage them to explore their identity,  build leadership and advocacy skills, and strengthen their social and emotional well-being. They are about to have their 3rd Annual Foto Awards which will be virtual again this year. And 100% of the proceeds goes back into their programming which for now focuses on the Central, South, and East Los Angeles regions of Los Angeles.

 Cat Jimenez has worked at the intersection of photography, technology and culture as producer, programmer and curator for over 15 years. She currently serves as the Executive Producer of the Brand team at Lucid Motors and prior to her current post, held the role of Executive Producer for Imprint Projects, a creative agency. She is also the former Executive Director of the Lucie Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to honor masters photographers, discover and cultivate emerging photographic talent and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. Her passion is very obviously to help our photography community thrive and grow in all ways possible.