62. Lights, Camera, Retouch: A chat with LA Beauty and Product Photographer Hayley Fisk
Ever wanted to know what it's like to be a beauty and product photographer working in LA?
Well this week, I chat with Hayley Fisk, an incredibly talented product, beauty, and food photographer based in LA. In this episode, Hayley shares her inspiring journey from studying illustration to becoming a professional photographer, thanks to a pivotal nudge from her parents. We dive into her early days learning film development, the invaluable experiences she gained through an internship with Lauren Greenfield, and her transition to offering dynamic content like video and stop motion. We'll hear about her exciting plans for the future, including expanding her team and delving into AI in photography.
You won't want to miss this episode packed with insights and inspiration!
In this episode we cover:
- Hayley Fisk's transition from illustration to photography in college.
- Hayley's experience with anxiety and its impact on her career
- Learning foundational photography skills, including film development and darkroom techniques
- Emphasis on photographers understanding photo editing to maintain control over their work.
- Creation of "The Anxious Photog" coaching program to mentor other photographers
- Future goals to become an AI photography expert and support the photography community through mentorship
Resources and links mentioned in this episode:
- Ways to work with Belle: belleverdiglione.com.au
- Belle Verdiglione’s Instagram: @belleverdiglione
- Get my FREE Market Your Mini's Action Plan - https://www.belleverdiglione.com.au/minis-action-plan
- Hayley’s instagram: @hayleyfiskphoto
- Hayley’s website: hayleyfisk.com
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Belle Verdiglione is your break-the-rules business coach, speaker, author and founder of Australia’s fastest growing female and non-binary photography community, The Camera Queens. Her ethos and soul’s mission is supporting women photographers to create a profitable and sustainable business that allows their own gifts to shine. This is collaboration over competition. The world needs more women with a fire ignited within them and Belle is here to hold space and advocate for women everywhere that their voice matters and they are worthy. You can still find Belle behind the lens exploring, learning, and creating magic in her own unique way and brand of photography, Potent Identity®; a genre of photography Belle coined herself that is wild, raw and captures the divine feminine, allowing her muse to be their own powerful inspiration. I’m here for the creators. Whatever story you’re here to tell, I’m right there alongside you.
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