Value In Leisure

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1. 0:01Walk on, walk on, walk on, walk on to Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk with your host,
2. 0:11photographer Jackson, Steve Jackson of Alien Eyes Photos Media, bringing you Alien Eyes
3. 0:19Photos Industry Talk, and I don't want to be too long because I have to eat, it's
4. 0:28midnight, just got home from this event. I'm sounding a little nasally, feeling a little
5. 0:34nasally, so that's how you know this is real and authentic, and I'll just give you my journey as
6. 0:43promised anyway. Like I could be, you know, getting ready for bed, really be working,
7. 0:53getting ready for bed, relaxing, or, you know, I got a meal, I want to eat it while it's hot,
8. 0:59and I'm out all day, and, you know, I enjoyed myself being out today coming from this event,
9. 1:10you know, I know most of the organizers of the event, you know, it's something I always look
10. 1:19forward to when they do anything. I was, to be candid, I was supposed to be the contracted
11. 1:30media for this event, and, you know, just handling business and doing business. You
12. 1:42have a price and a price point, you adjust as needed, yes, but when someone undercuts your
13. 1:53budget, I would just do not take it, you know, say, you would save it for the opportunity for
14. 2:04someone else, or maybe someone who needs the opportunity, who haven't had many opportunities,
15. 2:14but I work with a team, and I have to pay my team, I have to pay myself,
16. 2:21and, you know, the first couple years I never took from the company, as far as paying myself,
17. 2:29I always work, I'm actually still an employee somewhere, but you have to stand,
18. 2:47or what you stand on, your price is your price, unless it's free, just think about it like that,
19. 2:56because even though I wasn't officially hired, I still contribute, I still supported, I still
20. 3:05got media for this favorite event of mine, and that's a bad quote when I see it,
21. 3:14it's been annual, it's year after year, and I love it, so I'd rather do it for free,
22. 3:24and enjoy myself, and not have that pressure, or just be working and feel like I'm undervalued,
23. 3:30or anything like that, so just take that pressure, that alleviation of that tightness,
24. 3:39like, uh, no, it's good to say no, it's good to walk away from deals that are not yours,
25. 3:49are we still cool? Yeah, we know business is business, but catch me on the next one,
26. 4:00oh yeah, sometimes negotiation is good, sometimes negotiation is bad, sometimes
27. 4:09you cannot negotiate anything, like, no, this is, this is it, take it or leave it, some cases,
28. 4:19yeah, it's good to negotiate, talk about it, work something out, be in the middle,
29. 4:27but I'll let you be the judge of that, you are your own individual, you are your own entity,
30. 4:36we make our own decisions, but I'm just giving you the options, so, but I use both,
31. 4:46there's a lot of times, especially like non-profits, so any non-profits listening to
32. 4:53this, don't try to take advantage of me now, but I try to work with them a little more,
33. 5:01because I see the impact, I've been a part of so many, and it brings that emotion out of you,
34. 5:12like, almost even to tears sometimes, as a man, just feeling the impact of so many
35. 5:20of these non-profits that's doing great work, like, wow, so I do negotiate stuff like that,
36. 5:29even do some things for free, like I believe in, everyone gets that free one, maybe it's a free
37. 5:34picture, that first one is free, but after that, I'm gonna have to charge you, you know,
38. 5:40the game is free, but if you really want to continue on and accelerate and do this long
39. 5:46time, it's gonna cost you, it's a fee to things, so, yeah, my entrepreneur journey
40. 5:56has been so, so fruitful, just me and so many people like I have at this event,
41. 6:04and just go out to events, network, the key to going out is to network,
42. 6:11if you're gonna step out, you meet one person at least, they gotta go, especially if you're
43. 6:16introverted, I am introverted, but I've grown to know so many people that have always been
44. 6:22out, people are like, dang, you everywhere, I see you everywhere, what are you just saying?
45. 6:29Yes, it's my frequency, even with the days and months, sometimes I'll just be inside y'all,
46. 6:37months away, people would finally pop out again, people are like, wow, I see you everywhere,
47. 6:43I'm like, look, I've been in the house for a month, really? Oh, it's the same,
48. 6:48yeah, because I'm outside, what many people don't go out, or go out to, or potentially network,
49. 6:57or even if it's not attention, but just build their network, build their brand, connect,
50. 7:05shake hands, talk with people, experience new things, different events, different industries,
51. 7:10shout out to alien hospitals, industry talk, industry talk,
52. 7:18as I cover different industries and interview guests from different industries,
53. 7:25specialists, professionals, and then we all come together as a community, bring it together
54. 7:35as a humanity, like, we all grow together, you know, we could all be in this together,
55. 7:46what are you learning? What is your industry doing that my industry could apply? What is
56. 7:53that? And that's why I wanted to start this podcast, and that's why going out to events
57. 8:01is important, that's why I wanted to take the night off,
58. 8:05I didn't want to work, I wanted to actually attend, be an attendee, enjoy myself,
59. 8:11still create context, I'm a content creator, this is what I do, I'm going to do it regardless,
60. 8:18but enjoy myself, and network, and meet people, I even did a podcast at the event,
61. 8:26and produced with the Pull Up Experience, as always, my production partner, shout out
62. 8:35to the Pull Up Experience, man, if you're not following us on Instagram, it's the Pull Up EXP,
63. 8:45the Pull Up EXP, but check out our YouTube, all our interviews,
64. 8:52all our interviews, we're past episode 300, I lost count, I lost count, but yes,
65. 9:03check out the Pull Up Experience on YouTube, the Pull Up Experience podcast, oh my gosh,
66. 9:09out of Cleveland, Ohio, we are doing it, tap in, please, and I want to shout out my other media
67. 9:17partners, LaunchArts Media, and I am the Vice President of LaunchArts Media, the video department
68. 9:24help me contribute great visuals to these brilliant clients, brilliant partners,
69. 9:32everybody that needs the digital market and content, the visuals,
70. 9:41oh, tap in, LaunchArts Media, we get your notice, I want to shout out Alien Eyes Photos
71. 9:52Media, I don't shout out Alien Eyes Photos Media that much, especially since I've been
72. 9:59starting the podcast and building it up more, but your go-to for event photography
73. 10:06and video production, specializing in behind the scenes podcasts
74. 10:14and live events, shout out to Creative Frequency,
75. 10:21yes, I could not do that alone as far as the consistency, so you can join us at Creative
76. 10:31Frequency on all platforms, on a Creative Frequency, on a Creative Frequency on social
77. 10:40media, that is me and Bri, Brianna Casanova, oh man, we're just artists, genius, genius
78. 10:52artists, I don't, we just like, so talented in so many different art forms,
79. 11:02we're creative and we are creatives, and as I talk to you creative entrepreneurs,
80. 11:10follow us, Creative Frequency, as we continue to show you how to be
81. 11:19consistently creative and that's the frequency you want to be on, you want to frequently be
82. 11:27creative and that's why we name ourselves Creative Frequency, again that's on a Creative
83. 11:36Frequency, on a Creative Frequency, all right, but I'm about to wrap this up because I got to
84. 11:45leave, so follow me at Alien Eyes Photos, that's Alien Eyes with a Z, Photos with an S,
85. 11:56and then if you want more information or to book me as a photographer or consultant,
86. 12:05visit alieneyesphotos.com, that's alieneyesphotos.com, and this has been
87. 12:13another edition of Alien Eyes Photos Industry Talk, and I am your host photographer Jackson,
88. 12:22Steve Jackson of Alien Eyes Photos Media, Alien Eyes Photos Media, we everywhere,
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