Photo Live Magazine First Issue
Photo Live is a photography magazine for the photographer. We interviewed a range of talented photographers in genres such as street photography, bird, portraits, fashion, and much more.
Photo Live is a photography magazine for the photographer. We interviewed a range of talented photographers in genres such as street photography, bird, portraits, fashion, and much more.
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Browsing your social media, you’ve a<br />
great following across all the social<br />
media networks, and I’m wondering<br />
if that’s normal - what I mean is<br />
sometimes you see a person have<br />
a massive Instagram following but<br />
perhaps not so big on YouTube, but<br />
you’re well established across all the<br />
main social media channels. Did you<br />
build them together or one by one..?<br />
Each social media platform handles<br />
it’s content differently and people<br />
consume their media differently on<br />
each platform; so I’ve always tried to<br />
build them up separately. Like stuff<br />
you post of Instagram might not always<br />
work on Facebook and visa<br />
versa. Also, why would someone<br />
follow you on all your different social<br />
media channels if you post the each<br />
same content on each one? I think<br />
the best way to build up your social<br />
media is to tailor your content to<br />
each platform and how people consume<br />
their media on each one. Give<br />
your subscribers a reason to not just<br />
follow you on Twitter, but to also follow<br />
your Instagram and Facebook if<br />
they want to be involved in all the different<br />
content you produce!<br />
Do you get any negative and how do<br />
you handle any negative on social?<br />
Oh yes, negative comments go hand<br />
in hand with social media. Can’t have<br />
one without the other. Kinda like a<br />
necessary evil, I guess. But you really<br />
just have to let it go and not dwell on<br />
the negative. Focus on the positive<br />
and focus on the people who are<br />
supporting you in what you do. I see<br />
some people who seem get caught<br />
up in all the negative and they don’t<br />
see that by giving attention to it,<br />
you’re inviting more of it. Positivity<br />
will help you grow, negativity won’t.<br />
You’re really busy - I’m reminded of<br />
the word prolific… YouTube videos,<br />
print shops, calendars, blogging,<br />
how do you manage it all? Plus on<br />
top of the cosplaying, visiting cons<br />
and all the work you do…<br />
I’m not one to sit still well. ☺ I like staying<br />
busy and honestly, when you love<br />
what you’re doing…it doesn’t feel like<br />
work! It all started as a passion project,<br />
and I’m just lucky that now I can<br />
call it my career!<br />
Have you got some advice on how<br />
to create blog posts or social media<br />
posts that really connect with your<br />
followers? Often photographers will<br />
have great images to share, but they<br />
don’t know what to write. Any tips on<br />
making the text of a post engaging?<br />
The best part about photos is they<br />
usually can speak for themselves,<br />
so you really don’t need to write a<br />
long intro or post to go along with<br />
the pics. I think it’s best to keep it<br />
short. Something like, “Had such a<br />
great time shooting with /model’s<br />
name at an amazing location at /<br />
location. More pics soon!” Or if you<br />
want to get your viewers involved,<br />
try asking them where are some locations<br />
they’d like to see you shoot<br />
at, recommendations of photoshoot<br />
themes or style challenges. Those<br />
help followers get engaged in your<br />
content and gets them looking forward<br />
to more!<br />
What about Instagram, your feed is<br />
fun, personal, a bit sexy and always<br />
interesting. Do you plan it in advance?<br />
Also … you don’t seem to go<br />
crazy with hashtags..?<br />
Thanks! I don’t plan my postings in<br />
advance, I know I probably should,<br />
but that’s a little too much pre-planning<br />
for me. ☺ But no, I don’t do the<br />
hashtag thing. I find a ton of hashtags<br />
to be rather excessive. Hashtagging<br />
is meant to help people find<br />
your content through search, but using<br />
a hashtag for every small aspect<br />
in a photo or video is a little over the<br />
top. I know people want to grow their<br />
following but keep it simple and the<br />
followers will come! #interview #girl<br />
#cosplay #modelling #purpleshirt<br />
#browneyes #shortgirl #stillinpajamabottoms<br />
#imonmylaptop #dogsleepingbesideme<br />
#todayisthurday<br />
#tomorrowisfriday #ilikepizza<br />
Back to modelling, what’s coming up<br />
for you for the rest of this year? Also<br />
any cosplay events you can talk to<br />
us about.<br />
I’m working on a bunch of stuff<br />
currently! I have several photoshoots<br />
coming up, both cosplay and<br />
non-cosplay. And I’ve got about 4<br />
new costumes in the works that I’ll<br />
be shooting in/debuting soon!<br />
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