334: Tommy Reynolds – How to utilise video to grow your stills photography business

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Tommy Reynolds of www.tommyreynolds.co.uk is a UK based professional travel & portrait photographer with close to 40,000 YouTube subscribers following his photographic adventures. Since 2013 he's worked with clients including PIXAPRO, Olympus, Syco Entertainment, Universal Music, Sony Music, Ben Sherman, The Metro and Panasonic. He's also photographed famous bands and artists such as Pixie Lott, The Vamps, UB40 and others. He says, the key to success is progression, so whenever possible he's planning his next personal project. These projects allow him to test and try new techniques to fine-tune before using them in commercial assignments. From the outside looking in, Tommy appears to be designing his life around doing what he loves and getting paid for it – something I feel, so many of us aim to do. In this interview, Tommy shares how to utilise video to grow your stills photography business in the same way he has. Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. If you're creating a project with the sole purpose of going to a brand in hoping to make money, it will fail because the intention is all wrong. – Tommy Reynolds Plus special member-only interviews. You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Joining a Mastermind Group (encouraged by Andrew) has been incredibly valuable and fun, I look forward to connecting with my group members every week. Jina Zheng, Premium Member and Melbourne Children photographer. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Tommy shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. If you've got a burning idea to do a shoot then just shoot it. – Tommy Reynolds If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Tommy or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's ...