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workshopped into a strategy to get
bookings and sales fast.
I enjoyed putting that course togeth-
er and the phenomenal feedback
has me thinking about future pro-
jects. So, in regards to teaching...
maybe.
What about future plans, what’s in
the pipeline?
More interviews, more success for
listeners, more travel, cycling and
more shooting.
I’m enjoying shooting as much as
ever, maybe more so. And this crazy
idea to travel across the USA inter-
viewing and staying with photogra-
phers along the way is the nuttiest
idea I’ve had in a long time. I’d love to
see it come to fruition and I’m sure
that will lead to plenty of other op-
portunities, plans and ideas.
Back to your photography, who in-
spires you?
Mostly it’s my interview guests for
the podcasts. Once someone’s work
catches my eye, I follow them on In-
stagram and reach out for an inter-
view when the time is right.
Some recent names whose work I
admire.... Joao de Medeiros, Ian Wel-
don, Paul Rogers, Edwina Robert-
son, Neale James, Donato DeCamil-
lo, Kaylee Greer, Fer Juaristi, Kirsten
Lewis.. there are so many more!
... And what keeps you going, what
drives you?
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I don’t know if there’s any one thing
that drives me. I love what I do and I
feel like I’ve shaped my life to always
be able to do what I love. That alone
is pretty special so yeah, I don’t have
one thing I’m reaching to achieve
each day I wake up. I guess the plan
is to always be a little better at each
of the things I’m working on, that’s
enough drive for me.
I’ve just returned to this question and
I think what drives me is something
internal. I don’t feel it would matter
what I was doing for an income, it
feels like I was born with a drive to
find something I love to do and learn
how to do it well. Looking back, it’s
been the same with everything I’ve
taken on - from school, to sport, to
photography, to work. I just want to
be good at what I’m doing. I’m not
sure if there’s some deep issue
where I need to be proving some-
thing to myself or someone but it just
feels like it’s part of my make up...
maybe its an eldest child thing (I’m
the eldest of four boys) and being
fiercely shaped by my parents when
younger?
Thanks Andrew, where can our read-
ers go to find out more and perhaps
subscribe to your podcasts?
The best place http://photobizx.com
to check out the podcasts. If readers
would like to hear the full interviews
from each guest and get a taste for
the Premium Membership, there’s a
$1 30 day trial at http://photobizx.
com/try.
For my photography work, you can
find me at http://impact-images.
com.au and I use Instagram pure-
ly for fun and to find photographer
guests at http://instagram.com/an-
drew_hellmich.