Latest Visual branding Podcast Episodes
Sharing Your Story - Interview with Commercial Editor Shelli Gonshorowski
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - October 22, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutesShelli Gonshorowski is a Master Commercial Editor. Coming from a background in Radio Audio Production, Shelli has worn all the hats when it comes to telling stories. Shelli gives you her top insights into being better at story telling when it comes to filming.
Your Best Photo Day - Top 5
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - October 06, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutesDo you simultaneously love and hate getting your photo done? Some days as a Photographer, I feel like the dentist (no offence to dentists), but somedays I am greeted by nerves and people that tell me how much they hate having their photo taken! 😳 I have put together a top 5 for getting your be...
I'm Here to Shoot - I mean Photograph the President
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - September 24, 2021 23:00 - 25 minutesIn 2015, I got a strange last minute call to photograph a meeting between the President of China Xi Xinping and the CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella. Jet, lagged, exhausted and walking off the plane speaking with the U.S. Secret Service and the Chinese Equivalent, I began to wonder whether I was...
20 Minutes late to film Howard Schultz - Lessons I learned
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - August 07, 2021 19:00 - 18 minutesACK! I hate being late! I go to great lengths to be organized and on time, it's incredibly important to me. This day, I was late and there was nothing I could do about it. I learned a lot this day. I think there are lessons that apply to all sorts of businesses and to leaders.
The First Time I Filmed Britney Spears
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 28, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutesLessons I learned - SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! ;-) There are so many things I would do differently if I got a re-do. How much better or worse would I have done if I'd used my voice better? How do I deal with anxiety- that creeps into my life? And how do I deal with imposter syndrome? I often think...
Tell WAY Better Stories with Your Images Top 3 Ways
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 16, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutesIt's called Visual Narrative - fancy speak - for the story you see in an image. I grew up fascinated by a book of images painted by Norman Rockwell. I don't fashion entires stories into my images; part of an image is capturing a moment. BUT - you are taking a photo for a reason, to capture a ...
Stay on Brand with Your Social Feed - Top 3 Ways
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 06, 2021 21:00 - 19 minutesIt's hard enough to get social media out to your audience daily, without worrying about whether it's on brand! ...or is it? Staying on brand is WAY easier than you think with these Top 3 Expert Techniques.
The Top 3 Secret Powers of Color
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 23, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutesAre you using color correctly to in your business? Of the 4 Colors in this title, 2 are the same chroma, but one subliminally speaks to you about health, while the other suggest responsibility. One chroma through social experience suggests creativity while the other might make you crave a coff...
The Top 3 Secret Powers of Color
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 23, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutesAre you using color correctly to in your business? Of the 4 Colors in this title, 2 are the same chroma, but one subliminally speaks to you about health, while the other suggest responsibility. One chroma through social experience suggests creativity while the other might make you crave a coff...
The 2 MOST Important Parts of Visual Branding
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 16, 2021 18:00 - 19 minutes...and they have NOTHING to do with pictures! Visual Branding is all about communication. WHAT we communicate and the WHY of our audience are the two most important ingredients ... and they are often forgotten! This is the 1st Episode of a 6 Part Series on Visual Branding the follows the outli...
Launching a New Product from Zero with Jen Kramer
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 26, 2021 22:00 - 22 minutesLaunching from nothing is HARD. It's hard on our ego, it's hard on income and you have to celebrate small successes. Harvard University and Linked in Learning, educator/lecturer Jen Kramer, just killed it, growing her mailing list from 0 to 1500 in 30 Days ... which might sound easy if it ...
TOP 5 Ways to Take WAY WAY Better Mobile Images
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 20, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesEveryone takes photos with their iPhone or mobile camera. As a professional photographer and film maker, I have found that my iPhone is SO good, that I often leave my good cameras behind when I am shooting for myself. Mobile phones have some pretty big limiting factors, but if you use these 5...
Top 5 Ways to Lock in Creativity
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesWe are ALL required to be creative everyday. It's difficult to multitask, move between projects, and stay creative; we are torn in so many directions every day. As a former platinum recording engineer turned campaign photographer and film maker, I have to deliver creativity for a living. These...
Top 5 Ways to Lock in Creativity
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesWe are ALL required to be creative everyday. It's difficult to multitask, move between projects, and stay creative; we are torn in so many directions every day. As a former platinum recording engineer turned campaign photographer and film maker, I have to deliver creativity for a living. These...
WHAT!?!? Professional Lighting - for Free - My Top 3!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 28, 2021 23:00 - 18 minutesThese 3 images all look "pro." Which were shot with expensive professional lighting and which were shot with (FREE) natural light? Did you know that cameras are really just light recorders!?! If you have great light, even an inexpensive phone camera can take amazing pictures! ...of other ...
The Top 3 Ways Color Sets the Price Point
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 21, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutesWho doesn't need a little psychology of color in their repertoire? Your audience processes images up to 60,000 times faster than they read copy. In the milliseconds that they process the image of your product or service and their brain sets a price expectation, does it match with your copy and...
The Top 5 Things the CSI Miami Computer Will Do for Your Social Feed!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 14, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutesA.I. is changing the way we record and see the world. When CSI Miami used to "enhance, zoom, enhance" it wasn't credible in 2003 - WELCOME 2021! Here are the Top 5 ways machine learning is going to improve your images for better messaging - starting today and into the near future!
The TOP 3 WAYS Visual Branding is like a Rock Band!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 06, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutesThe TOP 3 WAYS Visual Branding is like a Rock Band! WHAT IS VISUAL BRANDING!?! It's easy to describe - google it! ...or is it? At first look, the google description of Visual Branding seems accurate. Google: "Car" - it's also accurate. But, if you didn't know what a car was, you'd never un...
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