Many of you who I've met over the past year or so have asked me how I have time to both run Shootsac and my photography business, along with all the traveling and other stuff I do. Anyone who has asked has gotten pretty much the same answer--I don't do much of the work.
Who then, you may ask, does all the work?
Excellent question, dear readers! Shootsac is a 50/50 split company between myself and Keats Elliott. Besides being an awesome photographer herself, this girl has a head for business and a knack for making reality out of random ideas. She was recently featured on the Shutterbug Magazine Talk Show, which is WELL worth a listen if you've got a minute or ten! I figured I'd take the opportunity to share a few things about the other (better) half of shootsac with you all:
Full name: Keats Elliott
Personal style: I think I'm somewhere between Anthrophologie and Ann Taylor loft -- I'd like to be a little more eclectic and free spirited, but I tend to be a tad conservative with a spaz of color...
Favorite quote: "A thing of Joy is a beauty forever" John Keats
Have you ever been on a blind date: Yes! with a handsome Russian who picked me up in a limo on a school night, kept me out dancing until the sun came up and showed me the gun in his pocket over dessert. It was like a crazy action movie and I was exhausted by the time the credits rolled. Thanks a lot Elisabeth -- great story to tell my grandkids one day :)
Favorite shootsac cover: I'm currently really hot on Cowboy (which we debuted at WPPI) because I want a reason to buy some kick-ass cowboy boots like Victor Sizemore's!
What is your best business tip or advice: Don't make a project so big in your head that you can't start. I once heard that if you wanted to eat an elephant you would still start by taking one bite at a time.
Anything else you care to share with Shootsac blog readers worldwide?: A good friend of mine is always reminding me to "just do what you do" which is such simple advice that it literally took me years to realize how right on it was. I love taking ideas and bringing them to life -- that is what I do. This first year with Shootsac has been a dream.
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