Basketball, cooking, medicine, financial analysis, music… Marcus Smith was interested in it all. When he finally landed on photography, the sky has been the limit for this sports and lifestyle commercial photographer. The Chicago native and I discuss the moment he realized he wanted to pursue a career in photography to assisting the commercial photography great Gary Land and what he learned there, and how he went on to do his own thing. Plus, how he developed his own style and how a personal project led to rubbing elbows with the 2012 Team USA Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. Meanwhile, I have lost faith in the people I once deemed my heroes. This episode is sponsored by ProFlowers and B&H.
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I was put in a dilemma. I hate being put in a dilemma, or at least one that I can’t find an easy way out of. I’m a business, after all, and I have rent and bills to pay, but… I had a feeling like maybe, just this one time, I could make an exception. I HATE being put in a dilemma.
Teddy Roosevelt once said, “comparison is the thief of joy.” Now, I’m going to fancy a guess that he would never have entertained the idea that his words would be used in reference to photography on a podcast, but little did he know, I’m just the man to do such a thing. Thank you, Mr. Bull Moose Guy!