Claim Your Confidence with Lydia Fenet
Have you ever looked at someone striding confidently into a room and thought...“They must have been born with that confidence." More likely, they have faced ups and downs in every facet of their life and career that made them realize that to keep rising you have to claim your confidence and never look back. From the best-selling author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You comes the podcast Claim Your Confidence, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on success and introduces listeners to some of the most powerful people in the world. Recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center, this podcast will inspire, motivate and equip listeners with the tools they need to live the life they want. So, are you ready to Claim Your Confidence?
Claim Your Confidence with Lydia Fenet
Finding Your Shot with Sophie Elgort
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Photographer, director, producer, and host Sophie Elgort is a master at telling powerful stories through images. Her work has been featured in top publications including Vogue, ELLE, Rolling Stone, and Glamour, capturing iconic personalities like Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Brooke Shields, Rosario Dawson, and many others. Beyond the lens, Sophie is currently the host and executive producer of All Arts on PBS series Portrait Mode with Sophie Elgort. And, she is also co-founder of Through Our Lens, a nonprofit mentorship program that helps high-school-aged girls from underrepresented communities gain access to, and explore, careers in fashion through photography education. In this episode of Claim Your Confidence, we discuss how Sophie built her career as a photographer, putting yourself out there, and her tips for feeling confident in photos.
Join us as we talk about:
- Sophie’s creative childhood growing up in NYC and her first exposure to photography
- Being an artist, dealing with rejection, and how success doesn’t always come in the form you think it will
- Sophie’s approach to portrait sessions, embracing spontaneity, and the importance of establishing trust between photographer and subject
- Her series Portrait Mode and her favorite photoshoot moments
- How Sophie knows when she’s got the shot and the importance of collaboration
Find Sophie:
IG: @sophieelgort
LinkedIn: Sophie Elgort
Follow Lydia:
IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet
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Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.
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