Intro: Josh and Sam Start "Between Takes"

Ever taken a leap of faith, stripping away the corporate safety net to chase your creative passions? We did just that, and now we're pulling back the curtain to reveal the mosaic of emotions and practicalities that come with living the dream—or the dare—as full-time creators. Join us, Josh and Sam from 1413 Visuals, as we get real about our lives as professional photographers and videographers. We chat about everything from the pressures of monetizing your passion to the juggling act of personal life with relentless creativity. Our candid conversation isn't just a narrative; it's an invitation to anyone standing at the crossroads of 'what if' and 'why not' in their own creative journey.

In this episode, we also peel back the layers of our unlikely partnership, which sprouted from a chance encounter and a bold DM slide that set the stage for our studio's inception. Our diverse backgrounds add color to our collaboration, with influences from our individual lives to our shared love of music making waves in our work. No topic is off limits—from the rollercoaster of freelancing to the grounding effect of family life, and the eclectic music tastes that fuel our artistic fires. Whether you're an existing creator or someone contemplating the plunge into full-time creativity, pull up a chair, and let's navigate these uncharted waters together.

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey, we're 1413 visuals. I'm Josh, I'm not Sam.

Speaker 2: 0:12

We made this podcast to create a space for people that do stuff like what we do, which is photo and video, and that they maybe can relate to and give them a platform to maybe come on and talk shop with us and talk about the struggles and the fun times and bad times of being a creator.

Speaker 1: 0:30

A full-time creator. I feel like A full-time creator.

Speaker 1: 0:33

Just specified, sometimes not to diminish anybody who's not full-time, but I feel like there are some things that you face as a full-time creator that maybe you didn't have to deal with when you were a hobby or a part-time creator. I guess one pro of not doing it full-time is you get a break in which people you know when you think about doing something that you love to make money, you are like why would you need a break? But I think it relieves some of the pressure when your livelihood isn't relying on what you do for fun and being creative.

Speaker 2: 1:03

It's scary when you make that leap from corporate world to being full-time creator. I guess it's still weird for me to say that but that is what it is.

Speaker 1: 1:13

And then even having to do be a corporate creator to maybe keep your lights on and kind of, you know, being forced to pick and choose what you really get to be creative.

Speaker 2: 1:25

There's not space for the part-time people, but it really is. It takes that leap of faith to go all in.

Speaker 1: 1:32

Yeah, well, I think that's a specific important time of part of our story is that we're full-time creators in a studio, 14, 13 visuals. We do a lot of different types of work, we do a lot of corporate work, but then we really do a lot of stuff in the music scene and that's where we really find our most joy in. I guess, creativity is in the music scene.

Speaker 2: 1:53

Me and Sam are how'd you put it? Different seasons of life.

Speaker 1: 1:58

Personally. We're in different seasons of life. You know you have your adorable little family, kids, wife, whatever you guys are doing great. I am the polar opposite of that chronically alone and we're loving, everyone in love, and sometimes I do a little bit of dating, but it is not a priority. Yes, very single, very involved versus very involved.

Speaker 2: 2:29

Yeah but at a similar age that in we do share some stuff.

Speaker 1: 2:33

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know Like this stuff, and that's the whole reason.

Speaker 2: 2:37

I feel like you're gonna hear us argue a lot and we're not really arguing, I don't think.

Speaker 1: 2:41

But Bickering, Bickering yeah.

Speaker 2: 2:44

But I think that we have a lot of similarities In some of the style we do things. We both have a love of music Mine's different from what Sam's is, but it's still in the same category and I think that's what. But rock, okay, it's not just Nickelback Three Doors Down, it gets deeper creeds in there too. Before I met you, I wanted to rebrand and get my name out of it for a little bit of liability, and it just so that if I ever hire freelancers, that it wouldn't just be about me. Then I did a show with Morgan and I saw you. I think you commented on something. I was looking at your work and I was like, oh man, this, this chick does a really good job and I would like to have my lineup for next time. I gotta do music because it seems like to be her specialty. It would really relieve a lot of stress off me for me covering a whole show, like I did at Morgan's release. So then I see a message on Instagram.

Speaker 1: 3:41

Slutting to the DMs I sure did I sure did.

Speaker 2: 3:43

But I was like, hey, come to the studio and let me talk to you, might have something for you in the future.

Speaker 1: 3:49

I think it's important to know to that about two to three weeks before that message or I was probably a week and a half or so before the message, but two to three weeks before we actually met up I had lost my full-time job. I had been a part-time creator for quite a long time, moving through for for a little bit on my own, and I had just lost my full-time job and was applying everywhere and was really trying to give myself a solid two months or so of trying to get a job in the field that I wanted to pursue and enjoyed, which was creating. So I was applying all over the place for jobs like that and then got the message from you about meeting and coming in the studio.

Speaker 2: 4:29

So you came in and I was like showing you I think I was showing you stuff from the show yeah, I was like this is kind of what I'm looking for, and he's meant to run a second angle and do stuff. And then I could tell that, like you're like, oh yeah, this, this is really cool. And then I think I popped the question like, can you do stuff that's not music? Would you be interested in it? Of course you do?

Speaker 1: 4:50

You said would you be interested in doing maybe not so fun things.

Speaker 2: 4:57

Do I talk that slow?

Speaker 1: 4:58

You did. When you said it, it was like you were afraid to ask me and I said, yeah, if it means I get to do this all the time, I'll do all the boring stuff, and then that's what brought me to some of the most deadly projects I've been asked to do.

Speaker 2: 5:13

Deadly awesome, deadly boring. I feel like I did give you a big warning. I'm like some of the stuff that I'll have you do is not fun. You told me yes, multiple times.

Speaker 1: 5:22

Yeah, multiple times. And you even asked me like, are you sure? Like you, you want to do the not fun stuff right? And I'm like, yeah, I want to. If I have the opportunity to start creating full time, I can learn from it, from everything I get my hands on. I was ready to fully dive into the, to the opportunity, and I don't regret it. I say this all the time.

Speaker 1: 5:42

I think the universe has a way of, like, forcing you onto your feet if you're not going to do it on your own and I think that is what happened when I lost my job is like I had been thinking about and dreaming about and wanting to do, to be creative, full time, complete fantasy conditions. I would be touring and doing, just you know, music content which is just not. It's such a low percentage of of being able to do that, and so you know it didn't put my all my eggs in that happening, but it was such a dream, but I was thinking about it all the time and I think the universe was like that. Here you go, I'm glad, oh, I suppose. Yeah, no more of that.

Speaker 2: 6:24

Yeah, no, no, no, keep going.

Speaker 1: 6:25

No more of that. Well, now we're here. 1413, that's how we started. Really, it was all history from there. A few months in now we're like you know, I think we should start talking into microphones and we'll call it between takes.

Speaker 2: 6:38

You talked about universe thing. Right, the universe came together, gave you a job. Yeah, well, I don't that's not what I said. I said, the universe pushed me like right, right to it in the same way, dive in in the same way. I've been doing this for like three, four years, by myself, right, and I've reached the point to where I couldn't take on anything else and and I did need help and and, unfortunately for you, the universe sent you.

Speaker 1: 7:09

You say that, but I do think you did a good job and despite how much we bicker, I don't mind working with you.

Speaker 2: 7:20

It's disgusting.