Style to Set
A behind-the-scenes look at the creative humans that make the stunning visuals for cookbooks, commercials, magazines, movies, television series, billboards, drive-thru menus--to name a few! Food stylists, prop stylists, set decorators/builders, art directors, videographers and photographers are interviewed and highlighted. We tell stories, teach skills, and laugh along the way! If you're interested in this field, or just stumbled across this podcast, give it a chance. Because we all deserve credit where credit is due!
Style to Set
Episode #3, Nick Bumgardner: Photographer + Professor + Founder: Just Do It, Y'all.
Just do it, y’all. I know as people we can let fear of criticism stop us in our tracks (anyone else raising their hand in the air?!) In this episode, Nick Bumgardner- crazy good photographer, professor, and co-founder of Reactor Media, a large-scale food and photography business- shares how his impetus to just go for it and take risks put him in a position to create amazing things and excel. He teaches us to actually ask for criticism and welcome the response and act on it. Whether it was finding a mentor, landing big clients from Saks to O'Charley's to Reba McEntire, or taking criticism and using it to become better, Nick blazed a trail with grit and background research.
We can all learn from Nick- he became a photographer before the internet was a thing. Instead of going to prom, he bought a camera. He’s shot literally thousands of food photos. He always wanted to get better, and you feel that quiet confidence when you are around him. He teaches with excellence and consistency. Aannnd- Mic-drop moment when Nick said “Art (only) shines when it’s shared with people.”
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