418: Angela Percival – a different path to becoming a successful photographer

Premium Members, click here to access this interview in the premium area. Angela Percival of www.angelapercival.com is an extreme sports photographer who travels off-the-grid to incredible places photographing other humans doing crazy things. Following year 12 at school and at 17 years of age, she left home in Australia for Whistler in Canada on a working holiday… and never came back. Angela is a self-taught photographer working in a male-dominated niche and looks to be doing incredibly well. Amazingly, she was named one of the top 9 photographers you should know about by NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC! Today, she is the senior photographer for the outdoor design and clothing company, Arc’teryx and has been for the past 17 years! In this interview, learn another route to becoming an incredibly successful photographer by making yourself invaluable to a single company that relies heavily on photography and becoming their in-house and all adventure shooter. Here's some more of what we cover in the interview: What’s on Offer for Premium Members If you’re a premium member, you should have received an email with links to your version of this interview – the full length and more revealing version where you hear the absolute best tips and advice from every guest. If you’re on the fence about becoming a premium member, join with the $1 trial today and get access to the FULL interviews each week, get access to an amazing back catalogue of interviews and ALL future interviews delivered automatically to your phone or tablet. Plus special member-only interviews. There was no better way to learn how to shoot a story in a day than to be in the pressure of a wedding. – Angela Percival You'll also receive access to the members-only Secret Facebook Group where you can connect with other Premium Members and interview guests to help, support and motivate you to take ideas you hear in each episode and put them into action. There are also FB live video tutorials, role-play interviews and special live interviews happening in the group. You will not find more friendly, more motivated, caring and sharing photographers online. Seriously, that's not all. In addition to everything above, you'll get access to and instructions on forming or joining a MasterMind Group with other premium members. These groups are super motivating, make you accountable and build friendships with other pro photographers with similar motives to you – to build a more successful photography business. What is your big takeaway? Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Angela shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode. It's a valuable skill for anyone working in photography to be able to do a lot with very little and be efficient. – Angela Percival If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Angela or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below. iTunes Reviews and Shout-outs Each week I check for any new iTunes reviews and it's always a buzz to receive these… for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's confirmation that I'm on the right track with the interviews and that they really are helping you improve your photography business. That's awesome! Secondly,