Learning the craft of photographing wildlife, specifically birds in the marshes and coastlines of South Carolina, has been about practicing patience. Knowing the behavior of the animals you are photographing is crucial. This helps you anticipate their movements and capture more natural shots. Be patient and spend time observing the wildlife without disturbing them. Read more>>

Darren Quam

I really enjoy the learning process with music. There is no end to it. There is no right or wrong way really to do anything. It’s all just experimenting and finding what works for you. Read more>>

Brodie Rush

My dad was always an amature with his super 8 film camera. Mostly filming our family and rock and roll concerts in the 1970’s. We later got a series of different video cameras throughout the 1980’s and 90’s. I would experiment by making videos with my friends. Read more>>

Alexandria Danya

How did you learn to do what you do? Read more>>

Cathy Horvath Buchanan

I started making art as a kid, as we all do because we’re free to express whatever is in our little heads. It was just always who I was and what I did. Read more>>

Brittany Stempien

Learning the art of crochet holds a very special memory for me. I grew up in Florida and truly loved living there. One of my favorite memories there was when I was 11. My mother took out a beautiful blue & purple multicolored yarn (blue being my favorite color & purple being hers), and a couple of crochet hooks, and began to teach me the art of crochet. We would have little lessons until I was able to make a tiny flower out of chain stitches. That was the first and last thing I ever crocheted….. for 20 years. Read more>>

Elle Collins

I began to learn weaving by watching a few YouTube videos! I then made my own basic loom and began to experiment. Read more>>

Nicholas Goncalves

Deciding to become a music producer happened for me at quite a young age. Around 14 or 15 years old. I had gone from programming hacking software all summer long to wondering how I could add “a song no one else has” to the software. Just for the bragging rights. Without getting in to the lore of the AOL underground scene, the more unique your software was, the more internet cred you would receive. Read more>>

Daniel Ford

I’ve learned how to create my own vlogs, record my own vocals, and produce my own beats all this year alone. Other than learning from people hands on (1-on-1 training), I am a student and a scholar of YouTube University. We’ll get back to that. Read more>>

Oryan Simon

Experimenting ,tutorials, etc. knowing what I now know based off researching and getting an opinion from my peers I would say my learning process could’ve been much quicker if I had the opportunity to sit and work hands on with other creatives who started out like just like me. I Think my skills producing wise were far more essential because that is what I came from. I think what always poses a challenge for me when learning more are the constant creative blocks that anyone who is a creative can have Read more>>

Amber White

I started to teach myself how to make “Lightforms” (a name that my son thoughtfully made) after my daughter was born, about three years ago. It may seem like such a simple art that seemingly anyone can make sparkly suncatcher creations, but it can be surprisingly tricky. The pieces that I made in the begging of my Journey are not as uniform as the creations that I make now, learning from little mistakes as I go such as learning to make the top loops of the Lightforms just the right size and strength for hanging. Read more>>

Pat Battistini

Many actors, writers, directors, etc want to jump into film and television work on a studio level without preparing for it. The best thing anyone in our industry can do is to start making films themselves. Whether it be acting or writing or directing, make something and then get out to film festivals to screen it. You can “see” so much more about your work when you’re in an audience of total strangers. Read more>>

Jared Hale

I began my journey at the age of 8. I used cardboard and duct tape as my medium of choice. I created many different creations from robots taller than I was, to props and costumes from my favorite cartoons. As time went on I began to focus more on drawing and painting, but after a few years I craved more of a challenge. While scrolling through YouTube I came across a video by “Evil Ted Smith” using EVA foam to create a helmet. Read more>>

Brayden Massie

I was lucky enough to learn my craft from two music institutions that ultimately shaped and helped create the producer I am today. I started out learning at Icon Collective in LA, later studied to get a masters degree in music production from Berklee, and then went back to Icon to take some of their advanced courses. This path of learning quite literally taught me everything I know in terms of music production. I say this because I didn’t just learn in the classroom, I was also able to learn from so many aspiring artists around me. Read more>>

Brandon Baumann

My entire career has been built on risk. Putting yourself out there is an essential component to cultivating relationships and success, not only in the music and creative artistic world, but in all businesses. It requires networking. It requires stepping out of your comfort zone and meeting new people. Trusting in your skills and being frosty with a game plan, detailed vision and flexible parameters on how to achieve those goals, are essential. Read more>>

Kara Wilson

I first became interested in photography when I was a preteen and it quickly became my niche. It was fun for me and there was always something new to learn, which is the reason why I still love it today. I kept practicing, took classes in high school, and would constantly ask my friends to model for me. This was such a fun time for me because I could create without any judgment and consistently see myself grow as a photographer and artist. Like most teenagers, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted to do with my life yet, but could definitely see it growing in this direction. Read more>>

Brianna Lewis

I use to feel very insecure in the art world because I did not attend a school for art. This felt like a disadvantage in regards to learning skills and developing relationships that could propel my career forward. I leaned heavily on the feedback I received from my middle and high school art teacher. They made me feel like I had a gift until I had the confidence to pursue artistry later on. I finished all my assignments early so I started trying realism and sketching celebrities faces in middle school. Back then, art was not as mainstream as it is now. Read more>>

Kyi Phyu Khaing

To be honest, I learned to do through lots of trial and error and simply getting up and DOING it – whether that meant researching TikTok and Meta’s ad center to study which elements of the trending ads worked to then actually practicing and creating these user generated content myself and for my clients. On top of that, just following YouTube tutorials on how to take my videography and editing skills to the next level! Read more>>

Cori Isla

Stand-up comedy is like most art.The worst you’ll ever be “technically” is when you first start. It just takes time and practice to find what works for you personally as a performer. You never wanna do what you think everyone else wants or go up and try to be another comedian, being you is the best thing you can do. Read more>>

Noam Osband

I work now within documentary film and podcasting as a sort of jack-of-all-trades, a pretty common role for a freelancer. I know how to develop a project, film it or record it, and then edit it. I started off working in film, and I remember the first time I no longer felt like a beginner. Read more>>

Dogs For Senate

Starting an indie band today is a lot like starting a business. Whether it’s website design, merch design, promoting for playlists, creating content for social media, or making connections for shows, a lot of time and effort goes into the “business side” of owning a band. When we started Dogs for Senate in 2022, our biggest priority was creating quality music that we enjoyed making and playing, but over time, we have needed to also focus on creating an image that would showcase our professionalism in addition to our musicianship. Read more>>

Brayden DeMorest-Purdy

I think it all started by watching movies. I love cinema, and growing up I would watch movies all the time. I started to develop an interest in certain genres, and as I grew older I started to pay closer attention to the filmmakers behind my favourite movies. With that, I started to study my favourite filmmakers. Read books, watch documentaries, listen to interviews… Anything I could find. I also just loved watching behind the scenes of films all the time, in some cases I enjoy the behind the scenes more than the film itself. Read more>>

RICKAY

I like peeping how other artists make their music, and figuring out why a specific part of a chorus hits people a certain way. I heard Andre 3000 used to scan the room at parties, checking out how people reacted to the music. So, I started doing that too. The obstacles? Dealing with peers who didn’t think I had it in me. Had to cut them off, to be around people who got my back and believe in what I’m doing the most. Read more>>

Sunny Castro

A friend first introduced me to art with graffiti. I was about 11. My graffiti obsession was cut short when my mom seen my name “tagged” on the inside of our building, apparently my “art” was against the law. While my mother yelled at me about my vandalism, out of anger she said “draw on your walls because that’s where you’’ll be spending all your time!”, With just a pencil I began to draw a jungle on my wall. Read more>>

Ken McGrath

When I started learning photography it was before there were that many resources available to get information. Fortunately, my parents were involved in photography back in the 1970’s and had a very strong knowledge of the fundamentals. I bought my first Nikon camera back in 2008 before I knew what I wanted to photograph. It was a Nikon D60 and served as my entrance into the world of digital photography. Read more>>

Shoshawnna Hamilton

I learned photography in a variety of ways. It started with a 110 camera and simply taking tons of pictures. Once I was able to, I took a few classes in black and white photography. These classes were 5 hours long, but it wasn’t enough. I wanted to spend as much time in the dark room as I could. I would show up to classes that weren’t my own and ask for a spot in the dark room if there was one available. Read more>>

Darrian Ware

My journey of learning how to play the guitar began when I went off to college. I had an acoustic guitar that was given to me as a Christmas gift, but didn’t quiet know how to play it, so it was at a certain moment I decided I wanted to major in music and from there I was given lesson weekly by an outstanding guitarist from the Birmingham, Alabama area name Carlos Pino. The road wasn’t easy in fact being that I had no experience in music on top of juggling other classes outside of music related courses I was still determined to learn. Read more>>

Claudia Medina

Learning is a never-ending process in the career of a musician. I feel that I keep learning every day of my life. The National Conservatory of Peru was where my musical education really picked up. Berklee College of Music came after and provided me with so many irreplaceable opportunities. My teachers and peers have been an important factor. I always think that we all learn from everybody. Read more>>

Louder Rain

We still have not figured it out. The craft is distant. We are on the journey. These sounds reflect this. Read more>>

Lee Ann Murray

One of my greatest strengths is that I know a lot about a lot. I decided against “finding my niche” and became multi-discipline. I can do everything from HTML, design work, media interviews, to writing a press release. It has helped me immensely in being able to lead our marketing department. Be open minded and learn other skills outside of your own. Almost everything I know that has been of any value to me was self-taught. Read more>>

Lorgio Nim

Learning the process has been a slow, often tedious yet rewarding journey. I never took any formal lessons and do most of my learning intuitively and because of that, I cannot hold a technical conversation with, let’s say, an art major. I simply know what looks good and what colour combinations work but have a difficult time articulating the “why” because I lack the technical vocabulary that one gains through a formal eduaction in the arts. Read more>>