We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Adaja White a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Adaja thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Risking taking is a huge part of most people’s story but too often society overlooks those risks and only focuses on where you are today. Can you talk to us about a risk you’ve taken – it could be a big risk or a small one – but walk us through the backstory.
The biggest risk I’ve taken would be leaving Virginia at a young age and moving to Miami to pursue my dreams and goals of becoming a photographer
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
I am a black female photographer located in Miramar Florida. AWSHOTME Is a photography business, AW is my initials and shot me was just a clever name. I shot at studio locations, outdoor photography, events etc. I pride myself on quality and reasonable pricing for my clients we are going through a very hard time in this world so I try to accommodate everyone’s financial needs while still being able to give the best quality work.
How’d you meet your business partner?
MakeupbyBia! Simply adore my business partner, she is absolutely stunning. Bia is very professional, very amazing skills as a MUA with her own makeup line. We met a couple years ago at a shoot for my client, I loved her work so I hired her to do my make up and as months go on we become very close and decide to go and get a space together and it was the best decision I think we both made for our businesses and to help each other that’s my family I love her. Check her work out on ig @ __makeupbybia
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
Networking. Put in the hard work going to events, passing out flyers , having my business cards with me everywhere I go. 98% of my clients are entrepreneurs and they have events so I’ll go show my support that alone gets me word of mouth like this photographer listens to me she takes my business serious, now by genuinely supporting and going to events I have been put in a room where there’s other entrepreneurs that want that same energy that same respect that same quality of work it’s deeper than just taking a picture it’s actually getting to know your client professionally and understanding why this image is important to them.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.awshotme.com
- Instagram: Awshotme
- Facebook: Awshotme
- Twitter: Awshotme
Image Credits
AWSHOTME