We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Adarius King . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Adarius below.
Adarius , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?
The first time I knew I wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally was when I was 7. My cousins and I would write songs and perform them for my mom, aunt, and grandma. I instantly fell in love with everything creative and artistic and the feeling never left. As I got older whenever I dealt with tough times or mentally was going through it, I would write a poem, a song, or try to draw. I did something creative to help me cope with challenges I was going through. It wasn’t until my senior of high school I discovered modeling. I started taking pictures and getting comfortable in front of the camera and really enjoyed the process. Summer 2021 was really the moment I had just finished a photoshoot and went and sat down with the photographer and enjoyed every second of it. It didn’t feel like work, it felt like something I could do every day for the rest of my life and from that point on I am striving to get that level.
Adarius , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am Adarius King I’m from Gadsden, Alabama which is a very small town with little connections to the modeling industry. My first time modeling was 16 years old and at that time I didn’t have the confidence to remain consistent. Not having anyone in the industry where I’m from played a huge role in that lack of confidence. Eventually I made myself get back out there and try it one more time and it was the best decision. I started learning more and more about the modeling world and every ounce of knowledge I was gaining was boosting my motivation and confidence to stay persistent. Every successful shoot felt like a breakthrough to a new level of self love and appreciation. Often times it felt as if I was rebuilding myself one photo at a time. I feel what sets me apart from others is my calming poetic style of shoots or energy I carry to each form of modeling. I’m proud of the fact I didn’t allow bad timing prevent me from trying again. All of my work is done by the grace of God without him I’m nothing.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
When I go back into modeling I had someone tell me that I had to choose only one category or form of modeling to model under and had to choose one photographer to work with. So throughout multiple shoots I did them same theme and poses but my success was stagnant. One day I decided to try a new photographer and step outside of my comfort zone and I instantly witnessed a rise in my success. I tried a different pose, photographer, and theme and realized that I had to learn things on my own instead of relying on others knowledge.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
Over the years I’ve been building my following by making sure I post a certain time and spreading my music or sending my pictures to various people for them to share so I could gain attention. One day at work I decided to join a certain trend on TikTok and to my surprise it went viral. From that point on I became more active and started studying and learning the algorithm to know when to post and what hashtags to use. For example, if I was posting my pics from recent shoots, I would use modeling hash tags that pop on the timeline of other photographers or people who interested in models. I also started going live being myself laughing, having fun, and connecting with people around the world that could possibly lead to a business opportunity. My advice would be to keep posting and just be you. Don’t overthink it your audience will gravitate towards you if you put the work in.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: adariusking_
- Linkedin: https://linktr.ee/Adariusk
- Other: TikTok: Adariusking_
Image Credits
Juan Kelley