We recently connected with Bryan Rowe and have shared our conversation below.

Bryan, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Earning a full time living from one’s creative career can be incredibly difficult. Have you been able to do so and if so, can you share some of the key parts of your journey and any important advice or lessons that might help creatives who haven’t been able to yet?

I’ve been fortunate enough to earn a full-time living from my photography but it took a while to ramp up to that and even when you feel ready it still takes time and patience to build your clients, audience and network. Trying to be patient when the work isn’t flowing, and to keep on creating during that time can definitely be a challenge but trying to just be persistent and soldier on during those times has helped. I believe a huge key is to keep on creating work you love doing even when you’re not getting paid for it.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I have always had a fascination for photography and trying to “paint with my camera”. I absolutely love the art of creating with a camera and in more recent years that has distilled into using strobes to sculpt light in product and portrait photography. I am absolutely dedicated to the highest quality imagery and am somewhat of a perfectionist so I think this focus is what draws my clients to me. Whatever I shoot I always try and bring a very artistic angle too and I am very honored to be have received an Award of Excellence from Communication Arts magazine this year and made Lurzers Archive “200 Best AD Photographers” for 2022/23. With all my projects no matter the size I always try and push that little bit further to try and get from good to excellent and hopefully that shows through.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

I think the most rewarding aspect of being is a creative is to see something come to life that hasn’t existed before. Often this will be after struggling with a project to find the “inner hero”. To be able to make a living from creating things is something I am truly grateful for!

How did you build your audience on social media?

I’ve been lucky enough to learn many techniques in photography from folks sharing how they do things. The big growth in my social media came from really curating what I showed and being consistent with that and also showing my BTS (behind the scenes). I think a lot of people really enjoy seeing “behind the curtain” so to speak on how things are created.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.bryanrowephoto.com
• Instagram: @bryanrowephoto
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bryanrowephotographer