We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful CARL ELIXIR. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with CARL below.
CARL, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?
Being a wedding photographer has introduced us to some of the most extraordinary people in this world, and for that we are extremely grateful. Now we cannot image ourselves working in any other fields other than wedding photography. We are a group of free spirits, so being able to travel to many unique places and meet different people, yet still given the freedom to create those extremely cool shots that we do, is truly a blessing. We are also blessed that most brides and grooms that hire us have 100% full trust in our artistry, and they wanted us to do whatever it takes to create that meaningful shot. Sometimes this could mean climbing up and down to places where they normally would not go, or getting sprayed on with different things, or show affection to each other in front of hundreds, thousands of people. They are all for that one, perfect shot.
CARL, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
We started photography about 20 years ago, and really got into the whole wedding photography industry about a decade prior. Wedding photography is a well paid job, which also means it’s extremely competitive. Our advice to future photographers will be to have an unique style that no one could copy or replicate. Art should be unique, just like our feelings, and it’s the uniqueness in your art that attracts people that feels the same way.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
One of our brides once commented:”People often say, that a photograph speaks a thousand words, but Carl Elixir Photography’s photo speaks ten thousand, hundred thousand words…” This is our way of promoting our business, not through search engine optimizer, not through money-burning campaign, not through constant price drops, but through true and authentic photos. The photos speak for themselves, and after all the sugar coatings that every business will have at some extent, it all comes down to who has the best photo. And for that, we are extremely proud.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
Time cannot be stopped, moments happen, go by and will never come back again. Photography is our way of pausing time, get a close look at it, then save it forever in our heart. This is the essence of our work, we are there to document laughters, tears, celebration and memories.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.carlelixir.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl_elixir_photography/
Image Credits
Carl Elixir Photography