We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Taylor Mosley a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Taylor thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear the story of how you went from this being just an idea to making it into something real.

I like to start by defining my idea. Where was it birthed from or inspired by. Once I’ve done that I stretch and pull it apart to the discover what I want to achieve followed by how I want to achieve it.

I tell people, “if there is nothing new under the sun go over it.” I mean this to say what will never go out of style is inspiration. I strive to be that. When i started in photography i instantly gravitated to art or any work that i felt sparked a conversation. I knew i wanted to do that, that was the idea. The next step was figuring out what that looked like for me style -wise. I then set small goals and constantly researched techniques to be able to achieve the idea. The first two years were the hardest because refining the process usually is. Years three and four were magical as I started to understand clearly that the idea was both possible and for me.

In the following 6 years to present I have built a brand on Art that Inspire, challenges and proves itself to be authentic,

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?

My name is Taylor Mosley and I’m a visual storyteller and studio owner. I fell into to photography first as a hobby wanting a something fun to do outside of music production. It was me and my little best buy camera outside taking random pictures outside trying to have fun.

Then I did a photoshoot for a friend and was hooked. I should say “determined” because I had a taste of doing a photoshoot and wanted to be good at it. I spent the next year or so honing my craft and finding my process. I wanted to make art and for that art to be a conversation piece not just a photo. The people i work with today I believe come to me because they want “art” as well.

I gather inspiration from other artist, colors, music even tv. I believe art should invoke emotion and that can be found in anything. If you can take that and harness it then your art will be elevated.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

So let’s talk resilience because that could be the title of my autobiography lol.

I was born with a disability (cerebral palsy) which limits the use of the right side of my body. Let me be clear when i say I’ve never let it stop me nor have i ket it define me however achieving certain goals have proven difficult.

I’ve always been told I can do anything I put my mind to but making your body get the memo is an everyday challenge. I didn’t just want to be a photographer, I wanted to be the best I could be which meant pushing myself to do the uncomfortable, the undesirable and sometimes embarrassing things.

Every task required figuring out, like how to take a photo with my left hand while holding the camera straight or setting up light and backdrops in a timely manner. I learned that you can’t always worried about how crazy you look in the pursuit of your dreams, you just have to focus on the finish. I feel like every pleased client and every project done is a testament to resilience because i turned the question “how does he do it?” into the statement “he just gets it done.”

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

You don’t have to do it alone. Contrary to what the memes say having a team is important. I will say that there is a portion of the journey that is individual but dreams don’t have to be accomplished alone. I think we get that mindset from being let down by those we thought would help and didn’t. Its important to see the lesson that you need the right team, not just people who can do stuff lol.

My friends know I’m super independent and will automatic attempt to do it all myself however I had a project I wanted to do that i knew I’d need help. I had tried a year earlier to do something similar and it did not go well so I attempted again with people who specialized in the things i needed and it was a success. It’s not enough to delegate, you have to delegate to the right people.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.everythingtaylored.com
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